The honour recognises significant contributions to the arts, science, medicine or government over a long period of time.
Ex-footballer Ally McCoist and pundit Graeme Souness are among the Scots recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list.
There is a knighthood for historian Professor Sir Niall Ferguson, who first came to the attention of many in the UK with the hit 2003 Channel 4 series Empire: How Britain Made The Modern World, and a best-selling book of the same name. Golfer Sandy Lyle becomes an OBE for services to golf. Others recognised include Jasmin Paris, an ultra-marathon runner from Gorebridge, Midlothian, who becomes an MBE for services to fell running.
She said: “I’m still pinching myself. I feel so fortunate to have spent a lifetime working in the arts and now to be given an honour for doing something I love. I couldn’t accept it without acknowledging all the people along the way, back and front of house, who’ve played a part in my life, encouraged me, believed in me, given me chances.”
A grandmother who spent years helping Holocaust survivors before retiring aged 81 has said she is “delighted” to be recognised. Myrna Bernard, from East Renfrewshire, has been awarded the British Empire Medal for services to the Jewish community and to the disabled in Scotland.
Ally Mccoist John Swinney Sandy Lyle Stephen Gallacher Channel 4 Scottish Conservative Party Universities And Colleges Glasgow Edinburgh Education Loch Lomond World War 2 Gordon Brown
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