Birthday Honours 2020
Edward Byrne
Knight Bachelor
Vice-Chancellor and Principal
“Vice-Chancellor and Principal, King's College London. For services to Higher Education”
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Knight Bachelor
Vice-Chancellor and Principal, King's College London. For services to Higher Education
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
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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