National Honours Awardees
National Honours for 1999
Star of Merit:
May Stevens – (Nursing)
Williams Kelsick OBE – (Business)
Medal of Honour:
Laura Manners – (Work in Sugar Industry)
Cecil Edwards, B.E.M. – (Civil Service)
Edgar Challenger – (Historian/Trade Unionist)
Rita Cable – (Educator)
National Honours for 2000
Metal of Honour:
Bernice Sebastian – (Education)
Jeannette Grell-Hull – (Sports in Netball)
Elson (Ellie Matt) Nero – (Contribution in the field of Music and the art of Calypso)
National Honours for 2001
Star of Merit:
Mr. Basil Michael L. King (O.B.E) - (Commerce and Industry)
Medal of Honour:
Mrs. Eileen Hazel-Woods - (Home Economics and Education)
Mr Stanley R. Franks Jr (J.P) - (Contribution to Culture)
Mr. Basil E. Henderson (B.E.M) - (Community Development)
National Honours for 2002
Star of Merit:
Mr. Frederick Lawrence Lam OBE - (Development in Tourism Industry)
Medal of Honour:
Mr. Kim Anderson Collins - (Athletic)
Ms. Sophina Barrett - (Nursing and Community Work)
Mr. John Ashton Rawlins - (Public Health and Music)
National Honours for 2003
Star of Merit:
Kim Anderson Collins – (Sports in Athletic)
Medal of Honour:
Jacqueline Armony – (Teaching and Conservation)
Helen Brookes-Bradley – (Community Service/Teaching)
Elquemedo Willett – (Sport in Cricket)
Lloyd Procope – (Service involved with ex-service persons)
Joycelyn Liburd – (Education as a Teacher)
Earl Clarke – (Community Service)
National Honours for 2004
National Hero:
Hon. C.A. Paul Southwell
Sir Joseph N. France
Star of Merit:
Mr. William Ferdinand Dore (Education)
Mr. John Mallalieu (Business)
Medal of Honour:
Ms. Aurora Turner - (Nursing)
Ms. Delores Gumbs - (Nursing)
Mr. Noel Thomas - ( )
Mrs. Jillian Musgrave- Archibald - (Netball)
Bishop Anthony Manning - (Community Service)
Mr. Terrance Hunkins - (Boxing)
Mr. Claudius Delaney - (Industrial Sector)
Mr. Alva Pemberton - (Community Service)
National Honours for 2005
Star of Merit:
Dr. Vincent P. Audain - (Medicine)
Mr. Colin D. Mallalieu - (Industry and Community Service)
Medal of Honour:
Franklyn A. Browne - (Education)
Clement E. Gilbert Sr. - (Industry and Community Service)
Celia Christopher - (Industry and Community Service)
Winifred H. McMahon - (Health Care and Community Service)
Mildred T. Collins - (Nursing)
Spencer L. Duggins - (Industry and Culture)
Hyleta M. Liburd - (Education and Community Service)
Katherine Taylor - (Community Service)
Vincent Williams - (Public Health and Community Service)
Wingrove Williams - (Music and Culture)
National Honours for 2006
Medal of Honour:
Ms. Lornette Esdaille Manners (Nevis) - (Public & Community Services)
Ms. Vivian Elaine Stevens (St. Kitts) - (Nurse)
Ms. Pamela Anne Tyson (St. Kitts) - (Community Service & Sports)
Ms. Clara Lorna Walters (Nevis) - (Public & Community Services)
Ms. Dorita Maise Halliday (St. Kitts) - (Education)
National Honours for 2008
Star of Merit:
William Glasford (posthumously) - (Politics)
Cassandra Parris-Roberts - (Nursing)
Dr. Eustace Esdaille - (Education)
Dr. Samuel Rawlins - (For research work on Climate Change)
Medal of Honour:
Roy Maynard - (Community Service)
Roland Benjamin - (Community Service)
Keith Gumbs - (Sports)
Uriel Hensley - (Community Service)
Bernadette Dolphin - (Community Service)
Carol Evelyn - (Manufacturing and Community Service)
Dorothy Martin - (Education)
Ermine Queeley - (Politics)
Alexis Knight - (Music)
Sydney Bridgewater - (Trade Unionism
Karleen Jeffers - (Community Service)
George Henry - (Community Service)
Mary Louard Adams - (Community Service)
Irvin Morris - (Community Service)
Florence Baker - (Community Service)
National Honours for 2009
Star of Merit:
Edmund Wickham Lawrence - (Banking & Finance)
Medal of Honour:
Willa Margaret Rose Franks-Liburd - (Service to the Nation in the Diaspora)
Tamboura Kitwana - (Culture)
Konris Maynard - (Calypso and Entertainment)
National Honours Awardees for 2013
National Hero:
The Right Excellent Sir Simeon Daniel
Medal of Honour:
Mrs. Brenda D. Boddie-John – Industry and Commerce
Mr. Kenneth Martin – Agriculture and Community Service
Mrs. Hilda B. Byron – Small Business Enterprise and Community Service
Miss Gloria L. Mills - Education
Mr. Robert W. Jeffers – Law Enforcement
National Honours Awardees for 2014
Star of Merit:
Mrs. Leonie James - (Pre-School Education and Community Service)
Dr. Milton Whittaker, PhD. - (Science and Education)
Mr. Clement D. O. Williams - (Science, Education and Culture)
Medal of Honour:
Mrs. Venetta Pearline Henry - (Nursing and Community Service)
Mr. Dawud St. Lloyd Byron - (Journalism and Music)
National Honours Awardees for 2015
National Hero:
The Right Excellent Sir Kennedy Alphonse Simmonds
Star of Merit:
Mr. Washington Archibald – (Education)
Mr. Richard Caines – (Business)
Mrs. Marjorie Morton – (Public Service)
Metal of Honor:
Mr. Theodore Hobson – (Service in Law)
Mr. Maurice Widdowson – (Heritage and Conservation)
Mrs. Sylvia Garnette – (Nursing and Healthcare)
Mr. James Hanley – (Sports and Community Service)
Mr. Winston Skeete – (Sea Transportation)
Mr. Ivan Hanley – (Law Enforcement)
National Honours Awardees for 2016
Star of Merit:
Mrs. Hulda Lawrence - Music
Metal of Honor:
Ms. Clarice Cotton - Special Education
Mrs. Vanta Walters - Early Childhood Education
Mrs. Daliah John - Technical Vocational Education (Hospitality)
Ms. Sylvia Isaac - Healthcare (Nursing)
National Honours Awardees for 2017
Star of Merit:
Mr. Jacques Cramer – Commerce and Public Service
Mr. Melvin Edwards – Culture and Local, Regional and International Credit Union Development
Mr. Arthur Evelyn – Public Service and Community Action
Mr. Calvin Farrier Jp – Education and Public Service
Mrs. Agnes Morton – Education and Involuntary Services
Metal of Honor:
Mrs. Olvis Dyer – Education and Community Service
Mr. Elmo Liburd – Public Service and Education
Mr. Samuel Powell – Agriculture and Music
National Honours Awardees for 2020
Companion of Star of Merit:
Dr. Burnell Nisbett - Medicine
Mrs. Viola Jacobs – Education
Archdeacon J. Rudolph Smithen - Religious Service
Ms. Shirley Browne – Education
Dr. Hazel Laws – National Service in a crisis
Dr. Cameron Wilkinson – National Service in a crisis
Mr. Abdias Samuel – National Service in a crisis
Metal of Honor:
Ms. Mary Nurse – Community Service
Ms. Pearline Mussenden - Education
Mr. Joseph Benders - Arts
Dr. A. Linton Liburd - Medicine
Ms. Pamela Brookes - Nursing
Mr. Charles McMaster - Community Service
Mr. Brian Dyer - National Service in a crisis
Dr. Judy Nisbett - National Service in a crisis
National Honours Awardees for 2022
Companion of Star of Merit:
Eileen Grey for her contribution to Education, Culture and Sports;
Dennis Richards for Education, Arts and Culture;
Lorraine Browne, Wayland Vaughan, Violet Jones-Mawnlawde and Dr. Lincoln Carty for their contribution to Education;
Sylvester Charles for Education, Music, Sports and Volunteerism;
Maxwell Bass Senior for Music and Security Services,
Nathan Esdaille and Elsie ‘Teacher Elsie’ Mills were recognized for their contribution to Education and Religion.
Shirley Kelly was awarded for her contribution to Nursing Education;
Lorna Ava Henry for Culture and the Arts;
Pastor Lincoln Connor for Nation-Building and Youth Development,
Clement ‘Juni’ Liburd for Broadcasting.
The late Lloyd Lazar and Kenrick Georges were awarded posthumously for their contributions to Education and Sports and Arts and Music respectively
Metal of Honor:
Mable Morton for Community Service and Entrepreneurship;
Clyde Richardson for Music and the Arts,
James ‘Mickey’ Frederick was awarded for Performing Arts and Culture.
