
Birthday Honours 2009
David MLINARIC CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
interior designer
“For services to Interior Design and to Heritage.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Interior Design and to Heritage.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2009- Role at the time
- interior designer
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“For services to Interior Design and to Heritage.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 102 times in the Birthday Honours List 2009 — about 11% of the list.
In their area
37 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Somerset.
What organisation were they with?
interior designer.
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 Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2009
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Gloucestershire
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Alastair Lansley
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Surrey
“Architect. For services to Public Transport Architecture.”
Alice Loretto Quinn
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Belfast
“Chair, Health Promotion Agency Northern Ireland. For services to Healthcare.”
Alwen Williams
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London
“Chief Executive, Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust. For services to Healthcare.”
Anne Elizabeth Williams
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Cheshire
“Lately Strategic Director, Health and Social Care, Salford Council. For services to Local Government.”
Brian Mcalinden
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Glasgow
“Headteacher, Castlemilk High School, Glasgow. For services to Education.”
Christine Joy Stewart
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Surrey
“Lately Director, Criminal Law and Sentencing Policy, Ministry of Justice.”
Christopher John Adrian Chivers
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Down
“Lately Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice. For services to the Administration of Justice in Northern Ireland.”
Christopher Michael Clarke
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Edinburgh
“Director, National Gallery of Scotland. For services to the Visual Arts.”
Christopher Tailby
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London
“Director, Anti-Avoidance Group, HM Revenue and Customs.”
Cicely Frances Berry
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Warwickshire
“Voice Director, Royal Shakespeare Company. For services to Drama.”
Councillor John Merry
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Greater Manchester
“Leader, Salford City Council. For services to Local Government.”
David Graham Blanchflower
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United States
“For services to Economics and to the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England.”
David Turrell
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Wiltshire
“Headteacher, Sir Bernard Lovell School, Bristol and Chairman, Kingswood 14-19 Partnership. For services to local and national Education.”
Dean James
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London
“Chief Operating Officer, Corporate IT, Department for Work and Pensions. For public and voluntary service.”
Delia Ann Smith
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Suffolk
“Cookery Writer and Broadcaster. For services to the Food Industry.”
Dr Anas Al-Shaikh
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Surrey
“Academic Advisor, London Office, International Institute of Islamic Thought. For services to Community Relations.”
Dr Elaine Mcmahon
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2009
East Riding of Yorkshire
“Chief Executive and Principal, Hull Group of Colleges. For services to local and national Further Education.”
Dr Elizabeth Sidwell
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London
“Chief Executive, Haberdashers' Aske's Federation, Lewisham, London. For services to local and national Education.”
Dr James Matheson Smith
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Surrey
“Chairman, Shell UK. For services to the Oil and Gas industries.”
Dr Judith Ann Hulf
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2009
London
“Consultant Anaesthetist, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and President, Royal College of Anaesthetists. For services to Medicine.”
Dr Juliet Susan Durrant Williams
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Devon
“For services to the Tourist and Creative Industries.”
Dr June Munro Raine
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Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
“Director, Vigilance and Risk Management of Medicines, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, Department of Health.”
Dr Katharine Bridget Pretty
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Cambridgeshire
“Principal, Homerton College, Cambridge and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge. For services to Higher Education.”
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Angela Jane Manson
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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
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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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir”
Brian Charlton Heald
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Lingfield, Surrey
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Mabel Cardwell (May Cardwell)
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2009). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2009.
Location (Somerset) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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