Birthday Honours 2004
David Charles Maurice Bell
Knight Bachelor
Chair • Financial Times Group
“For services to Business, the Arts and Charity in London.”
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Knight Bachelor
For services to Business, the Arts and Charity in London.
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Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2004- Role at the time
- Chair, Financial Times Group
“For services to Business, the Arts and Charity in London.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 23 times in the Birthday Honours List 2004 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chair, Financial Times Group.
How widely is this recognised?
3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
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 Birthday Honours 2004
Alan William Craft
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“For services to Medicine.”
Alan William Steer
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“For services to Education.”
Crispin Henry Lamert Davis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“For services to the Information Industry.”
David George Henshaw
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“For services to Local Government.”
David James Wallace
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“For services to UK Science, Technology and Engineering.”
Frederick Anderson Goodwin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“For services to Banking.”
Geoffrey Michael Montgomery Wakeford
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“For services to Education.”
Gregory Winter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“For services to Molecular Biology.”
Hugh Robert Collum
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“For services to the Nuclear Industry.”
John Anthony Lewis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“For services to Education.”
John Brian Pendry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“For services to Science.”
Judge Richard George May
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“for the former Yugoslavia.”
Julian Michael Horn-Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“For services to International Mobile Telecommunications.”
Leslie Elton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“For services to Local Government.”
Nicholas Herbert Stern
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“For services to Economics.”
Peter James Joseph Winship
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“For services to the Police.”
Peter Robert Crane
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“For services to Horticulture and Conservation.”
Peter Stanley Harper
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“For services to Medicine.”
Robert Weston Phillis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“For services to the Media Industry.”
Thomas Joseph Duggin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
Trevor David Brooking
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“For services to Sport.”
Willard Wentworth White
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2004
“For services to Music.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Business & Economy
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy. See the full list →
Andrew James Simpson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
“For services to Social Enterprise.”
Deborah Wosskow
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and to Access to Finance for Women.”
Natalie Wade
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Wendy Carlin
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Hannah Bernard
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and Access to Finance for Women.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Williams
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ely, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Chemicals Industry.”
Gregory Mckinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
Erica Maxwell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dungannon, County Tyrone
“For services to the Economy and to the community in Northern Ireland.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Isabella Cameron
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Isle of Uist, Western Isles
“For services to Hospitality and to the Rural Economy in South Uist.”
Tina Barton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shaftesbury, Dorset
“For services to Science and to Trade.”
Ronjon Nag
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Entrepreneurship and to Artificial Intelligence.”
Lance Uggla
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Richard Scaife
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Manufacturing.”
Becky Ruddy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Thurso, Caithness
“For services to Women in the Nuclear Industry.”
Pino De Rosa
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2004
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2004).
Published 10 June 2004.
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