Birthday Honours 2011
Richard Lane OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• Natural History Museum
Organisation: Natural History Museum
“For services to Museums.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 2011
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West Sussex
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2011- Role at the time
- Natural History Museum
- Region
- West Sussex
“For services to Museums.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 282 times in the Birthday Honours List 2011 — about 23% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
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 Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2011
Adrian Holmes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Derbyshire
“For services to Skills and Training.”
Adrian Voce
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“For services to Children.”
Alan John Smith
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hampshire
“for National Statistics.”
Alan Lorimer McKenzie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Bristol
Alexander Alderson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Alexander Archibald Douglas Hope
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“For services to the Visual Effects Industry.”
Alexander Messent Cairncross
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hertfordshire
“For services to Environmental Health Overseas.”
Alison Margaret Blackburn
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Suffolk
“For voluntary service to Land-Based Higher Education.”
Alison Margaret Moodie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Alistair Charles Jeudwine Bridgwood
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
First Secretary
Allison Chin
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
West Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
and Chairman of Toxicology
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
“For services to Science.”
Andrew Flower
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Warwickshire
“For services to Sport.”
Andrew John Bower
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Royal Navy
Andrew John Strauss
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Cricket.”
Andrew Nicholas Farrar
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Lancashire
Andrew Roberto Mankiewicz
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
“For services to British business interests in Japan.”
Andrew Watson Barlow
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
First Secretary
Andy Hawthorne
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Cheshire
“For services to Young People in Greater Manchester.”
Angela Burridge
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Somerset
“For services to Education.”
Angela Mary Murphy
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Lancashire
“For services to Higher Education.”
Ann Geraldine Limb
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Buckinghamshire
“For public service and for services to Education.”
Anthony Dumesnil Widmer
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
“For services to UK/Russian co-operation in social care.”
Anthony Kim Burton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2011
West Yorkshire
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews,
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
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
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Suzanne Raine
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2011
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2011).
Published 11 June 2011.
Location (West Sussex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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