Birthday Honours 2025
Margaret Mathieson MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Staff Officer
“For voluntary services to Athletics in Northern Ireland.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For voluntary services to Athletics in Northern Ireland.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
14 June 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Margaret Petrina MATHIESON
Staff Officer, Department of Finance, Northern Ireland Civil Service
For voluntary services to Athletics in Northern Ireland.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2025- Role at the time
- Staff Officer
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- Dundonald, County Down
“For voluntary services to Athletics in Northern Ireland.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 607 times in the Birthday Honours List 2025 — about 40% of the list.
In their area
113 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from County Down.
What organisation were they with?
Staff Officer.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64759, notice 4906584. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2025).
Published 13 June 2025.
Location (Dundonald, County Down) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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