Birthday Honours 2014
Dr John Ernest Dunford
Knight Bachelor
“Education Consultant. For services to Education.”
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Leicestershire
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Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2014- Region
- Leicestershire
“Education Consultant. For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 30 times in the Birthday Honours List 2014 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
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 2014
András Schiff
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“Classical Pianist. For services to Music.”
Andrew Nicholas Carter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Surrey
“Headteacher, South Farnham Community Junior School, Surrey. For services to Education.”
Barry Stuart Day
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Nottinghamshire
“Chief Executive, Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust and The Greenwood Academies Trust. For services to Education.”
Daniel Michael Blake Day-lewis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“Actor. For services to Drama.”
Derek John Myers
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“Lately Chief Executive, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. For services to Local Government in London.”
Dr Anthony Francis Seldon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Berkshire
“Headteacher, Wellington College, Berkshire. For services to Education and to Modern Political History.”
Dr Charles Richard Bean
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy, Bank of England. For services to Monetary Policy and Central Banking.”
Dr Michael Dixon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Hampshire
“Director, Natural History Museum. For services to Museums.”
Ewan Brown
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Edinburgh
“Chairman, Scottish Financial Enterprise and Senior Governor, University of St Andrews. For services to Business and Public Life and Philanthropy in Scotland.”
Gerald Edgar Grimstone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“For public service, particularly to Defence and Business.”
Jonathan Michael Murphy
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Wirral
“Chief Constable, Merseyside Police. For services to Policing.”
Michael Deegan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Cheshire
“Chief Executive, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS.”
Philip Graham Dilley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“Chairman, Arup Group. For services to Consulting Engineering.”
Professor Cary Lynn Cooper
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Cheshire
“Distinguished Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University. For services to Social Science.”
Professor Colin Brian Blakemore
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Oxfordshire
“Director, Centre for the Study of the Senses, School of Advanced Study, University of London. For services to Scientific Research, Policy and Outreach.”
Professor David Greenaway
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Nottinghamshire
“Vice Chancellor, University of Nottingham. For services to Higher Education.”
Professor David John Spiegelhalter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Cambridgeshire
“Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge. For services to Statistics.”
Professor David Royden Fish
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Hertfordshire
“Managing Director, University College London Partners, Academic Health Science Partnership. For services to the NHS.”
Professor David Stephen Eastwood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Somerset
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham. For services to Higher Education.”
Professor John Bernard Pethica
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Oxfordshire
“Chief Scientific Adviser, National Physical Laboratory and Physical Secretary and Vice-President, The Royal Society. For services to Science.”
Professor Michael John Owen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
South Glamorgan
“Director, The MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University. For services to Neuroscience and Mental Health.”
Professor Richard Rustom Kharsedji Sorabji
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Oxfordshire
“Honorary Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford and Professor Emeritus, King's College London. For services to Philosophical Scholarship.”
Professor Thomas Martin Devine
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Lanarkshire
“Personal Senior Research Chair of History, The University of Edinburgh. For services to the Study of Scottish History.”
Professor Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics, Imperial College London. For services to Physics.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Education
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,862 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Henry Cyril Grunwald
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Stephen Thurston Munby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Shelagh Jane Legrave
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
William Smith
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Witney, Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Dawn Tinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Catherine Grove
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Diane Willson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2014
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2014).
Published 15 June 2014.
Location (Leicestershire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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