Birthday Honours 2026
Simon RICHARDSON MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
lately Ceremonials Project Manager, sport cyclist
Organisation: Department for Culture
“Lately Ceremonials Project Manager, Department for Culture, Media and Sport. For Public Service”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Lately Ceremonials Project Manager, Department for Culture, Media and Sport. For Public Service
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
13 June 2026
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, 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:
Simon Paul RICHARDSON
lately Ceremonials Project Manager, Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
For Public Service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 65091 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2026- Role at the time
- lately Ceremonials Project Manager; sport cyclist
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- London, Greater London
“Lately Ceremonials Project Manager, Department for Culture, Media and Sport. For Public Service”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 596 times in the Birthday Honours List 2026 — about 41% of the list.
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1,250 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
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lately Ceremonials Project Manager; sport cyclist, Department for Culture.
How widely is this recognised?
2,600 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 65091, notice 5153729. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2026).
Published 12 June 2026.
Location (London, Greater 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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