Birthday Honours 2015
Gareth Edwards
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Sport and for charitable services.”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
13 June 2015
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:
Gareth Owen EDWARDS C.B.E.
For services to Sport and for charitable services.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61256 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Mid Glamorgan
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“For services to Sport and for charitable services.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 30 times in the Birthday Honours List 2015 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
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 2015
Adrian White
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Surrey
“For services to International Trade and Investment.”
Andreas Whittam Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For public service, particularly to the Church of England.”
Bernard Gray
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Oxfordshire
“For public service, particularly to Defence.”
Charles Downes
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Fife
“For services to Higher Education and Life Sciences.”
Christopher Clark
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
“For services to British German relations.”
Ciaran Devane
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For services to Cancer Patients.”
Francis Mcloughlin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For services to Further Education.”
Gary Verity
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
North Yorkshire
“For services to Tourism and the Tour De France Grand Depart 2014.”
George Morrison
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Down
“For services to the Music Industry and to Tourism in Northern Ireland.”
Harshad Bhadeshia
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Science and Technology.”
Henry Angest
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For political service.”
Hussein Pirmohamed
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Merseyside
“For services to Medicine.”
Iain Mcmillan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to the Scottish Economy.”
Ian Weller
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Lincolnshire
“For services to HIV Research.”
James Macmillan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Glasgow
“For services to Music.”
Karl Jenkins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For services to Composing and Crossing Musical Genres.”
Kevan Collins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For services to Education.”
Lenworth Henry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For services to Drama and Charity.”
Michael Davis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For services to Holocaust Commemoration and Education.”
Naim Dangoor
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For charitable services.”
Nicholas Penny
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For services to the Arts.”
Nicholas Weller
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
West Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Patrick Head
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For services to Motorsport.”
Paul Kenny
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For services to Trade Unions.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Kevin Sinfield,
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League, Rugby Union and the MND Community.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“For services to Grassroots Football.”
Gary Street
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Winston Michael
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Inclusivity and Sport in Kent.”
Ian Lovett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Cricket and to Charity.”
Karen Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tavistock, Devon
“For services to Netball in England.”
Christine Gibbons
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Community Sport and Fitness.”
Gordon Deans
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stromness, Orkney
“For services to Sport and to Island Communities.”
Lee Carsley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Association Football.”
Christopher Brookes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Kwadwo Adjepong
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and Sports Law.”
James Wilson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gorebridge, Midlothian
“For services to Youth Development, Sport and to Community Empowerment.”
William Ryan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saltash, Cornwall
“For services to Rugby Football in Cornwall.”
Ronald Pearson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wrexham, Clwyd
“For services to Cricket.”
Naomi Issitt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rugby, Warwickshire
“For services to Defibrillator Training and Awareness in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
Terence Hensby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Community Rugby.”
Andrew Train
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Babar Qureshi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Cricket.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2015
London Gazette (official record), issue 61256, notice 2347485. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015).
Published 13 June 2015.
Location (Mid Glamorgan) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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