Birthday Honours 2022
Fionnuala Mary Jay-O’Boyle DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2022
“For services to the community in Northern Ireland.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
“For services to Heritage in Northern Ireland.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For services to the community in Northern Ireland.
View London Gazette notice ↗Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Heritage in Northern Ireland.
View the London Gazette page ↗Wikipedia
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
02 June 2022
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:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Fionnuala Mary JAY-O’BOYLE C.B.E.
Lord-Lieutenant, County Borough of Belfast
For services to the community in Northern Ireland.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63714 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
London Gazette page
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 2008
View this issue on the London Gazette ↗ · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2008- Region
- Belfast
“For services to Heritage in Northern Ireland.”
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2022- Region
- Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to the community in Northern Ireland.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 14 times in the Birthday Honours List 2022 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
1 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipient is from City of Belfast.
How widely is this recognised?
16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 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 2022
Ann Limb
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Young People and to Philanthropy.”
Arlene Foster
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
County Fermanagh
“For Political and Public Service.”
Christine Gilbert
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Young People and to Charity.”
Clare Grey
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Science.”
Fiona Powrie
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Headington, Oxfordshire
“For services to Medical Science.”
Karen Jones
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Business and to the Hospitality Industry.”
Linda Colley
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
“For services to History.”
Louise Richardson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Higher Education.”
Maria Miller
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Hampshire
“For Parliamentary and Public Service.”
Nia Griffith
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Carmarthenshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
Ruth Beverley (ruth May)
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Nayland, Suffolk
“For services to Nursing, Midwifery, and the NHS.”
Sally Mapstone
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
St Andrews, Fife
“For services to Higher Education.”
Susan The Lady Sainsbury Of Turville
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to the Arts, particularly during Covid-19.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Community & Voluntary Service
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service. See the full list →
Alexander Gibson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Brentwood, Essex
“For Charitable Service.”
Michael Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Alison Hickman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the community in Sierra Leone.”
Charles Entwisle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Charity and to Vulnerable People in Mallorca.”
Hazel Tomkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For Charitable Service.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Carole Stevens
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Animal Welfare and to the community in Swansea, West Glamorgan.”
Ian Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
North Ronaldsay, Orkney
“For services to Art and to the community in North Ronaldsay, Orkney.”
Adrian Richards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ferryhill, County Durham
“For services to the community in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.”
Derek Reid
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Suicide Awareness and to the community in Castlemilk, Glasgow.”
Sheila Pheely
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For Voluntary Service.”
Susan Price
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Charitable Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Isabella Jenney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rushden, Northamptonshire
“For services to the community in East Northamptonshire.”
Lyndsay Howden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to the British Red Cross and to the community in Humberside.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Christopher Hailey (christopher Hailey-norris)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Charity and to the community in Yorkshire.”
Elizabeth Greig
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to the community in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Wendy Ford
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Charity and to Young People.”
Audrey Flannagan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to the community in Glasgow.”
Susan Falconer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Mountain Ash, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the community in Blackwood, Caerphilly.”
Mary Dumigan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran
“For voluntary services to the community in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63714, notice 4084013. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2022).
Published 1 June 2022.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2008).
Published 14 June 2008.
Location (Belfast) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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