New Year Honours 2012
James Essex Holloway CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Director • The Scottish National Portrait Gallery
“For services to the Arts.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 2012
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2012- Role at the time
- Director, The Scottish National Portrait Gallery
- Region
- Edinburgh
“For services to the Arts.”
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“For services to the Arts.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 106 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 9% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Director, The Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
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 Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2012
Andrew Burnett
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London
“For services to the British Museum and Numismatics.”
Andrew Dutton Mason
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Andrew Marles
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Monmouthshire
“For services to the Fire and Rescue Service.”
Andrew Oliver Tyler
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Wiltshire
Chief Operating Officer
Andrew Sentence
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Essex
“For services to the Economy.”
Andrew William Brown
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Cornwall
“For services to the Advertising Industry.”
Anthony Charles Burton
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For services to Theatre.”
Bryan Samuel Jackson
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Derbyshire
“For services to Manufacturing, the East Midlands Region and the East Midlands Regional Development Agency.”
Catherine Elizabeth Bell
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Down
Charles Giles Clarke
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Somerset
“For services to Cricket.”
Charles William Holroyd
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Cheshire
“For services to Young People and to the community in the North West.”
Clare Juliet Fowler
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London
“For services to Uro- Neurology.”
Clive Vivian Leopold James
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For services to Literature and the Media.”
Dannie Abse
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London
David Anthony Hirst Shaw
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late Royal Regiment of Artillery
David Charles Richmond
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David John Hall
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London
“For services to the Financial Services Industry.”
David Jonathan Flint
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Oxfordshire
“For services to Business and Science.”
David Phillips
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Surrey
“For services to Chemistry.”
Denise Coates
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Cheshire
“For services to the community and Business.”
Dinesh Kumar Makhan Lai Bhugra
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For services to Psychiatry.”
Edwin Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Isle of Man
“For charitable services.”
Eileen Munro of Social Policy
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For services to Children and Families.”
Eileen Thornton
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Merseyside
“For services to Healthcare Education and Training.”
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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
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London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews,
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Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Mukesh Sharma
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Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
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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
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“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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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2012
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2012).
Published 31 December 2011.
Location (Edinburgh) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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