New Year Honours 2016
Godfrey Worsdale OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
formerly Director and Chief Executive
“For services to Visual Arts in the North East”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Visual 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
31 December 2015
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:
Godfrey James WORSDALE
lately Director and Chief Executive, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
For services to Visual Arts in the North East
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Durham
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New Year Honours 2016- Role at the time
- formerly Director and Chief Executive
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- Durham
“For services to Visual Arts in the North East”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 286 times in the New Year Honours List 2016 — about 19% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
formerly Director and Chief Executive.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Adam Joolia
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Julia Jones
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Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
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Nantwich, Cheshire
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Margaret Irvine
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Birsay, Orkney
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Melanie Houldershaw
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
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Brian Heald
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Chester, Cheshire
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Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
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Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
James Fraser
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Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
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John Fannon
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Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
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Weymouth, Dorset
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Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2454337. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).
Published 31 December 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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