The King's Birthday Honours list 2023 in full
| Published date | 16 June 2023 |
| Publication title | Manchester Evening News: Web Edition Articles (England) |
They range from footballers, actors and TV presenters to senior diplomats, members of the armed forces and charity fundraisers.
Those being honoured this year include Vogue editor-in-chief Dame Anna Wintour and Booker Prize-winning novelist Ian McEwan, who were made Companions of Honour alongside Professor Sir John Bell, regius professor of medicine at the University of Oxford.
READ: The celebrities and famous faces recognised in the King's Birthday Honours list
Line Of Duty actress Vicky McClure, television presenter Davina McCall and veteran broadcaster Ken Bruce were made MBEs. footballer-turned-pundit Wright was made an OBE, while late author Sir Martin Amis was knighted a day before he died last month aged 73.
The oldest recipient was 106-year-old Joan Willett who was given a British Empire Medal for her charitable fundraising for the British Heart Foundation. The youngest, Junior Jay Frood, 18, received the same honour for services to vulnerable children.
The honours handed out include Companions of Honour CH, Grand Cross, Order of the Bath GCB/KCB/CB, Order of St Michael and St George Knight/GCMG/KCMG/DCMG/CMG, Knighthood and damehood Knight/DBE, Commanders of the Order of the British Empire CBE, Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE, Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE and British Empire Medal BEM.
More than half 52% of the recipients are people who showed “outstanding work” in their communities and exactly half 50% of the recipients are women.
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said: “This year’s honours list is a testament to ordinary people who have demonstrated extraordinary community spirit, and I pay tribute to all those who have been recognised today.
“Our honours system has long been a way of recognising people who make an incredible contribution to life in Britain and beyond.”
Here is the full list of those getting honours in the 2023 list...
ORDER OF THE COMPANIONS OF HONOUR
Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour CH
Professor Sir John Irving Bell GBE FRS FREng. Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford. For services to Medicine, Medical Research, the Life Science Industry and to Public Health. Wallingford, Oxfordshire
Ian Russell McEwan CBE. Novelist and Screenwriter. For services to Literature. Gloucestershire
Dame Anna Wintour DBE. Editor in Chief, Vogue, Global Editorial Director, Vogue and Global Content Officer, Conde Nast. For services to Fashion. Abroad
ORDER OF ST MICHAEL AND ST GEORGE
Companion CMG
Geoffrey Charles Knupfer MBE. Lately Lead Forensic Scientist and Head of Investigation Team, Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains. For Public Service. Manchester, Greater Manchester
ORDER OF THE BATH
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
Alex Chisholm. Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office and Chief Operating Officer, Civil Service. For Public Service. London
ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire DBE
Jacqueline Marie Baillie. Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party. For Political and Public Service. Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire
Professor Averil Olive Bradley Averil Mansfield CBE. For services to Surgery and to Equality in Medicine. London
Professor Diane Coyle CBE. Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge. For services to Economics. London
Annette King. Chief Executive Officer, Publicis Groupe UK. For services to Advertising and to the Creative Industries. London
Susan Carol Langley OBE. Non-Executive Chair, Gallagher UK and lately Lead Non-Executive Director, Home Office. For Public Service and to the Financial Services Industry. Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Kathryn Alexandra McDowell CBE DL. Managing Director, London Symphony Orchestra. For services to Music. London
Professor Eleanor Jane Milner-Gulland. Tasso Leventis Chair in Biodiversity, Department of Biology, Oxford University. For services to International Conservation. Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Elizabeth Mary Nicholl CBE. President, World Netball. For services to Sport. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Dr Neslyn Eugenie Watson-Druee CBE. Voluntary Chair, Birmingham and Midlands Women Economic Forum. For services to Women and to Ethnic Minorities. London
Professor Melanie Joanne Welham. Executive Chair of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. For services to Bioscience. Whitley, Wiltshire
KNIGHTS BACHELOR
Martin Louis Amis. Author. For services to Literature to be dated 18 May 2023. London
Professor Peter John Barnes FRS. Professor of Thoracic Medicine, Imperial College London. For services to Respiratory Science. London
Rt Hon Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw MP. Member of Parliament for Exeter. For Political and Public Service. London
Robin Francis Budenberg CBE. Chair, The Crown Estate. For services to the Economy. Colchester, Essex
David Jeremy Darroch. Lately Executive Chair, Sky. For services to Business, to Charity and to Sustainability. Weybridge, Surrey
Stephen Arthur Frears. Director and Producer. For services to Film and Television. London
Rupert Alexander Gavin. For services to Drama, the Arts, to Heritage and to the Economy. London
Professor Iain Gilmour Gray CBE FRSE FREng. Director of Aerospace, Cranfield University. For services to the Aerospace Industry. Bristol
Professor Ian Andrew Greer DL. Vice-Chancellor, Queen’s University Belfast. For services to Education and to the Economy. Belfast
Professor Stephen Philip Jackson FRS. University of Cambridge Frederick James Quick Professor of Biology and Senior Group Leader, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute. For services to Innovation and Research. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Dr Richard John Mantle OBE DL. General Director, Opera North. For services to Opera. Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri OBE. Poet and Novelist. For services to Literature. London
The Hon William Hartley Hume Shawcross CVO. For Public Service. London
Mark Thompson. Media Executive. For services to Media. London
Nicholas John Varney. Chief Executive, Merlin Entertainments. For services to the Visitor Economy. Sturminster Newton, Dorset
Professor Steven George West CBE DL. President of Universities UK and Vice-Chancellor, University of the West of England. For services to Health and to Education. Gloucestershire
Professor Nairn Hutchison Fulton Wilson CBE. Honorary Founding President, College of General Dentistry. For services to Dentistry. Alderley Edge, Cheshire
ORDER OF THE BATH
Companions of the Order of the Bath CB
Adrian Duncan Baguley. Deputy Chief Executive and Director General Strategic Enablers, Defence Equipment and Support. For services to Defence. Gloucestershire
Martin Gerald Clarke. Government Actuary. For Public Service. Peterborough, Lincolnshire
Philip Duffy CBE. Director General, Growth and Productivity, HM Treasury. For Public Service. London
Shona Hunter Dunn. Second Permanent Secretary, Department for Health and Social Care. For Public Service. London
Clive Andrew Maxwell CBE. Lately Director General, High Speed Rail Group, Department for Transport. For services to Rail Transport. London
Emran Mian OBE. Director General, Regeneration, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. For services to Regeneration. London
Shona Elizabeth Riach. UK Executive Director to the International Monetary Fund. For Public Service. London
ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire CBE
Professor David Samuel Harvard Abulafia FBA. Emeritus Professor of Mediterranean History, University of Cambridge. For services to Scholarship. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Professor Derek Alderson. Chair, Centre for Perioperative Care and lately President, Royal College of Surgeons of England. For services to Surgery. Riding Mill, Northumberland
Zahra Shiva Bahrololoumi. Chief Executive Officer, Salesforce UKI. For services to the Information Technology Sector. Northampton, Northamptonshire
John Charles Baron MP. Member of Parliament for Basildon and Billericay. For Political and Public Service. London
Professor Paliarkarakadu Assen Muhammed Basheer FREng. Chair in Structural Engineering, University of Leeds. For services to Civil Engineering. Leeds, West Yorkshire
Brigadier Neil Alexander Crerar Baverstock OBE. Yeoman Usher, House of Lords. For services to Parliament and to the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. London
Donna Bell. Director, Social Care and National Care Service Development, Scottish Government. For Public Service. Edinburgh
David John Bellamy. Chief of Staff to the Mayor of London, Greater London Authority. For services to the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. London
Ann Elizabeth Bentley. Global Board Member, Rider Levett Bucknall. For services to Construction. Birmingham, West Midlands
Robert John Blackman MP. Member of Parliament for Harrow East. For Political and Public Service. London
Ivor Bolton. Conductor. For services to Music. London
Roy Brannen. Interim Director General, Net Zero, Energy and Transport, Scottish Government. For services to Transport in Scotland on the Demise of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Larbert, Stirling and Falkirk
Major General Nicholas John Caplin CB. Chief Executive Officer, Blind Veterans UK. For services to Veterans and to the Vision Impaired. Pewsey, Wiltshire
Anthony John Valerian Cheetham. Publisher. For services to Literature. Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
Michael Hugh Cherry OBE. Lately Chair, Federation of Small Businesses. For services to Business and to International Trade. Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Kenneth Cranham. Actor. For services to Drama. London
Peter Anthony Davies OBE. Chair, Smart Energy Code Panel. For services to the Energy Industry and Net Zero Emissions. Ongar, Essex
Cynthia Verna Davis. Founder, Diversifying Group Ltd. For...
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