New Year Honours 2020
Steven Knight CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Drama, to Entertainment and to the community in Birmingham.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Drama, to Entertainment and to the community in Birmingham.
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
28 December 2019
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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Steven KNIGHT
For services to Drama, to Entertainment and to the community in Birmingham.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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East Sussex
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“For services to Drama, to Entertainment and to the community in Birmingham.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 111 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 8% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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“For services to Economic Growth.”
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Andrew Bud
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“For services to Healthcare.”
Andrew Taylor
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“For services to Science and Technology.”
Anne Craig
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“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Annie Nightingale
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“For services to Radio.”
Barbara Elliott
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“For services to the Social Sciences.”
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Palliative and End of Life Care.”
Brendan Threlfall
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Brian Wilson
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“For services to Charity and to Business in Scotland.”
Carol Matthews
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Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Social Housing.”
Caroline Hargrove
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“For services to Engineering.”
Catherine Fogarty
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“For services to Parliament.”
Cheryl Lamont
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Cerys Matthews,
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Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
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Mukesh Sharma
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Julia Catherine Donaldson
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Horsham, West Sussex
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Richard Starrs
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Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Adam Joolia
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Brighton, East Sussex
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Julia Jones
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“For services to Music.”
Margaret Irvine
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Birsay, Orkney
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Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
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Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
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
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
David Cottle
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Jazz Music.”
Rebecca Chapman
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Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Inclusive Theatre.”
Marilyn Blieck
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Prestwick, Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Music and to the community in Ayrshire.”
Christopher Gaze
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“For services to British Arts and Culture in Canada.”
Stephen Watson
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Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Broadcasting and to Kidney Transplant Awareness and to Fundraising in Northern Ireland.”
Iain Varah
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Dunmow, Essex
“For services to Public Libraries, Culture and Leisure.”
Peter Talbot
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Eastbourne, East Sussex
“For services to the Arts.”
Paul Stacey
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London, Greater London
“For services to Theatre.”
Lisa Riley
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Garry Richardson
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Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Suzanne Raine
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Heritage.”
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Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454780. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (East Sussex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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