Royal Honours 2025-2026
King's New Year Alumni and Honorary Graduates Honours 2026
Ms Carol Ann Copstick (Advanced Diploma 1993) appointed OBE for services to Education
Mr Alan Andrew Craig (BMus 1998) appointed MBE for services to Fundraising for Children's Hospices
Ms Johanna Clair Field (MA 2001, MPhil 2003) appointed OBE for services to Diversity and Inclusion in transport
Sir Ian Stewart Forrester KC (MA 1965, LLB 1967, LLD 2009) appointed a Knight Bachelor for service to International Law
Mr Angus MacLennan (MA 1986) appointed OBE for services to Education and Gaelic
Mr Paul Hugh McNeill (Diploma 2007) appointed MBE for services to Young People with Dyslexia
Mrs Catherine Mentick Duncan (MA 1965) appointed BEM for services to British Nationals in Mallorca
Rita Emilia Anna, The Honourable Lady Rae KC (LLD 2019) appointed CBE for services to the Law, to Charity and to Education in Scotland
Dr Hamish Adie Tait (MBChB 1971) appointed MBE for services to Public Access to Defibrillators
Dr Andrew James Trevett (MBChB 1987, MD 1995) appointed MBE for services to Medicine, to Diving, and to the community of Orkney
This article was first published January 2026.
King's Birthday Alumni and Honorary Graduates Honours 2025
Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell CBE (BSc 1965, DSc 1997) appointed CH for services to Astronomy and Physics and to Diversity
Mr Eric Brownlie (MPhil 1992) appointed MBE for services to Further Education in Scotland
Ms Fiona Campbell (MA 1997) appointed MBE for services to Scottish Tourism
Ms Iona Colvin (Diploma 1993) appointed OBE for services to Social Work
Professor Julie Fitzpatrick (BVMS 1982) appointed CBE for services to Science
Professor Lyndsay Fletcher (BSc 1989, PhD 1993) appointed MBE for services to Solar Physics and to Diversity and Inclusion in Physics and Astronomy
Colonel Alexander Forbes (MA 1987) appointed The King’s Volunteer Reserves Medal
Dr Jean Handscombe (MA 1965) appointed MBE for services to the preservation of Cultural and Historical Records in Montserrat
Mr Jonathan Jacobs (BAcc 2003) appointed MBE for services to Mental Health
Professor Noor Jeelani (MPhil 2005) appointed MBE for services to Neurosurgery and Global Child Health
Ms Lynn Laughland (Diploma 1998) appointed MBE for services to Improving Care Services
Ms Catherine (Kiki) Macdonald (MA 2001) appointed OBE for services to People with Disabilities
Professor Ewan Macdonald (MBChB 1971) appointed CBE for services to Occupational Medicine and to Reducing Health Inequalities
Mrs Marjory Macfarlane (MA 1974, LLB 1976, MBA 1988) appointed MBE for services to Heritage
Dr Alastair MacGilchrist (MBChB 1979, MD 1988) appointed OBE for services to Medicine and Public Health
Ms Susan Melrose (Susan Foard) (MA (Soc Sci) 1989) appointed MBE for services to the Administration of Justice and to the community in Orkney
Emeritus Distinguished Professor Alison Stewart (BSc 1979) appointed DNZM for services to Plant Sciences and the Arable Sector in New Zealand
Dr Gillian Stewart (PhD 1987) appointed OBE for services to Education and to Charity
Professor Natalie Waran (BSc 1987) appointed OBE for services to Equine Welfare, Research and Education
Dr John Watson (DUniv 2024) appointed CBE for services to Education and to Charity
This article was first published in July 2025.
New Year Alumni and Honorary Graduates Honours 2025
Ms Gillian Docherty (BSc, 1993) appointed CBE for services to Business and Technology
Mrs Beatrice Rowlatt (MA, 1997) appointed MBE for services to the Promotion of Women's Rights and Women's Cultural Contributions
Dr Jackie Bird (DLitt, 2012) appointed MBE for services to Broadcasting and to Charities in Scotland
Professor Sir Leszek K Borysiewicz (DSc, 2011) appointed GBE for services to Cancer Research, to Clinical Research, to Medicine and to Charities
Mr Christopher Stark (BFLS, 2002) appointed CBE for services to Tackling Climate Change
Professor Richard Susskind (LLB, 1982) appointed CBE For services to Information Technology and to the Law
Mr Ian Cosh (MA, 1985) appointed OBE for services to Policing
Professor Douglas Paul appointed OBE For services to Quantum Technologies Research
Ms Imtiaz Dharker (MA, 1971) appointed OBE for services to the Arts
Sir Kenneth D McCallum (BSc, 1996) appointed CBE for Public Service
Professor Melissa Terras (MA, 1997, MSc 1998) appointed MBE for services to Digital Humanities
Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston (LLD, 2010) appointed DCMG for services to Justice and to the Education of Law in the UK and Europe
Mr Alexander Moss (Diploma in Legal Practice, 1998) appointed OBE for services to International Development and British Foreign Policy
Mr Martin Murray (BAcc 1988) appointed OBE for services to Charity
This article was first published in February 2025.