Former UKFast CEO Lawrence Jones has been stripped of his MBE.
It follows his 2023 conviction and sentencing to 15 years in prison following the rape of two women in Greater Manchester and the sexual assault against a third female.
Jones lost his award along with five others, according to the official announcement in the London Gazette.
The official statement said: “The King has directed that the appointment of Lawrence Nigel Jones to be a Member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated 31 December 2014, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the register of the said order.”
Jones was originally awarded the honour for services to the digital economy.
An honour can be withdrawn or forfeited for a variety of reasons, including criminal conviction and bringing the honours system into disrepute.
Among the other people to lose their honours were Tory donor Lord Rami Ranger for bringing the honours system into disrepute.
Jones was previously stripped of his honorary doctorate by Manchester Metropolitan University, awarded in 2016.
The 56-year-old has been in custody since January 2023.
He was sentenced for 14 years and 7 years for the two rapes – to be served concurrently – and one year, to be served consecutively, for the sexual assault.
Judge Sarah Johnston, sentencing Jones in 2023, said: “You thought you could behave with impunity, characterised by entitlement, dominance and a lack of regard for the rights and freedoms of these women and in my view, an element of sinister premeditation.”
She said his charity work ‘cannot mitigate your offending’.
Jones, who founded UKFast in 1999, had pleaded not guilty to the charges.