Birthday Honours 2006
David Michael Charles Michels
Knight Bachelor
• Hilton Group plc
“For services to the Hospitality Industry.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2006
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Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2006- Role at the time
- Hilton Group plc
“For services to the Hospitality Industry.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 23 times in the Birthday Honours List 2006 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Hilton Group plc.
How widely is this recognised?
4,501 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care.
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 Birthday Honours 2006
Albert Aynsley-Green
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“for England.”
Barrington Windsor Cunliffe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Archaeology.”
Brian Gammell Ivory
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the Arts.”
Charles Cornelius Wheeler
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Broadcasting and to Journalism.”
David Gerald Richards
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Sport.”
Donald Gordon Cruickshank
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For public service.”
Gilbert Stanley Thomas
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Business and to Charity in Wales.”
James Robert Crosby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the Finance Industry.”
John Michael Sunderland
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Business.”
Jonathan Elliott Asbridge
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the NHS and Nursing.”
Kenneth John Knight
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the Fire and Rescue Service.”
Mark Grundy
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Education and to ICT.”
Michael John Aaronson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Children.”
Norman George Bettison
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the Police.”
Peter Jeffery Simpson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the NHS.”
Philip Green
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the Retail Industry.”
Richard Charles Leese
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Local Government.”
Richard Timothy Hunt
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Science.”
Robert John Margetts
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Science and to Business.”
Roger Williams
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“for Wales.”
Roy Malcolm Anderson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
Chief Scientific Adviser
Stelios Haji-Ioannou
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Entrepreneurship.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Health & Social Care
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,501 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care. See the full list →
Professor David Mabey
PersonKnight Commander Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2026
“For services to Global Health.”
Jonathan Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Judith Dewinter
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS.”
Jill Belch
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Scone, Perth and Kinross
“For services to Medicine and Public Health.”
Meena Upadhyaya
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“For services to Community Cohesion in Wales and to Medical Genetics.”
Crystal Oldman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crowborough, East Sussex
“For services to Nursing.”
Carol Brayne
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Medicine, Medical Research and Public Health.”
Andrew Morris
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Perth, Perth and Kinross
“For services to Medical Sciences, to Public Health and to Patient Care.”
Suzanne Rastrick
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Shaftesbury, Dorset
“For services to the Allied Health Professions and to the Social Housing Sector.”
Stephen Greene
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Allison White
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aycliffe, County Durham
“For services to Supporting People with Cancer.”
Caron Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Walsall, West Midlands
“For services to Health and Wellbeing.”
Claire Robinson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Birmingham.”
Lee Ralph
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Yate, Gloucestershire
“For services to Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Resilience in the Fire and Rescue Sector.”
Catherine Repton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belper, Derbyshire
“For services to Premature Babies and their Families.”
Debra Padgett
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Biomedical Science in the NHS.”
Maurice Neely
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Strabane, County Tyrone
“For services to Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland.”
Clare Mccawley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Castlewellan, County Down
“For services to Health and Social Care and to the Community and Voluntary Sector.”
Steven Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Wendy Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester.”
Edith Leask
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lerwick, Shetland
“For services to Mental Health and Wellbeing.”
Helen Mack
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Hospice Care.”
Leanne Howlett
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Warwick, Warwickshire
“For services to Health Visiting.”
Claire Griffiths
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“For services to Cancer Charities.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2006
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2006).
Published 16 June 2006.
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