New Year Honours 2016
Anthony Peter McCoy
Knight Bachelor
Knight Bachelor · 2016
“For services to Horse Racing.”
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2015
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Anthony Peter McCOY O.B.E.
For services to Horse Racing.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 2010
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Berkshire
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Birthday Honours 2010- Region
- Berkshire
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- Berkshire
“For services to Horse Racing.”
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The Knight Bachelor was awarded 25 times in the New Year Honours List 2016 — about 2% of the list.
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Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2016
Alan Yarrow
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“For services to International Business, Inclusion and the City of London.”
Clive Cowdery
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“For services to Children and Social Mobility.”
Colin Callender
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“For services to the British creative industries, promoting British film, theatre and television in international markets.”
David Collins
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Gloucestershire
“For services to Further Education.”
David Mackay
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Cambridgeshire
“For services to Scientific Advice in Government and Science Outreach.”
David Norgrove
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“For services to the Low Paid and the Family Justice System.”
Edward Davey
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London
“For political and public service.”
Harpal Kumar
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London
“For services to Cancer Research.”
Harvey Mcgrath
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London
“For services to Economic Growth and Public Life.”
Henry Bellingham
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Norfolk
“For political and parliamentary service.”
Jack Petchey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Young People in East London and Essex through the Jack Petchey Foundation.”
John Uren
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Kent
“For philanthropic service.”
Jonathan Day
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Hampshire
“For public service.”
Lynton Crosby
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“For political service.”
Martyn Lewis
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London
“For services to the Voluntary and Charitable Sectors, particularly the Hospice Movement.”
Matthew Bourne
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London
“For services to Dance.”
Michael Jacobs
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases.”
Nicholas Forwood
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“For services to European justice.”
Norman Stoller
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Cumbria
“For philanthropic service.”
Paul Curran
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Higher Education.”
Paul Grice
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Edinburgh
“For services to the Scottish Parliament and voluntary service to Higher Education and the community in Scotland.”
Robert Talma Stheeman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Surrey
“For services to UK Government Debt Management.”
Steve Lancashire
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Education.”
William Fittall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Kent
“For services to the Church of England.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2453716. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).
Published 31 December 2015.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2010).
Published 12 June 2010.
Location (Berkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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