New Year Honours 2017
Elizabeth Hallam Smith CB
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
“For services to Parliament and National Heritage.”
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Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
For services to Parliament and National Heritage.
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Order of the Bath
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2016
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath:
C.B.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable Order:
Dr. Elizabeth Mary HALLAM SMITH
lately Director of Information Services and Librarian, House of Lords
For services to Parliament and National Heritage.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61803 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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How common is this award?
The Companion of the Order of the Bath was awarded 20 times in the New Year Honours List 2017 — about 1% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath in the New Year Honours 2017
Alexander Storrie
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Annabel Pillman
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London
“For public and voluntary services.”
Ian Wheatley
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Jeremy Fleming
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London
“For services to Defence.”
Jonathan Russell
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Hertfordshire
“For services to the Public Sector and the community in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire.”
Joy Hutcheon
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London
“For services to International Development.”
Leo O’reilly
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Belfast
“For services to Government in Northern Ireland.”
Martin Smith
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Matthew Coats
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2017
London
“For public service.”
Michael Bradley
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2017
Lancashire
“For services to Defence.”
Michael Stevens
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“For services to Research and Healthcare and to the community in Edinburgh.”
Michael Williams
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“For services to Global Tax Policy and Taxpayers.”
Peter Fish
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2017
Kent
“For Legal Services to Government.”
Richard Cripwell
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Richard Knighton
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Sarah Church
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Surrey
“For services to British Food and Farming.”
Sue Mcallister
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Leicestershire
“For services to the Northern Ireland Prison Service.”
Susan Catherine Gray
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Vernon Gibson
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London
“For services to Defence.”
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Malorie Blackman
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London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
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Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews
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Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Jonathan Davies
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Alice Coote
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Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Daniel Calvert
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Pauline Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
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Companion of the Order of the Bath · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61803, notice 2673434. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2017).
Published 30 December 2016.
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