Tag: Queen’s Birthday Honours

Arise, King Kenny: knighthood for Celtic and Liverpool legend

Following on from the publication of the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2018 list today (June 8 2018), Scottish Secretary David Mundell passes on his congratulations to Scottish honourees:

I am pleased to see the Queen’s Birthday honours recognise the achievements of a diverse and inspiring number of our fellow Scots. From sporting icons to key players in business and academia, these individuals have been influential in shaping our nation.

As Scotland’s most capped footballer and joint leading goal scorer, Kenny Dalglish was rightly crowned ‘king’ by his fans around the world. His glittering achievements in football and dedicated service to communities, including through his unwavering support for the families of the Hillsborough victims and the millions of pounds raised by his family’s cancer charity, mean that ‘King Kenny’ now deservedly becomes a Knight.

I also welcome the Knighthood for Jim Ratcliffe, chair and chief executive of Ineos Chemical Group, who has built a business empire which contributes so much to the Scottish economy. And I’m pleased to see awards to celebrate the success of individuals in the Winter Olympics and Paralympics including an OBE for Mike Hay, Chef de Mission, Team GB.

I offer my sincere congratulations to these recipients on their worthy honours. What they have accomplished is an inspiration.

Arise, Sir Billy!

Knighthood for the Big Yin in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Recipients of the Queen’s Birthday Honours in Scotland.

In Scotland there are more than 100 recipients in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, including:

 There is a Companion of Honour (CH) for: 

  • JK Rowling OBE for services to literature and philanthropy

There are Knighthoods for:

  • Billy Connolly CBE for services to entertainment and charity
  • Professor Anton Muscatelli for services to economics and higher education

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) include:

  • Alasdair Hay QFSM for services to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
  • Nora Senior for services to the Scottish and UK business community
  • Professor Graham Watt for services to healthcare
  • Rose Fitzpatrick QPM for services to law and order
  • Robert Keiller for services to business and entrepreneurship
  • Professor Charles Skene OBE for services to enterprise and business promotion

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) include:

  • Judy Murray for services to tennis, women in sport and charity
  • Polly Purvis for services to the digital economy in Scotland
  • Laura Ann Pender Smith for services to disability sports
  • Adrian Turpin for services to literature and the economy in Wigtownshire

Among those to be made Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) are:

  • Sharon Aitken for services to children with special needs and the community in Buckie, Banffshire
  • John Delaney for services to the Teenage Cancer Trust
  • John Dunn for services to the promotion of marine science and education
  • Carolyn Little for services to mental healthcare
  • Angela Malone for services to wheelchair curling
  • Tommy Miah for services to the hospitality industry and charity
  • Eunice Olumide for services to broadcasting, the arts and charity
  • Emeli Sande for services to music

Among those to become a Medallist of the Order of the British Empire (BEM) are:

  • Paul Breen for charitable services to the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Therapeutic Roof Garden
  • Ian Brown for services to badminton
  • Eileen Gardner for services to adult education and the arts in Fife
  • Elizabeth Hendry for services to Clydebank Golden Jubilee Hospital
  • Alice Rankin for services to the community in Newarthill, North Lanarkshire .

Full list of UK recipients:

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Arise, Sir Baldrick!

images[3]At last, a ‘cunning plan’ has come together – and in British honours system hierarchy Baldrick now outranks his master Blackadder! Blackadder actor Tony Robinson has been knighted while his co-star Rowan Atkinson receives a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Among the other well-known names to receive honours are Adele, Rob Brydon, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber, Clare Balding, golfer Paul Lawrie and former Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell, but the majority of recipients are unsung heroes – of the 1,180 people who appear on the Birthday Honours list, almost three-quarters are people who are actively engaged in charitable or voluntary work within their local communities.

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