The chair of the charity that cares for London’s eight Royal Parks also received a knighthood
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The Director of the National Gallery in London is among the latest recipients of the King’s New Year’s Honours, having been given a knighthood.
Gabriele Finaldi has been Director of the National Gallery since August 2015. He was previously Deputy Director for Collections and Research at the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, a position he took up in 2002.
Finaldi said in a statement: “I am profoundly humbled by this honour and would like to express my gratitude for the recognition accorded to me and the whole National Gallery staff’s commitment to public service, especially in the Bicentenary year of the institution’s founding”.
Also receiving a knighthood in 2025 is Loyd Grossman. The former TV chef received the honour for services to heritage as chair of The Royal Parks, the charity that cares for London’s eight Royal Parks.
Receiving a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) were Roger Farrant Bland OBE, curator, numismatist and chair of the Treasure Valuation Committee, for services to heritage; Claudia Rose Kenyatta, director of regions at Historic England for services to heritage, and Rebecca Margaret Salter, president of Royal Academy of Arts for services to art.
Receiving an OBE were Anthony John Butler, executive director of Derby Museums Trust for services to the arts; Gillian Clare Carr, Professor of Conflict Archaeology and Holocaust Heritage, and Fellow, St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge for services to holocaust research and education; Paul Christopher Roberts, archaeologist and lately keeper of antiquities at Ashmolean Museum for services to archaeology and heritage, and Kerrie Jean Sweeney, Chief Executive of Maritime Belfast Trust, for services to Maritime Heritage and to Tourism in Northern Ireland.
Receiving an MBE were Philip Martin Benham, chair of the Friends of the National Railway Museum, for services to railway heritage; Mark William Fane, lately chair of the Garden Museum, for services to horticulture; Jane Lawson, development director at Victoria and Albert Museum for services to museums; Thomas Stewart Muir, engagement and exhibitions officer at Orkney Museum, for services to Orkney folk tales; David Hugh Fellows Odgers, consultant and researcher at Historic Building Conservation, for services to heritage; Kimberley Jane Streets, chief executive officer of Sheffield Museums for services to culture; Diana Antoinette Sykes, lately director of Fife Contemporary for services to visual arts and craft in Fife, and Sarah Anne Thomas, chair of Ilkley Arts, trustee of Ilkley Manor House Trust and chair of Manor House Trust, for voluntary and charitable services in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.
Receiving a BEM (British Empire Medal) were Jeremy Norman Brown, coordinator of Culture on Scilly, for services to the arts and culture on the Isles of Scilly, and Michael Francis Davies, founder of Rayleigh Town Museum for services to heritage in Rayleigh, Essex.
