Birthday Honours 2025
Richard Wiltshire MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Trustee • Business Archives Council
“For services to Heritage.”
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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
14 June 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His 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:
Richard Adrian WILTSHIRE
Trustee, Business Archives Council, Member, Crisis Management Team for Business Archives and Archivist, London Gay Symphony Orchestra
For services to Heritage.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2025- Role at the time
- Trustee, Business Archives Council
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- London, Greater London
“For services to Heritage.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 607 times in the Birthday Honours List 2025 — about 40% of the list.
In their area
1,239 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Trustee, Business Archives Council.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64759, notice 4906786. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2025).
Published 13 June 2025.
Location (London, Greater 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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