The contribution of many individuals from the heritage sector has been recognised in The Queen’s Birthday Honours 2022.
A huge congratulations to Ingrid Samuel OBE (Deputy Chair of The Heritage Alliance (Acting Chair last year) – For services to heritage), Kurt Janson OBE (Director of the Tourism Alliance [Alliance member] – For services to the tourism industry) and Bernard Donoghue OBE (Chief Executive of ALVA [Alliance member] – For services to Tourism and to Culture).
We have produced a list of the heritage professionals recognised through this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list – please see it below.
Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour (pg.2)
- Dame Marina Warner CH, DBE – Professor of English and Creative Writing, Birkbeck College, University of London and Distinguished Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford [Alliance Member]. For services to the Humanities (London, Greater London)
Knighthoods (pg.7)
- Sir Nicholas Coleridge CBE – Chairman, Victoria and Albert Museum. For services to Museums, to Publishing and to the Creative Industries (Worcester, Worcestershire)
Order of the British Empire Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (pg.11)
- Geoffrey Nicholas De Bois CBE – Chair, VisitEngland Advisory Board. For services to Tourism and to the Economy (Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire)
- Dr Darren Henley CBE – Chief Executive, Arts Council England. For services to the Arts (Canterbury, Kent)
- Miranda Lowe CBE – Principal Curator of Crustacea, Natural History Museum. For services to Science Communication and to Diversity in Natural History. (London, Greater London)
- Claire McColgan CBE – Director, Culture Liverpool. For services to Arts and Culture. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
- Elisabeth Murdoch CBE – Council Member, Arts Council England – For services to Diversity in the Arts and to Charity. (London, Greater London)
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (pg. 22)
- Nicholas Capaldi OBE – Chief Executive, Arts Council of Wales. For services to the Arts. (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire)
- Bernard Donoghue OBE – Chief Executive Officer, Association of Leading Visitor Attractions [Alliance Member]. For services to Tourism and to Culture. (London, Greater London)
- Joyce Fraser OBE – Founder, Black Heroes Foundation. For services to the Promotion of Black History and Heritage. (London, Greater London)
- Dr David Rhys Gwyn OBE – For services to Archaeology and History in Wales. (Caernarfon, Gwynedd)
- Jane, Lady Gibson OBE – Chair, Spirit of 2012. For services to Volunteering, to Heritage and to the Arts. (York, North Yorkshire)
- Dr David Lawson Jacques OBE. For services to Garden History and Conservation. (Stafford, Staffordshire)
- Kurt Janson OBE – Director, Tourism Alliance [Alliance Member]. For services to the tourism industry. (London, Greater London)
- Dr Ingrid Samuel OBE – Historic Environment Director, National Trust [Alliance member], and lately Acting Chair, The Heritage Alliance. For services to heritage. (London, Greater London)
- David Tomback OBE – Development Economics Director, Historic England. For services to Heritage. (London, Greater London)
- Iain Watson OBE – Visiting Professor, Newcastle University and lately Director, Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums. For services to Culture and to the community in North East England. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
- Deborah Williams OBE – Executive Director, Creative Diversity Network. For services to Diversity in the Arts and Creative Industries. (London, Greater London)
Members of the Order of the British Empire (pg.54)
- Janet Bell MBE – Director, Glastonbury Abbey. For services to Heritage. (Wells, Somerset)
- Rebecca Goodrich (Rebecca Friel) MBE – Chief Executive Officer, Odd Arts. For services to Education and the community in Manchester. (Manchester, Greater Manchester)
- Nicholas Groves-Raines MBE – Director, Groves-Raines Architects. For services to Architecture, Heritage and Conservation. (Thurso, Caithness)
- Caroline Howell MBE – Director Foundling Museum. For services to Museums. (London, Greater London)
- Michael Loomes MBE – Founder and Curator, The Story of Scouting Museum. For voluntary services to Young People and to the community in Lancashire. (Blackpool, Lancashire)
- Sandeep Mahal MBE – Lately Director, Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature. For services to Literature, the Arts and Culture in Nottingham. (Walsall, West Midlands)
- Philip Phillips MBE – New Media Development Manager, National Museums Liverpool. For services to Museums and Science. (Bromborough, Merseyside)
- Roger Pickett MBE – Founder and Curator, Essex Fire Museum, Essex Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the community in Essex. (Aveley, Essex)
- Eleanor Semlyen MBE – Founding Trustee, Yorkshire Air Museum and Allied Air Forces Memorial, Elvington, York. For services to Heritage. (York, North Yorkshire)
- Susan Williamson MBE – National Director, Libraries, Arts Council England – For services to the Library Sector. (Chorley, Lancashire)
Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (pg.110)
- Lindsay Collier BEM – Founder and Trustee, The Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum and Founder and Chair, Lea Valley Heritage Alliance. For services to Heritage in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. (London, Greater London)
- Gerald Gabb BEM – For services to Historical Research in Swansea. (Swansea, West Glamorgan)
- Roger Pickett BEM – Founder and Curator, Essex Fire Museum, Essex Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the community in Essex. (Aveley, Essex)
- Martin David Railton BEM – Founder, Appleby Archaeology Group. For services to the community in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria. (Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria)