Birthday Honours 2025
Michael Mccarthy BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
• lately Director of Music
“For services to Music and to UK/US relations.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Music and to UK/US relations.
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London Gazette notice
British Empire Medal
Civil Division Overseas and International List
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 approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Michael Dominic McCARTHY
Lay Canon, lately Director of Music, Washington National Cathedral, United States of America
For services to Music and to UK/US relations.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- lately Director of Music
“For services to Music and to UK/US relations.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 362 times in the Birthday Honours List 2025 — about 24% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
lately Director of Music.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the British Empire Medal in the Birthday Honours 2025
Adam Cox
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing.”
Adarsh Khullar
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to the Scottish Asian Ekta Group.”
Adrian Habgood
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
Alan Borthwick
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Music.”
Alan Hubbuck
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Neath, West Glamorgan
“For services to Professional Forestry in Wales.”
Ali Qadar
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to the community in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.”
Alison Harle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Billericay, Essex
“For services to Policing.”
Alison Ross
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Rugby, Warwickshire
“For services to Young People and the community in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
Amish Patel
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Community Pharmacy.”
Andrew Buttery
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Stafford, Staffordshire
“For services to the community in Staffordshire.”
Andrew Gee
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Harlow, Essex
“For services to Floating Pennywort Removal.”
Andrew Horner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Chichester, West Sussex
“For Public Service.”
Angela Cogbill
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Woking, Surrey
“For services to Children with Special Educational Needs and Adults with Disabilities.”
Angela Ellis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Children in West Sussex.”
Angela Mcgrath
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
“For services to Charity Fundraising in Mallorca, Spain.”
Anna Fiorentini
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Loughton, Essex
“For services to Young People from Under Privileged Backgrounds.”
Annabel Mitchell-gears
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Anne Cowan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Oakham, Rutland
“For services to the community in Manton, Rutland.”
Anne Macdougall
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Clydebank, Dunbartonshire
“For services to the community in Clydebank.”
Anne Prentis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Fakenham, Norfolk
“For services to the community in Great Ryburgh, Norfolk.”
Anne Thorpe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Rochester, Kent
“For services to Accessibility at Airports for Disabled Travellers.”
Anthony Ellis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to the community in Hillingdon.”
Aruna Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Higher Education.”
Avis Gallager
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2025
Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to the community in Banbury, Oxfordshire.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,039 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.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Jonathan Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Alice Coote
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Daniel Calvert
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
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.”
Pauline Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
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.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64759, notice 4907243. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2025).
Published 13 June 2025.
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