Birthday Honours 2018
Jeanette Winterson CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Writer
“For services to Literature.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
9 June 2018
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Ms Jeanette WINTERSON O.B.E.
Writer
For services to Literature.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62310 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Gloucestershire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2018- Role at the time
- Writer
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- Gloucestershire
“For services to Literature.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 98 times in the Birthday Honours List 2018 — about 7% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Writer.
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.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2018
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“For services to Policing.”
Alison Janet Elliot
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Edinburgh
“For public service.”
Alun Evans
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London
“For services to Scholarship.”
Alun Tucker
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Cardiff
“For services to International Justice.”
Andrew Green
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Ann Heathwaite
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Lancashire
“For services to Scientific Research and Advice to the Government.”
Arthur Gascoigne
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Surrey
“For services to the Arts.”
Barbara Allison
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Lanarkshire
“For public service.”
Bashir Al-hashimi
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Hampshire
“For services to Computer Engineering and to Industry.”
Brenda Trenowden
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Kent
“For services to Exports in the Financial Sector and to Gender Equality.”
Brendan Mcguigan
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Down
“For services to Justice in Northern Ireland.”
Brent Cheshire
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West Sussex
“For services to the Renewable Energy Sector.”
Caroline Brazier
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North Yorkshire
“For services to Librarianship and to Higher Education.”
Christoffel Brink
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Tyne and Wear
“For services to Higher Education.”
Colin Herron
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Tyne and Wear
“For services to Business and to the Renewable Energy Sector.”
David Eyton
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to Engineering and to Energy.”
David Havelock
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Surrey
“For services to the Economy.”
David Kinder
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Abroad
“For public service and services to Mental Wellbeing.”
David Orr
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London
“For services to Housing.”
David Wood
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Tyne and Wear
“For political and public service.”
Dinah Casson
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London
“For services to Design.”
Dionne Collins
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and the British Association of Women in Policing.”
Edward Hardy
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Surrey
“For services to Drama.”
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London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
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Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews
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Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Jonathan Davies
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Mukesh Sharma
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Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Alice Coote
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Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Daniel Calvert
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“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
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.”
Pauline Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
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.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62310, notice 3041571. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2018).
Published 8 June 2018.
Location (Gloucestershire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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