Birthday Honours 2020
Victoria Heywood DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Chair
“For services to the Arts”
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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
10 October 2020
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:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Victoria Mary Taylor HEYWOOD C.B.E.
Lately Chair, Royal Society of Arts
For services to the Arts
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63135 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to the Arts”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 12 times in the Birthday Honours List 2020 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
80 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Chair.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2020
Clare Gerada
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to General Practice.”
Elaine Inglesby-burke
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
St. Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Nursing.”
Emma Walmsley
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to the Pharmaceutical Industry and to Business.”
Linda Pollard
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Healthcare.”
Mary Berry
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Henley-on-Thames, Berkshire
“For services to Broadcasting, to the Culinary Arts and to Charity.”
Maureen Lipman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Charity, Entertainment and the Arts.”
Prof Anne-Marie Rafferty
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Nursing.”
Professor Muffy Calder
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Research and to Education.”
Sarah Worthington
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to English Private Law.”
Siobhan Davies
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Dance.”
Susan Hill
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
“For services to Literature.”
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Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
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London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Jonathan Davies
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Alice Coote
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Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Daniel Calvert
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
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.”
Pauline Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
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.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 63135, notice 3645912. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2020).
Published 9 October 2020.
Location (London, Greater 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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