Birthday Honours 2011
Frank Chapman
Knight Bachelor
Chief Executive • BG Group
“For services to the Oil and Gas Industries.”
Recognised for
Topics
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London Gazette page
Knight Bachelor · 2011
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Location
Surrey
In context
Each honour in context
Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2011- Role at the time
- Chief Executive, BG Group
- Region
- Surrey
“For services to the Oil and Gas Industries.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 21 times in the Birthday Honours List 2011 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive, BG Group.
How widely is this recognised?
5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 2011
Anthony Gerard Hawkhead
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
West Midlands
Brian Souter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Perth and Kinross
“For services to Transport and to the Voluntary Sector.”
Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Surrey
“For services to Entertainment and to Charity.”
Christopher Anthony Woodhead
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Shropshire
“For services to Education.”
David Hartmann Higgins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
Chief Executive
Edward Julian Lister
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
“For services to Local Government.”
George William Buckley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
“For services to industry.”
Graham Robert Watson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Somerset
“For public and political services.”
Henry Burns
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Renfrewshire
“for Scotland, Henry Cecil, Trainer.”
Hugh Reginald Brentnall Pelham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Science.”
John Wilfred Peace
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Nottinghamshire
“For services to Business and to the Voluntary Sector.”
Joseph Alan Meale
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Nottinghamshire
“For public and political services.”
Kent Linton Woods
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Leicestershire
“For services to Healthcare.”
Mark Edward Welland
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Cambridgeshire
Chief Scientific Adviser
Paul Williams
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Cardiff
Peter Austin Simpson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Northamptonshire
“For services to Education.”
Peter John Gregson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Belfast
Robert Geoffrey Edwards
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Cambridgeshire
Roger Michael Boyle
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Surrey
“for Heart Disease and Stroke.”
Steven Murray Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Devon
“For services to local and national Higher Education.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Business & Economy
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy. See the full list →
Deborah Wosskow
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and to Access to Finance for Women.”
Natalie Wade
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Wendy Carlin
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Williams
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ely, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Chemicals Industry.”
Gregory Mckinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Lance Uggla
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pino De Rosa
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Charles Milne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckie, Banffshire
“For services to Business and to Community Development in Buckie and Banffshire.”
Sakilbabu Kola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Export Growth.”
Nadia Khan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Georgina Hurcombe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bournemouth, Dorset
“For services to Television and the Creative Sector.”
Helene Martin Gee
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Maurice Geddis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Louise Ellis-frankland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Skipton, North Yorkshire
“For services to the Manufacturing Sector and to Employee Well-Being.”
George Fleming
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Business, to Employment and to Apprenticeships.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2011
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2011).
Published 11 June 2011.
Location (Surrey) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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