New Year Honours 2012
Margaret Liddy OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to the Music Industry and Charity.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to the Music Industry and Charity.
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 297 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 24% of the list.
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 Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2012
Adam Guy Dawson
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Adrian Newey
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Berkshire
“For services to Motorsport.”
Adrian Stewart Frost
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Royal Air Force
Alan Caton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Suffolk
“For services to the Police.”
Alan Diamond
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For voluntary and public service.”
Alan John Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Kent
“For services to the Police.”
Alan Kerbey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Somerset
“for the West Midlands, Dr.”
Alex Christine Crawford
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Berkshire
“For services to Broadcast Journalism.”
Alice Jane Kelly Purnell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
East Sussex
“For services to Transgender People.”
Amanda Jane Derrick
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Hertfordshire
“for Education.”
Amanda Sharp
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For services to the Visual Arts.”
Amanda Thompson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Lancashire
“For services to the Leisure Park Industry.”
Amin Mohamed Mawji
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For public and voluntary service.”
Andrew Baxter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Wiltshire
Grade B1
Andrew Edward Colver
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Hampshire
“For services to Local Government.”
Andrew Geoffrey Payne
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Wiltshire
“For services to the UK Computer Game Industry.”
Andrew Godfrey Williamson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Lancashire
“For services to Football.”
Andrew John Minchener
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
“For services to international science and clean energy collaboration with China.”
Andrew Patrick Keith Boyle
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Herefordshire
“For services to the Transport Industry.”
Andrew Richard Dingley Brown
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
“For services to UK/Qatar business relations.”
Andrew Richard Glass
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Director
AndrewGrahame MacLean
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Anita Mary Eileen Green
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
East Lothian
“for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.”
Anne Lesley Tipple
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Derbyshire
“For services to Business Skills Development.”
In the same field
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
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews,
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
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
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“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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Officer 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 (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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