Birthday Honours 2014
Robin Klassnik OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Founder and Director
“Founder and Director, Matt's Gallery. For services to the Visual Arts.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Founder and Director, Matt's Gallery. For services to the Visual Arts.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2014- Role at the time
- Founder and Director
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“Founder and Director, Matt's Gallery. For services to the Visual Arts.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“Founder and Director, Matt's Gallery. For services to the Visual Arts.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 286 times in the Birthday Honours List 2014 — about 20% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Founder and Director.
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.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2014
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Alan William Stanton
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Down
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Oxfordshire
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West Yorkshire
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London
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Andrew Paul Sandilands,
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Royal Air Force
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Ross and Cromarty
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London
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Derbyshire
“Lately Legal Director, Howells LLP. For services to Legal Aid.”
Anna Kim Taylor
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Kent
“Senior Nutrition Adviser, Department for International Development. For services to Tackling Global Undernutrition.”
Anne Jacqueline Wadsworth
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London
“For services to charitable giving in the UK.”
Anne Kelaart
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Oxfordshire
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Annette Hazel Hennessy
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Anthony Christian Keeling, M.B.E.,
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Leicestershire
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Alice Coote
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Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
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Buckinghamshire
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Daniel Calvert
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Richard Starrs
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Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
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Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
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Paul Kitching
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Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
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.”
Pauline Hough
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Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich.”
Margaret Irvine
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Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
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Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
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Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
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
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Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
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Southampton, Hampshire
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2014
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2014).
Published 15 June 2014.
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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