The Honours System
As a result of the Coronavirus outbreak, Investitures at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle will be rearranged to later dates and the announcement of the 2020 Birthday Honours has been delayed until September 2020.
The Honours System offers public recognition to people in all walks of life and all sections of society who have given quite exceptional service and made a difference in their community or in the country. There are several different types of award, each one recognising a different type of contribution (click here).
The British Honours System is one of the oldest in the world. It has evolved over 650 years and today recognises merit, gallantry and service. Honours lists are published twice a year at New Year and in mid-June on the date of The Queen’s official birthday.
Anyone can receive an award if they reach the required standard of merit or service, and honours lists contain a wide variety of people from different backgrounds. Anyone can nominate someone for an award but it is important to note that longevity in a position is not sufficient in itself and that honours are not usually awarded after someone has retired.
Access to the required form and further information can be obtained by clicking here.
To support a nomination, it is essential to source and submit several strong letters of recommendation, from people who know at first hand about the work that has been done by the individual being nominated.
It is important to recognise that a nomination can take around 18 months to go through the vetting process, from the point it is submitted to the Cabinet Office. The fact of nomination should be kept strictly confidential as sadly a relatively few people can be honoured and it is best to avoid disappointment. If a nomination proves unsuccessful. it is sometimes possible for the Lord-Lieutenant to arrange some other form of recognition, as a ‘thank you’ for exceptional service.
Please download a copy of the exclusive Surrey Lieutenancy Honours Leaflet here:
Awards for Surrey residents
Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Graham Wrigley
Order of the British Empire
CBE
Richard Gleave OBE
Rosaleen Kerslake OBE
John McAdam
OBE
Christopher Askew
Ian Edwin Dilks
Shaun Alan Fenton
Hedley Finn MBE
Grahaeme Henderson
Julie Iles
Natalie Jones
Michael Whittingham
MBE
Joel Baseley
Brendan Doyle
Selvarani Elahi
***Manjit Kaur Gill ****
Suzanne Gooch
Ching-He Huang
Geraldine Lundy
Doris Neville-Davies
Aline Poulter
Graham Race
Sylvia Silver
John Simpson
Karen Sugarman
Seonaid Webb
BEM
Raymond Blowers
Kimberley Bottomley
Christopher Britton
Cedric Charlton
Valerie Dixon Henry
Karen Edwards
Susan Handley
Wayne Horlock
Paul Jameson
Ursula Johnston
Terence Keen
Sean Ruth QFSM
Kevin Webber
Laurie WILLS
New Year Honours 2020
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Caroline Palmer Yeates
Professor Magdalene Odundo
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Philippa Helme
CBE
Philip Sellwood
Dr Susan Pember
Colin Graves
OBE
Matthew Ward
David Gray
John Banks
Elaine Tisdall
Charlotte Dring
MBE
Lady Lamport (Angela)
Reverend Canon David Wilbraham
Colin Simpson Todd
Polly Brooks
Marilyn Scott
Neil Dallen
Michael Blower
BEM
Owen Francis O’Toole
Kanubhai Patel
Bridget Hancock
Malcolm Loveday
Dr Jocelyn Johnston
