New Year Honours 2014
Penelope Anne Constance KEITH DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For services to the Arts and to charity.”
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“For services to the Arts and to charity.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 16 times in the New Year Honours List 2014 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
19 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Surrey.
How widely is this recognised?
3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2014
Alison Jane Carnwath
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2014
London
“Chairman, Land Securities. For services to Business.”
Alison Margaret Peacock
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Hertfordshire
“Headteacher, Wroxham Primary School, Hertfordshire. For services to Education.”
Asha Khemka
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Staffordshire
“Principal and Chief Executive, West Nottinghamshire College. For services to Further Education.”
Dr Mary Colette Bowe
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2014
London
“Chair, Ofcom. For services to Media and Communications.”
Gillian Barbara Lynne
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2014
London
“Choreographer. For services to Dance and Musical Theatre.”
Kathryn August
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Greater Manchester
“Lately Executive Director of Education, The Education Fellowship and lately Principal, Manchester Academy. For services to Education.”
Prof Seona Reid
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Glasgow
“Lately Director, Glasgow School of Art. For services to the Creative Industries.”
Professor Celia Mary Hoyles
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2014
London
“Lately Director, National Centre for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics. For services to Education.”
Professor Frances Clare Kirwan
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Oxfordshire
“Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford. For services to Mathematics.”
Professor Julia Mary Slingo
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Devon
“Chief Scientist, Meteorological Office. For services to Weather and Climate Science.”
Professor Pamela Jean Shaw
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Derbyshire
“Professor of Neurology, Sheffield. For services to Neuroscience, particularly through the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience.”
Professor Shirley Anne Pearce
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Norfolk
“For services to Higher Education.”
Professor Susan Mary Bailey
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Greater Manchester
“President, Royal College of Psychiatrists. For services to Psychiatry and for voluntary service to People with Mental Health Conditions.”
Rachel Mary De
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Bedfordshire
“Lately Executive Principal, Ormiston Victory Academy, Norwich, Norfolk. For services to Education.”
Rosemary Janet Mair Butler
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Newport
“Presiding Officer, National Assembly for Wales. For political and public services particularly to Women.”
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Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Daniel Calvert
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“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
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Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“Project Manager, Stockton and Darlington Railway Bicentenary. For services to Heritage”
Jean Irene Routley
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Backwell, Somerset
“For services to Church Music and to the community in Backwell, North Somerset”
Jennifer Rosemary Rose-Miller
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Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire”
Angela Jane Manson
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Lisburn, County Antrim
“For services to Youth Musical Theatre”
Rita Helen Lewis (Helen Hopkins)
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education”
Paul Kitching
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Wimborne, Dorset
“Head of the Natural History Museum, Tring. For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire”
Adam Joolia
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Brighton, East Sussex
“Chief Executive Officer, AudioActive. For services to Young People and to Music”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“Founder and Director, Llandeilo Fawr Festival of Music. For services to Music”
Pauline Patricia Knifton 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
“Founder, Birsay Drama Group. For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney”
Melanie Jane Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir”
Brian Charlton Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire”
Deborah Haythorne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Shirley Henderson (Shirley McGill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“Founder, McGill School of Speech and Drama, and Director, Aberdeen Youth Music Theatre. For services to Drama”
Rex Ormonde Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire”
James Breingan Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“Chief Executive Officer, The Steamship Sir Walter Scott Trust. For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park”
John Alexander Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Helen Joyce Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“Director, 'A Space' Arts. For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Artistic Director, Swansea Jazz Club. For services to Jazz Music”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“Founder, Total Ensemble Theatre Company. For services to Inclusive Theatre”
Lynn Cedar
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lingfield, Surrey
“Co-Founder and lately Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Mabel Cardwell (May Cardwell)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
“For services to Dance and to the community in Corby, Northamptonshire”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2014
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2014). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2013.
Location (Surrey) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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