New Year Honours 1998
Brian Hayes
Knight Bachelor
“For services to the Police.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 26 times in the New Year Honours List 1998 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
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 1998
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Alec Nigel Broers
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Engineering Education.”
Alfred Cuschieri of Surgery
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Minimal Access Surgery.”
Arthur Charles Clarice
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to literature.”
Dennis Pettit
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Local Government and to the community in Nottinghamshire.”
Edwin Barrie Stephens
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to the Engineering Industry.”
Elton Hercules John
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Music and for charitable services.”
Frank Barlow
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to the Newspaper Industry.”
George Jeffrey Bull
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to the Alcoholic Drinks Industry.”
Graham James Hearne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to the Oil Industry.”
Henry Dennistoun Stevenson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Business and to the Arts.”
John Gordon Thomas Carter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to the Insurance Industry.”
John Peebles Arbuthnott
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
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John Ridley Pattison
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Medicine.”
John Wilson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Architecture.”
Leslie Geoffrey Hampton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For servicesto Education.”
Michael Edward Carleton-Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Cancer Care.”
Michael John Berridge
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Science.”
Michael John Gambon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Drama.”
Neville Ian Simms
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to the Construction Industry.”
Norman Brian Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Industry and to the community.”
Peter Gilmour Noto Badge
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
Peter Machin North
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For Public Service and services to International Law.”
Richard Rodney Bennett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Music.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public 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.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Alexis Poole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Alison Fossey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Island Policing and to the wider community of Jersey.”
Ramona Senior
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
Carl Portman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to Prisoners.”
Neil Byrne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Policing.”
Robert Nixon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Policing and Criminal Justice.”
John Robins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Maria Mcnicholl
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
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Knight Bachelor · 1998
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1998 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1997.
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