Kent Honours List

Honours List

Birthday & New Year Honours

Kent Birthday Honours 2023 Announced

Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Commander (CBE)
  • Rev Canon Nigel Genders CBE, For Services to Education.
Officer (OBE)
  • Brigadier (Retd) Nicholas Baveystock OBE DL, For Services to Engineering.
  • Mr Damian Collins OBE MP, For Political and Public Service.
  • Ms Julie Harmsworth OBE, For Services to Ex-Offenders.
  • Ms Lisa James OBE, For Services to the Ukrainian Community.
  • Mr Gavin McKinnon OBE, For Services to Policing.
  • Mr Robert Sanders OBE, For Services to Parliament and to the State.
  • Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
  • Ms Sarah Strangleman OBE, For Public Service.
  • Professor Rama Thirunamachandran OBE DL, For services to Higher Education.
Member (MBE)
  • Ms Lorna Canning MBE, For Public Service.
  • Mr Thomas Coyd MBE, For Services to Wheelchair Rugby League.
  • Ms Jennifer Cross MBE JP, For Services to the Administration of Justice and to the Community in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
  • Dr Victoria Harrington MBE, For Services to Policing.
  • Mr Aaron Hearne MBE, For Services to Children.
  • Mr Kevin Hewlett MBE, For Services to People with Dementia.
  • Dr Michael Kehinde MBE, For Public Service.
  • Ms Sonia Maulson MBE, For Services to Rail Transport and to the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
  • Ms Davina McCall MBE, For Services to Broadcasting.
  • Mr Alan Noake MBE, For Services to Young People in Kent.
  • Mr Peter O’Hara MBE, For Services to Social Care.
  • Ms Nimisha Raja MBE, For Services to Small and Medium Enterprises.
  • Ms Gillian Weaver MBE, For Services Charity and Human Milk Banking.
Medallist (BEM)
  • Ms Victoria Golding BEM, For Services to Education, Charity and to Animal Welfare.
  • Mr Gary Howes BEM, For Services to Table Tennis, to Young People and to the Community in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
  • Ms Patricia Jeal BEM, For Services to the Community in Higham, Kent.
  • Ms Catherine McCully BEM, For Services to Charity and to People with Disabilities in Canterbury,Kent.
  • Mr Reginald Pierce BEM, For Services to Business and Radio Communications.
  • Ms Judith Richardson BEM, For Services to Maritime Safety.
  • Mr Mark Simpson BEM, For Services to Parliament.
  • Ms Catherine Wynne BEM, For Services to Sport.
Kent New Year Honours 2023 Announced

Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Commander (CBE)
  • Mrs Nadra AHMED OBE DL. Executive Chair, National Care Association. For Services to Social Care.
  • Ms Lea Sarah TRUSSLER. Lately, Executive Director, People and Culture, Bank of England. For Services to the Economy.
Officer (OBE)
  • Professor William D J ABRAMS. Professor of Social Psychology, University of Kent. For Services to the Social Sciences.
  • Mr Jocelyn H CROFT. Chief Executive Officer, UKinbound. For Services to the Tourism Industry.
  • Dr Rosemary C GREEN. Lately, Chief Medical Officer, Macmillan. For Services to people with Cancer.
  • Dr Vivian I HINCHCLIFFE. Chair and Managing Trustee, St Jude Foundation. For Services to Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs.
  • Mrs Paula J HUDGELL. Foster Carer, Kent County Council. For Services to Children.
  • Miss Karen JOY. Head Teacher, Abbey Court Community Special Foundation School. For Services to Children and Young People with Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties.
  • Miss Ann MILLINGTON QFSM. Chief Executive, Kent Fire and Rescue Service. For Services to Fire and Rescue.
  • Dr Jeffery QUAYE. National Director of Education and Standards, Aspirations Academies Trust. For Services to Education.
Member (MBE)
  • Mr Denis BROPHY. Lifeboat Operations Manager, Walmer Lifeboat Station, RNLI. For Services to Maritime Safety.
  • Mrs Deborah J GREAVES. Curator, Tenterden and District Museum. For Services to the community in Tenterden.
  • Mr David R LOCKYER. Legal Advisor, Westminster Magistrates Court, HM Courts and Tribunal Service. For Public and Voluntary Service.
  • Ms Anisah OSMAN BRITTON. Founder, 23 Code Street. For Services to Diversity in the Technology Sector.
  • Dr Sian THOMAS. Chief Data Officer, Department for International Trade. For Public Service.
  • Mr John WOODNUTT. Founder, Delmatic Lighting Control. For Services to Business and to Entrepreneurship.
Medallist (BEM)
  • Mr Ian M BEAZLEY. Lately Senior Officer, Fraud Investigation Service, HM Revenue and Customs. For Services to Asset Recovery.
  • Mrs Carol M DAVIS. For Services to the Community in Herne and Broomfield.
  • Mr Christopher G GOODWIN. Founder and Group Scout Leader, 2nd Deal Sea Scouts Cub Pack. For Services to Scouting, Young People and to Charity in Kent.
  • Mr Derek J HODGE. For Services to Association Football, Charity and to the Community in Sevenoaks and Kent.
  • Miss April J HOMER. For Services to the community in Snodland during Covid-19.
  • Mrs Anne LEESE. Deputy Chief Executive Officer, EKC Group. For Services to Education and to the community in East Kent.
  • Mr Geoffrey A J LYMER. For Services to the community in Dover.
  • Mr Mark C H MOUNTJOY. For Services to the community in Westerham.
  • Mrs Joan RHODES. For Services to the community in Kent during Covid-19.
  • Dr Patricia K VELLA-BURROWS. Co-Director and Director of Training, Music4Wellbeing. For Services to Wellbeing.
  • Mr Stephen A WINDSOR. Lately Border Force Office, Home Office. For Public Service.
Knighthoods
  • Mr Ian BAUCKHAM CBE. Chair, Ofqual. For Services to Education.
Companions of the Order of the Bath
  • Catherine LITTLE. Lately Director General, Public Spending, HM Treasury. For Public Service.