Birthday Honours 2018
Charles Saumarez Smith
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Art, to Architecture and to Culture in the UK.”
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Knight Bachelor
For services to Art, to Architecture and to Culture in the UK.
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London Gazette notice
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
9 June 2018
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:
Dr. Charles SAUMAREZ SMITH C.B.E. F.B.A.
Secretary and Chief Executive, Royal Academy of Arts
For services to Art, to Architecture and to Culture in the UK.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62310 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 23 times in the Birthday Honours List 2018 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 2018
Ber Helfgott
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Middlesex
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Bernard Jenkin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For political and public service.”
Christopher Dobson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Science and Higher Education.”
Christopher Ham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
West Midlands
“For services to Health Policy and to Management.”
Christopher Husbands
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
South Yorkshire
“For services to Higher Education.”
David Haslam
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Dorset
“For services to NHS Leadership.”
David John Mark Green
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to the Criminal Justice System.”
Douglas Flint
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
East Sussex
“For services to the Finance Industry.”
Geoffrey Tantum
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
“For services to British interests overseas.”
James Eadie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to the Law and to Government.”
James Hough
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Dunbartonshire
“For services to the Detection of Gravitational Waves.”
James Ratcliffe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Business and to Investment.”
Kazuo Ishiguro
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Literature.”
Kenneth Dalglish
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Merseyside
“For services to Football, to Charity and to the City of Liverpool.”
Leslie Ebdon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Hertfordshire
“For services to Higher Education and to Social Mobility.”
Lloyd Dorfman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Philanthropy and the Arts.”
Mark Rowley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Surrey
“For services to Policing.”
Paul Preston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
“For services to UK/Spain relations.”
Simon Keenlyside
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Music.”
Simon Schama
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to History.”
Steven Cowley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Oxfordshire
“For services to Science and to the Development of Nuclear Fusion.”
Tim Waterstone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Bookselling and to charity.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,560 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.”
Cerys Matthews,
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
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.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
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.”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Jazz Music.”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Inclusive Theatre.”
Marilyn Blieck
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Prestwick, Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Music and to the community in Ayrshire.”
Christopher Gaze
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Arts and Culture in Canada.”
Stephen Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Broadcasting and to Kidney Transplant Awareness and to Fundraising in Northern Ireland.”
Iain Varah
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dunmow, Essex
“For services to Public Libraries, Culture and Leisure.”
Peter Talbot
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Eastbourne, East Sussex
“For services to the Arts.”
Paul Stacey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Theatre.”
Lisa Riley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Suzanne Raine
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Heritage.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62310, notice 3041291. View the official notice ↗
Published 8 June 2018.
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