22 people across Oxfordshire have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020.
The Queen’s Birthday Honours list was due to be published in June, but it was postponed to allow time to include people who have been instrumental in the COVID-19 effort, such as medical workers, fundraisers and volunteers.
The Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020 recognises the outstanding achievements of people across the United Kingdom. Honours lists are published at New Year and on the Queen’s official birthday. Here are all the Oxfordshire people recognised in the New Year Honours List 2020.
Order of the British Empire
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Mary Rosa Alleyne BERRY CBE
For services to Broadcasting, the Culinary Arts and charity (Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire)
Knights Bachelor
Knighthoods
Anthony Christopher GALLAGHER
For services to Land Development and the Property Business (Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire)
Order of the Bath
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Rowena COLLINS RICE
Director General, Attorney General’s Office. For public service (Didcot, Oxfordshire)
Order of the British Empire
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Mary Elizabeth CURNOCK COOK OBE
Educationalist. For services to Further and Higher Education (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Professor Keith Edward HAWTON
Consultant Psychiatrist, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oxford. For services to Suicide Prevention (Witney, Oxfordshire)
Professor Yadvinder Singh MALHI FRS
Professor of Ecosystem Science, University of Oxford. For services to Ecosystem Science (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Professor Sa’Id MOSTESHAR
Director, London Institute of Space Policy and Law. For services to Space Law and Policy (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Professor Andrew HARRISON*
Chief Executive Officer, Diamond Light Source Ltd. For services to Science during the Covid-19 response(Steventon, Oxfordshire)
Juliet Madeline MABEY
Publisher. For services to Publishing (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Francesca Elizabeth Sainsbury PERRIN*
Philanthropist and Founder, Indigo Trust. For charitable service particularly during Covid-19 (Watlington, Oxfordshire)
William John PERRIN
Trustee, Carnegie UK Trust, Good Things Foundation, Indigo Trust and 360 Giving. For services to Technology and Internet Safety Policy (Watlington, Oxfordshire)
Sally Anne WAINWRIGHT
For services to Writing and Television (Witney, Oxfordshire)
ProfessorAnn Sarah WALKER*
Professor, University of Oxford and University College London. For services to Academia and the Covid-19 response (Chalfont st Giles, Buckinghamshire)
Professor Charlotte WILLIAMS
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Oxford. For services to Chemistry (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Dr Jane Lesley CLEMENTS
For services to Inter Faith and Community Cohesion (Bicester, Oxfordshire)
Linda CRICHTON
For services to the Waste and Recycling Sector (Wheatley, Oxfordshire)
Marianna HAY
Founder and Artistic Director, Orchestras For All. For services to Music Education (Woodstock, Oxfordshire)
Paul William MAYHEW-ARCHER
For services to People with Parkinson’s Disease and Cancer (Drayton, Oxfordshire)
Medallists of the Order of the British Empire
David Hugh CHAMBERS
For services to the community in Churchill, Oxfordshire (Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire)
Oliver Miles COLES*
Founder, Hospitality for Heroes. For services to Hospitality and the NHS during Covid-19 (Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire)
Elizabeth Ann EVANS
For voluntary and charitable services in Oxfordshire (Witney, Oxfordshire)
Jill Rosemary SLATTER
For voluntary service to Athletics and the community in Oxfordshire (Radley, Oxfordshire)
* = COVID-19 Recipients
