New Year Honours 2001
David McMurtry
Knight Bachelor
• Renishaw plc
“For services to Design and Innovation.”
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“For services to Design and Innovation.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 27 times in the New Year Honours List 2001 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Renishaw plc.
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.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2001
Alasdair MacLeod Fraser
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Criminal Justice System.”
Andrew William Foster
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Local Government and to the NHS.”
Anthony John Francis O’Reilly
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For long and distinguished service to Northern Ireland.”
Barry Trevor Jackson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Training and Education in Surgery.”
Charles Pollard
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Police.”
Christopher Hubert Llewellyn Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Particle Physics.”
Christopher John Frayling
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Art and Design Education.”
Christopher John White
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Art History.”
Christopher Thomas Evans
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Bioscience Industry.”
Clive Haydon Martin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Corporation of London.”
David Martin Brown
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to British industry.”
Duncan Michael
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Engineering and Construction.”
Edward Michael Crew
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Police.”
John Edward Sulston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Genome Research.”
John Orr
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Police.”
Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz of Medicine
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Medical Research and Education.”
Nicolas Bevan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
Patrick Alfred Caldwell Moore
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Popularisation of Science and to Broadcasting.”
Peter Levin Shaffer
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Drama.”
Richard Cornelius MacCormac
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Architecture.”
Robert Paul Culpin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
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Ronald Cohen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Venture Capital Industry.”
Stanley William Clarke
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the community in Staffordshire.”
Steven Geoffrey Redgrave
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Rowing.”
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Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Jonathan Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Alice Coote
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Daniel Calvert
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Pauline Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
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.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2001
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2001).
Published 30 December 2000.
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