Birthday Honours 2016
Douglass Turnbull
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Health Care Research and Treatment particularly Mitochondrial Disease.”
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Knight Bachelor
For services to Health Care Research and Treatment particularly Mitochondrial Disease.
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London Gazette notice
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
11 June 2016
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Professor Douglass Matthew TURNBULL
Professor of Neurology, Newcastle University
For services to Health Care Research and Treatment particularly Mitochondrial Disease.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61608 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Tyne and Wear
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“For services to Health Care Research and Treatment particularly Mitochondrial Disease.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 23 times in the Birthday Honours List 2016 — about 2% of the list.
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 2016
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Anthony Cragg
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Damon Buffini
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“For voluntary and charitable services.”
David Clary
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“For services to international science.”
David Grant
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Vale of Glamorgan
“For services to Engineering, Technology and Skills in the UK.”
David Hamilton
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Midlothian
“For political and parliamentary service.”
Desmond Swayne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Hampshire
“For political and parliamentary service.”
Jeffrey Donaldson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Down
“For political service.”
John Strang
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Surrey
“For services to Medicine, Addictions and Public Health.”
Larry Siedentop
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London
“For services to Political Science.”
Lucian Charles Grainge
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
“For services to British business and inward investment.”
Michael Craig-martin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Art.”
Paul Marshall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
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“For services to Education and Philanthropy.”
Peter Wood
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Surrey
“For services to UK Industry and Philanthropy.”
Philip Hulme
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“For services to Technology and to Philanthropy.”
Richard Treisman
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“For services to Biomedical Science and to Cancer Research.”
Roderick Stewart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
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“For services to Music and charity.”
Roger Scruton
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Wiltshire
“For services to Philosophy, Teaching and Public Education.”
Simon Robey
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“For services to Music.”
Stanley William Wells
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Warwickshire
“For services to Scholarship.”
Terence Keith Morgan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
West Midlands
“For services to UK Infrastructure, Skills and Employment.”
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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
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“For services to Global Health.”
Jonathan Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
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Judith Dewinter
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London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS.”
Jill Belch
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Scone, Perth and Kinross
“For services to Medicine and Public Health.”
Meena Upadhyaya
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Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“For services to Community Cohesion in Wales and to Medical Genetics.”
Crystal Oldman
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Crowborough, East Sussex
“For services to Nursing.”
Carol Brayne
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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
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Shaftesbury, Dorset
“For services to the Allied Health Professions and to the Social Housing Sector.”
Stephen Greene
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Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Foster Care.”
Allison White
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Aycliffe, County Durham
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Caron Thompson
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Walsall, West Midlands
“For services to Health and Wellbeing.”
Claire Robinson
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Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
“For services to Foster Care in Birmingham.”
Lee Ralph
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Catherine Repton
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Belper, Derbyshire
“For services to Premature Babies and their Families.”
Debra Padgett
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Biomedical Science in the NHS.”
Maurice Neely
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Strabane, County Tyrone
“For services to Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland.”
Clare Mccawley
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Castlewellan, County Down
“For services to Health and Social Care and to the Community and Voluntary Sector.”
Steven Lowe
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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.”
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Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61608, notice 2551516. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2016).
Published 11 June 2016.
Location (Tyne and Wear) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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