Birthday Honours 2026
Alastair King
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Pensions Reform, to the Promotion of International Business and Voluntary and Charitable Service.”
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Knight Bachelor
For services to Pensions Reform, to the Promotion of International Business and Voluntary and Charitable Service.
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
13 June 2026
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Alastair John Naisbitt KING D.L.
lately Lord Mayor, City of London Corporation
For services to Pensions Reform, to the Promotion of International Business and Voluntary and Charitable Service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 65091 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- London, Greater London
“For services to Pensions Reform, to the Promotion of International Business and Voluntary and Charitable Service.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 14 times in the Birthday Honours List 2026 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
86 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater London.
How widely is this recognised?
16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
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 Birthday Honours 2026
Andrew Mitchell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Saffron Walden, Essex
“For services to the Construction Industry.”
Andrew Morris
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Perth, Perth and Kinross
“For services to Medical Sciences, to Public Health and to Patient Care.”
Carlos Frenk
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Durham, County Durham
“For services to Astrophysics and Cosmology.”
Christopher Mullin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Alnwick, Northumberland
“For Political and Public Service.”
David Gauke
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
“For services to the Justice System.”
David Sproxton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to the Animation Industry, the Creative Industries and to Charity.”
Glen Burley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Warwick, Warwickshire
“For services to the NHS.”
Gregory Hands
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Parliamentary and Political Service.”
Kevin Sinfield,
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League, Rugby Union and the MND Community.”
Patrick Vernon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Racial Equality.”
Peter Lord
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to the Animation Industry, the Creative Industries and to Charity.”
Richard Macrory
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Kidlington, Oxfordshire
“The Office for Environmental Protection. For services to Environmental Law.”
Stephen Thurston Munby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Community & Voluntary Service
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service. See the full list →
Alexander Gibson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Brentwood, Essex
“For Charitable Service.”
Michael Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Alison Hickman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the community in Sierra Leone.”
Charles Entwisle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Charity and to Vulnerable People in Mallorca.”
Hazel Tomkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For Charitable Service.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Carole Stevens
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Animal Welfare and to the community in Swansea, West Glamorgan.”
Ian Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
North Ronaldsay, Orkney
“For services to Art and to the community in North Ronaldsay, Orkney.”
Adrian Richards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ferryhill, County Durham
“For services to the community in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.”
Derek Reid
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Suicide Awareness and to the community in Castlemilk, Glasgow.”
Sheila Pheely
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For Voluntary Service.”
Susan Price
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Charitable Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Isabella Jenney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rushden, Northamptonshire
“For services to the community in East Northamptonshire.”
Lyndsay Howden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to the British Red Cross and to the community in Humberside.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Christopher Hailey (christopher Hailey-norris)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Charity and to the community in Yorkshire.”
Elizabeth Greig
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to the community in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Wendy Ford
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Charity and to Young People.”
Audrey Flannagan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to the community in Glasgow.”
Susan Falconer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Mountain Ash, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the community in Blackwood, Caerphilly.”
Mary Dumigan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran
“For voluntary services to the community in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 65091, notice 5152789. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2026).
Published 12 June 2026.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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