New Year Honours 1988
Alan Hugh Cook
Knight Bachelor
• Cambridge
“For services to Golf.”
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New Year Honours 1988- Role at the time
- Cambridge
“For services to Golf.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 32 times in the New Year Honours List 1988 — about 3% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Cambridge.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 1988
Alan Bowness
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Alexander John Gordon
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Anthony Herbert Grabham
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Consultant Surgeon
Anthony Wilson
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Antony Rupert Jay
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political and public service.”
Bernard Evans Tomlinson
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Chairman Design Council.
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
Christopher John Benson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For public services.”
David Anthony Jacobs
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political service.”
David Neil Macfarlane
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
Donald Murdo McCALLUM
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For services to Industry and Education in Scotland.”
Edgar Philip Beck
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
Chairman
Ernest Sanderson Temple
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
Frank Jarvis Rogers
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
Chairman
Harry AnthonyWHEELER
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
Henry Clifford Darby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For services to the study of Historical Geography.”
Hugh Frank John Leggatt
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
Ian Tofts Campbell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political and public service.”
James Wilton Spicer
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political service.”
John Lindsay Eric Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
John Patrick Grosvenor Lawrence C.B.E
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political and public service.”
John Seton Cassels
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
John Warren Loveridge
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political and public service.”
Justice Yang Ti Liang
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
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Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Kevin Sinfield,
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Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League, Rugby Union and the MND Community.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“For services to Grassroots Football.”
Gary Street
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Winston Michael
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Inclusivity and Sport in Kent.”
Ian Lovett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Cricket and to Charity.”
Karen Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tavistock, Devon
“For services to Netball in England.”
Christine Gibbons
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Community Sport and Fitness.”
Gordon Deans
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stromness, Orkney
“For services to Sport and to Island Communities.”
Lee Carsley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Association Football.”
Christopher Brookes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Kwadwo Adjepong
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and Sports Law.”
James Wilson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gorebridge, Midlothian
“For services to Youth Development, Sport and to Community Empowerment.”
William Ryan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saltash, Cornwall
“For services to Rugby Football in Cornwall.”
Ronald Pearson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wrexham, Clwyd
“For services to Cricket.”
Naomi Issitt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rugby, Warwickshire
“For services to Defibrillator Training and Awareness in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
Terence Hensby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Community Rugby.”
Andrew Train
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Babar Qureshi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Cricket.”
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Knight Bachelor · 1988
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1988 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1987.
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