Birthday Honours 2009
Christopher Michael Clarke CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Director • National Gallery of Scotland
“For services to the Visual Arts.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 2009
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Edinburgh
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2009- Role at the time
- Director, National Gallery of Scotland
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- Edinburgh
“For services to the Visual Arts.”
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“For services to the Visual Arts.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 112 times in the Birthday Honours List 2009 — about 9% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Director, National Gallery of Scotland.
How widely is this recognised?
4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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London
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“For services to Community Relations.”
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Oxfordshire
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Cheshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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Glasgow
“For services to Education.”
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Norfolk
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London
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Warwickshire
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“For services to local and national Higher Education.”
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United States
“For services to Economics and to the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England.”
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Norfolk
“For services to Biological Sciences.”
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Cerys Matthews,
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Mukesh Sharma
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Julia Catherine Donaldson
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Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Richard Starrs
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Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Adam Joolia
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Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
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Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Margaret Irvine
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Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
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Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
James Fraser
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Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
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Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
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Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
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Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
David Cottle
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Jazz Music.”
Rebecca Chapman
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Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Inclusive Theatre.”
Marilyn Blieck
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Prestwick, Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Music and to the community in Ayrshire.”
Christopher Gaze
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“For services to British Arts and Culture in Canada.”
Stephen Watson
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Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Broadcasting and to Kidney Transplant Awareness and to Fundraising in Northern Ireland.”
Iain Varah
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Dunmow, Essex
“For services to Public Libraries, Culture and Leisure.”
Peter Talbot
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Eastbourne, East Sussex
“For services to the Arts.”
Paul Stacey
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London, Greater London
“For services to Theatre.”
Lisa Riley
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Garry Richardson
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Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Suzanne Raine
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Heritage.”
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Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2009).
Published 14 June 2009.
Location (Edinburgh) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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