In full: All the Scottish names on the King's Birthday Honours list 2026


A host of Scots have been named on the King’s Birthday Honours list
Famous names such as footballer Lou Macari are among those to be honoured north of the border.
Below are all the Scottish honours, broken up by area in alphabetical order
Aberdeen
OBE
Myrtle May Dawes. Chief Executive, Net Zero Technology Centre. For services to Energy and Technology. (Aberdeen)
John Fraser McLeish. Chief Executive, The Gordon Highlanders Museum and Chair, The Scottish Tartans Authority. For services to Heritage and to the community in Aberdeenshire. (Aberdeen)
Allan Taylor. Head of Offshore Wind Investment, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. For services to Renewable Energy. (Aberdeen)
MBE
Dr Nicholas James Richardson. Head of Exploration and New Ventures, North Sea Transition Authority. For services to Energy Security and the Energy Transition. (Aberdeen,)
BEM
Shirley Ann Henderson (Shirley Mcgill). Founder, McGill School of Speech and Drama, and Director, Aberdeen Youth Music Theatre. For services to Drama. (Aberdeen)
Aberdeenshire
OBE
Maitland Mackie. Chairman, Mackies of Scotland. For services to Farming, to Business Innovation and to Sustainability (Inverurie)
MBE
Dr Jack Lorimer Taylor. Piper and lately President, The Piobairaechd Society. For services to Music. (Aboyne)
BEM
John Burrows. For services to the community in Ballater, Aberdeenshire. (Ballater)
Lilian Jane Field. Headteacher, Strathdon School and Crathie School, Aberdeenshire. For services to Rural Education. (Strathdon)
Kathleen Elizabeth Moir. Voluntary Collector, PoppyScotland. For Charitable Service. (Inverurie)
Craig Thomas Trail. Chairman of Sandhaven and Pitullie Harbour Trust. For services to the community in Fraserburgh. (Fraserburgh)
Angus
MBE
Caroline Agnes Millar. Sector Lead, Scottish Agritourism. For services to Agritourism and to the Rural Economy in Scotland. (Dundee, Angus)
Argyll and Bute
MBE
Mary Anne Stewart. Founder, Kintyre Food Bank. For services to the community in Campbeltown. (Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute)
Ayrshire and Arran
CBE
Elaine Christina Lorimer. Lately Chief Executive, Revenue Scotland. For Public Service. (Isle of Arran)
Dr William Mackie. Chair, CentreStage, Kilmarnock. For services to Education and the Economy. (Ayr)
BEM
Marilyn De Blieck. Co-Founder, Ayrshire Voices and Opera West. For services to Music and to the community in Ayrshire. (Prestwick)
Mary Donald Dumigan. Volunteer. For voluntary services to the community in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire. (Kilmarnock)
Alexander Joseph Kelly. For services to the Voluntary Sector in South Ayrshire and Scotland. (Maybole)
Banffshire
OBE
John Lyburn Scott Grant. Chair, J. & G. Grant. For services to the Scotch Whisky Industry and to Charity. (Moray)
MBE
Charles Stephen Milne DL. Managing Director, Regency Group. For services to Business and Community Development in Buckie and Banffshire. (Buckie)
BEM
Mary Lawrence McGregor. District and Divisional Commissioner, Girl Guides and Member, Church of Scotland Guild. For services to Girlguiding and to the Church of Scotland Guild in Banffshire and Moray. (Keith)
Caithness
MBE
Thelma Viona Anderson Mackenzie. Special Police Constable, Northern Constabulary, The Police Service of Scotland. For Voluntary and Public Service to the community in Thurso, Caithness. (Thurso)
Becky Ruddy. Programme Director Fuel Cycle Area, NRS Dounreay. For services to Women in the Nuclear Industry. (Thurso)
Dunbartonshire
OBE
Professor David Henry Felix. Lately Dean of Postgraduate Dental Education and Director of Dentistry, NHS Education for Scotland. For services to Dental Education and Clinical Training. (Bearsden)
Dr Rashmi Mantri. Founder and Chief Executive Officer, British Youth International College. For services to Mathematics Education. (Glasgow)
MBE
Kirsteen Allison. Disability Awareness Trainer. For services to the Deaf and Disabled Community. (Alexandria)
Ian Nicolson. Volunteer. For services to Sailing. (Helensburgh)
Dundee
DBE
Professor Sarah Lucina Hackman. Chair of Forensic Anthropology and Head of Discipline, Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, University of Dundee. For services to Forensic Anthropology and Disaster Victim Identification. (Dundee)
MBE
Norma May Anderson McGovern. For services to Charity. (Dundee)
Alison Simpson. Information Manager, Ophthalmology Department, NHS Tayside. For services to Scottish Ophthalmology. (Dundee)
East Lothian
MBE
Keith Chalmers-Watson. Life Member and lately Chair of World Pheasant Association. For services to Wild Bird Research and Conservation. (North Berwick)
Iain Clark DL. Intranet Manager, Scottish Parliament. For services to the Scottish Parliament. (Musselburgh)
BEM
Francis Peter Cusack. For services to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh. (Musselburgh)
Edinburgh
CBE
Allison Gardner. Chief Executive Officer, Glasgow Film. For services to Film and Cinema in Scotland. (Edinburgh)
Dr Ann Matheson OBE. Lately Keeper, National Library of Scotland. For services to Literature and Culture. (Edinburgh)
Paul David Nisbet. Director of Communication Access Literacy and Learning Scotland, School of Education and Sport, Edinburgh University. For services to Education and the Development of Assistive Technology. (Edinburgh)
OBE
Susan Joan Dawe. Scotland Managing Partner, EY. For services to Financial Services. (Edinburgh)
Professor Andrew Tyler Elder. Lately President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. For services to Medicine and to Medical Education. (Edinburgh)
Graeme Ross Fraser. Assistant Inspector, HM Fire Service Inspectorate for Scotland. For services to the Scottish Government and to the Fire and Rescue Service. (Edinburgh)
Timothy Hall. Head of Estates and Programmes. Woodland Trust Scotland, Chair, Future Woodlands Scotland and Trustee, Borders Forest Trust. For services to Conservation and to Forestry. (Edinburgh)
Joanna Elizabeth Keating. Head of International Development, Scottish Government. For services to International Development. (Edinburgh)
Judith Ann Morrison. Solicitor, to the Scottish Parliament. For services to the Scottish Parliament. (Edinburgh)
MBE
Pauline Helen Margaret Lamb Aylesbury. Deputy Director, Marketing, Insight, Brand Scotland and Internal Communications, Scottish Government. For Public Service. (Edinburgh)
Debbie-Anne Henderson. Yard Manager, Tower Farm Riding School. For services to Equestrianism and to the community in Edinburgh and the South of Scotland. (Edinburgh)
Andrea Kinver. Strategy and Insight Lead, Scottish Government. For Public Service. (Edinburgh)
Roy Michael Thomas. Chair, Adaptive Riders Collective. For services to Adaptive Cycling in Scotland. (Edinburgh)
BEM
Vittoria Bucknall. Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Children and Young People. (Edinburgh)
Fife
CBE
David John Raphael Currie. Chair, Proserv. For services to International Trade, Energy Transition and Economic Growth. (St Andrews
OBE
Louise Elizabeth Glen. Lately Senior Education Officer, Languages, Education Scotland. For services to the Languages Education Community in Scotland. (Kirkcaldy)
Mairi-Anne Macdonald. Deputy Director Development and Innovation, Research in Practice, London Borough of Hackney. For services to Social Work. (Burntisland)
June Frances MacGeachy. Co-Founder, Peak Scientific. For services to Business, to Education and to Philanthropy. (Leven)
MBE
Caroline Bruce. Lately Service Manager, Adult Services, Fife Council. For services to Supporting Vulnerable Adults in Fife. (Glenrothes)
Helen Millie Mackie. Assistant Director, Facilities Management, The University of St Andrews. For services to Apprenticeships and Facilities Management in Higher Education. (Guardbridge, Fife)
Glasgow
OBE
Andrew John Jamieson. Lately Chief Executive of Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. For services to the Renewable Energy Industries. (Glasgow)
MBE
George MacLeod Bowie. Broadcaster and Charity Campaigner. For services to Radio and to Charity in Glasgow and the West of Scotland. (Glasgow)
Kathryn Lorna Gibbs. Deputy Director, Improving Public Engagement Division, Scottish Government. For Public Service. (Glasgow)
BEM
Raymond Bell. Warrant Officer Class 2 Instructor, Glasgow and Lanarkshire Battalion, Army Cadet Force. For services to Young People. (Glasgow)
Derek Reid. Volunteer. For services to Suicide Awareness and to the community in Castlemilk, Glasgow. (Glasgow
Hazel Jane Tomkins. Volunteer, The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice, Glasgow. For Charitable Service (Glasgow
Inverness-shire
MBE
Roderick George Wood. Volunteer. For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands. (Inverness)
Lanarkshire
OBE
Professor Christopher Bruce Alexander Whitelaw. Lately Director, The Roslin Institute. For services to Bioscience. (Biggar)
MBE
James Brown. Volunteer Driver. For services to Saving Lives Scotland and to the community in Airdrie. (Airdrie
Constance McCready. Founder, Covid-19 Families Scotland. For services to Bereavement Support. (Coatbridge)
BEM
Audrey Flannagan. Manager, Glasgow South East Food Bank. For services to the community in Glasgow. (Glasgow)
Mary Smith. For Charitable Service. (Glasgow)
Midlothian
MBE
Samantha-Louise Gough. For services to Sport and to the Visually Impaired Community. (Lasswade)
Moray
MBE
Corinne Ann Galletly. Lately Macmillan Team Lead, NHS Grampian. For services to Nurse-led Cancer Services in Moray. (Burghead)
Mark John Mair. Volunteer Chair, Morayvia Aerospace Centre. For services to Heritage, to Tourism and to the community in Moray. (Elgin)
Nairn
BEM
Jennifer Rosemary Rose-Miller. For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire. (Nairn)
Orkney
MBE
Gordon James Scott Deans. Chair, Orkney2025. For services to Sport and to Island Communities. (Stromness)
David Ian Sawkins. Deputy Harbour Master, Strategy and Support, Orkney Islands Council. For services to Port and Harbour Development and to Environmental Management. (Holm)
Ruth Williams. For Political and Voluntary Service. (Finstown)
BEM
Margaret Anne Irvine. Founder, Birsay Drama Group. For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney. (Birsay)
Ian William Ligertwood Scott. Volunteer. For services to Art and to the community in North Ronaldsay, Orkney. (North Ronaldsay)
Perth and Kinross
Knights bachelor
Professor Andrew David Morris CBE FRSE FMedSci. Director of Health Data Research UK and Vice-Principal, University of Edinburgh. For services to Medical Sciences, to Public Health and to Patient Care. (Perth)
MBE
Joseph Knowles. Volunteer, Action Earth. For Voluntary Service. (Crieff)
Jill McGrath. Chief Executive Officer, YMCA Tayside. For services to Young People across Perth and Kinross. (Aberfeldy)
David Macleod Murdoch. Philanthropist. For services to Charity. (Perth)
Jonathan Gordon Berry Williamson. Campaigns Ambassador, Cancer Research UK. For Charitable Service. (Blairgowrie)
Renfrewshire
MBE
Helen Jane Martin. Managing Director Innovation and Investment, Scottish Enterprise. For services to the Scottish Economy. (Brookfield)
Lewis Orchant. For services to the Jewish Community in Glasgow. (Renfrewshire)
BEM
Donna Louise Armstrong. Fundraising Volunteer, Homeless Veterans Project and Poppy Scotland. For services to Veterans and to the community in Renfrewshire. (Lochwinnoch)
John Fulton. Community Leader and Volunteer. For services to the community in Houston and Crosslee, Renfrewshire. (Johnstone)
Ross and Cromarty
MBE
Robert Bruce Kindness. For services to the River Carron Salmon Stock Restoration Programme. (Loch Carron)
BEM
Alice Sutherland. Pupil Support Assistant, Alness Academy, Ross and Cromarty. For services to Vulnerable Young People in Alness, Ross and Cromarty. (Alness)
Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
BEM
Douglas Derek Ormston. Youth Work Manager. For services to Youth Work in Scotland. (Galashiels)
Shetland
BEM
Edith Joyce Leask. For services to Mental Health and Wellbeing. (Lerwick)
Stirling and Falkirk
MBE
Neil James Clark. Volunteer. For services to Charity and to Young People. (Larbert)
Joanna Fleur Morrow. Deputy Secretary and Executive Director of Student, Academic and Corporate Service, Stirling of University. For services to Education. (Stirling,)
Anne Geraldine Moylan. Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Lecturer and Programme Leader in Neonatal Nursing. For services to Neonatal Practice and Education. (Stirling)
BEM
Morna Elizabeth Ferguson. For services to Girlguiding and to Charity. (Aberfoyle)
James Breingan Fraser. Chief Executive Officer, The Steamship Sir Walter Scott Trust. For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. (Dunblane)
Alice Mary Hamilton. Lately District Commissioner Central Division Girls' Brigade Scotland and lately Officer, 1st Grangemouth Girls' Brigade. For services to the community in Grangemouth, Stirling and Falkirk. (Grangemouth)
Sheila Pheely. Volunteer, Royal Voluntary Service Cafe, Stirling Community Hospital. For Voluntary Service. (Stirling)
Sutherland
MBE
David Isbister MacAskill DL. Coxswain, Lochinver Lifeboat. For services to the community in West Sutherland. (Lochinver)
Tweeddale
OBE
Karen Jane Hamilton. Lately Chair, NHS Borders. For services to Health and to the community in the Scottish Borders. (Peebles)
Western Isles
OBE
Malcolm Burr. Lately Chief Executive, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and Convener of the Electoral Management Board for Scotland. For Public Service. (Stornoway)
BEM
Isabella Cameron. Head of Kitchen, Grogarry Lodge. For services to Hospitality and to the Rural Economy in South Uist. (Isle of Uist)
Wigtownshire
MBE
The Reverend Alexander Brown Cairns. Volunteer. For services to the communities of South Scotland. (Stranraer)
Also
CBE
Patrick Doyle. Film Composer. For services to Film. (London, Greater London) – Composer, born in Lanarkshire
OBE
Ian Robertson. For services to Rugby Union and to Broadcasting. (Norwich, Norfolk) – Former Scotland rugby union international
MBE
Lou Macari. Lately Footballer and Founder, Macari Foundation. For services to Association Football and to Homeless People in Stoke-on-Trent.
KING’S POLICE MEDAL (KPM)
Rhona Meikle. Police Sergeant.
Sarah Taylor. Detective Chief Superintendent.
Michelle Webster. Management Support Sergeant
KING’S FIRE SERVICE MEDAL
Chris Getty. Area Commander, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
Ian Malcolm Nicolson. On Call Support Watch Commander, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
KING’S AMBULANCE SERVICE MEDAL
Colin Brown. Paramedic, Scottish Ambulance Service.
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