Birthday Honours 2013
Diana Margaret ELLIS DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Organisation: British Rowing
“Executive Chair, British Rowing. For services to Rowing.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Executive Chair, British Rowing. For services to Rowing.
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“Executive Chair, British Rowing. For services to Rowing.”
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“Executive Chair, British Rowing. For services to Rowing.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 9 times in the Birthday Honours List 2013 — about 1% of the list.
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19 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Surrey.
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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 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2013
Dana Ross-Wawrzynski
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Greater Manchester
“Executive Headteacher, Altrincham Grammar School for Girls. For services to Education.”
Janet Wolfson
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“Philanthropist. For charitable services to the Arts.”
Phyllis Somers
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Channel Islands
“Philanthropist. For charitable services.”
Professor Anne Mandall Johnson
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, University College London. For services to the study of Infectious Diseases.”
Professor Hermione Lee
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Oxfordshire
“President, Wolfson College and Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford. For services to Literary Scholarship.”
Professor Judith Anne Rees
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“Lately Director, LSE and Political Science and Director, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and Environment. For services to Higher Education.”
Professor Nicola Anne Cullum
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
West Yorkshire
“Professor of Nursing, University of Manchester. For services to Nursing Research and Wound Care.”
Susan Mary Bourne
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Berkshire
“Headteacher, The Avenue School, Reading, Berkshire. For services to Education.”
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Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,079 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Johanna Norman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Swimming in Guernsey.”
Raymond Glyn Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
John David Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Cricket in Warwickshire and the West Midlands”
David Thomas Crowe Workman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballynahinch, County Down
“For services to Rugby and to Community Relations in Ballynahinch”
Kim Watson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia”
Alan Christopher Thurlow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Swimming”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Plymouth, Devon
“For services to Charitable Fundraising, to Athletics and to the community in Plymouth, Devon”
David Stewart Smallwoods
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Local Football”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“Lately Head Coach, England National Amputee Football Team. For services to Disability Sport”
Alan Thomas Parker
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Volunteer Athletics Coach. For services to Junior Athletics”
Jason Land
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“Disability and Inclusion Lead, Grimsby Town Foundation. For services to Association Football”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Administrator, Old Streetonians Rugby Football Club. For services to Amateur Sport in London”
Eleanor Sarah Guedalla
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football for Women and Marginalised Communities”
Leslie Alan France
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Blackpool, Lancashire
“Swimming Coach. For services to Swimming and to the community in Wigan”
Linda Annette Gaine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia”
Sarah Edwards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barnham, West Sussex
“Implementation Team Leader, Delivery Strand Workplace Transformation Programme, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Grassroots Sports”
George Michael Dodd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carlisle, Cumbria
“For services to Rowing”
Edwin Herbert Ernest Bridges
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Crowborough, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Sport in Crowborough”
Roger Frederick Bell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carrickfergus, County Antrim
“For services to Local Cricket”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“President, Mid Staffs Junior Football League. For services to Grassroots Football”
Ian Michael Brown
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Charity and to Cycling in Guernsey.”
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Dame Commander 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.
Location (Surrey) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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