Birthday Honours 2023
Dr Richard John Mantle
Knight Bachelor
Knight Bachelor · 2023
“For services to Opera.”
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
“General Director, Opera North. For services to Music.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
General Director, Opera North. For services to Music.
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Dr. Richard John MANTLE O.B.E. D.L.
General Director, Opera North
For services to Opera.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64082 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2013- Region
- North Yorkshire
“General Director, Opera North. For services to Music.”
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2023- Region
- Harrogate, North Yorkshire
“For services to Opera.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 19 times in the Birthday Honours List 2023 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
6 Knight Bachelor recipients are from North Yorkshire.
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 2023
Ben Okri
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Benjamin Bradshaw
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For Political and Public Service.”
David Darroch
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Weybridge, Surrey
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Iain Gilmour Gray
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to the Aerospace Industry.”
Ian Greer
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Education and to the Economy.”
Mark Thompson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Media.”
Martin Amis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature. (To be dated 18 May 2023) .”
Nairn Wilson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Alderley Edge, Cheshire
“For services to Dentistry.”
Nicholas Varney
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Sturminster Newton, Dorset
“For services to the Visitor Economy.”
Oliver Hart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
“For services to Economic Theory.”
Peter Barnes
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Respiratory Science.”
Richard Mcmahon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
“For services to the Crown and to the community in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.”
Robin Budenberg
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Colchester, Essex
“For services to the Economy.”
Rupert Gavin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Drama, the Arts, to Heritage and to the Economy.”
Stephen Frears
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Film and Television.”
Stephen Jackson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Innovation and Research.”
Steven West
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Gloucestershire
“For services to Health and to Education.”
William Shawcross
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 64082, notice 4377781. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2023).
Published 16 June 2023.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2013).
Published 15 June 2013.
Location (North Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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