Vicky McClure is among the Nottinghamshire figures on the King's Birthday Honours list. The actress and campaigner is one of 12 people living or working in our county to be recognised by King Charles III for their accomplishments and service to different aspects of life.
The Wollaton-born Line of Duty star has been recognised for her services to drama and charity, due to her impressive dementia campaigning. She has previously highlighted how music therapy can help those with the disease through her own Dementia Choir.
Explaining she had received the honour to support the "great city of Nottingham", Vicky acknowledged the MBE had followed some of the darkest days in her hometown's history. "It’s been a devastating time in Nottingham and attending the vigil on Thursday to remember Barnaby, Grace and Ian, their families and friends reminded us all to look after one another," Vicky said.
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"I received this honour to continue supporting the great city of Nottingham, people living with dementia and the causes I am extremely proud to be a part of and represent."
Other notable people from the city and wider county also received different levels of honours. Anthony May, who was Chief Executive at Nottinghamshire County Council before moving to become Chief Executive Officer of Nottingham University Hospitals, was honoured with an OBE for services to Local Government.
Anthony said: “I am humbled to have been awarded an OBE for my work in local government. I want to dedicate this honour to all those who work in local government, serving their communities, day in day out.
“My focus now is on my new job at NUH, but I am proud of my career in local government, and sincerely grateful to those colleagues who took the time and trouble to nominate me.”
Ben Bradley, MP for Mansfield and leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, said: “As leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, it was an honour to work alongside Anthony and I can’t think of anyone in local government more deserving to receive such an honour. Anthony has given decades of public service to communities across Nottinghamshire which has rightly been recognised."
Businessman Sir John Peace, the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, was honoured as a Commander of the Victorian Order (CVO), a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. The full list of honours is below.
THE ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER (CVO)
Sir John Wilfred Peace. Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. (Nottinghamshire)
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Katherine Ruth Abbott. Capability and Performance Management Lead, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. For services to Human Resources and to Mental Health. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
Anthony James May DL. Lately Chief Executive, Nottinghamshire County Council, For services to Local Government. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
William Eric Brown, who was museums national security adviser until recently was also honoured with an MBE for services to museums and to the arts. (Southwell, Nottinghamshire)
Dr Andrew Paul Haynes, who was specialist adviser to the board of Sherwood Forest NHS Foundation Trust and Non-Executive Director, University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, was also awarded with a MBE for services to health and the NHS in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. (Newark, Nottinghamshire)
Barbara Mary Maddison, honorary vice-president of the National Council of Women of Great Britain has been awarded a MBE for services to Young Women. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
Vicky Lee McClure. Actor. For services to Drama and to Charity. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
David Henry Williams DL. Vice Chair, D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership and Chairman, Geldards LLP. For services to Business and to the Economy in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. (Ilkeston, Derbyshire)
Penelope Jane Taylor. Head, Newark College and Air and Space Institute. For services to Skills and Employment in Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire. (Lincoln, Lincolnshire)
Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)
Ezekiel Abiodun Awoyomi. Inspector, British Transport Police. For services to Policing and to Young People. (Worksop, Nottinghamshire)
Gillian Hagen. For services to the community in Blidworth, Nottinghamshire. (Mansfield, Nottinghamshire)
Alan Christopher Henshaw. Team Leader, Environment Agency National Coarse Fish Farm. For services to the Environment and to Freshwater Fisheries. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
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