Birthday Honours 2016
Remilekun Harris MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to the Music Industry.”
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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
11 June 2016
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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Ms Remilekun Omolara HARRIS
For services to the Music Industry.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61608 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to the Music Industry.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 574 times in the Birthday Honours List 2016 — about 40% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2016
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Higher Education and Access to Sport.”
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West Midlands
“For services to Education.”
Adrian Davies
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Gloucestershire
“For services to charity and the community in Gloucestershire.”
Aileen Jones
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Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the RNLI.”
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“For services to UK-African Diaspora Relations.”
Alan Dickie
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Aberdeenshire
“For services to the Brewing Industry.”
Alan Jerome
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Alan Mcewen
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Alan Tait
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West Sussex
“For voluntary services to the Ex-Service Community through SAAFA and community in Sussex.”
Alasdair Robinson
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Belfast
“For services to the Police and the community in Northern Ireland.”
Alastair Dinsmor
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Lanarkshire
“For services to Police Heritage.”
Alexander Little
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Alexander Mcwhirter
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Business and the Economy in Yorkshire.”
Alexandra Depledge
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London
“For services to the Sharing Economy.”
Alfred Smith
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Kent
“For services to No. 10 Downing Street.”
Alice Bentinck
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London
“For services to Business.”
Alift Harewood
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Cheshire
“For services to the community in Macclesfield.”
Alison Frazer
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Perth and Kinross
“For services to Patients.”
Alison Gilligan
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Devon
“For services to Children.”
Allan Devlin
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Lanarkshire
“For voluntary service in Lanarkshire.”
Amanda Aldous
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Hampshire
“For services to the Arts.”
Andrea Devlin
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Andrew Blyth
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Hampshire
“For services to the Maritime Industry and Maritime Safety.”
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Malorie Blackman
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“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews,
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Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Mukesh Sharma
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Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
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Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Richard Starrs
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Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Adam Joolia
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Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
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Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Margaret Irvine
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Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
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Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Jazz Music.”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Inclusive Theatre.”
Marilyn Blieck
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Prestwick, Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Music and to the community in Ayrshire.”
Christopher Gaze
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Arts and Culture in Canada.”
Stephen Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Broadcasting and to Kidney Transplant Awareness and to Fundraising in Northern Ireland.”
Iain Varah
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dunmow, Essex
“For services to Public Libraries, Culture and Leisure.”
Peter Talbot
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Eastbourne, East Sussex
“For services to the Arts.”
Paul Stacey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Theatre.”
Lisa Riley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Garry Richardson
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Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Suzanne Raine
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Heritage.”
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Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61608, notice 2552511. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2016).
Published 11 June 2016.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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