DARTFORD-born rock singer and song writer Mick Jagger becomes Sir Mick in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to music. A generous sprinkling of honours have also been awarded to people across Kent.

Among them is Kent Messenger Group chairman Edwin Boorman, from Wateringbury, near Maidstone, who receives an OBE for his services to the Royal British Legion in the county.

Mr Boorman said: "It is a privilege to have been recognised in this Jubilee year. The good work carried out by Royal British Legion in Kent, including Royal British Legion Industries is as relevant today as ever. It is a pleasure to be part of an organisation and people who do so much good."

Coroner’s officer, Frank Tully, receives an MBE for his services to the coroner’s office in Maidstone, and Marden resident, Jack Pavey - head of the International Relations branch of the Lord Chancellor’s Department - also gets an MBE.

Maidstone GP, Dr Manpreet Singh Pujara, has been awarded the MBE, while violinist, Barry Griffiths, from Sevenoaks, gets and OBE.

Community figures also feature prominently in the honours. Juliet Wright receives an MBE for her work in Stoke, near Strood, and an MBE goes to Michael Tamsett, for services to the community in Detling.

In the Ashford area, veteran Kentish Express reporter, Barbara Butcher, receives an MBE for services to journalism and the same honour goes to Woodchurch dairyman, Kenneth Chapman, for services to the community.

Kent-based William Crawford, director general of the Imperial War Museum, becomes a Commander of the British Empire, while Ian Hammerton, from Dartford, earns the MBE for services to the Woodland Trust in Kent.

The world-famous Battle of Britain Museum near Folkestone is also honoured in the shape of an MBE for its curator, Michael Llewllyn.

On the industry front, former Veuve Clicquot business woman of the year, Patricia Vaz - director of customer services for BT in Kent - receives an OBE for services to telecommunications.

Full Kent honours list

KNIGHTS BACHELOR:

Peter Thomas Blake, CBE, artist, for services to art, London, W4, born in Dartford; Brian Anthony Briscoe, chief executive, Local Government Association, for services to Local Government, Maidstone; Mick Philip Jagger, singer songwriter, for services to music, Dartford.

ORDER OF ST MICHAEL AND ST GEORGE CMG:

William Llewelyn Stow, deputy permanent representative to the EU, Department of Trade and Industry, Kent.

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE CBE:

Robert William Kenneth Crawford, Director-General, Imperial War Museum, for services to museums, Sevenoaks; Paul Maximilian Rayner, lately Principal Establishment and Finance Officer, Serious Fraud Office, Tonbridge. OBE: Edwin Roy Pratt Boorman, DL, for services to the Royal British Legion in Kent, Wateringbury, near Maidstone; Barry Griffiths, violinist, for services to music, Sevenoaks; Andrew Charles Keenan, solicitor, for services to the Legal Aid Board in London, Bromley; Maurice Marshall, Grade B2, Ministry of Defence, Tonbridge; David Stanley Martin, Parliamentary Clerk, HM Treasury, Walderslade, near Chatham; Miss Diane Hope Montague, for services to agricultural journalism, Bromley; Mrs Patricia Mary Vaz, Director of Customer Services, BT, for services to Telecommunications, Chestfield.

MBE Mrs Janet Barber, lately head of Maritime Resources, National Maritime Museum, for services to museums, Bromley; Mrs Rosemarie May Batt, sponsor, for services to ActionAid, Ramsgate; Miss Barbara Olive Butcher, journalist, Kentish Express, for services to the community, Ashford; Kenneth John Castle, welfare funds manager, Metropolitan Police Service, for services to the Police, Tonbridge; Kenneth Norman Chapman, dairyman, for services to the community in Woodchurch, near Ashford; James Grenville Ellard, for services to the Royal Marines Association, Orpington; Ian Hammerton, for services to the Woodland Trust in Kent, Dartford; Michael Conway Llewllyn, curator, Battle of Britain Museum, Kent, for services to Heritage, Folkestone; Andrious Mama, for services to the Assyrian community and to Race Relations, Erith; David Martin, architect, for services to Conservation of the Built Environment, Walderslade; Jack Pavey, Head, International Relations Branch, Lord Chancellor's Department, Marden, near Maidstone; William Denby Peppiatt, for services to the community, especially Health Care, in Broadstairs and East Kent, Broadstairs; Manpreet Singh Pujara, general medical practitioner, for services to medicine, Maidstone; Antony Russell, senior navigator, for services to the Port Health Authority, Corporation of London, Bexleyheath; Miss Beryl Noreen Stonestreet, for services to the community, especially the Children's Society in Kent, Tunbridge Wells; Michael Tamsett, for services to the community in Detling, from Sittingbourne; Mrs Heather Trelfer, lately acting executive officer, Home Office, Dover; Stuart Frank Tully, lately Coroner's Officer, Kent County Constabulary, for services to the Coroner's Office, Maidstone; Miss Brenda Kathleen Tumber, pre-school adviser, Kent Local Education Authority, for services to Early Years and Special Needs Education, Whitstable; Ms Joanna Wade, solicitor, for services to the Maternity Alliance, Westerham; Mrs Juliet Wright, for services to the community in Stoke, near Strood.