New Year Honours 2011
Sarah AARONSON OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to Music and to Charity.”
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“For services to Music and to Charity.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 247 times in the New Year Honours List 2011 — about 25% of the list.
In their area
1,264 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from London.
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 Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2011
Adrian Allen
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
South Yorkshire
“Commercial Director, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre. For services to Industry in the Yorkshire and Humber Region.”
Adrian Coles
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“Director-General, Building Societies Association. For services to the Financial Services Industry.”
Alastair Kent
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Cambridgeshire
“Director, Genetic Alliance UK. For services to Healthcare”
Alexander Edward Buchan
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“Lately Chief Executive Officer, Refugee Action. For services to Refugees.”
Alexander Frank Downie
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Isle of Man
“For public service in the Isle of Man.”
Alexander Wright Maccormick
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Suffolk
“Grade B1, Ministry of Defence.”
Alice Chapman
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Belfast
“Director, Youth Conference Service, Youth Justice Agency, Department of Justice, Northern Ireland Executive.”
Alison Hadley
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“Head of Teenage Pregnancy Unit, Department for Education.”
Alison Quant
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hampshire
“President, ADEPT (Assoication of Directors of Environment, Economy Planning and Transport). For services to Local Government”
Amanda Arianwen Cecilia Cottrell
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Kent
“For services to the community in Kent.”
Andrea Arnold
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“Director. For services to the Film Industry.”
Andrew Digby Emson
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Nottinghamshire
“Superintendent Pharmacist, Boots The Chemist and Lately Chairman, Company Chemists' Association. For services to Healthcare.”
Andrew Ian Beeforth
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Cumbria
“Director, Cumbria Community Foundation. For services to the Voluntary Sector.”
Andrew Julian Goldberg
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hertfordshire
“Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust and Founder, Medical Futures Innovation Awards. For services to Medicine.”
Andrew Mark Weston
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Bristol
“Grade B2, Ministry of Defence.”
Andrew Martin Duffell
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Aylesford, Kent
“Chief Dealer, UK Debt Management Office, HM Treasury.”
Andrew Robert Colin Stephens
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hertfordshire
“Head of International Engagement and Board Secretary, British Library. For services to Scholarship.”
Ann Bates
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
East Sussex
“Deputy Chair and Rail Group Chair, Disabled Person's Transport Advisory Committee. For services to Disabled People.”
Ann Lennox
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“For services to Oxfam.”
Ann Patricia Cutcliffe
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Para Equestrian Sport.”
Barbara Anne Ward
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Antrim
“Principal, Cross and Passion College, Ballycastle, County Antrim. For services to Education in Northern Ireland.”
Barbara Ross
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Norfolk
“For services to Gender Dysphoria.”
Brian Ambrose
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Down
“Chief Executive, George Best Belfast City Airport. For services to the Aviation Industry.”
Bruce Patrick Armstrong
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hampshire
“Consultant Nurse and Emergency Planning Officer, Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare.”
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Daniel Calvert
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Richard Starrs
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Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“Project Manager, Stockton and Darlington Railway Bicentenary. For services to Heritage”
Jean Irene Routley
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Backwell, Somerset
“For services to Church Music and to the community in Backwell, North Somerset”
Jennifer Rosemary Rose-Miller
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Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire”
Angela Jane Manson
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Lisburn, County Antrim
“For services to Youth Musical Theatre”
Rita Helen Lewis (Helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“Head of the Natural History Museum, Tring. For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“Chief Executive Officer, AudioActive. For services to Young People and to Music”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“Founder, Birsay Drama Group. For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney”
Melanie Jane Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“Founder, Total Ensemble Theatre Company. For services to Inclusive Theatre”
Lynn Cedar
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lingfield, Surrey
“Co-Founder and lately Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Mabel Cardwell (May Cardwell)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
“For services to Dance and to the community in Corby, Northamptonshire”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2011
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2011). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2010.
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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