New Year Honours 2017
David Waters (david Mark Rylance)
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Actor.
“For services to Theatre.”
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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 Mark Rylance WATERS (David Mark RYLANCE)
Actor
For services to Theatre.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61803 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- Actor.
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- London
“For services to Theatre.”
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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.
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How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
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Cerys Matthews
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Richard Starrs
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Jennifer Rose-miller
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Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
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Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
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“For services to Drama.”
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James Fraser
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“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
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Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
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Daniel Crow
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Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61803, notice 2673402. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2017).
Published 30 December 2016.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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