New Year Honours 2007
David Edward Murray
Knight Bachelor
Chair • Murray International Holdings Ltd
“For services to Business in Scotland.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2007
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Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2007- Role at the time
- Chair, Murray International Holdings Ltd
“For services to Business in Scotland.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 25 times in the New Year Honours List 2007 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chair, Murray International Holdings Ltd.
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 New Year Honours 2007
David William Brewer
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“For services to the City of London.”
Geoffrey Lionel Bindman
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“For services to Human Rights.”
Geoffrey Nice
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“For services to international criminal justice in and for the former Yugoslavia.”
George Albert Shearing
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“For services to Music.”
George Desmond Lorenz De Silva
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“for Sierra Leone.”
George Peter Scott
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“For services to Higher Education.”
Gordon William Duff of Molecular Medicine
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“For services to Public Health.”
Herbert William Massie
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“For services to Disabled People.”
His Honour Stephen John Lindsay Oliver
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“For public service.”
Howard Dalton
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Ian Charles Franklin Andrews
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James Dyson
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“For services to Business.”
James Fraser Stoddart
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“For services to chemistry and molecular nanotechnology.”
John Edward Tooke
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“For services to Medicine.”
John James O’Reilly
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“For services to Science.”
John Richard Grenfell Bradfield
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“For services to Science, Business and to the community in Cambridge.”
Keith Onyema Ajegbo
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“For services to Education.”
Kenneth Donald John Macdonald
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Kevin Smith
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“For services to Industry.”
Malcolm Green
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“For services to Medicine.”
Michael De Courcy Fraser Holroyd
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“For services to Literature.”
Michael Derek Vaughan Rake
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“For services to the Accountancy Profession.”
Philip Roy Hampton
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“For public service.”
Robert William Kenneth Crawford
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“For services to Museums.”
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 · 2007
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2007).
Published 30 December 2006.
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