Birthday Honours 2015
Mary Auckland OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• External Communications
“For public service, particularly to Fire Safety.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For public service, particularly to Fire Safety.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
13 June 2015
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Ms Mary Ann Georgina AUCKLAND
Head of Campaigns and Marketing, External Communications, Department for Communities and Local Government
For public service, particularly to Fire Safety.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61256 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For public service, particularly to Fire Safety.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 286 times in the Birthday Honours List 2015 — about 20% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
External Communications.
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 2015
Adrian Penfold
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London
“For services to the Property Industry and public service to Planning.”
Adrian Reilly
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Alan Gilfillan
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Edinburgh
“For public and parliamentary services in Scotland.”
Alan Simpson
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Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Education.”
Albert Watson
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“For services to photography.”
Aldham Robarts
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Denbighshire
“For services to Higher Education and to the City of Liverpool.”
Alexander Clunes
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Dorset
“For services to Drama, charity and to the community in Dorset.”
Alistair Stuart Kirman Fox
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Amy Holmes
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London
“For services to Public Administration.”
Anba Angaelos
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Hertfordshire
“For services to International Religious Freedom.”
Andrew Bacon
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Leicestershire
“For services to Business and the Economy.”
Andrew Burns
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Andrew Griffiths
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West Midlands
“For services to Education.”
Andrew Hodgson
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Lancashire
“For services to Manufacturing and the North East Economy.”
Andrew Mcconnell
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Accounting and the community in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.”
Andrew Mcloughlin
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“For services to UK business and technology leadership.”
Andrew Salvesen
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Aberdeenshire
“For services to Entrepreneurship and philanthropic service to the community in Scotland.”
Andrew Taylor
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Andrew Wallis
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Bristol
“For services to the Eradication of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery.”
Angela Main Thompson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Isle of Man
“For services to Legal Work and Taxpayers.”
Angela Scrutton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
London
“For services to Public Protection through Drugs Control.”
Angharad Thomas
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
London
“For services to the UK Pharmaceutical Industry and the Control of Drugs.”
Angus Essenhigh
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Anita Macdonald
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West Midlands
“For services to Dietetics.”
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Christian Philip Hollier Turner
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Lynn Brown
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Janette Durbin
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London, Greater London
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Glynne Jones
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Mark
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
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
“For Public Service.”
Jack Emsley
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
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Faversham, Kent
“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
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“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
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
London Gazette (official record), issue 61256, notice 2347797. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015).
Published 13 June 2015.
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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