Birthday Honours 2012
Dr Gordon RINTOUL CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
exhibition curator
“Director, the National Museums of Scotland. For services to the Museum Sector.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Director, the National Museums of Scotland. For services to the Museum Sector.
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- exhibition curator
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“Director, the National Museums of Scotland. For services to the Museum Sector.”
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“Director, the National Museums of Scotland. For services to the Museum Sector.”
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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 2012 — about 8% of the list.
In their area
75 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Edinburgh.
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exhibition curator.
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 2012
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Derbyshire
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Northamptonshire
“For services to Journalism.”
Alistair Spalding
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London, London
“Chief Executive and Artistic Director, Sadler's Wells. For services to Dance.”
Ann Santry
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Berkshire
“Chief Executive, Sovereign Housing Association. For services to Social Housing.”
Bernadette Malone
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Perth and Kinross
“Chief Executive, Perth and Kinross Council. For services to Local Government.”
Carole Cochrane
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Lancashire
“Ambassador and Lately Chief Executive, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers. For services to Family Carers.”
Catherine Lee
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London
“Justice Policy Director, Ministry of Justice.”
Christine Pollock
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Glasgow
“Executive Director, Learning and Leisure Services, North Lanarkshire Council. For services to Education.”
Clare Jones
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
West Yorkshire
“Joint Chief Executive, WomenCentre. For services to Vulnerable Women.”
Colin Smith
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Derbyshire
“Director, Engineering and Technology, Rolls-Royce plc. For services to UK Engineering.”
David Beresford Cragg
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West Midlands
“Lately National Director of Development, Skills Funding Agency and Lately Deputy Chairman, WorldSkills 2011. For services to Education and Skills.”
David John Daniels
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
West Sussex
“Chief Consultant, Sensors, Cobham Technical Services. For services to the Defence Industry.”
Dr Cornelia Sorabji
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“Deputy Chief of the Assessments Staff.”
Dr David Walton
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Glasgow
“For services to charity and the community in Glasgow.”
Dr Irene Bishop
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“Co-Director, Southwark Schools Learning Partnership and Headteacher, St Saviour's and St Olave's CofE Secondary School. For services to Education.”
Dr James Austin Ferguson
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Surrey
“Senior Civil Servant, Permanent Secretary for Tax Group (Central Policy), London, HM Revenue and Customs.”
Dr Jennifer Iris Rachel Montagu
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“Honorary Fellow, Warburg Institute. For services to Art History.”
Dr Leonard John Patrick O'Hagan
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Down
“Chairman, Belfast Harbour Commissioners. For services to the Ports Industry, the Economy and Tourism in Northern Ireland.”
Dr Michael Campbell Mccafferty
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Hampshire
“Senior Civil Servant, Head of Counter Terrorism and UK Operational Policy, Operations Directorate, Ministry of Defence.”
Dr Michael John Short
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For services to the Mobile Communications Industry.”
Dr Peter Rundell
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“Lately Senior Representative, Libya, Department for International Development.”
Dr Richard Henry Tudor Christophers
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Kent
“Founder, The Sixteen. For services to Music.”
Duncan Macniven
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Edinburgh
“Lately Registrar General for Scotland.”
Elaine June Way
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Londonderry
“Chief Executive, Western Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Healthcare.”
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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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Julia Jones
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Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
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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”
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
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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
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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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Artistic Director, Swansea Jazz Club. For services to Jazz Music”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“Founder, Total Ensemble Theatre Company. For services to Inclusive Theatre”
Lynn Cedar
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lingfield, Surrey
“Co-Founder and lately Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Mabel Cardwell (May Cardwell)
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2012
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2012). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2012.
Location (Edinburgh) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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