Birthday Honours 2005
George Edwin Cox
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Business.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 25 times in the Birthday Honours List 2005 — about 2% of the list.
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 2005
Callum McCarthy
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the Finance Sector.”
Christopher James Clarke
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Local Government.”
Clive Daniel Gillinson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Music.”
David Jason
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Drama.”
David John Prosser
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the Insurance Industry.”
David Li Kwok-Po
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to education in the UK.”
Donald Gordon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the Arts and to Business.”
Hugh Stephen Roden Orde
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Northern Ireland.”
Iqbal Abdul Karim Mussa Sacranie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the Muslim community, to Charities and to Community Relations.”
John Armstrong Muir Gray
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the NHS.”
John Rowland Tomlinson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Music.”
John’s College
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Social Anthropology.”
Jonathan Sacks
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the Community and to Inter-faith Relations.”
Michael Bayldon Barber
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
Michael Edward Pitt
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Local Government.”
Peter Knight
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Optical Physics.”
Philip Lee Craven
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Paralympic Sport.”
Pritpal Singh
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Education.”
Richard Lavenham Gardner
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Biological Sciences.”
Roderick Castle Floud
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Higher Education.”
Roderick Ian Eddington
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Civil Aviation.”
Thomas Blane Hunter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to Philanthropy and to Entrepreneurship in Scotland.”
Thomas David Guy Arculus
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For public service.”
William Rae
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2005
“For services to the Police.”
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.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2005
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 2005 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 11 June 2005.
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