Birthday Honours 2009
Keith John Ross OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Leader • West Somerset District Council and Deputy Chairman
“For services to Local Government.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 2009
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Somerset
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2009- Role at the time
- Leader, West Somerset District Council and Deputy Chairman
- Region
- Somerset
“For services to Local Government.”
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“For services to Local Government.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 276 times in the Birthday Honours List 2009 — about 22% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Leader, West Somerset District Council and Deputy Chairman.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 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 2009
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Cumbria
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“For services to Healthcare.”
Alan Cumming
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“For services to film, theatre and the arts and to activism for equal rights for the gay and lesbian community, USA.”
Alan Eric Hepper
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Wiltshire
Grade B1
Alan Geoffrey Moore
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Wiltshire
“For services to the Energy Industry.”
Alan Joseph Dorricott
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Royal Navy
Alan Milner
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“For services to good governance in Africa, the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.”
Alan William Henry
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Down
“For public service.”
Alison Mary Egerton Corbett
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Gwynedd
“For voluntary service to the Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Families Association in Gwynedd.”
Allan Stewart
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North Yorkshire
“For services to local and national Further Education.”
Amanda Jane Ivemy
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Amanda Sonia Berry
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London
“For services to the Film Industry.”
Andrew Hurst Henderson
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Vale of Glamorgan
“For services to Cardiology in Wales.”
Andrew John Beale
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Swansea
“For services to Intellectual Property and to Business in Wales.”
Andrew Kilpatrick
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Hampshire
“For services to Education.”
Andrew William Howarth
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West Sussex
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Andrew William Lewis Wolstenholme
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East Sussex
“For services to the Construction Industry.”
Angus MacDonald
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Perth and Kinross
“For services to the community in the Highlands.”
Anita Cormac
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Special Education.”
Ann Macfarlane
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Ann Whyte Harris
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South Yorkshire
“for Work and Pensions.”
Anne Marie Ledger
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Kent
“For services to Asylum Seekers and Refugees.”
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Matthew Ellis
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Sapphire Dalton
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Charles Obazuaye
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Corby, Northamptonshire
“For Public Service.”
Michael Mitchell
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Flitwick, Bedfordshire
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Jack Emsley
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“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
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“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Jane Sidebottom
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“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Healy
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
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London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
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Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
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Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2009).
Published 14 June 2009.
Location (Somerset) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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