New Year Honours 2009
Robert Anthony PLANT CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
composer
“Singer and Songwriter. For services to Music.”
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“Singer and Songwriter. For services to Music.”
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“Singer and Songwriter. For services to Music.”
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“Singer and Songwriter. For services to Music.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 101 times in the New Year Honours List 2009 — about 11% of the list.
In their area
29 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Worcestershire.
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composer.
How widely is this recognised?
3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2009
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Andrew Michael Slade
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“SCS, Ministry of Defence. For public service.”
Anthony Watson
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“Chairman, Strategic Investment Board Limited. For services to Economic Development in Northern Ireland.”
Ben Paul Oakley Dyson
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“Director of Primary Care, Department of Health.”
Bradley Marc Wiggins
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Lancashire
“Cyclist. For services to Sport.”
Bryan Mark Gray
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Lancashire
“Chair, North West Regional Development Agency. For services to Business and to the community in the North West.”
Charles Benedict Ainslie
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Cornwall
“Sailor. For services to Sport.”
Charles Donald Hendry
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Kent
“Chief Fire Officer, Kent Fire and Rescue Service. For services to Local Government.”
Charles James Francis Sinclair
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London
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Clive Andrew Maxwell
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Colin William Mckerracher
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Aberdeen
“Chief Constable, Grampian Police. For services to the Police.”
Councillor David Robert Parsons
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Leicestershire
“Leader, Leicestershire County Council and Chairman, East Midlands Regional Assembly. For services to Local and Regional Government and to the Voluntary Sector.”
Daniel Francis Mcallister
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Leicestershire
“Area Manager, East Midlands Region, HM Prison Service, Ministry of Justice.”
David Evan Roberts
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2009
“Swimmer. For services to Disabled Sport.”
David George Flory
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Durham
“Director-General, NHS Finance, Performance and Operations, Department of Health.”
David George Moorhouse
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Kent
“Chair, Lloyds Register. For services to the Maritime Industry.”
David John Brailsford
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Derbyshire
“Performance Director, British Cycling. For services to Sport.”
David Keith Dingle
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Kent
“Chief Executive Officer, Carnival UK. For services to the Shipping Industry.”
David Lee Pearson
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Staffordshire
“For services to Equestrianism and Disabled Sport.”
David Prince
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2009
Leicestershire
“Lately Chief Executive, Standards Board for England. For services to Local Government.”
David Whitlock Tanner
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Middlesex
“Performance Director, GB Rowing Team. For services to Sport.”
Deborah Frances Shackleton
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Merseyside
“Group Chief Executive, The Riverside Housing Group. For services to the Housing Sector.”
Derek Anthony Ludlow
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Bedfordshire
“Chairman, Ludlow Group of Companies. For services to Business and to the community in Bedfordshire.”
Douglas Caster
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Berkshire
“Chief Executive, Ultra Electronics Holdings plc. For services to the Defence Industry.”
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Jean Irene Routley
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Rita Helen Lewis (Helen Hopkins)
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
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Paul Kitching
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Wimborne, Dorset
“Head of the Natural History Museum, Tring. For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire”
Adam Joolia
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Brighton, East Sussex
“Chief Executive Officer, AudioActive. For services to Young People and to Music”
Julia Jones
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Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“Founder and Director, Llandeilo Fawr Festival of Music. For services to Music”
Pauline Patricia Knifton Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich”
Margaret Irvine
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Birsay, Orkney
“Founder, Birsay Drama Group. For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney”
Melanie Jane Houldershaw
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir”
Brian Charlton Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire”
Deborah Haythorne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Shirley Henderson (Shirley McGill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“Founder, McGill School of Speech and Drama, and Director, Aberdeen Youth Music Theatre. For services to Drama”
Rex Ormonde Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire”
James Breingan Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“Chief Executive Officer, The Steamship Sir Walter Scott Trust. For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park”
John Alexander Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Helen Joyce Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“Director, 'A Space' Arts. For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Artistic Director, Swansea Jazz Club. For services to Jazz Music”
Rebecca Chapman
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Norwich, Norfolk
“Founder, Total Ensemble Theatre Company. For services to Inclusive Theatre”
Lynn Cedar
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Lingfield, Surrey
“Co-Founder and lately Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Mabel Cardwell (May Cardwell)
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire
“For services to Dance and to the community in Corby, Northamptonshire”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2009). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2008.
Location (Worcestershire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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