New Year Honours 2009
Boni Patricia SONES OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to Broadcasting and to the Public Relations Industry.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Broadcasting and to the Public Relations Industry.
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“For services to Broadcasting and to the Public Relations Industry.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 232 times in the New Year Honours List 2009 — about 24% of the list.
In their area
152 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Cambridgeshire.
How widely is this recognised?
3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2009
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Dorset
“Lately Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.”
Adam Suddaby
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Leicestershire
“Vice-Principal, Leicester College. For services to local and national Further Education.”
Adrian Oswald Wynn Cave
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London
“For services to the community in Ealing, London.”
Aileen Mcglynn
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Glasgow
“Cyclist. For services to Disabled Sport.”
Alan Edward Deighton
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
London
“Lately Safety Advice Manager, Department for Transport.”
Alexander Stephen
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Dundee
“Chief Executive, Dundee City Council. For services to Local Government.”
Andrew Charles Hutchinson
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Cambridgeshire
“Executive Principal, Parkside Federation, Cambridgeshire. For services to Education.”
Anis Rahman
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Middlesex
“For voluntary service to Bangladeshi People.”
Ann Irene Duddy
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Londonderry
“Director of Nursing, Altnagelvin Hospital Trust. For services to Healthcare in Northern Ireland and Overseas.”
Arnold Roy Vandermeer
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Hertfordshire
“For voluntary service to the community in Hertfordshire.”
Asha Khemka
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Staffordshire
“Principal and Chief Executive, West Nottinghamshire College. For services to Further Education.”
Ben Jeffrey Peter Summerskill
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
London
“For services to Equality and Diversity.”
Bernard Lewis
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Buckinghamshire
“For charitable services.”
Brian Mccargo
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Belfast
“For services to Sport and to the Special Olympics in Northern Ireland.”
Brian Richard Calvert Kemp
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Gloucestershire
“For services to International Trade in the South West.”
Brian Wentworth Sinnamon
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Antrim
“Business Manager, Judicial Services Group, Northern Ireland Court Service, Ministry of Justice. For public and voluntary service.”
Brig Peter Neil Ralli Stewart-Richardson
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Norfolk
“For services to Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan and to the Army Benevolent Fund in Norfolk.”
Brigadier John Hemsley
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Somerset
“For voluntary service to the St John Ambulance Brigade and to the community in Somerset.”
Captain Michael Charles Gordon-Lennox
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
West Sussex
“Chairman, St Dunstan''s. For voluntary service to Visually Impaired Ex-Servicemen and Women.”
Carl Henry Lis
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Lancashire
“For services to the community in the Yorkshire Dales.”
Carole Eniffer
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
London
“Policy Adviser, Violent Crime Unit, Crime and Drug Strategy Directorate, Home Office.”
Carole Snee
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2009
“For services to Urban Regeneration in East London.”
Caroline Elizabeth Breakey
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Armagh
“For services to Rural and Community Development in Northern Ireland.”
Catherine Ann Archer
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West Yorkshire
“Lately Chief Executive, West Yorkshire Police Authority. For services to the Police.”
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Jean Irene Routley
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Rita Helen Lewis (Helen Hopkins)
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
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Paul Kitching
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Wimborne, Dorset
“Head of the Natural History Museum, Tring. For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire”
Adam Joolia
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Brighton, East Sussex
“Chief Executive Officer, AudioActive. For services to Young People and to Music”
Julia Jones
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Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“Founder and Director, Llandeilo Fawr Festival of Music. For services to Music”
Pauline Patricia Knifton Hough
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Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich”
Margaret Irvine
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Birsay, Orkney
“Founder, Birsay Drama Group. For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney”
Melanie Jane Houldershaw
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir”
Brian Charlton Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire”
Deborah Haythorne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Shirley Henderson (Shirley McGill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“Founder, McGill School of Speech and Drama, and Director, Aberdeen Youth Music Theatre. For services to Drama”
Rex Ormonde Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire”
James Breingan Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“Chief Executive Officer, The Steamship Sir Walter Scott Trust. For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park”
John Alexander Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Helen Joyce Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“Director, 'A Space' Arts. For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage”
David Cottle
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Artistic Director, Swansea Jazz Club. For services to Jazz Music”
Rebecca Chapman
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Norwich, Norfolk
“Founder, Total Ensemble Theatre Company. For services to Inclusive Theatre”
Lynn Cedar
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lingfield, Surrey
“Co-Founder and lately Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Mabel Cardwell (May Cardwell)
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire
“For services to Dance and to the community in Corby, Northamptonshire”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2009). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2008.
Location (Cambridgeshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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