Birthday Honours 2020
Charles Smith MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Farming and Agriculture.”
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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
10 October 2020
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:
Charles William SMITH
For services to Farming and Agriculture.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63135 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
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“For services to Farming and Agriculture.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 689 times in the Birthday Honours List 2020 — about 38% of the list.
In their area
80 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Leicestershire.
How widely is this recognised?
1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Others recognised for Environment & Agriculture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture. See the full list →
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Stephen Andrew Smith
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Climate Science.”
Michael Cooper
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Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Stephen Jess
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Bangor, County Down
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Philip Stocker
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Caterina Goodhart
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London, Greater London
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Winchester, Hampshire
“For services to Forestry.”
Mary Colwell
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Nature.”
Matthew Lindsey-clark
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Doynton, Gloucestershire
“For services to Horticulture and to Philanthropy.”
Sarah Chimbwandira
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Bordon, Hampshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Margaret Boanas
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Meat Sector, to Trade and to Promoting Opportunities for Women.”
Wesley Aston
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Armagh, County Armagh
“For services to Agriculture.”
Maitland Mackie
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Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Farming, to Business Innovation and to Sustainability.”
Margaret Haynes
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education, to Sustainability, to the Environment and to the community in West Sussex.”
Daniel Horn-phathanothai
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“For services to International Development and tackling Climate Change.”
Alexander Rhodes
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“For services to Global Conservation.”
Jon Wheatley
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Somerset
“For services to Horticulture and to Charity.”
Donald Starritt
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Crumlin, County Antrim
“For services to Road Safety and to Environmental Protection.”
Professor Pearson
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Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to Agricultural Innovation and Education.”
Josephine Lavelle
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Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Forestry.”
Alistair Jinks
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Coleraine, County Londonderry
“For services to the Environment and to the Economy.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 63135, notice 3646515. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2020).
Published 9 October 2020.
Location (Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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