New Year Honours 1988
Christopher John Benson
Knight Bachelor
“For public services.”
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Knight Bachelor · 1988
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 32 times in the New Year Honours List 1988 — about 3% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
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 1988
Alan Bowness
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Alan Hugh Cook
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“For services to Golf.”
Alexander John Gordon
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Anthony Herbert Grabham
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Consultant Surgeon
Anthony Wilson
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Antony Rupert Jay
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political and public service.”
Bernard Evans Tomlinson
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Chairman Design Council.
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David Anthony Jacobs
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political service.”
David Neil Macfarlane
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Donald Murdo McCALLUM
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For services to Industry and Education in Scotland.”
Edgar Philip Beck
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
Chairman
Ernest Sanderson Temple
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
Frank Jarvis Rogers
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
Chairman
Harry AnthonyWHEELER
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
Henry Clifford Darby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For services to the study of Historical Geography.”
Hugh Frank John Leggatt
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
Ian Tofts Campbell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political and public service.”
James Wilton Spicer
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political service.”
John Lindsay Eric Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
John Patrick Grosvenor Lawrence C.B.E
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political and public service.”
John Seton Cassels
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
John Warren Loveridge
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political and public service.”
Justice Yang Ti Liang
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
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Christian Philip Hollier Turner
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Lynn Brown
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Janette Durbin
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“For Public Service.”
Glynne Jones
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Mark
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Matthew Ellis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Sapphire Dalton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Charles Obazuaye
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corby, Northamptonshire
“For Public Service.”
Michael Mitchell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Flitwick, Bedfordshire
“For Public Service.”
Jack Emsley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Faversham, Kent
“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Jane Sidebottom
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Healy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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Knight Bachelor · 1988
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1988 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1987.
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