Host of figures from Fife and Tayside recognised

Among the Courier Country recipients in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List were:

Georgiana Osborne, the LordLieutenant of Angus since 2001, has been appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

The honour is given by the Queen to people who have served her or the monarchy personally.

Former MSP Richard Simpson gets an OBE for services to Scottish politics and public life.

He spent 17 years on the frontline and was deputy justice minister in Labour’s Scottish Executive in 2001/02.

Professor David Coates, the director of life sciences learning and teaching at Dundee University, has been awarded an MBE.

He said: “I am truly honoured to be recognised in this way for my work with the Royal Society of Biology.”

Hugh Shaw, of Newport, has been awarded the OBE for services to maritime safety.

He became the Secretary of State’s representative for maritime salvage and intervention in 2008.

Retired chartered accountant Keith Hopkins, from Kirriemuir, was awarded an MBE for services to charity and the community after raising more than £100,000 to help brain damaged children and leukaemia sufferers.

Robert Mitchell, of Elie, has been made an MBE for services to horticulture in Scotland.

He is emeritus curator at St Andrews Botanic Garden and developed it into its modern design.

Sheena Glover, a well-known figure on the music scene in Angus, was awarded the BEM. A music teacher and singer, Mrs Glover was Arbroath Citizen of the Year in 2016.

Willie Allan was awarded an MBE for his services to youth rugby and charity.

The former PE teacher at Buckhaven High School, now one of Scotland’s most popular after-dinner speakers, taught for more than 30 years.

Consultant gastroenterologist Dr John Wilson, of Cupar, was made an MBE for services to healthcare.

Iris NcNab, of Kirkcaldy, has dedicated over 40 years of her life to the Friends of Victoria and Whytemans Brae Hospitals.

She was awarded the BEM for services to charity in Kirkcaldy.

Dr Bharti Rajput, who runs the Sole Body Soul foot care clinic on Broughty Ferry Road, has been awarded an MBE for services to podiatry and the economy of Dundee.

Newport painter Eileen Gardner receives the BEM for services to adult education and the arts in Fife.

Dorothy Markham, of Falkland, receives the BEM for services to children, young people and their families in Fife.

She founded the Cairn Mhor Childcare Partnership and was chief executive for 13 years.

Cathy Bache, the founder of Scotland’s first outdoor nursery, receives the BEM for her services to early years play and education in Fife.

The Secret Garden opened in Letham Woods in 2008 and received several awards for its role in encouraging explorative outdoor play.

Forfar woman Laura Ann Pender Smith has been awarded an OBE for her services to disability sport.

Dr Thomas Nicholas Dixon, who set up the Scottish Crannog Centre at Kenmore, has been awarded an OBE for services to underwater archaeology and the economy in Scotland.

He has helped revolutionise understanding of Bronze Age homes through the excavation of a crannog under Loch Tay.

Morag MacKellar, from Doune, has been awarded an OBE for services to dietetics and public health.

An MBE goes to Crieff man James McLaren, chairman of Quality Meat Scotland, for services to the farming industry in Scotland.

Christopher Kirk, deputy district commissioner Perth and Kinross District, also gets an MBE for services to the Scouting movement.

Stephen Ryder, known for running Crieff Highland Games, has been given an MBE.

Now 62, he has been involved in the highland games scene since he was 15.

A BEM goes to the former president of Badminton Scotland, Ian Brown, from Scone, who was instrumental in getting the sport included in the Olympics.

David Tod, vice-chairman of the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther, gets a BEM for services to preserving the heritage of the Scottish fishing industry.

Glenrothes woman Dawn Adams, clinical director of NHS Fife’s public dental service, receives an OBE for services to dentistry.

BEMs go to Earlesferry resident Denise Burgin of ParentLine Scotland, for services to the welfare of children and their families, and to Ann Stewart, from Kirkcaldy, for voluntary service to the arts, healthcare and steam railway preservation.