Birthday Honours 2015
Frank Wilson MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Festival Arts in the North East.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Festival Arts in the North East.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
13 June 2015
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:
Frank WILSON
For services to Festival Arts in the North East.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61256 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Durham
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“For services to Festival Arts in the North East.”
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The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 577 times in the Birthday Honours List 2015 — about 40% of the list.
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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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
London Gazette (official record), issue 61256, notice 2348474. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015).
Published 13 June 2015.
Location (Durham) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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