New Year Honours 2012
The Reverend Canon Guy Alexander WILKINSON CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“Lately Archbishop's Secretary for Inter-Religious Affairs and National Inter-Religious Affairs Adviser. For services to Inter-Faith Relations.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Lately Archbishop's Secretary for Inter-Religious Affairs and National Inter-Religious Affairs Adviser. For services to Inter-Faith Relations.
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“Lately Archbishop's Secretary for Inter-Religious Affairs and National Inter-Religious Affairs Adviser. For services to Inter-Faith Relations.”
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The Reverend Canon Guy Alexander Wilkinson
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
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“Lately Archbishop's Secretary for Inter-Religious Affairs and National Inter-Religious Affairs Adviser. For services to Inter-Faith Relations.”
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“Lately Archbishop's Secretary for Inter-Religious Affairs and National Inter-Religious Affairs Adviser. For services to Inter-Faith Relations.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 94 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 10% of the list.
In their area
707 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from London.
How widely is this recognised?
415 people have been recognised for Faith & Belief.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2012
Andrew Marles
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Monmouthshire
“Lately Chief Fire Officer, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the Fire and Rescue Service.”
Andrew William Brown
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Cornwall
“Lately Director-General of the Advertising Association. For services to the Advertising Industry.”
Anthony Charles Burton
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“Chair of the Board of the Royal Court Theatre. For services to Theatre.”
Catherine Elizabeth Bell
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Down
“Deputy Secretary, Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland Executive.”
Charles Giles Clarke
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Somerset
“Chair of the England and Wales Cricket Board. For services to Cricket.”
Charles William Holroyd
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Cheshire
“Philanthropist. For services to Young People and to the community in the North West.”
Clive Vivian Leopold James
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“Author, Poet and Broadcaster. For services to Literature and the Media.”
David John Hall
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“Chairman, Financial Services Compensation Scheme. For services to the Financial Services Industry.”
David Jonathan Flint
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Oxfordshire
“Chief Executive, Oxford Instruments. For services to Business and Science.”
Denise Coates
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Cheshire
“Founder and Chief Executive bet365. For services to the community and Business.”
Dr Andrew Burnett
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“Deputy Director, British Museum. For services to the British Museum and Numismatics.”
Dr Andrew Oliver Tyler
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Wiltshire
“Lately Chief Operating Officer, Defence Equipment and Support, Ministry of Defence.”
Dr Andrew Sentance
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Essex
“Economist. For services to the Economy.”
Dr Bryan Jackson
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Derbyshire
“For services to Manufacturing, the East Midlands Region and the East Midlands Regional Development Agency.”
Dr Dannie Abse
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“Poet and Playwright. For services to Poetry and Literature.”
Dr Eileen Vizard
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. For services to Children and Young People.”
Dr Gillian Greer
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
New Zealand
“Lately Director General, International Planned Parenthood Federation. For services to International Health and Women's Rights.”
Dr Neslyn Eugénie Watson-Druée
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“Lately Chair, NHS Kingston. For services to Healthcare.”
Dr Paul Zollinger-Read
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Essex
“Lately Chief Executive, NHS Cambridgeshire. For services to the NHS.”
Dr Robert Frederick Mulder
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For services to Philanthropy.”
Dr Tahir Ahmed Mahmood
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Fife
“For services to Women’s Health.”
Edwin Davies
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Isle of Man
“Philanthropist. For charitable services.”
Eileen Thornton
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Merseyside
“Chair, Education and Training Committee, Health Professions Council. For services to Healthcare Education and Training.”
Elizabeth Rushton
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2012
West Sussex
“Lately Principal and Chief Executive, West Herts College. For services to Further Education.”
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Others recognised for Faith & Belief
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 415 people have been recognised for Faith & Belief. See the full list →
Jean Irene Routley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Backwell, Somerset
“For services to Church Music and to the community in Backwell, North Somerset”
Sandra Howes (Cassandra Howes)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bedford, Bedfordshire
“For services to Education and to Inter-Faith Relations in Bedfordshire”
Raymond Simonson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chief Executive Officer, JW3. For services to Jewish Communities and to Community Cohesion”
Amy Pistol (Amy Wagner)
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Director, Tackling Antisemitism in Education Programme, Palace Yard. For services to the Jewish Community”
Philippa Ruth Penney
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Monmouthshire, Gwent
“For services to Church Bell Ringing and to Young People”
Lewis Orchant
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Renfrewshire
“For services to the Jewish Community in Glasgow”
Russell John Manning
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“Lately Chair, Leeds Jewish Welfare Board. For services to the Jewish Community and to Charity”
Joy Madeiros
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chigwell, Essex
“Group Chief Executive Officer, Oasis Charitable Trust and Founding Member, Women's Faith Forum. For services to Education and Faith Relations”
Robert Stephen Rubin
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chair, Pentland Capital Limited and Pentland Group Limited. For services to Inter-Faith Relations and to Charity”
Henry Cyril Grunwald
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Lately, Chair of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Newark. For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Gerald Joseph Callister
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the community in Port Erin and to the Church.”
Gerald Bennett Morris
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Truro, Cornwall
“For services to the community in the Parish of Perranzabuloe, Cornwall”
Gillian Anne Marriott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire
“For services to the Church and to the community in Long Eaton, Derbyshire”
Maureen Ann Leveton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to the Jewish Community in Norwich.”
Arnold Sydney Lewis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to the Jewish Community in Liverpool”
David Russel Lerner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Jewish community in the London Borough of Harrow”
Barry Coleman Leveton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to the Jewish Community in Norwich”
William Frank Gourlay Strang
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Lately Deputy Director, Europe Division, Scottish Government. For services to Intercultural Dialogue and Interfaith Relations”
Avtar Singh Matharu
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“Professor of Chemistry, University of York. For services to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and to Interfaith and Community Cohesion”
Steven David Lewis
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Jewish Care and the community in Greater London”
Nasser Kurdy
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Altrincham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Community Interfaith Reconciliation”
Harjinder Lallie
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Birmingham, West Midlands
“Founder, Gurmat Sangeet Academy. For services to Musical Heritage, to Faith Communities and to Integration”
Neil Martin
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chief Executive, Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade. For services to Young People, to Interfaith Relations and to Holocaust Remembrance”
Norman Solomon
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Jewish Community and to Interfaith Relations in Oxfordshire”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2012
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2012). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2011.
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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