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 2024 Announced

Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Commander (CBE)
  • Michael Jary, For Public Service
Officer (OBE)
  • Tiffany Beck, For Services to Education
  • Nicholas Merriman, For Services to the Arts and to Heritage
Member (MBE)
  • Joan Cocking, For Services to Education
  • Robert Coles, For Services to Border Security
  • Margaret Cosin, For Political and Public Service
  • Daniel Croft, For Services to Fostering
  • Alison Fotheringham, For Public and Voluntary Service
  • Elizabeth Hall, For Services to Tackling Hygiene Poverty
  • Martyn Hillier, For Services to Business and to Hospitality
  • Michael Kettle, For Services to Bomb Disposal
  • Christopher Middleton, For Public and Voluntary Service
  • Catherine Skidmore, For Services to Major Event Responses
  • James Whale, For Services to Broadcasting and to Charity
  • Carly Whyborn, For Services to Refugees
  • Gareth Williams, For Services to Policing
Medallist (BEM)
  • Stephen Elsden, For Services to Charity and to People with Disabilities
  • Patricia Gaywood, For Voluntary Service to Cricket
  • Tracy Hawkins, For Charitable Services
  • Antony Hudgell, For Services to the Prevention of Child Abuse
  • Patricia Roberts, For Services to Young People in Kent
  • David Snook, For Services to Education
  • Robert Taylor, For Services to the Community in Shipbourne, Kent
Companions of the Order of the Bath
  • Brendan Threlfall CBE, For Public Service