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Other well-known Scots on the list include Tennis ace Jamie Murray and Davis Cup tennis coach Leon Smith, as well as Scottish fashion supremo Tessa Hartmann and Brian Lang, former chair of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO).

Murray, 30, originally from Dunblane, receives an OBE after a year which saw him win the men's doubles title at the Australian Open and also team up with younger brother Andy to help the British tennis team win the Davis Cup for the first time in almost eight decades.

The award brings him level with his brother, who won the same honour in 2013.

Glasgow-born Mr Smith, captain of the successful Davis Cup team, also receives an OBE.

Ms Hartmann, founder of the Scottish fashion awards, receives a CBE for her contribution to Scottish fashion and textiles, while Mr Lang, who stepped down as chair of the RSNO in 2015, received a CBE.

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A number of prominent politicians were also recognised in the Honours List, including Former Labour MP David Hamilton, a miner who spent two months in jail on remand during the strike in the 1980s before being cleared, who has been given a knighthood for political and parliamentary service.

Mr Hamilton said: "I am thrilled to receive this honour.

"I entered public life to speak up for the tens of thousands of people I had worked alongside and represented in my years as a miner, the community I lived in and the many others who worked in coalmining across the country.

"Too many miners, and the communities in which they lived, were left behind in the past and I wanted to do my bit to put that right.

"It has been a great privilege throughout my life to have been a union delegate, a councillor and an MP serving serving Midlothian.

"I couldn't have achieved any of what I did without the support of my community, my friends and, most importantly, my family who were with me in the good times and the tough times."

Welcoming the news, Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said: "I am delighted for David Hamilton on this well deserved honour. On behalf of Scottish Labour I want to pass on my congratulations to David, his wife Jean and all the family. This is a proud day for them all."

Former Conservative MSP Alex Fergusson, who championed rural affairs during his 17 years at Holyrood, has been awarded a knighthood for his services to politics, the Scottish Parliamentary Process and public life in Scotland.

A hill farmer by trade, he was first elected for the South of Scotland region in 1999 and later became MSP for the Galloway and Upper Nithsdale constituency, re-drawn in 2011 as Galloway and West Dumfries.

The 67-year-old, who last summer announced he would stand down at May's election, relinquished his party allegiance when he served as the Scottish Parliament's third presiding officer between 2007 and 2011.

In the Scottish business world, Keith Cochrane, chief executive of the Weir Group, has been given a CBE for services to business, while the founders of craft beer firm, Brewdog, were also recognised with MBEs.

Scottish composer and conductor John McLeod, who has been at the forefront of contemporary Scottish music for more than 40 years, has also been given a CBE.

Former Herald journalist Melanie Reid, now of The Times, has also been honoured for her services to journalism and people with disabilities.

Her awarding-winning weekly column details the difficulties of living with a disability after she broke her neck and back in a horse-riding accident.

She said: "The situation I found myself in was so extreme, so dramatic, that I found myself observing it remotely as a journalist - thinking, 'this is amazing copy'.

"I knew it would be a good read and somehow writing it gave me a reason to keep living. I wanted to share it."