New Year Honours 2008
George David Thornton OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Chair • Lake District National Park Authority
Organisation: Lake District National Park Authority
“For services to the Environment.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 2008
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Cumbria
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2008- Role at the time
- Chair, Lake District National Park Authority
- Region
- Cumbria
“For services to the Environment.”
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“For services to the Environment.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 272 times in the New Year Honours List 2008 — about 23% of the list.
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How widely is this recognised?
1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2008
Abda Parveen Sharif
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Legal Adviser
Adrian Paul Orchard
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Royal Navy
Adrian Roger Wyatt
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Hertfordshire
“For services to the Property Industry.”
Alan Charles Richard Lennon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Down
“for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment.”
Alan Henry Puckridge Gillett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
“For services to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and to the community in Ealing, West London.”
Alastair Jesse Head MacNish
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Renfrewshire
“for Scotland.”
Alexander Jamieson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Valencia Province
“For services to the Youth Justice System in Scotland.”
Alison Jane Watt
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Edinburgh
“For services to Art.”
Alison Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Glasgow
“For services to Community Relations.”
Alison Mary McDonald
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
West Sussex
Senior Manager
Alison Richards
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Oxfordshire
“For services to UNICEF UK.”
Amir Kabal
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Staffordshire
“For services to Training and to the community in East Staffordshire.”
Andrew James Thomson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Norfolk
“For services to Higher Education.”
Andrew Keddie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Fife
“For public service.”
Andrew Kerry Pike
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Andrew Lake
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London
Grade B1
Andrew Stewart Trotter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Kent
“For services to the Police.”
Angela’s Ursuline School
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
“For services to Education.”
Ann Beynon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
South Glamorgan
“For services to Business.”
Ann Marie Grinstead
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Hampshire
“For public service.”
Anthony Clive Davies
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Lancashire
“For services to School Inspections.”
Anthony McGann
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Merseyside
“For services to the community in the Vauxhall and Kirkdale Districts of Liverpool.”
Anton Setchell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Buckinghamshire
“For services to the Police.”
Antony’s College
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
“For services to Education.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Environment & Agriculture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture. See the full list →
Lisa Clare Pinney
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newark, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Stephen Andrew Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Climate Science.”
Michael Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Stephen Jess
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bangor, County Down
“For services to Agriculture in Northern Ireland.”
Adrian Isaac
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Philip Stocker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Badminton, Gloucestershire
“For services to Farming and to Animal Welfare.”
Caterina Goodhart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Conservation and Heritage Crafts.”
Ian Glendinning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Magherafelt, County Londonderry
“For services to Country Sports and to Conservation.”
Camilla Fyfe (milly Fyfe)
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Northampton, Northamptonshire
“For services to Farmers and to Family Nutrition.”
Alison Field
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Winchester, Hampshire
“For services to Forestry.”
Mary Colwell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Nature.”
Matthew Lindsey-clark
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Doynton, Gloucestershire
“For services to Horticulture and to Philanthropy.”
Sarah Chimbwandira
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bordon, Hampshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Margaret Boanas
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Meat Sector, to Trade and to Promoting Opportunities for Women.”
Wesley Aston
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Armagh, County Armagh
“For services to Agriculture.”
Maitland Mackie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Farming, to Business Innovation and to Sustainability.”
Margaret Haynes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education, to Sustainability, to the Environment and to the community in West Sussex.”
Daniel Horn-phathanothai
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to International Development and tackling Climate Change.”
Alexander Rhodes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Global Conservation.”
Jon Wheatley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Somerset
“For services to Horticulture and to Charity.”
Donald Starritt
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crumlin, County Antrim
“For services to Road Safety and to Environmental Protection.”
Professor Pearson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to Agricultural Innovation and Education.”
Josephine Lavelle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Forestry.”
Alistair Jinks
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coleraine, County Londonderry
“For services to the Environment and to the Economy.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2008).
Published 29 December 2007.
Location (Cumbria) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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