New Year Honours 2005
Derek Wanless
Knight Bachelor
“For public service.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 24 times in the New Year Honours List 2005 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
2,447 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
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 2005
Alan Jeffrey Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the Automotive Industry.”
Andrew Paul Haines
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Medicine.”
Basil Spyridonos Markesinis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to international legal relations.”
Brian Howard Harrison
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Scholarship.”
Clive John Bourne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
Clive William John Granger
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to economics.”
David Veness
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the Police.”
Desmond Rea
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the Police.”
Digby Marritt Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Business.”
James Cressee Elphinstone Underwood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Medicine.”
John Hartley Lawton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Ecological Science.”
John Stuart Vickers
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For public service.”
Jonathan Michael
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the NHS.”
Mark John Spurgeon Allen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
Matthew Clive Pinsent
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Sport.”
Mervyn Kay Pedelty
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Business and to Charity.”
Michael John Tomlinson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“for Hackney Schools.”
Peter James Ogden
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Education.”
Richard John Staite
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Education.”
Robert Gerard Finch
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the City of London.”
Robert Rees Davies
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to History.”
Robert Walker Kerslake
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Local Government.”
Roger Spencer Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Business and Training in Wales.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Government & Public Service
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,447 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service. See the full list →
Simon Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Jonathan Stephen Cunliffe
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Janette Durbin
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Glynne Jones
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Moira Chrystal
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Local Government and to the community in Ramsey, Isle of Man.”
Brian Robertson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
Charles Obazuaye
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corby, Northamptonshire
“For Public Service.”
Michael Mitchell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Flitwick, Bedfordshire
“For Public Service.”
Emily Jarvis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Haywards Heath, West Sussex
“For Public Service.”
Jack Emsley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Caroline Bird
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Merrill Powell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
Graham Metcalfe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Welton, Lincolnshire
“For Public Service.”
Alison Lawson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Andrea Kinver
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For Public Service.”
Karen Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For Public Service.”
Samuel Jenkins
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Christopher Howarth
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Southport, Merseyside
“For Public Service.”
Anne Holland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2005
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2005).
Published 30 December 2004.
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