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Birthday Honours 2014 Order of the Companions of Honour Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour Dame Margaret Natalie Cross SMITH, DBE Actress. For services to Drama. (London) 1 Knights Bachelor Knighthoods Dr Charles Richard BEAN Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy, Bank of England. For services to Monetary Policy and Central Banking. (London) Professor Colin Brian BLAKEMORE, FRS Director, Centre for the Study of the Senses, School of Advanced Study, University of London. For services to Scientific Research, Policy and Outreach. (Oxfordshire) Ewan BROWN, CBE Chairman, Scottish Financial Enterprise and Senior Governor, University of St Andrews. For services to Business and Public Life and Philanthropy in Scotland. (Edinburgh) Andrew Nicholas CARTER, OBE Headteacher, South Farnham Community Junior School, Surrey. For services to Education. (Surrey) William Nigel Paul CASH, MP Member of Parliament for Stone. For political service. (Shropshire) Professor Cary Lynn COOPER, CBE Distinguished Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University. For services to Social Science. (Cheshire) Barry Stuart DAY, OBE Chief Executive, Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust and The Greenwood Academies Trust. For services to Education. (Nottinghamshire) Daniel Michael Blake DAY-LEWIS Actor. For services to Drama. (London) Michael DEEGAN, CBE Chief Executive, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS. (Cheshire) 2 Professor Thomas Martin DEVINE, OBE FRSE FBA Personal Senior Research Chair of History, The University of Edinburgh. For services to the Study of Scottish History. (Lanarkshire) Philip Graham DILLEY Chairman, Arup Group. For services to Consulting Engineering. (London) Dr Michael DIXON Director, Natural History Museum. For services to Museums. (Hampshire) Dr John Ernest DUNFORD, OBE Education Consultant. For services to Education. (Leicestershire) Professor David Stephen EASTWOOD, DL Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham. For services to Higher Education. (Somerset) Professor David Royden FISH Managing Director, University College London Partners, Academic Health Science Partnership. For services to the NHS. (Hertfordshire) Robert Anthony FRANCIS, QC Chairman, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry. For services to Healthcare and Patients. (London) Professor David GREENAWAY, DL Vice Chancellor, University of Nottingham. For services to Higher Education. (Nottinghamshire) Gerald Edgar GRIMSTONE For public service, particularly to Defence and Business. (London) Professor Thomas Walter Bannerman KIBBLE, CBE FRS Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics, Imperial College London. For services to Physics. (Surrey) 3 Jonathan Michael MURPHY, QPM Chief Constable, Merseyside Police. For services to Policing. (Wirral) Derek John MYERS Lately Chief Executive, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. For services to Local Government in London. (London) Professor Michael John OWEN Director, The MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University. For services to Neuroscience and Mental Health. (South Glamorgan) Professor John Bernard PETHICA, FRS FREng Chief Scientific Adviser, National Physical Laboratory and Physical Secretary and Vice-President, The Royal Society. For services to Science. (Oxfordshire) András SCHIFF Classical Pianist. For services to Music. (London) Dr Anthony Francis SELDON Headteacher, Wellington College, Berkshire. For services to Education and to Modern Political History. (Berkshire) The Right Honourable (Arthur) Nicholas Winston SOAMES, MP Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex. For political service. (London) Professor Richard Rustom Kharsedji SORABJI, CBE FBA Honorary Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford and Professor Emeritus, King's College London. For services to Philosophical Scholarship. (Oxfordshire) Professor David John SPIEGELHALTER, OBE FRS Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge. For services to Statistics. (Cambridgeshire) 4 Order of the Bath Dames Commander of the Order of the Bath Ms Jilian Norma MATHESON National Statistician and Permanent Secretary, Office for National Statistics and Chief Executive, UK Statistics Authority. For services to Government Statistics. (London) 5 Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Amyas Charles Edward MORSE Comptroller and Auditor General, National Audit Office. For services to Parliament and Public Sector Audit. (London) 6 Order of the Bath Companions of the Order of the Bath Dr Susan Ruth Elizabeth ATKINS Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces. For services to Armed Service Personnel. (London) Dr Michael William Patrick CAVENDISH Director General, Implementation Group, Cabinet Office. For services to the Implementation of Government Policy, particularly Deregulation. (London) Peter CLAYTON Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence. (London) Ms Claire JOHNSTON Director, Legal Adviser's Office, Department for Education. For services to Education and to voluntary work with Home-Start UK. (London) Christopher Jon MARTIN Principal Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office. For public service. (London) Michael SPURR Director General and Chief Executive Officer, National Offender Management Service. For services to Offender Management. (Norwich, Norfolk) Simon James VIRLEY Director-General, Markets and Infrastructure Group, Department of Energy and Climate Change. For services to Energy Security and Supply. (Oxted, Surrey) Rhodri Havard WALTERS Lately Reading Clerk, House of Lords. For parliamentary service. (London) 7 Order of St Michael and St George Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George John CASSON Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister's Office. For public service. (London) 8 Order of the British Empire Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Ms Katharine Mary BARKER, CBE Economist. For services to the Economy. (Essex) Professor Jessica Lois CORNER Dean of Health Sciences, University of Southampton. For services to Healthcare Research and Education. (King's Somborne, Hampshire) Ms Laura Jane DAVIES, CBE Professional Golfer. For services to Golf. (Surrey) Dr Pamela Louise MAKIN Chief Executive Officer, British Technology Group plc. For services to the Life Sciences Industry. (London) Dr Hilary Mary MANTEL, CBE Author. For services to Literature. Mrs McEwen (London) Nicola Jane, Mrs NELSON-TAYLOR Executive Headteacher, Beech Hill and Walbottle Village Primary Schools, Newcastle upon Tyne. For services to Education. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear) Miss Erica PIENAAR Lately Executive Headteacher, Leathersellers' Federation of Schools, Lewisham. For services to Education. (London) The Right Honourable Dawn PRIMAROLO, MP Member of Parliament for Bristol South. For political service. (London) Miss Zandra Lindsey RHODES, CBE Fashion Designer. For services to British Fashion and Textiles. (London) 9 Order of the British Empire Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Professor Alastair Samuel ADAIR For services to Higher Education in Northern Ireland. (Newtownards, Down) Jane Muriel Mallard, Mrs ALLBERRY Deputy Director, Screening and Sexual Health, Department of Health. For services to Health Policy on Cancer and Heart Disease. (London) Elizabeth Martin, Mrs ALLEN Lately Headteacher, Newstead Wood School Elizabeth Bennett for Girls, Orpington, London. For services to Education. (Redhill, Surrey) Dr Rosalind ALTMANN For services to Pensioners and Pension Provision. (London) Jane Victoria, Mrs BARKER For services to the Financial and Insurance Services Industries and voluntary service. (London) Dr Sam BARRELL Chief Clinical Officer, NHS South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group. For services to Clinical Commissioning and Integrated Health Care. (Torquay, Devon) John BERRY Artistic Director, English National Opera. For services to Music. (London) Professor Martin BIDDLE, OBE Archaeologist. For services to Archaeology. (Oxfordshire) Ms Bridget Penelope BLOW For services to Business in the West Midlands and the British Chamber of Commerce Movement. (London) 10 Matthew Philip BOWCOCK Philanthropist. For services to Community Philanthropy. (Haslemere, Surrey) Steven Michael Stuart BRAMLEY Deputy Legal Adviser, Legal Advisers' Branch, Home Office. For public service. (Shabbington, Buckinghamshire) Andrew Douglas BROWNSWORD Philanthropist. For charitable services to the Arts, Heritage and Health in Bath and South West England. (Bath, Somerset) Marcus James Sterling BRYSON Chief Executive, GKN Aerospace Group. For services to the UK Aerospace Sector. (Stratford-Upon- Avon, Warwickshire) Alistair BUCHAN Chief Executive, Orkney Islands Council. For services to Local Government. (Orkney) Miss Susan Margaret BULLOCK Opera Singer. For services to Opera. (Beckenham, Kent) Ms Stephanie BURRAS Chief Executive, Ahead Partnership. For services to Business in Yorkshire. (Leeds, West Yorkshire) Andrew CARTER Councillor and Leader of the Conservative Group, Leeds City Council. For services to Local Government. (Leeds, West Yorkshire) William Henry Rymer CAYTON, OBE Chief Executive, Professional Standards Authority. For services to Health Care and Regulatory Reform. (London) Michael Duncan CLARK Founder, Michael Clark Company. For services to Dance. (London) Richard James COACKLEY Director of Energy Development, Environmental and Natural Resources, URS. For services to Civil Engineering. (Chester, Cheshire) 11 Penelope,
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