Birthday Honours 2016
Benjamin Medlock MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Technology.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
11 June 2016
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Benjamin MEDLOCK
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, SwiftKey
For services to Technology.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61608 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Technology.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 574 times in the Birthday Honours List 2016 — about 40% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,706 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2016
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Higher Education and Access to Sport.”
Adrian Bowater
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West Midlands
“For services to Education.”
Adrian Davies
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Gloucestershire
“For services to charity and the community in Gloucestershire.”
Aileen Jones
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Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the RNLI.”
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“For services to UK-African Diaspora Relations.”
Alan Dickie
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Aberdeenshire
“For services to the Brewing Industry.”
Alan Jerome
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Alan Mcewen
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Alan Tait
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West Sussex
“For voluntary services to the Ex-Service Community through SAAFA and community in Sussex.”
Alasdair Robinson
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Belfast
“For services to the Police and the community in Northern Ireland.”
Alastair Dinsmor
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Lanarkshire
“For services to Police Heritage.”
Alexander Little
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Alexander Mcwhirter
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Business and the Economy in Yorkshire.”
Alexandra Depledge
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London
“For services to the Sharing Economy.”
Alfred Smith
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Kent
“For services to No. 10 Downing Street.”
Alice Bentinck
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London
“For services to Business.”
Alift Harewood
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Cheshire
“For services to the community in Macclesfield.”
Alison Frazer
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Perth and Kinross
“For services to Patients.”
Alison Gilligan
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Devon
“For services to Children.”
Allan Devlin
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Lanarkshire
“For voluntary service in Lanarkshire.”
Amanda Aldous
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Hampshire
“For services to the Arts.”
Andrea Devlin
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Andrew Blyth
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Hampshire
“For services to the Maritime Industry and Maritime Safety.”
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Fiona Rayment
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Salford, Greater Manchester
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Carol Brayne
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Medicine, Medical Research and Public Health.”
Polina Bayvel
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London, Greater London
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Lorna Dawson
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Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Innovations in Soil and Forensic Science.”
Andrew Morris
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Perth, Perth and Kinross
“For services to Medical Sciences, to Public Health and to Patient Care.”
Hayaatun Sillem
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London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering.”
Debra Padgett
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Biomedical Science in the NHS.”
Simeon Yates
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Digital Inclusion.”
Jian Zhang
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Bournemouth, Dorset
“For services to Computer Animation Research, to Education and to Innovation in STEM.”
Matthew Wilson
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Robertsbridge, East Sussex
“For services to Blood Cancer Awareness and Research.”
Claire Vincent
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Bangor, County Down
“For services to Marine Science and to Women in Science.”
Ann Watson
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Martin Rolles
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Healthcare Science and Cancer.”
Peter Robertson
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Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Research and Innovation in Northern Ireland.”
Professor Riley
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London, Greater London
“For services to Research and Education around Black British Music.”
Beena Puri
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“For services to Digital Inclusion.”
Ghulam Ng
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Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Medical Research and Healthcare.”
Ian Marson
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London, Greater London
“For services to Migration and Borders Technology.”
James Markey
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Guildford, Surrey
“For services to the Technology Sector.”
Carolyn Heitmeyer
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London, Greater London
“For services to Social Science.”
Jane Gate
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Thatcham, Berkshire
“For services to Science and the Innovation Ecosystem.”
Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Mark Downs
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Deal, Kent
“For services to Biology.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61608, notice 2552837. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2016).
Published 11 June 2016.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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