Birthday Honours 2022
Clare Victoria BALDING CBE
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Broadcaster
“Broadcaster. For services to Sport and to Charity”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Sports Presenter and Journalist. For services to Broadcasting and Journalism.
View London Gazette noticeCommander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Broadcaster. For services to Sport and to Charity
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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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Clare Victoria BALDING O.B.E.
Broadcaster
For services to Sport and to Charity.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63714 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2013- Role at the time
- Broadcaster
- Region
- London, London
“Sports Presenter and Journalist. For services to Broadcasting and Journalism.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2022- Role at the time
- Broadcaster
- Region
- London, Greater London
“Broadcaster. For services to Sport and to Charity”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 96 times in the Birthday Honours List 2022 — about 6% of the list.
In their area
456 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Broadcaster.
How widely is this recognised?
2,079 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2022
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Cardiff, South Glamorgan
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Alison Mary Bertlin
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London, Greater London
“Director, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, Cabinet Office. For Public Service”
Alun Griffiths
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Halton, Buckinghamshire
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Billericay, Essex
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“Executive Director, Royal Shakespeare Company. For services to Theatre and to the Arts”
Chinyere Nwanoku
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London, Greater London
“Founder, Chineke! Foundation. For services to Music and to Diversity”
Claire Mccolgan
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Liverpool, Merseyside
“Director, Culture Liverpool. For services to Arts and Culture”
Cornelia Parker
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London, Greater London
“Artist. For services to the Arts”
Damian Watcyn Lewis
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London, Greater London
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Darren Richard Henley
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Canterbury, Kent
“Chief Executive, Arts Council England. For services to the Arts”
David Hughes
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Loughborough, Leicestershire
“Chief Executive Officer, Association of Colleges. For services to Further Education, particularly during the Covid-19 Response”
David McLOUGHLIN
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David Nixon
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Menston, West Yorkshire
“Lately Artistic Director, Northern Ballet. For services to Dance”
David Sweeney
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Maidenhead, Berkshire
“Executive Chair, Research England. For services to Higher Education”
David Wayland Blood
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London, Greater London
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Deborah Rogers
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Penarth, South Glamorgan
“Lately Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service, Cymru-Wales. For services to Law and Order”
Elisabeth Murdoch
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London, Greater London
“Council Member, Arts Council England. For services to Diversity in the Arts and to Charity”
Fiona Alison Steele
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London, Greater London
“Professor of Statistics, London School of Economics. For services to Statistics in the Social Sciences”
Frances Ismay Wadsworth
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“Deputy Further Education Commissioner. For services to Education”
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Ballynahinch, County Down
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Kim Watson
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Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia”
Alan Christopher Thurlow
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London, Greater London
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Steven Thompson
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Liverpool, Merseyside
“Volunteer, Waterloo Rugby Football Club. For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside”
Jennifer Elizabeth Smyth
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Londonderry
“For services to Disability Sport”
Edmund Harold Shillabeer
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Plymouth, Devon
“For services to Charitable Fundraising, to Athletics and to the community in Plymouth, Devon”
David Stewart Smallwoods
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Local Football”
Scott Rogers
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Saint Helens, Merseyside
“Lately Head Coach, England National Amputee Football Team. For services to Disability Sport”
Alan Thomas Parker
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Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For voluntary services to Rugby League Football and to the community in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire”
James Isaac McDONALD
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London, Greater London
“Volunteer Athletics Coach. For services to Junior Athletics”
Jason Land
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Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“Disability and Inclusion Lead, Grimsby Town Foundation. For services to Association Football”
Lynn Hay
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London, Greater London
“Administrator, Old Streetonians Rugby Football Club. For services to Amateur Sport in London”
Eleanor Sarah Guedalla
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London, Greater London
“For services to Football for Women and Marginalised Communities”
Leslie Alan France
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Blackpool, Lancashire
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Linda Annette Gaine
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Colchester, Essex
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Sarah Edwards
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Barnham, West Sussex
“Implementation Team Leader, Delivery Strand Workplace Transformation Programme, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Grassroots Sports”
George Michael Dodd
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Carlisle, Cumbria
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Edwin Herbert Ernest Bridges
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Crowborough, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Sport in Crowborough”
Roger Frederick Bell
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Carrickfergus, County Antrim
“For services to Local Cricket”
Michael Barnard
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Stafford, Staffordshire
“President, Mid Staffs Junior Football League. For services to Grassroots Football”
Ian Michael Brown
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“For services to Charity and to Cycling in Guernsey.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2013.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63714, notice 4084038. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2022).
Published 1 June 2022.
Location (London, 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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