Birthday Honours 2020
Edward Byrne
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Higher Education.”
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
10 October 2020
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 Edward BYRNE
Vice-Chancellor and Principal, King’s College London
For services to Higher Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63135 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- London, Greater London
“For services to Higher Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 15 times in the Birthday Honours List 2020 — about 1% of the list.
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85 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater London.
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 2020
Andrew Mackenzie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
“For services to Business, Science, Technology and to UK/Australia relations.”
Anthony Gallagher
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
“For services to Land Development and to the Property Business.”
Brendan Foster
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Stocksfield, Northumberland
“For services to International and National Sport and to Culture in North East England.”
David Hanson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Flint, Clwyd
“For political service.”
David Suchet
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Donald Runnicles
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
“For services to Music.”
Geoffrey Mulgan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Luton, Bedfordshire
“For services to the Creative Economy.”
John Sambles
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Crediton, Devon
“For services to Scientific Research and Outreach.”
Nasser Khalili
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Inter-Faith relations and to Charity.”
Nicholas Dakin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
“For political service.”
Paul Carter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Maidstone, Kent
“For services to Local Government.”
Professor Stephen Holgate
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Romsey, Hampshire
“For services to Medical Research.”
Richard Bowling
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Art.”
Thomas Hicks (tommy Steele)
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Entertainment and to Charity.”
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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 →
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London, Greater London
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Stephen Thurston Munby
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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
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“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.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 63135, notice 3645506. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2020).
Published 9 October 2020.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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