Full list of Cambridgeshire people named in King’s Birthday Honours 2026

The honours mark the contributions of people across the UK

Dozens of people from Cambridgeshire have been named in the King’s Birthday Honours list 2026. The honours “mark the extraordinary contributions and service of people across the UK”, according to the government.

They are awarded as part of official birthday celebrations for the King in June. This year’s honourees include professors and doctors as well as men and women who have been noted for their contributions to their field.

You can view the full of Cambridgeshire people awarded honours in the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours below.

Order of the British Empire

Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

Professor Carol Elspeth Goodeve Brayne CBE. Professor Emeritus and Senior Visiting Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge. For services to Medicine, Medical Research and Public Health. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire )

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Professor Ian David Abrahams. Professor, University of Cambridge. For services to Mathematical Sciences. (Nantwich, Cheshire)

Clare Moira Chapman. Chair, Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service. For services to Industrial Relations. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

Dr Sarah Joan Hughes. Chief Executive Officer, Mind. For services to Mental Health and to Civil Society. (St. Neots, Cambridgeshire)

Dr Eva Kirsten Elisabet Rausing DL. Founder, Alborada Trust. For services to Charity, to Animal Welfare, to Horseracing and Bloodstock. ( Newmarket, Suffolk )

Dr David Charles Rees FMedSci. Lately Chief Scientific Officer, Astex Pharmaceuticals. For services to Chemistry and Innovation. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

Professor Susan Elizabeth Sentance. Research Professor and Director, The Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre, University of Cambridge. For services to Education. (Royston, Hertfordshire)

Nafiza Aktar Anwar. Co-Founder and Director, Association of South Asian Midwives. For services to Charity and to Healthcare. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

Dr John Richard Buscombe. Lately Consultant in Nuclear Medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Nuclear Medicine. (London, Greater London)

Dr Azhar Mahmood Chaudhry. General Practitioner, Thistlemoor Medical Centre, Peterborough. For services to the community in Peterborough. (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire)

Emily Cherry. Chief Executive, Bikeability Trust. For services to Active Travel for Young People. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

Jen Ellis. Founder, NextJenSecurity. For services to Cyber Policy. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

Maureen Greene. Foster Carer, Peterborough City Council. For services to Foster Care. (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire)

Stephen Greene. Foster Carer, Peterborough City Council. For services to Foster Care. (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire)

Dr Arun Kumar Gupta. Consultant in Anaesthesia and NeuroCritical Care, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Director, Cambridge Digital Health and Surgical Training Centre and Affiliated Associate Professor, University of Cambridge. For services to Medical Education. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

Michael Howard Levy. Volunteer Educator and Author. For services to Holocaust Education. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

Dr Roderick Mackenzie. Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine. ( Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire)

Ryan Lee Moore. For services to Horseracing and to British Sport. (Newmarket, Suffolk)

Dr Colin Duncan Prosser. Principal Specialist Geoheritage and Geoconservation, Natural England. For services to Geoconservation. (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire)

Suzanne Elizabeth Raine. Trustee, Imperial War Museum. For services to Heritage. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

Tracy Sortwell JP. Magistrate and Chair, Magistrates’ Association’s Family Court Committee. For services to the Administration of Justice. (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire)

Rex Ormonde Freeman. For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

Lorna Bridget Williams. Chief Executive Officer, British Adhesives and Sealants Association. For services to the Chemicals Industry. ( Ely, Cambridgeshire)