Birthday Honours 2022
Benjamin Hawes MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chair • Athletes Commission
“For services to Sport.”
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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
02 June 2022
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 Robert HAWES
Chair, Athletes Commission, British Olympic Association
For services to Sport.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63714 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2022- Role at the time
- Chair, Athletes Commission
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- London, Greater London
“For services to Sport.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 577 times in the Birthday Honours List 2022 — about 39% of the list.
In their area
1,245 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Chair, Athletes Commission.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 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 2022
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Adam Sutherland
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Adrian Weller
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London, Greater London
“For services to Digital Innovation.”
Ailsa Rhodes
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Older People in Leeds, particularly during Covid-19.”
Aisha Thomas
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Education.”
Alan Robertson
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Alan Rough
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Association Football and to Charity in Scotland.”
Albert Cunningham
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Maghera, County Londonderry
“For services to Economic Development in Northern Ireland”
Alexander Dickson
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Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Horticulture in Northern Ireland.”
Alexander Hack
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to the Vaccine and Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry.”
Alexandra Podmore
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London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering, to Innovation and to Diversity.”
Amanda Knight
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Ameet Jogia
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London, Greater London
“For Political and Public Service.”
Ameeta Virk
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to the Economy.”
Amerigo Fragale
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Spading, Lincolnshire
“For services to Education.”
Amy Gilmore
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Andrew Baird
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Horley, Surrey
“For services to Further Education.”
Andrew Dunn
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“For services to Conservation and tackling the illegal Wildlife Trade in Nigeria.”
Andrew Howell
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Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“For services to Frontline Workers during Covid-19.”
Andrew James Simpson
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Banchory, Kincardineshire
“For services to Skiing.”
Andrew Kaye
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London, Greater London
“For services to Global Resilience and Crisis Management.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Kevin Sinfield,
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Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League, Rugby Union and the MND Community.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Scott Rogers
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Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“For services to Grassroots Football.”
Gary Street
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Garry Richardson
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Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Winston Michael
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Ashford, Kent
“For services to Inclusivity and Sport in Kent.”
Ian Lovett
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Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Cricket and to Charity.”
Karen Jones
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Tavistock, Devon
“For services to Netball in England.”
Christine Gibbons
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Community Sport and Fitness.”
Gordon Deans
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stromness, Orkney
“For services to Sport and to Island Communities.”
Lee Carsley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Association Football.”
Christopher Brookes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Kwadwo Adjepong
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and Sports Law.”
James Wilson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gorebridge, Midlothian
“For services to Youth Development, Sport and to Community Empowerment.”
William Ryan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saltash, Cornwall
“For services to Rugby Football in Cornwall.”
Ronald Pearson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wrexham, Clwyd
“For services to Cricket.”
Naomi Issitt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rugby, Warwickshire
“For services to Defibrillator Training and Awareness in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
Terence Hensby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Community Rugby.”
Andrew Train
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Babar Qureshi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Cricket.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63714, notice 4084731. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2022).
Published 1 June 2022.
Location (London, Greater 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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