Birthday Honours 2018
Thomas Ades CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Composer • Pianist and Conductor
“For services to Music.”
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
9 June 2018
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, 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:
Dr. Thomas ADES
Composer, Pianist and Conductor
For services to Music.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62310 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2018- Role at the time
- Composer, Pianist and Conductor
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- London
“For services to Music.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 98 times in the Birthday Honours List 2018 — about 7% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Composer, Pianist and Conductor.
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.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2018
Alexander Begbie
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“For services to Business and Social Inclusion.”
Alexander John Marshall
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Hampshire
“For services to Policing.”
Alison Janet Elliot
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Edinburgh
“For public service.”
Alun Evans
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London
“For services to Scholarship.”
Alun Tucker
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Cardiff
“For services to International Justice.”
Andrew Green
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Ann Heathwaite
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Lancashire
“For services to Scientific Research and Advice to the Government.”
Arthur Gascoigne
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Surrey
“For services to the Arts.”
Barbara Allison
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Lanarkshire
“For public service.”
Bashir Al-hashimi
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Hampshire
“For services to Computer Engineering and to Industry.”
Brenda Trenowden
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Kent
“For services to Exports in the Financial Sector and to Gender Equality.”
Brendan Mcguigan
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Down
“For services to Justice in Northern Ireland.”
Brent Cheshire
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West Sussex
“For services to the Renewable Energy Sector.”
Carole Hillenbrand
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Edinburgh
“For services to the Understanding of Islamic History.”
Caroline Brazier
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North Yorkshire
“For services to Librarianship and to Higher Education.”
Christoffel Brink
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Tyne and Wear
“For services to Higher Education.”
Colin Herron
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Tyne and Wear
“For services to Business and to the Renewable Energy Sector.”
David Eyton
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to Engineering and to Energy.”
David Havelock
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Surrey
“For services to the Economy.”
David Kinder
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Abroad
“For public service and services to Mental Wellbeing.”
David Orr
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London
“For services to Housing.”
David Wood
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Tyne and Wear
“For political and public service.”
Dinah Casson
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London
“For services to Design.”
Dionne Collins
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and the British Association of Women in Policing.”
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Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
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London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews,
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Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Mukesh Sharma
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Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
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Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Richard Starrs
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Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Adam Joolia
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Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
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Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Margaret Irvine
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Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
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Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Jazz Music.”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Inclusive Theatre.”
Marilyn Blieck
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Prestwick, Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Music and to the community in Ayrshire.”
Christopher Gaze
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Arts and Culture in Canada.”
Stephen Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Broadcasting and to Kidney Transplant Awareness and to Fundraising in Northern Ireland.”
Iain Varah
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dunmow, Essex
“For services to Public Libraries, Culture and Leisure.”
Peter Talbot
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Eastbourne, East Sussex
“For services to the Arts.”
Paul Stacey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Theatre.”
Lisa Riley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Suzanne Raine
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Heritage.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2018).
No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 8 June 2018.
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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