Birthday Honours 2019
George Hamilton
Knight Bachelor
lately Chief Constable
“For services to Policing and to the community in Northern Ireland.”
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Knight Bachelor
For services to Policing and to the community in Northern Ireland.
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London Gazette notice
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
8 June 2019
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:
George Ernest Craythorne HAMILTON Q.P.M.
Chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland
For services to Policing and to the community in Northern Ireland.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62666 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Belfast
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Birthday Honours 2019- Role at the time
- lately Chief Constable
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- Belfast
“For services to Policing and to the community in Northern Ireland.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 20 times in the Birthday Honours List 2019 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
lately Chief Constable.
How widely is this recognised?
1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
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 2019
Archibald Tunnock
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Lanarkshire
“For services to Business and to charity.”
Brian Donohoe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Ayrshire and Arran
“For parliamentary and political service.”
Charles Bowman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
“For services to Trust in Business, International Trade and the City of London.”
David Pountney
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
South Glamorgan
“For services to Opera.”
George Howarth
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Merseyside
“For parliamentary and political service.”
Ian Boyd
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Science and Economics on Food and the Environment.”
Ian Davis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Business.”
Ian Stoutzker
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Music and to Philanthropy.”
James Garwood Michael Wates
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Godalming, Surrey
“For services to Business and to charity.”
Jonathan Coles
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Guildford, Surrey
“For services to Education.”
Mark Caulfield
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Kent
“For services to the 100,000 Genomes Project.”
Nigel Carrington
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Higher Education and the Creative Industries.”
Norman Lamb
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Norwich, Norfolk
“For public and political service.”
Peter Donnelly
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Oxfordshire
“For services to the Understanding of Human Genetics in Disease.”
Robert Cohan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Choreography and Dance.”
Robert Williams
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Cowbridge, South Glamorgan
“For services to Higher Education, Research and the Welsh Language.”
Simon Russell Beale
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Drama.”
Simon Woolley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Race Equality.”
Stephen Cleobury
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Choral Music.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Alexis Poole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Alison Fossey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Island Policing and to the wider community of Jersey.”
Ramona Senior
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
Carl Portman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to Prisoners.”
Neil Byrne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Policing.”
Robert Nixon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Policing and Criminal Justice.”
John Robins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Maria Mcnicholl
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62666, notice 3293854. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2019).
Published 7 June 2019.
Location (Belfast) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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