New Year Honours 1961
Greta Fowler MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to drama in Jamaica.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 1961
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New Year Honours 1961“For services to drama in Jamaica.”
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“For services to drama in Jamaica.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 538 times in the New Year Honours List 1961 — 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.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1961
- John Geoffrey Unsworth
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Royal Navy
- Stanley Rudolph Bartlett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Royal Navy
'Constance Gwenllian Thomas
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Honorary Secretary
(Ethel Grace Roberts
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
) Douglas Jeffrey Cairns
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
) Robert Hugh Cuming Royal Scots Greys
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Abdullah Hamid Khalifa
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
“for Local Government, Aden.”
Ada Elizabeth Newby
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Adam Louis Mohamed
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Adolphus Jesse Skinner
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Agnes Nimmo Carruthers
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Akio Nansowe Wamara Kamese
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Alace Joan BATTEN. Lately Honorary Secretary
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
“for the Preservation of Rural England.”
Alan Swainson Townsend
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Alan Wright
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Albert Edwin Young
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
“For services to the community.”
Albert James Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Albert Johnson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Albert Ross Bowtell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Albert Victor Adam Fiddes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Albert Victor Bryant
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Albert William Parkin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
Alexander Aitken
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
“For services in the field of localgovernment.”
Alfred Edward Bickerstaff
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1961
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Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews,
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Jazz Music.”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Inclusive Theatre.”
Marilyn Blieck
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Prestwick, Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Music and to the community in Ayrshire.”
Christopher Gaze
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Arts and Culture in Canada.”
Stephen Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Broadcasting and to Kidney Transplant Awareness and to Fundraising in Northern Ireland.”
Iain Varah
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dunmow, Essex
“For services to Public Libraries, Culture and Leisure.”
Peter Talbot
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Eastbourne, East Sussex
“For services to the Arts.”
Paul Stacey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Theatre.”
Lisa Riley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Suzanne Raine
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Heritage.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 1961
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1961 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1960.
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