New Year Honours 2007
George Albert Shearing
Knight Bachelor
• O.B.E.
“For services to Music.”
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“For services to Music.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 25 times in the New Year Honours List 2007 — about 2% of the list.
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How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
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 2007
David Edward Murray
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For services to Business in Scotland.”
David William Brewer
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For services to the City of London.”
Geoffrey Lionel Bindman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For services to Human Rights.”
Geoffrey Nice
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For services to international criminal justice in and for the former Yugoslavia.”
George Desmond Lorenz De Silva
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“for Sierra Leone.”
George Peter Scott
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For services to Higher Education.”
Gordon William Duff of Molecular Medicine
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For services to Public Health.”
Herbert William Massie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For services to Disabled People.”
His Honour Stephen John Lindsay Oliver
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For public service.”
Howard Dalton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
Ian Charles Franklin Andrews
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
James Dyson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For services to Business.”
James Fraser Stoddart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For services to chemistry and molecular nanotechnology.”
John Edward Tooke
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For services to Medicine.”
John James O’Reilly
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For services to Science.”
John Richard Grenfell Bradfield
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For services to Science, Business and to the community in Cambridge.”
Keith Onyema Ajegbo
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For services to Education.”
Kenneth Donald John Macdonald
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
Kevin Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For services to Industry.”
Malcolm Green
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For services to Medicine.”
Michael De Courcy Fraser Holroyd
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For services to Literature.”
Michael Derek Vaughan Rake
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For services to the Accountancy Profession.”
Philip Roy Hampton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For public service.”
Robert William Kenneth Crawford
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2007
“For services to Museums.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,039 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.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Jonathan Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Alice Coote
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Daniel Calvert
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
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.”
Pauline Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
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Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2007
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2007).
Published 30 December 2006.
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