New Year Honours 2011
John Richard Kelsey DE OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“Lately Chief Executive, Football Licensing Authority. For services to Sport.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Lately Chief Executive, Football Licensing Authority. For services to Sport.
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“Lately Chief Executive, Football Licensing Authority. For services to Sport.”
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The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 247 times in the New Year Honours List 2011 — about 25% of the list.
In their area
1,264 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from London.
How widely is this recognised?
2,079 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
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 New Year Honours 2011
Adrian Allen
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South Yorkshire
“Commercial Director, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre. For services to Industry in the Yorkshire and Humber Region.”
Adrian Coles
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London
“Director-General, Building Societies Association. For services to the Financial Services Industry.”
Alastair Kent
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Cambridgeshire
“Director, Genetic Alliance UK. For services to Healthcare”
Alexander Edward Buchan
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“Lately Chief Executive Officer, Refugee Action. For services to Refugees.”
Alexander Frank Downie
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Isle of Man
“For public service in the Isle of Man.”
Alexander Wright Maccormick
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Suffolk
“Grade B1, Ministry of Defence.”
Alice Chapman
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Belfast
“Director, Youth Conference Service, Youth Justice Agency, Department of Justice, Northern Ireland Executive.”
Alison Hadley
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“Head of Teenage Pregnancy Unit, Department for Education.”
Alison Quant
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Hampshire
“President, ADEPT (Assoication of Directors of Environment, Economy Planning and Transport). For services to Local Government”
Amanda Arianwen Cecilia Cottrell
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Kent
“For services to the community in Kent.”
Andrea Arnold
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London
“Director. For services to the Film Industry.”
Andrew Digby Emson
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Nottinghamshire
“Superintendent Pharmacist, Boots The Chemist and Lately Chairman, Company Chemists' Association. For services to Healthcare.”
Andrew Ian Beeforth
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Cumbria
“Director, Cumbria Community Foundation. For services to the Voluntary Sector.”
Andrew Julian Goldberg
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hertfordshire
“Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust and Founder, Medical Futures Innovation Awards. For services to Medicine.”
Andrew Mark Weston
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Bristol
“Grade B2, Ministry of Defence.”
Andrew Martin Duffell
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Aylesford, Kent
“Chief Dealer, UK Debt Management Office, HM Treasury.”
Andrew Robert Colin Stephens
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hertfordshire
“Head of International Engagement and Board Secretary, British Library. For services to Scholarship.”
Ann Bates
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
East Sussex
“Deputy Chair and Rail Group Chair, Disabled Person's Transport Advisory Committee. For services to Disabled People.”
Ann Lennox
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“For services to Oxfam.”
Ann Patricia Cutcliffe
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Para Equestrian Sport.”
Barbara Anne Ward
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Antrim
“Principal, Cross and Passion College, Ballycastle, County Antrim. For services to Education in Northern Ireland.”
Barbara Ross
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Norfolk
“For services to Gender Dysphoria.”
Brian Ambrose
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Down
“Chief Executive, George Best Belfast City Airport. For services to the Aviation Industry.”
Bruce Patrick Armstrong
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Hampshire
“Consultant Nurse and Emergency Planning Officer, Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare.”
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John David Wright
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Solihull, West Midlands
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Ballynahinch, County Down
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Kim Watson
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Colchester, Essex
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Alan Christopher Thurlow
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London, Greater London
“For services to Swimming”
Steven Thompson
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Liverpool, Merseyside
“Volunteer, Waterloo Rugby Football Club. For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside”
Jennifer Elizabeth Smyth
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Londonderry
“For services to Disability Sport”
Edmund Harold Shillabeer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Plymouth, Devon
“For services to Charitable Fundraising, to Athletics and to the community in Plymouth, Devon”
David Stewart Smallwoods
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Local Football”
Scott Rogers
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Saint Helens, Merseyside
“Lately Head Coach, England National Amputee Football Team. For services to Disability Sport”
Alan Thomas Parker
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For voluntary services to Rugby League Football and to the community in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire”
James Isaac McDONALD
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Volunteer Athletics Coach. For services to Junior Athletics”
Jason Land
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“Disability and Inclusion Lead, Grimsby Town Foundation. For services to Association Football”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Administrator, Old Streetonians Rugby Football Club. For services to Amateur Sport in London”
Eleanor Sarah Guedalla
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football for Women and Marginalised Communities”
Leslie Alan France
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Blackpool, Lancashire
“Swimming Coach. For services to Swimming and to the community in Wigan”
Linda Annette Gaine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia”
Sarah Edwards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barnham, West Sussex
“Implementation Team Leader, Delivery Strand Workplace Transformation Programme, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Grassroots Sports”
George Michael Dodd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carlisle, Cumbria
“For services to Rowing”
Edwin Herbert Ernest Bridges
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Crowborough, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Sport in Crowborough”
Roger Frederick Bell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carrickfergus, County Antrim
“For services to Local Cricket”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“President, Mid Staffs Junior Football League. For services to Grassroots Football”
Ian Michael Brown
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Charity and to Cycling in Guernsey.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2011
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2011). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2010.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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