Birthday Honours 2021
Paul Mceldon OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to Local Growth in the North East of England.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Local Growth in the North East of England.
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
12 June 2021
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:
Paul John McELDON
For services to Local Growth in the North East of England.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Local Growth in the North East of England.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 267 times in the Birthday Honours List 2021 — about 18% of the list.
In their area
50 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Tyne and Wear.
How widely is this recognised?
5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
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 2021
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Aislinn Rea
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“For services to Safety in Sport.”
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“For services to Music and Music Production.”
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“For services to Law Enforcement.”
Alexander Bruce
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“For services to Charity.”
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Alexia Quin
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“For services to Music Therapy.”
Alison Brown
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“For voluntary service to Veterans.”
Alison Daniels
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“For services to British foreign policy.”
Alison Holmes
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London, Greater London
“For services to Medicine and Infectious Diseases particularly during Covid-19.”
Allan Bennett
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Salisbury, Wiltshire
“For services to Microbiology in the Covid-19 Response.”
Alyson King
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“For services to British foreign policy.”
Amanda Leach
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Living Abroad
“For services to Medical Science and the Covid-19 Response.”
Andrea Siodmok
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“For Public Service.”
Andrew Coe
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Andrew Horlock
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Andrew Jennings
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London, Greater London
“For services to International Trade, to Fashion and to Retail.”
Andrew Kerr
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Musselburgh, East Lothian
“For services to the Public Sector.”
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Winscome, Somerset
“For services to Social Work.”
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Natalie Wade
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Wendy Carlin
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
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Neeta Atkar
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Marlow, Buckinghamshire
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Raymond Pritchard
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Lorna Williams
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James Fraser
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Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
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Ernest Fallowfield
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“For services to Tourism.”
Lance Uggla
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“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
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Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pino De Rosa
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
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Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
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Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Charles Milne
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Buckie, Banffshire
“For services to Business and to Community Development in Buckie and Banffshire.”
Sakilbabu Kola
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Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Export Growth.”
Nadia Khan
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London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Georgina Hurcombe
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Bournemouth, Dorset
“For services to Television and the Creative Sector.”
Helene Martin Gee
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Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Louise Ellis-frankland
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Skipton, North Yorkshire
“For services to the Manufacturing Sector and to Employee Well-Being.”
George Fleming
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Business, to Employment and to Apprenticeships.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63377, notice 3817769. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2021).
Published 11 June 2021.
Location (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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