New Year Honours 2006
Rebecca Margaret Bower OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• Royal Botanic Gardens
Organisation: Royal Botanic Gardens
“For services to Horticulture.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 2006
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“For services to Horticulture.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 284 times in the New Year Honours List 2006 — about 24% of the list.
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How widely is this recognised?
1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture.
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 New Year Honours 2006
Adrian Long
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For services to Higher Education and to Engineering.”
Adrian Peter Lewis
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
Royal Air Force
Agnes Elizabeth Nan Hill
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For services to Medicine.”
Ailsa Rosemary May Domanova
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For services to Second World War veterans and widows in the Slovak Republic and to UK-Slovak relations.”
Alan Charles Hinkes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For services to Sport.”
Alan Francis Pegler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For services to Railway Heritage.”
Alan George Waller
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For services to Logistics.”
Alan John Bates
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For services to Heritage.”
Alan Richard Norman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For services to Telecommunications.”
Alan Sykes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“for Standards in Education.”
Alan Thomas Roach
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Alan Yau
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For services to the Hospitality Industry.”
Alastair McInnes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For services to Export.”
Alastair Walter Wilson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For services to Medicine.”
Albert Andrew Poggio
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
Alexander John Hannam
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For services to the Defence Industry.”
Alexander Moffat
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For services to Art.”
Alfred Carr
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For services to the Food Industry.”
Andrew Barnett Richards
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For ophthalmic services to disadvantaged people in South Asia and Africa.”
Andrew Jamieson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For services to British business interests and to sustainable development in Nigeria.”
Andrew John Fairlie Picken
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
Deputy Director
Andrew Self
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For services to Higher Education.”
Angela Dale of Quantitative Social Research
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For services to Social Science.”
Ann Christine Eames
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006
“For services to the community in Northern Ireland.”
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Others recognised for Environment & Agriculture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture. See the full list →
Lisa Clare Pinney
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newark, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Stephen Andrew Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Climate Science.”
Michael Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Stephen Jess
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bangor, County Down
“For services to Agriculture in Northern Ireland.”
Adrian Isaac
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Philip Stocker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Badminton, Gloucestershire
“For services to Farming and to Animal Welfare.”
Caterina Goodhart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Conservation and Heritage Crafts.”
Ian Glendinning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Magherafelt, County Londonderry
“For services to Country Sports and to Conservation.”
Camilla Fyfe (milly Fyfe)
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Northampton, Northamptonshire
“For services to Farmers and to Family Nutrition.”
Alison Field
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Winchester, Hampshire
“For services to Forestry.”
Mary Colwell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Nature.”
Matthew Lindsey-clark
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Doynton, Gloucestershire
“For services to Horticulture and to Philanthropy.”
Sarah Chimbwandira
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bordon, Hampshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Margaret Boanas
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Meat Sector, to Trade and to Promoting Opportunities for Women.”
Wesley Aston
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Armagh, County Armagh
“For services to Agriculture.”
Maitland Mackie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Farming, to Business Innovation and to Sustainability.”
Margaret Haynes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education, to Sustainability, to the Environment and to the community in West Sussex.”
Daniel Horn-phathanothai
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to International Development and tackling Climate Change.”
Alexander Rhodes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Global Conservation.”
Jon Wheatley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Somerset
“For services to Horticulture and to Charity.”
Donald Starritt
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crumlin, County Antrim
“For services to Road Safety and to Environmental Protection.”
Professor Pearson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to Agricultural Innovation and Education.”
Josephine Lavelle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Forestry.”
Alistair Jinks
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coleraine, County Londonderry
“For services to the Environment and to the Economy.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2006
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 2006 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 31 December 2005.
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