Birthday Honours 2017
Philip Cotton OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to education in Rwanda.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE AND OVERSEAS LIST Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2017
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::
Professor Philip COTTON
Vice Chancellor of the University of Rwanda
For services to education in Rwanda.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 259 times in the Birthday Honours List 2017 — about 18% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 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 2017
Adrian Turpin
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“For services to Literature and the Economy in Wigtownshire.”
Adrian Wootton
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London
“For services to Film.”
Agatha (Ocansey) Akyigyina
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London
“For political and public service.”
Alan Gay
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
Alastair Storey
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Berkshire
“For services to the Hospitality Industry.”
Alexander Murray
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West Midlands
“For services to Evidence-based Policing.”
Alison Etheridge
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Oxfordshire
“For services to Science.”
Alison Inman
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Essex
“For services to Social Housing Tenants in Essex.”
Alison Parken
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Bristol
“For services to Equality and Diversity.”
Amanda Mordey
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West Midlands
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disability.”
Andrea Brewster
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Somerset
“For services to Intellectual Property.”
Andrew Fane
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Suffolk
“For services to Heritage and charity.”
Andrew Massie
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Andrew Robinson
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Angela Paget
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Merseyside
“For services to Education.”
Ann Templeton
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London
“For services to Government and State Aid.”
Anna Richardson
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London
“For services to Drugs and Alcohol Evidence-based Policy.”
Anthony Lewis
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London
“For services to Financial Services.”
Anthony Stacey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
South Yorkshire
“For services to Housing.”
Antony Ross
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Cambridgeshire
“For services to Social Enterprise and Investment.”
Arvind Kapur
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Leicestershire
“For services to Science, Technology, Business and Enterprise.”
Ashley Tabor
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London
“For services to the Media Industry.”
Asif Haseeb
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Renfrewshire
“For services to Racial Equality, Health and Education in Scotland and Pakistan.”
Aubrey Adams
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Berkshire
“For services to the Arts.”
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Others recognised for Education
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,862 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Henry Cyril Grunwald
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London, Greater London
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Stephen Thurston Munby
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Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Shelagh Jane Legrave
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
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Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
William Smith
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Witney, Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Dawn Tinley
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“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
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“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
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“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Catherine Grove
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“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
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“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Diane Willson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2804949. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 17 June 2017.
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