New Year Honours 2018
Rosamund Blair MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• Girlguiding Dunbartonshire and Instructor
“For services to Children and People with Disabilities.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Children and People with Disabilities.
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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 2017
THE QUEEN 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:
Mrs. Rosamund Anne BLAIR
County Vice-President, Girlguiding Dunbartonshire and Instructor, Riding for the Disabled
For services to Children and People with Disabilities.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62150 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Dunbartonshire
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2018- Role at the time
- Girlguiding Dunbartonshire and Instructor
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- Dunbartonshire
“For services to Children and People with Disabilities.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 542 times in the New Year Honours List 2018 — about 39% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Girlguiding Dunbartonshire and Instructor.
How widely is this recognised?
3,337 people have been recognised for Children, Young People & Families.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2018
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“For services to the community in Taunton, Somerset.”
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“For services to People with Disabilities in the Public and Charitable Sectors.”
Adrienne Lavery
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Aileen Gelling
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“For services to the Isle of Man Prison’s Independent Monitoring Board.”
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Alan Hughes
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Glasgow
“For services to the Children’s Hearings System in Scotland.”
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London
“For services to Campanology and its Heritage.”
Alan Thomson
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“For services to the UK and global water industry and associated charities.”
Albert Dicken
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North Yorkshire
“For charitable services.”
Alec Collyer
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Devon
“For services to Search and Rescue in Dartmoor.”
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Fife
“For services to the Scouting Movement and the Vine Trust.”
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Monmouthshire
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Alison Fisher
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Alison Lewis
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Essex
“For public service.”
Alison Moth
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Belfast
“For services to Education in Northern Ireland.”
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Nigel Brown
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Caerphilly, Gwent
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Dr Carol Homden
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London, Greater London
“For services to Children and Families.”
Clive Leslie Gritten
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Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Children, Young People and the community in Norfolk.”
Neil Martin
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London, Greater London
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Stephen Greene
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Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Catherine Grove
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Julia Downey
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Barbara Connell
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David Wright
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Liverpool, Merseyside
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Roger Walton
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Wirral, Merseyside
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Patricia Wells
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London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
John Turner
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For voluntary services to Young People and to Charitable Fundraising.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Josef Taylor
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Warrington, Cheshire
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Alice Sutherland
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Alness, Ross and Cromarty
“For services to Vulnerable Young People in Alness, Ross and Cromarty.”
Michael Springett
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Maldon, Essex
“For services to Young People in the East of England.”
Pundrique Sharma
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Southport, Merseyside
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Claire Robinson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Birmingham.”
Alice Outten
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Llandudno, Clwyd
“For services to Young People.”
Douglas Ormston
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Galashiels, Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
“For services to Youth Work in Scotland.”
Katie Misselbrook
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Children and Young People.”
Steven Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Wendy Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Faye Marsh
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Spennymoor, County Durham
“For services to Children and Young People in County Durham.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62150, notice 2938246. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2018).
Published 30 December 2017.
Location (Dunbartonshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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