New Year Honours 2018
Francesca Hegyi OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Executive Director
“For services to Culture in Hull.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Ms Francesca Elizabeth HEGYI
Executive Director, Hull City of Culture 2017
For services to Culture in Hull.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62150 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2018- Role at the time
- Executive Director
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- London
“For services to Culture in Hull.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 252 times in the New Year Honours List 2018 — about 18% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Executive Director.
How widely is this recognised?
4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Barbara Holm
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Hertfordshire
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Cerys Matthews,
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Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
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Mukesh Sharma
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Julia Catherine Donaldson
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Horsham, West Sussex
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Richard Starrs
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“For services to Heritage.”
Adam Joolia
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“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
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“For services to Music.”
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“For services to Drama.”
James Fraser
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John Fannon
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Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
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Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
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Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
David Cottle
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Jazz Music.”
Rebecca Chapman
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Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Inclusive Theatre.”
Marilyn Blieck
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Prestwick, Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Music and to the community in Ayrshire.”
Christopher Gaze
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Stephen Watson
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“For services to Broadcasting and to Kidney Transplant Awareness and to Fundraising in Northern Ireland.”
Iain Varah
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Dunmow, Essex
“For services to Public Libraries, Culture and Leisure.”
Peter Talbot
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Eastbourne, East Sussex
“For services to the Arts.”
Paul Stacey
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London, Greater London
“For services to Theatre.”
Lisa Riley
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Garry Richardson
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Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Suzanne Raine
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62150, notice 2938072. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2018).
Published 29 December 2017.
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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