Birthday Honours 2026
Carlos Frenk
Knight Bachelor
Knight Bachelor · 2026
“For services to Astrophysics and Cosmology.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
“For services to Cosmology and the Public Dissemination of Basic Science.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Cosmology and the Public Dissemination of Basic Science.
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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:
Professor Carlos Silvestre FRENK C.B.E. F.R.S.
Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics, Durham University
For services to Astrophysics and Cosmology.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 65091 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Carlos Silvestre FRENK
Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics, Durham University
For services to Cosmology and the Public Dissemination of Basic Science.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2017- Region
- Durham
“For services to Cosmology and the Public Dissemination of Basic Science.”
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2026- Region
- Durham, County Durham
“For services to Astrophysics and Cosmology.”
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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.
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2 Knight Bachelor recipients are from County Durham.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 2026
Alastair King
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Pensions Reform, to the Promotion of International Business and Voluntary and Charitable Service.”
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.”
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.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 65091, notice 5152787. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2026).
Published 12 June 2026.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2804150. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 16 June 2017.
Location (Durham) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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