Honours

The honours system recognises people who have made achievements in public life and committed themselves to serving and helping others . They will usually have made life better for other people or be outstanding at what they do.
Honours lists are published twice a year at New Year and mid-June on the date of the Queen’s Official Birthday. Anyone can receive an award if they reach the required standard of merit or service, and honours lists contain a wide variety of people from different backgrounds, communities and organisations. Anyone can nominate someone for an honour etc.
The honours system is managed by the UK Cabinet Office Ceremonial Secretariat but each UK Government Department and the Devolved Administrations all have an Honours Secretary to whom you may send a nomination.
In Scotland, since 2007, the First Minister and all other Scottish Government Ministers have chosen to have no role in any part of the Honours process. It is the Civil Service in Scotland who handle Honours nominations, under UK Cabinet Office guidance. Nomination forms and the full UK Cabinet Office guidance can be found on the Direct Gov website. The forms and guidance are UK wide and nominations can be made either to the Cabinet Office, whose address appears on the nomination form, or to;
Honours Secretariat
Scottish Government
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
Either by post or by email to
honours@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

 

Nominations

Any member of the public may nominate a person for a national honour. The Lord-Lieutenant would like to encourage members of the public to put forward nominations. Forms are available below or from the Clerk to the Lieutenancy. Honours are given to people from all walks of life and all sections of society who have made a difference to their community.
There are of course several different types of award, each one recognising a different type of contribution.
The Lieutenancy is not the sole agency through which nominations for honours are processed, but every effort will be made to assist members of the public who wish to submit a nomination and we feel it is vitally important that we know about the great work people are doing in the Stirling and Falkirk area, particularly in the voluntary sector.
The information we receive also helps us with making recommendations for invitations to the Royal Garden Party held each summer at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh.

How Do You Nominate Someone For An Honour?

 You may submit a nomination at any time, and receipt of your nomination will be acknowledged, but thereafter it is not possible to provide any further information or progress reports on your nomination. It should be noted that nominations can take up to three years to be considered.
Please click on the links below to download a Nomination Form and the Guidance Notes. The Nomination Form contains guidelines on how it should be completed, what information should be included and gives advice about supporting letters.

Download a Nomination Form here
View Guidance Notes here

Recent Honours

We are delighted that the following people who live in Stirling and Falkirk have had their outstanding contribution to various walks of life recognised in recent honours lists. We offer them our sincere congratulations.

New year’s Honours 2019:

  • Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Dame Louise Livingstone Martin CBE
  • Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
  • Maureen Campbell
  • Medallist of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)
  • Robert Arthur McInnes
  • Moira Elspeth Forbes Welsh

Birthday Honours 2018:

  • Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
  • Pargan Singh Cheema
  • Annette Dryburgh
  • Professor James Law
  • Charles McSherry
  • Allison Cook Ramsay
  • Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
  • Dr Bridget McCalister
  • Robert William Robertson Tait

New Year’s Honours 2018

  • Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
  • Andrew Robertson
  • Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
  • Dr William Stewart Arnold
  • Medallist of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)
  • Morag Wallace

Birthday Honours 2017:

  • Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
  • Morag Dorothy MacKellar
  • Judith Murray
  • Dr Richard Simpson
  • Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
  • Dr John Richards