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.