Birthday Honours 2011
Dr Edward KESSLER MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
educator
“Founding Director, Woolf Institute. For services to Inter-Faith Relations.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Founding Director, Woolf Institute. For services to Inter-Faith Relations.
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“Founding Director, Woolf Institute. For services to Inter-Faith Relations.”
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“Founding Director, Woolf Institute. For services to Inter-Faith Relations.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 594 times in the Birthday Honours List 2011 — about 62% of the list.
In their area
224 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Cambridgeshire.
What organisation were they with?
educator.
How widely is this recognised?
415 people have been recognised for Faith & Belief.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2011
Adam William Gray
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
East Lothian
“Deputy Station Officer, Dunbar Coastguard Rescue Service. For services to Maritime Safety in East Lothian.”
Adrienne Sussman
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“For voluntary service to Young People in Israel and through the Scouts.”
Ainsley Forbes
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“For services to Social Housing in London.”
Air Cmde Peter Gover
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Rutland
“For services to the Voluntary Sector in Rutland.”
Alan Christie
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hampshire
“Senior Professional and Technology Officer, Department of Energy and Climate Change.”
Alan Leslie Victor Squirrell
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Norfolk
“For voluntary service to Norfolk Credit Union.”
Alan Osborne Guy
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Surrey
“For services to the British Korean Veterans' Association.”
Alan Paul West
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hampshire
“Chief Executive, Exscitec. For services to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education.”
Alan Philip Graham
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hertfordshire
“For voluntary service, particularly to the Motor Neurone Disease Association.”
Alan Watson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Durham
“For services to Young People in Durham.”
Alastair Nathan Cook
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Essex
“For services to Cricket.”
Alison Anderson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Glasgow
“For services to Anatomical Pathology.”
Alison Good
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Edinburgh
“Lately Information Services Manager, Scottish Poisons Information Bureau. For services to Healthcare.”
Alison Jane Ings
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
West Yorkshire
“Chair of Governors, North West Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre. For services to Special Educational Needs.”
Alison Jane Morby
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
West Yorkshire
“For services to Older People and to Public Health in West Yorkshire.”
Alison Winks
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Nottinghamshire
“For voluntary service to the British Malignant Hyperthermia Association.”
Allan Kincade Spencer
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
SOUTH AFRICA
“Lately Immigration Liaison Manager, International Group, UK Border Agency, Home Office.”
Allan Stephen Richard Phillips
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“For voluntary service to the Sea Cadet Corps in London.”
Althea Lavinia Gordon
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Perth and Kinross
“For services to Classical Music in Perthshire.”
Amanda Catherine Crust
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Belfast
“Administration Officer, Lost Stolen and Recovered Passport Team Examiner, Identity and Passport Service Belfast, Home Office.”
Amanda Hudson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Lancashire
“For services to the community in Fleetwood, Lancashire.”
Amanda Poulson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
West Midlands
“Director's Support, IMS Live Services, Telford, HM Revenue and Customs.”
Amrit Kumari Dhigpal Kaur Singh
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Merseyside
“Artist. For services to the Indian Miniature Tradition of Painting.”
Andrea Maddocks
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Worcestershire
“Founder and Chief Executive, Mentor Link Charity. For services to Young People.”
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Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 415 people have been recognised for Faith & Belief. See the full list →
Jean Irene Routley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Backwell, Somerset
“For services to Church Music and to the community in Backwell, North Somerset”
Sandra Howes (Cassandra Howes)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bedford, Bedfordshire
“For services to Education and to Inter-Faith Relations in Bedfordshire”
Raymond Simonson
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London, Greater London
“Chief Executive Officer, JW3. For services to Jewish Communities and to Community Cohesion”
Amy Pistol (Amy Wagner)
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London, Greater London
“Director, Tackling Antisemitism in Education Programme, Palace Yard. For services to the Jewish Community”
Philippa Ruth Penney
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Monmouthshire, Gwent
“For services to Church Bell Ringing and to Young People”
Lewis Orchant
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Renfrewshire
“For services to the Jewish Community in Glasgow”
Russell John Manning
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“Lately Chair, Leeds Jewish Welfare Board. For services to the Jewish Community and to Charity”
Joy Madeiros
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chigwell, Essex
“Group Chief Executive Officer, Oasis Charitable Trust and Founding Member, Women's Faith Forum. For services to Education and Faith Relations”
Robert Stephen Rubin
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chair, Pentland Capital Limited and Pentland Group Limited. For services to Inter-Faith Relations and to Charity”
Henry Cyril Grunwald
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Lately, Chair of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Newark. For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Gerald Joseph Callister
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the community in Port Erin and to the Church.”
Gerald Bennett Morris
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Truro, Cornwall
“For services to the community in the Parish of Perranzabuloe, Cornwall”
Gillian Anne Marriott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire
“For services to the Church and to the community in Long Eaton, Derbyshire”
Maureen Ann Leveton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to the Jewish Community in Norwich.”
Arnold Sydney Lewis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to the Jewish Community in Liverpool”
David Russel Lerner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Jewish community in the London Borough of Harrow”
Barry Coleman Leveton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to the Jewish Community in Norwich”
William Frank Gourlay Strang
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Lately Deputy Director, Europe Division, Scottish Government. For services to Intercultural Dialogue and Interfaith Relations”
Avtar Singh Matharu
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“Professor of Chemistry, University of York. For services to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and to Interfaith and Community Cohesion”
Steven David Lewis
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Jewish Care and the community in Greater London”
Nasser Kurdy
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Altrincham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Community Interfaith Reconciliation”
Harjinder Lallie
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Birmingham, West Midlands
“Founder, Gurmat Sangeet Academy. For services to Musical Heritage, to Faith Communities and to Integration”
Neil Martin
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chief Executive, Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade. For services to Young People, to Interfaith Relations and to Holocaust Remembrance”
Norman Solomon
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Jewish Community and to Interfaith Relations in Oxfordshire”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2011
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2011). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2011.
Location (Cambridgeshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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