New Year Honours 2013
David Whitlock TANNER
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Knight Bachelor
rowing coach
Organisation: British Rowing
“Performance Director, British Rowing. For services to Rowing and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
Timeline
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Performance Director, GB Rowing Team. For services to Sport.
View London Gazette noticeKnight Bachelor
Performance Director, British Rowing. For services to Rowing and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2009- Role at the time
- rowing coach
- Region
- Middlesex
“Performance Director, GB Rowing Team. For services to Sport.”
Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2013- Role at the time
- rowing coach
- Region
- London
“Performance Director, British Rowing. For services to Rowing and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 25 times in the New Year Honours List 2013 — about 2% of the list.
In their area
164 Knight Bachelor recipients are from London.
What organisation were they with?
rowing coach, British Rowing.
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 2013
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Dorset
“Commissioner, Metropolitan Police. For services to Policing.”
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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.”
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.”
Dr Hossein Yassaie
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Hertfordshire
“Chief Executive Officer, Imagination Technologies Group. For services to Technology and Innovation.”
Hector William Hepburn Sants
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
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
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Industrial Designer. For services to Design.”
Martin Gregory Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Oxfordshire
“Philanthropist. For charitable services to Education, Science and the Arts.”
Martin James Narey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
North Yorkshire
“Ministerial Adviser on Adoption. For services to Vulnerable People.”
Michael Aron Heller
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Philanthropist. For charitable services.”
Nicholas Stephen Williams
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Lately Principal of The BRIT School, Croydon. For services to Education.”
Peter Gerard Hendy
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Somerset
“Commissioner, Transport for London. For services to Transport and the community.”
Professor David Neil Payne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Hampshire
“Director, Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton. For services to Photonics Research and Applications.”
Professor George Thomas Berwick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Essex
“Headteacher, Ravens Wood School, Bromley, Kent. For services to Education.”
Professor Hew Francis Anthony Strachan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Lanarkshire
“Chichele Professor of the History of War, All Souls Oxford. For services to the Ministry of Defence.”
Professor Ian David Diamond
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Aberdeen
“Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Aberdeen. For services to Social Science and Higher Education.”
Professor Keith Burnett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
South Yorkshire
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Sheffield. For services to Science and Higher Education.”
Professor Simon Charles Wessely
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
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“For services to Military Healthcare and to Psychological Medicine.”
Quentin Saxby Blake
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London, London
“Illustrator. For services to Illustration.”
Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd
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West Midlands
“Member of Parliament for Aldridge Brownhill. For public service.”
Robert Stephen O'Brien
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Essex
“Chairman, Barts and London NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare and to the community in London.”
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Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,079 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Johanna Norman
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Raymond Glyn Pritchard
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John David Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
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David Thomas Crowe Workman
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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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
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
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“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 · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2012.
Location (Middlesex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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