Birthday Honours 2015
Frances Anne Cairncross DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Rector
Organisation: Exeter College
“Lately Rector, Exeter College, University of Oxford. For services to Higher Education and to Economics.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Lately Rector, Exeter College, University of Oxford. For services to Higher Education and to Economics.
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2015- Role at the time
- Rector
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“Lately Rector, Exeter College, University of Oxford. For services to Higher Education and to Economics.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“Lately Rector, Exeter College, University of Oxford. For services to Higher Education and to Economics.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 7 times in the Birthday Honours List 2015.
What organisation were they with?
Rector, Exeter College.
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 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2015
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“Lately Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund. For services to Public Administration and the Global Economy.”
Prof Lesley Anne Glover
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Aberdeenshire
“Lately Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission. For services to Science.”
Professor Frances Mary Ashcroft
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Oxfordshire
“Professor of Physiology, University of Oxford. For services to Medical Science and the Public Understanding of Science.”
Professor Victoria Geraldine Bruce
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Northumberland
“Vice-President for Public Engagement, British Academy and Professor of School of Psychology, Newcastle University. For services to Higher Education and Psychology.”
Victoria Geraldine Bruce, O.B.E., F.B.A., F.R.S.E.,
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Zarine Kharas
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London
“Founder and Chief Executive, JustGiving.com. For services to Business and Charity.”
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Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,862 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
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“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Stephen Thurston Munby
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Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Shelagh Jane Legrave
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
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Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
William Smith
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Witney, Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Dawn Tinley
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“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
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“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
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“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Catherine Grove
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“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Julia Downey
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“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
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“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Diane Willson
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Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
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Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
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London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
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Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
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Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
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Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
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Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
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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.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015).
Published 15 June 2015.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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