New Year Honours 2014
Vanessa Victoria Whitburn OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Editor • The Archers
“For services to Radio Drama.”
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Warwickshire
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2014- Role at the time
- Editor, The Archers
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- Warwickshire
“For services to Radio Drama.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 289 times in the New Year Honours List 2014 — about 19% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Editor, The Archers.
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 Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2014
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Surrey
“For services to Laparoscopy Surgery.”
Adrian Conleth Burns
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Royal Navy
Aideen Jones
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East Sussex
“For services to People with Intellectual Disabilities.”
Alan Billings
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Alan Huw Thomas
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Neath Port Talbot
Leader
Alison Cunningham
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North Yorkshire
“for Debt Contact Centres, Debt Management, Department for Work and Pensions.”
Alison Marjorie Wild
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Cheshire
“For services to Higher Education.”
Alison Mary Gilchrist
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Renfrewshire
“For services to Business and to the community in Renfrewshire.”
Alistair George Speirs
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“For services to British commercial and cultural interests and to charitable work in Indonesia.”
Allan Oliver Jagger
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Training and Education of Young People through Kirdale Industrial Training Services and to charity in West Yorkshire.”
Allan Paul Marshall
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Royal Air Force
Amanda Felicity MacKenzie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
London
“For services to Marketing.”
Amelia Fletcher
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Kent
“For services to Competition and Consumer Economics.”
Andrea Lee Hough
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Greater Manchester
“For services to Manufacturing.”
Andrew Alfred Banks
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Orkney
“For services to Transport and the community in Orkney.”
Andrew Baxendine
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London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew John Basford
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Northamptonshire
“For services to Law Enforcement.”
Andrew Macfarlane Mills
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late Corps of Royal Engineers
Andrew Richard Heyn
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“For services to British interests in Burma.”
Andrew William Simons
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Bedfordshire
“For services to Defence Information Capability.”
Anissa Toscano
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Kent
“for International Development.”
Ann Cadman
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South Yorkshire
Anne Elizabeth Kerslake Roberts
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Devon
“For services to Occupational Therapy.”
Anne Owen Wozencraft
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“For services to British education overseas.”
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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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
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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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2014
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2014).
Published 31 December 2013.
Location (Warwickshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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