New Year Honours 2025
Gabriele Finaldi
Knight Bachelor
Director
“For services to Art and Culture.”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Dr. Gabriele Maria FINALDI
Director, National Gallery
For services to Art and Culture.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2025- Role at the time
- Director
- Region
- London, Greater London
“For services to Art and Culture.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 22 times in the New Year Honours List 2025 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
86 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Director.
How widely is this recognised?
4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
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 New Year Honours 2025
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David East
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“For services to the Economy and to Net Zero.”
Edward Braham
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“For services to Corporate Law and to Business.”
Gareth Southgate
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“For services to Association Football.”
Jack Cuzick
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Jeremy Isaacs
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London, Greater London
“For services to Philanthropy and to Children’s Hospice Care.”
John Lazar
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London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering and Technology.”
Loyd Grossman
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“For services to Heritage.”
Marcus Jones
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Nuneaton, Warwickshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
Nicolas Gibb
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Noel Quinn
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Esher, Surrey
“For services to Financial Services and to Net Zero.”
Ranil Jayawardena
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Bramley, Hampshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
Sadiq Khan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For Political and Public Service.”
Stephen Fry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Mental Health Awareness, the Environment and to Charity.”
Stuart Carlton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Northallerton, North Yorkshire
“For services to Children, Young People and Families.”
Thomas Davies
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Pontypool, Gwent
“For services to Rugby Union, and to voluntary and charitable service in Wales.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews,
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
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.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
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Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
David Cottle
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Jazz Music.”
Rebecca Chapman
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Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Inclusive Theatre.”
Marilyn Blieck
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Prestwick, Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Music and to the community in Ayrshire.”
Christopher Gaze
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Arts and Culture in Canada.”
Stephen Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Broadcasting and to Kidney Transplant Awareness and to Fundraising in Northern Ireland.”
Iain Varah
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dunmow, Essex
“For services to Public Libraries, Culture and Leisure.”
Peter Talbot
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Eastbourne, East Sussex
“For services to the Arts.”
Paul Stacey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Theatre.”
Lisa Riley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Suzanne Raine
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4782498. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
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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