Gratias Agit Award
The Gratias Agit has been awarded by the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the promotion of the good name of Czechia abroad ever since 1997 in appreciation of prominent personas and organizations developing activities in nongovernmental fields. Along with the increasing role of civic society, this award is becoming an ever more prestigious prize for the voluntary activities of people committed to working for the benefit of the whole society, for the promotion of friendship among nations and for the promotion of the good name Czechia in the world.
The list of persons from the United Kingdom who were awarded Gratias Agit:
GRATIAS AGIT 1999
Lady Milena GRENFELL-BAINESOVÁ – important compatriot, United Kingdom
Graham MELVILLE-MASON – promoter of Czech music, United Kingdom
GRATIAS AGIT 2000
Prof. Vilém TAUSKÝ – musician, United Kingdom
GRATIAS AGIT 2001
Dr. April CARTEROVÁ – humanist, United Kingdom
Richard MOLINEUX – charity worker, United Kingdom
Ewald OSERS – translator, publicist, United Kingdom
GRATIAS AGIT 2004
Prof. Robert Burton PYNSENT – bohemist, United Kingdom
GRATIAS AGIT 2005
Ladislav HORŇAN – financial consultant, founder of English College in Prague, United Kingdom
GRATIAS AGIT 2006
Kenneth BELSHAW – entrepreneur, United Kingdom
Sir Anthony COLMAN – lawyer, merits for improving the Czech judicial system, United Kingdom
GRATIAS AGIT 2008
Frank LAMPL – promoter of Czech-British relations and Czech interests, United Kingdom
GRATIAS AGIT 2011
Karel JANOVICKÝ – music composer, pianist and publicist, United Kingdom
Sir Tom STOPPARD – contemporary British playwright and scriptwriter, United Kingdom
GRATIAS AGIT 2012
Eva JIŘIČNÁ – internationally recognised Czech architect, United Kingdom
Antonín TUČAPSKÝ – music composer, conductor and pedagogue, United Kingdom
GRATIAS AGIT 2013
Bohuslava BRADBROOKOVÁ – Czech-British author and literary historian, United Kingdom
GRATIAS AGIT 2015
Joseph CZERNIN – in memoriam, descendent of a Czech noble family, supporter of compatriots, United Kingdom
GRATIAS AGIT 2017
Paul Millar – honorary consul of the Czech Republic in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
The list of all persons who were awarded Gratias Agit is accessible at the web page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.