Birthday Honours 2011
Hon John Barnabas LEITH OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to the Bahá’í Faith and to Inter-Faith Relations.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to the Bahá’í Faith and to Inter-Faith Relations.
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“For services to the Bahá’í Faith and to Inter-Faith Relations.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 236 times in the Birthday Honours List 2011 — about 24% of the list.
In their area
213 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Hertfordshire.
How widely is this recognised?
415 people have been recognised for Faith & Belief.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 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 Birthday Honours 2011
Adrian Holmes
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Derbyshire
“For services to Skills and Training.”
Adrian Voce
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“Director, Play England. For services to Children.”
Alan Smith
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hampshire
“Head, Data Visualisation Unit, Methodology Directorate, Office for National Statistics.”
Alison Margaret Blackburn
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Suffolk
“Chair, Board of Governors, Harper Adams University College. For voluntary service to Land-Based Higher Education.”
Allison Chin
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
West Yorkshire
“Headteacher, Swinnow Primary School, Leeds. For services to Education.”
Andrew Flower
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Warwickshire
“Director, England National Cricket Team. For services to Sport.”
Andrew John Strauss
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Buckinghamshire
“England Captain. For services to Cricket.”
Andrew Nicholas Farrar
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Lancashire
“Head of Exchequer Losses, Benefits and Credits, Preston, HM Revenue and Customs.”
Andy Hawthorne
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Cheshire
“Founder and Chief Executive, Message Trust. For services to Young People in Greater Manchester.”
Angela Burridge
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Somerset
“Headteacher, Brentry Primary School, Bristol. For services to Education.”
Angela Mary Murphy
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Lancashire
“Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International), University of Central Lancashire. For services to Higher Education.”
Bernadette Mcnally
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Belfast
“Director, Social and Primary Care Services and Executive Director, Social Work, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. For public service.”
Bernard Cribbins
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Surrey
“Actor. For services to Drama.”
Beverley De-Gale
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Surrey
“Co-Founder, African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust. For services to Healthcare.”
Beverley Penney
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Vale of Glamorgan
“For services to Ramblers Cymru.”
Beverly Isadore Lindsay
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
West Midlands
“For services to Business and to the community in Birmingham.”
Brigadier William Ian Cotter Dobbie
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Kent
“General-Secretary, Council of Voluntary Welfare Workers. For services to the Armed Forces.”
Bronwen Eileen Northmore
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Middlesex
“Lately Director, Cleaner Fossil Fuels Directorate, Department of Energy and Climate Change.”
Captain Victor Richard Law
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“For voluntary service to St John Ambulance.”
Caroline Bannerman
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Cheshire
“Lately Principal and Chief Executive, Bolton College. For services to Further Education.”
Catherine Purdy
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Durham
“Chief Executive, Vela Homes (incorporating Housing Hartlepool). For services to Local Government.”
Charles Basil Woodd
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Wiltshire
“Team Leader, Community Development Team, Community Action Division, Department for Communities and Local Government.”
Charles Mark Ridgway
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
West Yorkshire
“Managing Director, Group Rhodes. For services to Industry.”
Charles William Victor Harris
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
West Yorkshire
“Director of Youth Projects, Rank Foundation. For services to Young People.”
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Others recognised for Faith & Belief
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 415 people have been recognised for Faith & Belief. See the full list →
Jean Irene Routley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Backwell, Somerset
“For services to Church Music and to the community in Backwell, North Somerset”
Sandra Howes (Cassandra Howes)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bedford, Bedfordshire
“For services to Education and to Inter-Faith Relations in Bedfordshire”
Raymond Simonson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chief Executive Officer, JW3. For services to Jewish Communities and to Community Cohesion”
Amy Pistol (Amy Wagner)
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Director, Tackling Antisemitism in Education Programme, Palace Yard. For services to the Jewish Community”
Philippa Ruth Penney
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Monmouthshire, Gwent
“For services to Church Bell Ringing and to Young People”
Lewis Orchant
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Renfrewshire
“For services to the Jewish Community in Glasgow”
Russell John Manning
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“Lately Chair, Leeds Jewish Welfare Board. For services to the Jewish Community and to Charity”
Joy Madeiros
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chigwell, Essex
“Group Chief Executive Officer, Oasis Charitable Trust and Founding Member, Women's Faith Forum. For services to Education and Faith Relations”
Robert Stephen Rubin
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chair, Pentland Capital Limited and Pentland Group Limited. For services to Inter-Faith Relations and to Charity”
Henry Cyril Grunwald
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Lately, Chair of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Newark. For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Gerald Joseph Callister
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the community in Port Erin and to the Church.”
Gerald Bennett Morris
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Truro, Cornwall
“For services to the community in the Parish of Perranzabuloe, Cornwall”
Gillian Anne Marriott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire
“For services to the Church and to the community in Long Eaton, Derbyshire”
Maureen Ann Leveton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to the Jewish Community in Norwich.”
Arnold Sydney Lewis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to the Jewish Community in Liverpool”
David Russel Lerner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Jewish community in the London Borough of Harrow”
Barry Coleman Leveton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to the Jewish Community in Norwich”
William Frank Gourlay Strang
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Lately Deputy Director, Europe Division, Scottish Government. For services to Intercultural Dialogue and Interfaith Relations”
Avtar Singh Matharu
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“Professor of Chemistry, University of York. For services to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and to Interfaith and Community Cohesion”
Steven David Lewis
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Jewish Care and the community in Greater London”
Nasser Kurdy
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Altrincham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Community Interfaith Reconciliation”
Harjinder Lallie
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Birmingham, West Midlands
“Founder, Gurmat Sangeet Academy. For services to Musical Heritage, to Faith Communities and to Integration”
Neil Martin
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chief Executive, Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade. For services to Young People, to Interfaith Relations and to Holocaust Remembrance”
Norman Solomon
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Jewish Community and to Interfaith Relations in Oxfordshire”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2011
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2011). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2011.
Location (Hertfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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