Birthday Honours 2010
Jeffrey Robert COWTON MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“Curator, The Wordsworth Trust. For services to Museums.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Curator, The Wordsworth Trust. For services to Museums.
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“Curator, The Wordsworth Trust. For services to Museums.”
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“Curator, The Wordsworth Trust. For services to Museums.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 598 times in the Birthday Honours List 2010 — about 62% of the list.
In their area
187 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Cumbria.
How widely is this recognised?
3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 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 Birthday Honours 2010
Abida Iqbal
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Essex
“For services to the community in London Borough of Redbridge.”
Agnes Glass Blair
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Antrim
“For services to Healthcare and to Respiratory Services in Northern Ireland.”
Aileen Teresa Wiswell
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Cheshire
“For services to the community in Warrington, Cheshire.”
Alan Bernstein
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Kent
“For services to Young People in Kent.”
Alan Edwards
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
London
“Senior Executive Officer, Homelessness Legislation, Housing Directorate, Department for Communities and Local Government.”
Alan Farrer
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Cumbria
“Principal Officer, HM Prison Haverigg, Cumbria, HM Prison Service.”
Alan John Hopgood
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Middlesex
“Ticket Office Manager, South West Trains, Teddington Station. For services to Public Transport.”
Alan Michael Carr
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Berkshire
“For charitable services.”
Alan Thomson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Antrim
“Chief Executive, Orchardville Society. For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Northern Ireland.”
Alex Pettifer
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
South Yorkshire
“Director, Estates and Facilities, Sheffield Hallam University. For services to Higher Education and to the community in Sheffield.”
Alexandra Mary Henderson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
East Riding of Yorkshire
“Lately Chair of the Corporation, Hull Group of Colleges. For voluntary service to Further Education.”
Alfred Hales
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Greater Manchester
“For charitable services in Bolton, Lancashire.”
Alick Brown
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Hampshire
“For voluntary service to SSAFA Forces Help in Hampshire.”
Alison Anne Mccaughan
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Londonderry
“For public service.”
Alison Blackshaw
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
London
“Lately Head of Administration, Communications Department, Prime Minister's Office”
Alison Yearley
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Hertfordshire
“Personal Secretary, Department for Culture, Media and Sport.”
Alistair Raeburn Robertson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Inverness-shire
“For voluntary service to SSAFA Forces Help in Inverness-shire.”
Alyson Grace Ellis
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
London
“For charitable services in South East London.”
Amanda Martin
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Belfast
“Director and General Manager, Park Avenue Hotel. For services to the Tourist Industry in Northern Ireland.”
Amanda Read
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
London
“Child Welfare Issues Manager, UK Border Agency, Home Office.”
Amy Williams
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Somerset
“British Skeleton Racer. For services to Sport.”
Andrew Abberley
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Mid Glamorgan
“For public service.”
Andrew Gibson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Tyne and Wear
“For services to Young People in Scotswood, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.”
Andrew Richard Bennett
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2010
Wiltshire
“Grade C1, Ministry of Defence.”
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Daniel Calvert
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“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
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Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“Project Manager, Stockton and Darlington Railway Bicentenary. For services to Heritage”
Jean Irene Routley
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Backwell, Somerset
“For services to Church Music and to the community in Backwell, North Somerset”
Jennifer Rosemary Rose-Miller
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Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire”
Angela Jane Manson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lisburn, County Antrim
“For services to Youth Musical Theatre”
Rita Helen Lewis (Helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“Head of the Natural History Museum, Tring. For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“Chief Executive Officer, AudioActive. For services to Young People and to Music”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“Founder and Director, Llandeilo Fawr Festival of Music. For services to Music”
Pauline Patricia Knifton 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
“Founder, Birsay Drama Group. For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney”
Melanie Jane Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir”
Brian Charlton Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire”
Deborah Haythorne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Shirley Henderson (Shirley McGill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“Founder, McGill School of Speech and Drama, and Director, Aberdeen Youth Music Theatre. For services to Drama”
Rex Ormonde Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire”
James Breingan Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“Chief Executive Officer, The Steamship Sir Walter Scott Trust. For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park”
John Alexander Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Helen Joyce Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“Director, 'A Space' Arts. For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Artistic Director, Swansea Jazz Club. For services to Jazz Music”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“Founder, Total Ensemble Theatre Company. For services to Inclusive Theatre”
Lynn Cedar
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lingfield, Surrey
“Co-Founder and lately Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Mabel Cardwell (May Cardwell)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
“For services to Dance and to the community in Corby, Northamptonshire”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2010). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2010.
Location (Cumbria) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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