Birthday Honours 2015
Gareth Owen Edwards
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Sport and for charitable services.”
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Mid Glamorgan
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Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2015- Region
- Mid Glamorgan
“For services to Sport and for charitable services.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 33 times in the Birthday Honours List 2015 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
2,173 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
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 Birthday Honours 2015
Adrian Edwin White
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Surrey
“For services to International Trade and Investment.”
Andreas Whittam
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For public service, particularly to the Church of England.”
Andreas Whittam Smith, C.B.E
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
“For public service, particularly to the Church of England.”
Bernard Peter Gray
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Oxfordshire
“Chief of Defence Materiel, Ministry of Defence. For public service, particularly to Defence.”
Christopher Munro Clark,
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
“For services to British German relations.”
Ciaran Gearoid Devane
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Lately Chief Executive, Macmillan Cancer Support. For services to Cancer Patients.”
Dr Karl William Pamp Jenkins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Composer. For services to Composing and Crossing Musical Genres.”
Dr Kevan Arthur Collins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Chief Executive, Education Endowment Foundation. For services to Education.”
Dr Nicholas Beaver Penny
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Director, National Gallery. For services to the Arts.”
Dr Philip Henry Montgomery Campbell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Editor in Chief, Nature. For services to Science.”
Francis Mcloughlin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Principal, City and Islington College and Chair, Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning. For services to Further Education.”
Gary Keith Verity
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
North Yorkshire
“Chief Executive, Welcome to Yorkshire. For services to Tourism and the Tour De France Grand Depart 2014.”
George Ivan Morrison
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Down
“For services to the Music Industry and to Tourism in Northern Ireland.”
Henry Angest
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“National Treasurer, Conservative Party. For political service.”
Iain Macleod Mcmillan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to the Scottish Economy.”
James Loy MacMillan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Glasgow
“Composer and Conductor. For services to Music.”
Lenworth George Henry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Actor and Comedian. For services to Drama and charity.”
Michael Lawrence Davis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Chair, Prime Minister's Holocaust Commission. For services to Holocaust Commemoration and Education.”
Nicholas Beaver Penny, F.B.A.,
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
“For services to the Arts.”
Nicholas John Weller
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
West Yorkshire
“Executive Principal, Dixons Academies, Bradford. For services to Education.”
Patrick Head
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Lately Director, Williams Hybrid Power Ltd. For services to Motorsport.”
Paul Stephen Kenny
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“General Secretary, GMB Union. For service to Trade Unions.”
Professor Charles Peter Downes
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Fife
“Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Dundee. For services to Higher Education and Life Sciences.”
Professor Harshad Kumar Dharamshi Bhadeshia
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Cambridgeshire
“Tata Steel Professor of Metallurgy, University of Cambridge. For services to Science and Technology.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,173 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.”
Nigel Travis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Manchester, Greater Manchester
“For services to Boxing and the community in Moss Side, Greater Manchester.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Emily Scarratt
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coalville, Leicestershire
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Leah Williamson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
St Albans, Hertfordshire
“For services to Association Football.”
Johanna Norman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Swimming in Guernsey.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
John Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Cricket in Warwickshire and the West Midlands.”
David Workman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballynahinch, County Down
“For services to Rugby and to Community Relations in Ballynahinch.”
Kim Watson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia.”
Alan Thurlow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Swimming.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Jennifer Smyth
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Disability Sport.”
David Smallwoods
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Local Football.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Alan Parker
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For voluntary services to Rugby League Football and to the community in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.”
James Mcdonald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Junior Athletics.”
Jason Land
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to Association Football.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Leslie France
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Blackpool, Lancashire
“For services to Swimming and to the community in Wigan.”
Linda Gaine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia.”
Sarah Edwards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barnham, West Sussex
“Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Grassroots Sports.”
George Dodd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carlisle, Cumbria
“For services to Rowing.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2015
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015).
Published 15 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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