New Year Honours 2012
Charles Lamb ALLEN
Knight Bachelor
businessperson
“For services to the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.”
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New Year Honours 2012- Role at the time
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“For services to the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 27 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 3% of the list.
In their area
164 Knight Bachelor recipients are from London.
What organisation were they with?
businessperson.
How widely is this recognised?
2,079 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2012
Andrew Witty
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Buckinghamshire
“Chief Executive Officer, GlaxoSmithKline. For services to the Economy and to the UK Pharmaceutical Industry.”
Antonio Pappano
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Music Director, Royal Opera House. For services to Music.”
David Edward Reid
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Essex
“Lately Chairman, Tesco plc and Chairman, Kwik-Fit Group. For services to Business and to Charity.”
Dr John Gordon St Clair Buchanan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Surrey
“Chairman, Smith & Nephew plc. For services to Industry.”
Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“Scientist, Medical Research Council, Laboratory of Molecular Biology. For services to Molecular Biology.”
Geoffrey Hall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Nottinghamshire
“Lately Principal and Chief Executive, New College Nottingham. For services to Further Education.”
George Iacobescu
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Charity, Community and the Financial Services Industry.”
Gerald Acher
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Surrey
“For charitable services.”
Herbert Douglas Ellis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
West Midlands
“For charitable services.”
John Alexander Armitt
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Chair, Olympic Delivery Authority. For services to Engineering and Construction.”
Michael David Bear
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Lately Lord Mayor, City of London. For services to Regeneration, Charity and the City of London.”
Paul Ruddock
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Philanthropist. For services to the Arts.”
Peter Lytton Bazalgette
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“TV Producer. For services to Broadcasting.”
Professor Andre Konstantin Geim
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Greater Manchester
“Professor of Physics, University of Manchester. For services to Science.”
Professor Christopher Maxwell Snowden
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Surrey
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Surrey. For services to Engineering and to Higher Education.”
Professor Diarmaid Ninian John Macculloch
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Oxfordshire
“Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford. For services to Scholarship.”
Professor Geoffrey William Hill
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“Poet and Critic. For services to Literature.”
Professor John Gerald Patrick Sissons
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“Regius Professor of Physic, University of Cambridge. For services to Research and Education in Clinical Medicine.”
Professor Konstantin Novoselov
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Greater Manchester
“Professor of Physics, University of Manchester. For services to Science.”
Professor Mark Brian Pepys
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Professor of Medicine and Head of Medicine Division, University College London Medical School, Royal Free Hospital. For services to Biomedicine.”
Professor Robert Tony Watson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.”
Professor Simon Kirwan Donaldson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Middlesex
“Royal Society Professor of Mathematics, Imperial College London. For services to Mathematics.”
Professor Stephen Robert Bloom
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Head, Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Imperial College London. For services to Medical Science.”
Robert Russell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Essex
“For public service.”
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Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,079 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Johanna Norman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Swimming in Guernsey.”
Raymond Glyn Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
John David Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Cricket in Warwickshire and the West Midlands”
David Thomas Crowe Workman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballynahinch, County Down
“For services to Rugby and to Community Relations in Ballynahinch”
Kim Watson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia”
Alan Christopher Thurlow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Swimming”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“Volunteer, Waterloo Rugby Football Club. For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside”
Jennifer Elizabeth Smyth
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Londonderry
“For services to Disability Sport”
Edmund Harold Shillabeer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Plymouth, Devon
“For services to Charitable Fundraising, to Athletics and to the community in Plymouth, Devon”
David Stewart Smallwoods
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Local Football”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“Lately Head Coach, England National Amputee Football Team. For services to Disability Sport”
Alan Thomas Parker
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For voluntary services to Rugby League Football and to the community in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire”
James Isaac McDONALD
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Volunteer Athletics Coach. For services to Junior Athletics”
Jason Land
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“Disability and Inclusion Lead, Grimsby Town Foundation. For services to Association Football”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Administrator, Old Streetonians Rugby Football Club. For services to Amateur Sport in London”
Eleanor Sarah Guedalla
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football for Women and Marginalised Communities”
Leslie Alan France
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Blackpool, Lancashire
“Swimming Coach. For services to Swimming and to the community in Wigan”
Linda Annette Gaine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia”
Sarah Edwards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barnham, West Sussex
“Implementation Team Leader, Delivery Strand Workplace Transformation Programme, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Grassroots Sports”
George Michael Dodd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carlisle, Cumbria
“For services to Rowing”
Edwin Herbert Ernest Bridges
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Crowborough, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Sport in Crowborough”
Roger Frederick Bell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carrickfergus, County Antrim
“For services to Local Cricket”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“President, Mid Staffs Junior Football League. For services to Grassroots Football”
Ian Michael Brown
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Charity and to Cycling in Guernsey.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2012
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2012). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2011.
Location (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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