New Year Honours 1997
William Thomas Stearn CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Horticulture and Botany.”
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“For services to Horticulture and Botany.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 113 times in the New Year Honours List 1997 — about 9% 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.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 1997
.Richard Wright Shaw
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For sevicesto Higher Education.”
Abraham Kenneth Snowman
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to the Fine Arts and for charitable services.”
Alan James Kearney
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
Royal Air Force
Alan John Bannister
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
Royal Navy
Alasdair Donald MacDuff Liddell
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
Alison Norman
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to Health Care.”
Allen Short Matheson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to Architecture.”
Amyand David Buckingham
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For servicesto Science.”
Andrew Neil Morrison
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“for Scotland.”
Andrew Rodney Dare
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to Milk Marque and to the Dairy Industry.”
Angus John MacDONALD
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to Broadcasting.”
Anthony David Ball
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
Anthony George Hurst Withey
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to the Employment of Disabled People.”
Anthony Michell Howard
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to Journalism and to Broadcasting.”
Anthony Stephen Close
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to Health Education.”
Antony Angus Nicholson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
Archibald MacLAREN
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
Arthur S. Jones
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to Agricultural Education.”
Ashley Ernest George Truluck
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
Aubrey Rose
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to Community Relations.”
Barbara Fitzgerald Harvey
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to Medieval History.”
Basil Richard Ryland Butler
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to the Oil Industry and to the Royal Academy of Engineering.”
Bowen Leung Po-wing
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“for Planning, Environment, and Lands, Hong Kong.”
Brian Ford Baldock
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997
“For services to the Alcoholic Drinks Industry.”
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Others recognised for Environment & Agriculture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture. See the full list →
Lisa Clare Pinney
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newark, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Stephen Andrew Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Climate Science.”
Michael Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Stephen Jess
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bangor, County Down
“For services to Agriculture in Northern Ireland.”
Adrian Isaac
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Philip Stocker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Badminton, Gloucestershire
“For services to Farming and to Animal Welfare.”
Caterina Goodhart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Conservation and Heritage Crafts.”
Ian Glendinning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Magherafelt, County Londonderry
“For services to Country Sports and to Conservation.”
Camilla Fyfe (milly Fyfe)
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Northampton, Northamptonshire
“For services to Farmers and to Family Nutrition.”
Alison Field
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Winchester, Hampshire
“For services to Forestry.”
Mary Colwell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Nature.”
Matthew Lindsey-clark
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Doynton, Gloucestershire
“For services to Horticulture and to Philanthropy.”
Sarah Chimbwandira
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bordon, Hampshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Margaret Boanas
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Meat Sector, to Trade and to Promoting Opportunities for Women.”
Wesley Aston
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Armagh, County Armagh
“For services to Agriculture.”
Maitland Mackie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Farming, to Business Innovation and to Sustainability.”
Margaret Haynes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education, to Sustainability, to the Environment and to the community in West Sussex.”
Daniel Horn-phathanothai
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to International Development and tackling Climate Change.”
Alexander Rhodes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Global Conservation.”
Jon Wheatley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Somerset
“For services to Horticulture and to Charity.”
Donald Starritt
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crumlin, County Antrim
“For services to Road Safety and to Environmental Protection.”
Professor Pearson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to Agricultural Innovation and Education.”
Josephine Lavelle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Forestry.”
Alistair Jinks
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coleraine, County Londonderry
“For services to the Environment and to the Economy.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1997
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1997 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1996.
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