The athlete originally received the MBE in the 2024 New Year Honours for his contributions to rugby. However, after admitting to the charge, he was sentenced in January 2025 to a one-year community payback order.
As a result, the honour has now been formally withdrawn.
The official notice in The Gazette stated: “The King has directed that the appointment of Stuart William Hogg to be a Member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated 30 December 2023 shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order.”
Hogg previously played as a fullback for the Glasgow Warriors and earned numerous international caps for Scotland. He also took part in three British and Irish Lions tours and currently plays for Montpellier.
Animal welfare case also leads to revoked honour
Another person on the list is Paul Allen Rose, the founder of Barrow’s Owl Sanctuary in Cumbria.
According to reports from News and Star, Rose was sentenced in May 2024 after pleading guilty to two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal and one count of failing to ensure proper animal welfare.