Birthday Honours 2021
Ellen Rafferty MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Education.”
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Topics
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
12 June 2021
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Ellen RAFFERTY
For services to Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
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- Uddingston, Lanarkshire
“For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 575 times in the Birthday Honours List 2021 — about 39% of the list.
In their area
22 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Lanarkshire.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 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 2021
Abdul Faruqi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Medical Research.”
Abdul Hafeez
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Warburton, Greater Manchester
“For services to the NHS particularly during Covid-19.”
Adam Elcock
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Christchurch, Dorset
“For services to Fundraising for Military Charities and to the community in Christchurch, Dorset.”
Adele Haysom
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Portishead, Somerset
“For services to Education.”
Adrian Conoboy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
“For services to Children with cancer.”
Afaf Aly
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Lisburn, County Antrim
“For services to UK-Egypt Relations and Anti-racism in Northern Ireland.”
Aida Haughton
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Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to Remembering Srebrenica.”
Aimee Durning
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Education.”
Alan Hastings
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Normanton, West Yorkshire
“For services to Law Enforcement.”
Alan Jeans
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Alan Keohane
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
“For services to British Nationals overseas.”
Alan Olver
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Homeless People.”
Alan Pearson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Hednesford, Staffordshire
“For services to Education.”
Alasdair Steele
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Alexander Bowman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Invergowrie, Perth and Kinross
“For voluntary service to St John in Scotland.”
Alexander Davison
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Ancrum, Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
“For voluntary service to the Royal British Legion in Scotland.”
Alexander Mcarthur
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire
“For services to Beekeeping.”
Alison Hughes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Blandford Forum, Dorset
“For services to Tennis.”
Alison Penny
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Bereavement Support.”
Alison Pessell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Plymouth, Devon
“For services to the English Fishing Industry.”
Alison Tedstone
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Public Health.”
Alison Wainwright
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Oakham, Rutland
“For services to the community in Rutland.”
Allan Blundell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Colchester, Essex
“For services to School Governance and to the Voluntary Sector in Essex.”
Allan Clayton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Lewes, East Sussex
“For services to Opera.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Education
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,862 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Henry Cyril Grunwald
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London, Greater London
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Stephen Thurston Munby
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Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Shelagh Jane Legrave
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
William Smith
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Witney, Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Dawn Tinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Catherine Grove
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Diane Willson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63377, notice 3818211. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2021).
Published 11 June 2021.
Location (Uddingston, Lanarkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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