New Year Honours 2001
Christopher John Frayling
Knight Bachelor
• Royal College of Art
“For services to Art and Design Education.”
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Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2001- Role at the time
- Royal College of Art
“For services to Art and Design Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 27 times in the New Year Honours List 2001 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Royal College of Art.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2001
Alasdair MacLeod Fraser
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Criminal Justice System.”
Andrew William Foster
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Local Government and to the NHS.”
Anthony John Francis O’Reilly
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For long and distinguished service to Northern Ireland.”
Barry Trevor Jackson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Training and Education in Surgery.”
Charles Pollard
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Police.”
Christopher Hubert Llewellyn Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Particle Physics.”
Christopher John White
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Art History.”
Christopher Thomas Evans
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Bioscience Industry.”
Clive Haydon Martin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Corporation of London.”
David Martin Brown
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to British industry.”
David McMurtry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Design and Innovation.”
Duncan Michael
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Engineering and Construction.”
Edward Michael Crew
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Police.”
John Edward Sulston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Genome Research.”
John Orr
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Police.”
Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz of Medicine
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Medical Research and Education.”
Nicolas Bevan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
Patrick Alfred Caldwell Moore
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Popularisation of Science and to Broadcasting.”
Peter Levin Shaffer
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Drama.”
Richard Cornelius MacCormac
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Architecture.”
Robert Paul Culpin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
Managing Director
Ronald Cohen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Venture Capital Industry.”
Stanley William Clarke
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the community in Staffordshire.”
Steven Geoffrey Redgrave
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Rowing.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Education
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,862 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Henry Cyril Grunwald
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Stephen Thurston Munby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Shelagh Jane Legrave
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
William Smith
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Witney, Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Dawn Tinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Catherine Grove
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Diane Willson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2001
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2001).
Published 30 December 2000.
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