Birthday Honours 2022
Darren Richard HENLEY CBE
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive
“Chief Executive, Arts Council England. For services to the Arts”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Managing Director, Classic FM. For services to Music.
View London Gazette noticeCommander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive, Arts Council England. For services to the Arts
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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:
Dr. Darren Richard HENLEY O.B.E.
Chief Executive, Arts Council England
For services to the Arts.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63714 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2013- Role at the time
- Chief Executive
- Region
- Canterbury, Kent
“Managing Director, Classic FM. For services to Music.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2022- Role at the time
- Chief Executive
- Region
- Canterbury, Kent
“Chief Executive, Arts Council England. For services to the Arts”
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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
89 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Kent.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive.
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.
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Liverpool, Merseyside
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David Nixon
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Maidenhead, Berkshire
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“Council Member, Arts Council England. For services to Diversity in the Arts and to Charity”
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“Professor of Statistics, London School of Economics. For services to Statistics in the Social Sciences”
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“Deputy Further Education Commissioner. For services to Education”
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Nairn, Nairn
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
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“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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“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”
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Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire”
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London, Greater London
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Shirley Henderson (Shirley McGill)
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Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
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Rex Ormonde Freeman
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire”
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Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
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John Alexander Fannon
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Weymouth, Dorset
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Helen Joyce Fannon
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Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Daniel Crow
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Southampton, Hampshire
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David Cottle
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
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Rebecca Chapman
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Norwich, Norfolk
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Lynn Cedar
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Lingfield, Surrey
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2012.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63714, notice 4084047. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2022).
Published 1 June 2022.
Location (Canterbury, Kent) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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