Evelyn Glennie has been awarded 15 honorary doctorates from universities in the United Kingdom, the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1993 and was promoted to Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2007 New Year Honours. She was appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in the 2017 New Year Honours. She owns over 2000 percussion instruments from all over the world and is continually adding to her collection. Glennie is an Ambassador of the Royal National Children's Foundation (formerly the Joint Educational Trust) which
Ernest Glennie in the inaugural South against North Island match in 1897, Glennie was selected for the 11-match tour of Australia, that same year. Glennie played in six matches on the tour, three of these played as a wing-forward (modern day flanker), two as a halfback and one as a five-eighth. He scored four tries as an All Black totalling twelve points. Ernest Glennie Ernest Glennie (8 February 1870— 16 July 1908) was a New Zealand rugby union player who represented the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks in 1897. His positions of choice were halfback, five-eighth and wing-forward. He was