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4 unusual facts about Birthday Honours


Birthday Honours

Birthday Honours are bestowed by the monarch of the Commonwealth realms a part of the celebration of the reigning monarch's official birthday in each realm.

Henry Coey Kane

This event made Kane's career; he was made CB in the Queen's Birthday Honours for 1891, and given command of HMS Victory, a highly prestigious posting, the following year.

Kensington and Chelsea TMO

This was further acknowledged in 2008 when Juliet Rawlings, Chair of the TMO's Board since 1993, was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for her work with the organisation.

Personal identification number

In 2006, James Goodfellow, the inventor of the personal identification number, was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.


Investiture

A list of those to be honoured is published twice a year, in either the New Year Honours or the Birthday Honours.


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Andrew Dilnot

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2000 for services to economics and economic policy and was knighted in the 2013 Birthday Honours, again for services to economics and economic policy.

Athol Moffitt

He was awarded the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1979 Queen's Birthday Honours and, later, the medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).

Bob Jervis

In 1982 he was awarded a gold honor badge of the Australian Journalists Association for "meritorious service" and in the 1985 Queen's Birthday honours list was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to journalism.

Deborah Bull

She has been awarded Honorary Doctorates by University of Derby (1998), Sheffield Hallam University (2001), Kent University (2010) and the Open University (2005) and was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1999 Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Don Kendell

In 1992, Don Kendell was made a member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Queen's Birthday Honours for his services to aviation.

Eric Dancer

Dancer was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1991 for services to business and training and Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for his work as Lord-Lieutenant.

Francis Billy Hilly

Already Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), Hilly was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 2012 Birthday Honours.

Frank Wilkes

In the 1989 Queen's Birthday honours, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for service to government and politics and to the Victorian parliament.

Geoff Mosley

His contributions were acknowledged in 2005 when he was awarded a Member Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

George Ogilvie

In 1983 he was made an AM (Member of the Order of Australia) in the 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the theatre and the performing arts.

Graeme Samuel

On 14 June 2010 he was promoted to Companion of the Order of Australia in the Queens's Birthday Honours list for services to the community, public administration, economic reform and corporate law.

Janet Ritterman

She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to music in the 2002 Birthday Honours list, see 2002 Birthday Honours and List.

Jim Leishman

In the Queen's Birthday Honours 2007, Leishman was appointed as a member of the Order of the British Empire for 'services to sport'.

Julia Polak

She was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2003 and was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her services to medicine.

Julian Priestley

He was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, 2007 and was asked to participate in the second Irish referendum campaign on the Lisbon Treaty.

Margaret Holmes

In 2001, Margaret was made a Member of the Order of Australia at the Queen's Birthday Honours, "for service to the community through organisations promoting peace, human rights and conflict resolution, particularly as a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom".

Mari Kapi

Already a Knight Bachelor, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.

Mariot Leslie

She was appointed Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2005 New Year Honours and Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (DCMG) in the 2012 Birthday Honours.

Michael Gudinski

On 12 June 2006, in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, he was made a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia.

New Tredegar

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to music and for charitable services.

Opshop

In 2011, Kerrison was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to music.

Peter Carnley

In the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours list, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia.

Specsavers

The co-founder of Specsavers, Mary Perkins, was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2007 in recognition of her services to business and the community in Guernsey.

Vera Scarth-Johnson

Vera was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in June 1996.