New Year Honours 2009
Christopher Andrew Hoy
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Sport.”
Timeline
Recognised for
Topics
London Gazette page
Knight Bachelor · 2009
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Location
Lancashire
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Each honour in context
Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2009- Region
- Lancashire
“For services to Sport.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 21 times in the New Year Honours List 2009 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
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 2009
Alexander Crombie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
Midlothian
“For services to the Insurance Industry in Scotland.”
Andrew Cubie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
Edinburgh
“For public service in Scotland.”
Bernard Francisco Ribeiro
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
“For services to Medicine.”
Christopher John Greenwood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
“For services to public International Law.”
David Charles Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
“For services to Business and to Charity.”
David Nicholas Cannadine
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
“For services to Scholarship.”
David Thomas Rowell Lewis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
“For services to the Legal Profession and to the City of London Corporation.”
His Honour Judge Goolam Hoosen Kader Meeran
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
“For services to the Administration of Justice.”
John Christopher Powell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
“for Science, Technology and the Arts.”
John Robert Madejski
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
“For charitable services.”
Kenneth Lloyd Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
“For services to the Police.”
Mark Jeremy Walport
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
“For services to Medical Research.”
Martin John Taylor
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
“For services to Science.”
Neil James Douglas
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
Edinburgh
“For services to Medicine.”
Neil Stuart McKay
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
“For services to the NHS.”
Nicholas Wyndham Partridge
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
“For services to Healthcare.”
Nigel Graham Knowles
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
“for Europe and Asia, DLA Piper International LLP.”
Peter John Bellett Dixon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
“For services to the Housing Sector.”
Terence David John Pratchett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
“For services to Literature.”
Timothy Robert Peter Brighouse
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2009
“For services to Education.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Kevin Sinfield,
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League, Rugby Union and the MND Community.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“For services to Grassroots Football.”
Gary Street
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Winston Michael
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Inclusivity and Sport in Kent.”
Ian Lovett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Cricket and to Charity.”
Karen Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tavistock, Devon
“For services to Netball in England.”
Christine Gibbons
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Community Sport and Fitness.”
Gordon Deans
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stromness, Orkney
“For services to Sport and to Island Communities.”
Lee Carsley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Association Football.”
Christopher Brookes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Kwadwo Adjepong
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and Sports Law.”
James Wilson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gorebridge, Midlothian
“For services to Youth Development, Sport and to Community Empowerment.”
William Ryan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saltash, Cornwall
“For services to Rugby Football in Cornwall.”
Ronald Pearson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wrexham, Clwyd
“For services to Cricket.”
Naomi Issitt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rugby, Warwickshire
“For services to Defibrillator Training and Awareness in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
Terence Hensby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Community Rugby.”
Andrew Train
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Babar Qureshi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Cricket.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2009
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2009).
Published 30 December 2008.
Location (Lancashire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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