New Year Honours 2021
Francis Mccormac
Knight Bachelor
Principal and Vice Chancellor
“For services to Education and to the Economy.”
London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Professor Francis Gerard McCORMAC F.R.S.E.
Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Stirling
For services to Education and to the Economy.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2021- Role at the time
- Principal and Vice Chancellor
- Region
- Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Education and to the Economy.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 18 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
1 Knight Bachelor recipient is from Stirling and Falkirk.
What organisation were they with?
Principal and Vice Chancellor.
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 New Year Honours 2021
Charles Cox
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Tavistock, Devon
“For parliamentary and political service.”
Christopher Le Brun
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to the Arts.”
David Lewis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to the Food Industry and to Business.”
David Pearson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
“For services to Health and Social Care Integration.”
David Stuart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Kidlington, Oxfordshire
“For services to Medical Research and to the Scientific Community.”
David Thompson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Stockport, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
Dieter Helm
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Bampton, Oxfordshire
“For services to the Environment, to Energy and to Utilities Policy.”
Graham Vick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Music and to the Regions.”
Guy Weston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Philanthropy and to Charity.”
Lewis Hamilton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
“For services to Motorsports.”
Peter Wanless
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Children, to Young People and to the Charitable Sector.”
Richard Atkins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Further Education.”
Robert Chote
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Fiscal Policy and to the Economy.”
Roger Alexander Deakins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
“For services to Film.”
Simon Baron-cohen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to People with Autism.”
Stephen Deuchar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Westwell, Kent
“For services to the Arts.”
Thomas
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
“For public and political service.”
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 · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3703137. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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