MBE Mbe may refer to:
* Mbé, a town in the Republic of the Congo
* Mbe Mountains Community Forest, in Nigeria
* Mbe language, a language of Nigeria
* Mbe' language, language of Cameroon
* ''mbe'', ISO 639 code for the extinct Molala language
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(16 October 1932 – 5 October 2015) was a farmer who founded the
Rare Breeds Survival Trust
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and appeared as a presenter on
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London
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. His father,
Leslie Henson
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, was a well-known comedy actor and his mother Harriet Collins was also a stage performer, using the name "Billie Dell". Joe's younger brother was the actor Nicky Henson; Joe's nephew is composer
Christian Henson
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. The family moved to Northwood, where as a child he enjoyed visiting a nearby farm where they still used working horses and milked the cows by hand. Attended Follyfield House at Felsted School from 1946 to 1950.
After work as a herdsman in
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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he attended the Royal Agricultural College,
Cirencester
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(now the
Royal Agricultural University
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). He worked for Earl Bathurst, then managed Salperton Park Estate near Cheltenham, before taking over the tenancy of Bemborough Farm from
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
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with a former schoolfriend, John Neave.
He started to keep rare breeds, including Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs, and in 1971 opened the Cotswold Farm Park to the public.Joe Henson at Royal Agricultural University Alumni Retrieved 26 October 2015 He was the founder-chairman of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, and received an MBE in the
2011 Queen's Birthday Honours
The Birthday Honours 2011 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 11 June 2011 in the United Kingdom,United Kingdom: New Zealand,Adam, who took over the running of the farm in 1999, is now a presenter on the weekly BBC countryside show ''
Countryfile
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The programme is currently presented by John Craven, Adam Henson, Matt Baker ...
''.Cotswold Farm Park Site Retrieved 26 October 2015 Joe Henson also occasionally appeared on ''Countryfile'', usually as a specialist adviser on items relating to rare breeds.