New Year Honours 2013
David Hugh Wootton Mayor of London
Knight Bachelor
Recognised in the New Year Honours 2013 with the Knight Bachelor.
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 28 times in the New Year Honours List 2013 — about 2% of the list.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2013
Bernard Hogan-Howe
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Dorset
“Commissioner, Metropolitan Police. For services to Policing.”
Bradley Marc Wiggins
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Lancashire
“Cyclist. For services to Cycling.”
Charles Benedict Ainslie
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Cornwall
“Finn Sailor. For services to Sailing.”
Christopher Stone
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West Midlands
“Executive Headteacher, The Arthur Terry and Stockland Green Schools, Birmingham. For services to Education.”
Cyclin
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David Hugh Wootton
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Kent
“Lord Mayor of London. For services to Legal Business, Charity and the City of London.”
David John Brailsford
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Derbyshire
“Performance Director, British Cycling. For services to Cycling and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
David Whitlock Tanner
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London
“Performance Director, British Rowing. For services to Rowing and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
Dr Hossein Yassaie
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Hertfordshire
“Chief Executive Officer, Imagination Technologies Group. For services to Technology and Innovation.”
Hector William Hepburn Sants
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Oxfordshire
“Lately Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Authority. For services to Financial Services and Regulation.”
John Mark Nicholas Leighton
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Edinburgh
“Director General, National Galleries of Scotland. For services to Art.”
Kenneth Henry Grange
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London
“Industrial Designer. For services to Design.”
Martin Gregory Smith
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Oxfordshire
“Philanthropist. For charitable services to Education, Science and the Arts.”
Martin James Narey
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North Yorkshire
“Ministerial Adviser on Adoption. For services to Vulnerable People.”
Michael Aron Heller
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London
“Philanthropist. For charitable services.”
Nicholas Stephen Williams
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London
“Lately Principal of The BRIT School, Croydon. For services to Education.”
Peter Gerard Hendy
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Somerset
“Commissioner, Transport for London. For services to Transport and the community.”
Professor David Neil Payne
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Hampshire
“Director, Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton. For services to Photonics Research and Applications.”
Professor George Thomas Berwick
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Essex
“Headteacher, Ravens Wood School, Bromley, Kent. For services to Education.”
Professor Hew Francis Anthony Strachan
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Lanarkshire
“Chichele Professor of the History of War, All Souls Oxford. For services to the Ministry of Defence.”
Professor Ian David Diamond
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Aberdeen
“Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Aberdeen. For services to Social Science and Higher Education.”
Professor Keith Burnett
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South Yorkshire
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Sheffield. For services to Science and Higher Education.”
Professor Simon Charles Wessely
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London, London
“For services to Military Healthcare and to Psychological Medicine.”
Quentin Saxby Blake
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London, London
“Illustrator. For services to Illustration.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2013
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013).
Published 29 December 2012.
Retrieved from the London Gazette on 3 July 2026.
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