New Year Honours 2022
Natalie Coleman BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Director
“For services to Arts and Culture in the Cayman Islands and wider region.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Arts and Culture in the Cayman Islands and wider region.
View London Gazette notice ↗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
01 January 2022
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to award the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Natalie Claire COLEMAN
Director, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
For services to Arts and Culture in the Cayman Islands and wider region.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63571 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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New Year Honours 2022- Role at the time
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“For services to Arts and Culture in the Cayman Islands and wider region.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 382 times in the New Year Honours List 2022 — about 24% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Director.
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.
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Amy Meek
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Andrea Malam
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Andrew Naylor
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Andrew Waddison
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Andrew Wright
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Angela Blower
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Angela French
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In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
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Julia Catherine Donaldson
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Horsham, West Sussex
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Cerys Matthews
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Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
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Jonathan Davies
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
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Mukesh Sharma
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Newtownabbey, County Antrim
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Alice Coote
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Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
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Buckinghamshire
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Daniel Calvert
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Richard Starrs
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“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
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Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
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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
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
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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
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
James Fraser
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Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
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Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
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Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
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Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63571, notice 3957636. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2022).
Published 31 December 2021.
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