New Year Honours 2026
Richard Clothier MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Managing Director
“For services to Sustainable Agriculture and Food Production.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Sustainable Agriculture and Food Production.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased 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 William CLOTHIER
Managing Director, Wyke Farms
For services to Sustainable Agriculture and Food Production.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2026- Role at the time
- Managing Director
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- Warminster, Wiltshire
“For services to Sustainable Agriculture and Food Production.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 590 times in the New Year Honours List 2026 — about 40% of the list.
In their area
66 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Wiltshire.
What organisation were they with?
Managing Director.
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.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 64940, notice 5028132. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2026).
Published 29 December 2025.
Location (Warminster, Wiltshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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