Birthday Honours List 2026 awardees in Cumbria

8 recipients from Cumbria recognised in the Birthday Honours List 2026.

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Towns in Cumbria

Cockermouth 2 Kendal 2 Bowness-On-Windermere 1 Carlisle 1 Penrith 1 Winscales 1

8 people

BEM

Ernest Fallowfield
Person
British Empire Medal · 2026
Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Brenda Couzens
Person
British Empire Medal · 2026
Penrith, Cumbria
“For voluntary service to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.”
George Dodd
Person
British Empire Medal · 2026
Carlisle, Cumbria
“For services to Rowing.”

Member (MBE)

Officer (OBE)

David Beeby
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cockermouth, Cumbria
“For services to Business, to Economic Growth and to the Voluntary Sector in Cumbria.”

Commander (CBE)

Rebecca Weston
Person
Companion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
Cockermouth, Cumbria
“For services to Defence.”

Knight

Stephen Thurston Munby
Person
Knight Bachelor · 2026
Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”

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