New Year Honours 1981
Albert Francis Abbott
Knight Bachelor
“For service to local government and the Returned Services League.”
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Knight Bachelor
For service to local government and the Returned Services League.
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 35 times in the New Year Honours List 1981 — about 3% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public 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 New Year Honours 1981
Australian States G.C.B.
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
Charles Fletcher Fletcher-Cooke
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For political and public service.”
Charles Russell Sanderson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For political and public service in Scotland.”
Dennis Charles Titchener- Barrett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For political and public ser- vice in the Greater London Area.”
Dermot Renn Davis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
Desmond Arthur Pond
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
President
Eric Gardner Turner
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For services to scholarship.”
Frank Ewart Lawton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
President
Geoffrey Gilbertson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
George Rowland Jefferson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For services to Export.”
Ian Peter McGillivray Cargill
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“for Reconstruction and Development, New York.”
James Douglas Spooner
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
Chairman
James Sidney Rawdon Scott-Hopkins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For political and public service.”
James Whyte Black
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
John Anthony Kershaw
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For political and public service.”
John Bertram' Adams
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“for Nuclear Research.”
John Lewtas Frew
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For service to medicine.”
John Ross Stainton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
John Stewart WORDffi
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
Julian Errington RpSDALE
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For political and public service.”
Keith Duncan MAcPHERSON
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For service to the newspaper industry.”
Kenneth Lawrence Holland
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
Laurens Jan van der Post
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
“For public services.”
Maxwell Joseph
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1981
Chairman
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Simon Richardson
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Christian Philip Hollier Turner
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Lynn Brown
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Janette Durbin
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Glynne Jones
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Mark
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Matthew Ellis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Sapphire Dalton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Charles Obazuaye
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corby, Northamptonshire
“For Public Service.”
Michael Mitchell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Flitwick, Bedfordshire
“For Public Service.”
Jack Emsley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Faversham, Kent
“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Jane Sidebottom
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Healy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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Knight Bachelor · 1981
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1981 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1980.
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