Birthday Honours 2019
This is the Queen's Birthday Honours List of Northern Ireland award recipients published on Friday 7 June 2019.
Knighthoods
Chief Constable George Ernest Craythorne Hamilton QPM
Chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to Policing and the community in Northern Ireland
Companions of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Mr Kieran James Donnelly
Comptroller and Auditor General. For services to the Northern Ireland Audit Office
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Dr Thomas Michael Maguire
For services to Justice in Northern Ireland
Mr Francis Paul Augustine Martin
President, British Chambers of Commerce and Partner, BDO Northern Ireland. For services to UK Business
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Father Brian D’Arcy
For services to Cross Community Relations
Ms Jill Downing
Solicitor. For services to Children and Families and to voluntary work in the community in Northern Ireland
Mr Mark Kieran Hamilton
Assistant Chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to Policing and the community in Northern Ireland
Mr Richard Ian Williams
Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Screen. For services to the Screen Industries in Northern Ireland
Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Mrs Viviane Hooper Adamson
For voluntary service to the Credit Union Movement and the community in Newry and Banbridge
Mrs Emma Pauline Bond
For services to Policing and the community in Northern Ireland
Mrs Sheila Chambers
Founder, Around Noon. For services to the Economy and the community in Newry
Mr John Chapman
For services to Children with Severe Learning Difficulties
Mr Anthony Joseph Convery
Founder and Chairman, CDE Group. For services to the Northern Ireland Economy
Mr Ian William Crowe DL
For services to the community and to the Northern Ireland Air Ambulance
Mr Mark Philip Horton
Chief Executive Officer, Ballinderry Rivers Trust and All-Ireland Director, The Rivers Trust. For services to Conservation
Mrs Elizabeth Jane Bewick Jackson
Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills. For services to the Northern Ireland Economy and Innovation in Law
Dr Adrian Brendan Johnston
For services to Peacebuilding and the community in Northern Ireland
Mr Marshall Kilgore
Principal, Drumachose Primary School. For services to Education and the community in Northern Ireland
Mr Walter Lambe
Head, Rathmore Educational Guidance Centre. For services to Education
Mrs Lorna McAlpine
For services to Integrated Education in Northern Ireland
Ms Catherine Frances McIlroy
Allied Health Professional Manager, Acute Services, Southern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Physiotherapy
Mrs Abbie Elizabeth McKenna
Workforce Development Manager, Ulster University. For services to Higher Education and to Deaf Children
Mr William Thomas (Liam) Perry
Principal, St Columbanus College, Bangor. For services to Education
Mr William Henry Sholdis
For services to the Scout Movement and to Young People in North and West Belfast
Mrs Jacqueline Elizabeth Stewart
Lately Principal, Downshire High School. For services to Education
Mrs Ruth Wallace
For services to Young People and the Belfast Trust Fostering Service
Mr Colin James Walsh
Chief Executive Officer, Crescent Capital, Northern Ireland. For services to Economic Development in Northern Ireland
Medallist of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)
Mr Mervyn Best
For services to the community in Northern Ireland
Ms Alison Elizabeth Blayney
For services to the community in Kilcooley, Northern Ireland
Mrs Kimberley Ann Briggs
Resource and Finance Director, East Belfast Community Development Agency. For services to the community in East Belfast
Mr Raymond Stephen Carroll
Car Pool Manager, Northern Ireland Office. For public service
Mr William Robert Caskey
Watch Commander, Magherafelt Fire Station. For services to the community in Magherafelt
Mr Richard David Collins
For services to the community in Cookstown, County Tyrone
Mrs Valerie Violet Crichton
For services to Road Racing in Northern Ireland
Mr Robert Patrick Doherty
For services to Young People through Golf in Portrush, Northern Ireland
Ms Brigid Dougherty
Staff Officer, Probation Board for Northern Ireland. For services to Criminal Justice
Mr John Glover
For services to Athletics
Miss Heather Jane Gracey
For services to the community in Lisburn
Miss Kate Mary-Rose Grant
For services to the community in Cookstown, County Tyrone
Mr Barry Gribben
Building Supervisor, Edenderry Primary School. For services to Education and Sport in Armagh
Mrs Helen Holland
For voluntary service to the community in North Belfast
Mr Robert William Irwin Holmes
Staff Officer, Benefit Security Division, Department for Communities, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to Fundraising
Ms Isabel Graham Hood
Environmental Campaigner. For services to Environmental Conservation
Mr Stephen Hoskins
For services to Young People in the Scouting Movement in Northern Ireland
Mr Richard Jay
For services to Young People and Music in Northern Ireland.
Mrs Annie Johnston
For services to Irish Craftwork
Mr James Thomas Laverty
For services to Swimming and Disability Sport
Mrs Irene Nora Elizabeth MacWilliam
For services to Textile Art in Northern Ireland
Mr Colin Philip Magill
For services to Local Government and the community in County Down
Mr John Campbell Martin
For services to the Farming community in Northern Ireland.
Mr Andrew McClarty
For services to charity
Mr Robert Alastair McFarland
Head of Technology, Limavady High School. For services to Education and the community in Londonderry
Mrs Breda McGrenaghan
For services to Cancer Patients in County Fermanagh
Mr Philip McGrenaghan
For services to Cancer Patients in County Fermanagh
Mr George Clarke McLaughlin
For services to the Northern Ireland Fire Brigade and voluntary service to the community in Limavady
Mr Francis Joseph McNally
Deputy Principal, Department for Infrastructure, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to Government in Northern Ireland and Prostate Cancer Awareness.
Mrs Alexandra McNaul
Nursery Assistant, Kylemore Nursery School. For services to Education and to the community in Portrush, Northern Ireland
Mr Robert McQuillan
For services to Music in Ballymena
Mr James Alfred Edward Mercer
For services to Young People and Football in County Armagh
Ms Roberta Richmond
For services to Mental Health in East Belfast
Mr Wilfred Andrew Hiram Robinson
For services to the community in County Tyrone
Mr Thomas James Servis
For voluntary and charitable services
Mr William James King Shaw
For voluntary and charitable service in Belfast
Mr David Wilson Shields
For services to Music and Amateur Dramatics in Northern Ireland
Mr Austin John William Stronge
For services to the welfare of former Royal Ulster Constabulary Officers and their Families in Northern Ireland
Mrs Cecelia Taggart
For voluntary services to Scouts and the community in Downpatrick, County Down.
Mr Lee Tavinder
For services to Mental Health in Northern Ireland
Dr Geoffrey Michael Thompson
For services to the Rural Youth in Northern Ireland
Queen's Police Medal (QPM)
Mr Jonathan Stewart Roberts
Chief Superintendent, Police Service of Northern Ireland
Mr Ronald (Ronnie) Charles Edwin Galwey
Lately, Detective Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland
Mr Jeremy Andrew Harris
Lately, Deputy Chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland
Queen’s Ambulance Service Medal (QAM)
Ms Jacqueline Mary O’Hara
Paramedic Station Supervisor, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service