New Year Honours 2017
David Lee PEARSON
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Knight Bachelor
“For services to Equestrianism.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Equestrianism and Disabled Sport.
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2016
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
David Lee PEARSON C.B.E.
For services to Equestrianism.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61803 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2009- Region
- Staffordshire
“For services to Equestrianism and Disabled Sport.”
Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2017- Region
- Staffordshire
“For services to Equestrianism.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 24 times in the New Year Honours List 2017 — about 2% of the list.
In their area
1 Knight Bachelor recipient is from Staffordshire.
How widely is this recognised?
2,079 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
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 2017
Andrew Murray O.b.e.
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
Surrey
“For services to Tennis and charity.”
Antony James Beevor
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
London
“Military Historian and Author. For services in support of Armed Forces Professional Development.”
Barry William Ife
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
Suffolk
“Principal, Guildhall School of Music and Drama. For services to Performing Arts Education.”
Bryn Terfel Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
Cardiff
“Opera Singer. For services to Music.”
David Anthony Crausby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
Greater Manchester
“Member of Parliament for Bolton North East. For parliamentary and political services.”
David Behan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
Kent
“Chief Executive, Care Quality Commission. For services to Health and Care.”
David Charles Ord
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
Bristol
“For political service and service to the community in the South West.”
David Frank Adjaye
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
“For services to Architecture.”
David Mark Rylance Waters (David Mark Rylance)
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
London
“Actor. For services to Theatre.”
David Morgan Sloman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
London
“Chief Executive, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS.”
Donald McCULLIN
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
Shepton Mallet, Somerset
“Photojournalist. For services to Photography.”
Ian Clifford Powell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
Cheshire
“Lately Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Member, Professional and Business Services Council. For services to Professional Services and voluntary service.”
James Cuthbert Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
London
“Lately, Director of Research, Francis Crick Institute. For services to Medical Research and Science Education.”
Jeffrey Philip Tate
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
“For services to British music overseas.”
John Campbell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
East Lothian
“Chairman, Glenrath Farms Ltd. For services to Farming and charitable service to Entrepreneurship.”
John Vincent McCANNY
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
Down
“For services to Higher Education and Economic Development.”
Julian William Hendy Brazier
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
Kent
“Member of Parliament for Canterbury. For political and public service.”
Kenneth Arthur Dodd
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
Merseyside
“For services to Entertainment and charity.”
Mohammed Muktar Jama Farah
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
London
“For services to Athletics.”
Nicholas Andrew Black
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
London
“Professor of Health Services Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. For services to Healthcare Research.”
Raymond Douglas Davies
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
London
“Musician. For services to the Arts.”
Shankar Balasubramanian
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
Cambridgeshire
“Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Cambridge. For services to Science and Medicine.”
Steven John Webb
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2017
Gloucestershire
“For political and public service.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,079 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Johanna Norman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
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Raymond Glyn Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
John David Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Cricket in Warwickshire and the West Midlands”
David Thomas Crowe Workman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballynahinch, County Down
“For services to Rugby and to Community Relations in Ballynahinch”
Kim Watson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia”
Alan Christopher Thurlow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Swimming”
Steven Thompson
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Liverpool, Merseyside
“Volunteer, Waterloo Rugby Football Club. For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside”
Jennifer Elizabeth Smyth
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Londonderry
“For services to Disability Sport”
Edmund Harold Shillabeer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Plymouth, Devon
“For services to Charitable Fundraising, to Athletics and to the community in Plymouth, Devon”
David Stewart Smallwoods
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Local Football”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“Lately Head Coach, England National Amputee Football Team. For services to Disability Sport”
Alan Thomas Parker
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For voluntary services to Rugby League Football and to the community in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire”
James Isaac McDONALD
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Volunteer Athletics Coach. For services to Junior Athletics”
Jason Land
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“Disability and Inclusion Lead, Grimsby Town Foundation. For services to Association Football”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Administrator, Old Streetonians Rugby Football Club. For services to Amateur Sport in London”
Eleanor Sarah Guedalla
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football for Women and Marginalised Communities”
Leslie Alan France
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Blackpool, Lancashire
“Swimming Coach. For services to Swimming and to the community in Wigan”
Linda Annette Gaine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia”
Sarah Edwards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barnham, West Sussex
“Implementation Team Leader, Delivery Strand Workplace Transformation Programme, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Grassroots Sports”
George Michael Dodd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carlisle, Cumbria
“For services to Rowing”
Edwin Herbert Ernest Bridges
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Crowborough, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Sport in Crowborough”
Roger Frederick Bell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carrickfergus, County Antrim
“For services to Local Cricket”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“President, Mid Staffs Junior Football League. For services to Grassroots Football”
Ian Michael Brown
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Charity and to Cycling in Guernsey.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2009). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2008.
Knight Bachelor · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61803, notice 2673401. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2017).
Published 30 December 2016.
Location (Staffordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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