{"id":2057,"date":"2025-12-19T22:43:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crown.salamander-studios.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/lady-jadranka-beresford-peirse-a-member-of-the-order-of-the-british-empire-mbe-since-2024\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T22:43:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:43:46","slug":"lady-jadranka-beresford-peirse-a-member-of-the-order-of-the-british-empire-mbe-since-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crown.salamander-studios.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/lady-jadranka-beresford-peirse-a-member-of-the-order-of-the-british-empire-mbe-since-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Jadranka Beresford-Peirse a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) since 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:<\/strong> Brian Gallagher<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crown.salamander-studios.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jadranka_njers_beresford_peirse-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"640\" border=\"0\" align=\"Baseline\" height=\"445\"\/><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">Lady Jadranka Njer\u0161 Beresford-Peirse, born in Croatia, lives in London.<br \/>Photo taken in the Bukovac House in Cavtat (close to the city of Dubrovnik), by Robert Mati\u0107, Split.<br \/>The photo represents &#8220;Djevojka sa \u017eutom tkaninom&#8221; (A girl in yellow cloth) by Vlaho Bukovac, distinguished Croatian painter.<br \/>Information by the courtesy of Lady Jadranka Njer\u0161 Beresford-Peirse.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:left;width:640px;\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">  Lady Jadranka Beresford-Peirse has been made a <b>Member of the Order of the British Empire<\/b> (MBE) as part of the King&#8217;s birthday honours list. This is an important moment for UK-Croatia relations, as Lady Jadranka has worked tirelessly for Croatia, and demonstrates how far we have come since the early 90s. <\/p>\n<p>An MBE is given for: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8216;Achievement or service in and to the community which is outstanding in its field and has delivered sustained and real impact which stands out as an example to others.&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/the-kings-birthday-honours-2024-overseas-and-international-list\/the-kings-birthday-honours-2024-overseas-and-international-list-knight-bachelor-and-order-of-the-british-empire\" target=\"_blank\">government website<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8216;Jadranka, Lady BERESFORD-PEIRSE, Founder and Trustee, The International Trust for Croatian Monuments. For services to UK\/Croatia relations, to Philanthropy and to the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Croatia.&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.croatia.org\/crown\/articles\/9739\/1\/Lady-Jadranka-Njers-Beresford-Peirse-promotor-of-Croatian-culture-in-GB\" target=\"_blank\">Some info on Lady Jadranka<\/a> from 2009.<\/li>\n<li>A 1992 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/letter-placing-blame-for-unspeakable-crimes-1542568.html\" target=\"_blank\">letter to The Independent<\/a>, where Lady Jadranka puts Robert Fisk in his place.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.croatianmonuments.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Trust for Croatian Monuments<\/a> (donate if you can)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/glashrvatske.hrt.hr\/hr\/izvan-domovine\/britanski-kralj-dodijelio-lady-jadranki-njers-beresford-peirse-najvisi-red-izvrsnosti-britanskog-imperija-11608344\" target=\"_blank\">Croatian news coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br class=\"Apple-interchange-newline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/crown.salamander-studios.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/gallagher_brian-3.jpg\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"200\" style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;\"\/><br class=\"Apple-interchange-newline\">\u00c2\u00a0Congratulations to Lady Jadranka!<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/croatiabusinessreport.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Gallagher<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p> <\/p>\n<div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Brian Gallagher Lady Jadranka Njer\u0161 Beresford-Peirse, born in Croatia, lives in London.Photo taken in the Bukovac House in Cavtat (close to the city of Dubrovnik), by Robert Mati\u0107, Split.The photo represents &#8220;Djevojka sa \u017eutom tkaninom&#8221; (A girl in yellow cloth) by Vlaho Bukovac, distinguished Croatian painter.Information by the courtesy of Lady Jadranka Njer\u0161 Beresford-Peirse. 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