New Year Honours 2022
Vanessa Thomas-williams MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Conservation in St Helena.”
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division Overseas and International List
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
01 January 2022
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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Vanessa Elizabeth THOMAS-WILLIAMS
Nursery Officer, Terrestrial Conservation/Environment, Natural Resources and Planning Portfolio Directorate, St Helena
For services to Conservation in St Helena.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63571 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 622 times in the New Year Honours List 2022 — about 39% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Mary Colwell
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Bristol, City of Bristol
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Doynton, Gloucestershire
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Bordon, Hampshire
“For services to the Environment.”
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Armagh, County Armagh
“For services to Agriculture.”
Maitland Mackie
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Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Farming, to Business Innovation and to Sustainability.”
Margaret Haynes
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education, to Sustainability, to the Environment and to the community in West Sussex.”
Daniel Horn-phathanothai
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Alexander Rhodes
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“For services to Global Conservation.”
Jon Wheatley
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Somerset
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Donald Starritt
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Crumlin, County Antrim
“For services to Road Safety and to Environmental Protection.”
Professor Pearson
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Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to Agricultural Innovation and Education.”
Josephine Lavelle
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Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Forestry.”
Alistair Jinks
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Coleraine, County Londonderry
“For services to the Environment and to the Economy.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63571, notice 3957207. View the official notice ↗
Published 31 December 2021.
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