SEVEN Herefordshire people have been recognised in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours list.

The highest honour has gone to Herefordshire's Lord Lieutenant, and chair of the Acceptance in Lieu Panel, Edward Harley, who becomes a CBE.

Previously awarded an OBE, Mr Harley has been awarded a CBE for services to heritage, charity, and the community in Herefordshire.

Mr Harley, 59, who comes from a family who has lived in Herefordshire for generations, spent his professional career at stock brokers Cazenove and Co. where he was a partner.

He is Receiver General of the Duchy of Cornwall and member of the Prince’s Council, trustee of the Duke of Cornwall’s Benevolent Fund, the Churches Conservation Trust and a vice-president of the National Churches Trust, and took on the role of Lord Lieutenant in Herefordshire after the Dowager Countess of Darnley retired in September 2020.

Mr Harley is also a patron or president of a number of Herefordshire organisations, including Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust, Herefordshire Royal British Legion, Herefordshire Community Foundation, Friends of Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum, and Vennture, among others.

An OBE goes to Hereford's John Joseph Millward, head of Inspections and Enforcement Division at the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, for services to animal health and welfare.

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Five people in Herefordshire have been handed MBEs.

Rhiannon Louise Davies and Richard Stanton, both of Hereford, both received MBEs for services to maternity healthcare through their campaigning for maternity services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

Their daughter, Kate Stanton-Davies, died in 2009 after delays in transferring her from a community hospital to a doctor-led maternity unit.

The couple played a key role in campaigning for an independent review into maternity care at the trust.

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The inquiry into deaths and allegations of poor care at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust, led by former senior midwife Donna Ockenden, found seven "immediate and essential actions" needed to improve maternity services in England.

Caroline Handley, of Bromyard, received an MBE for services to refugees and the community in Ledbury.

And Ernest Randolf Langford, of Hereford, a fundraiser for St Michael's Hospice, has been awarded an MBE for services to charity.

An MBE has also been awarded to Delyth Eirian Done of Abergavenny, head of the School of Materials and Design at Hereford College of Arts, for services to blacksmithing and heritage crafts.