New Year Honours 2020
George Duncan Smith
Knight Bachelor
“For political and public service.”
London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
28 December 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
The Right Honourable George Iain DUNCAN SMITH M.P.
Member of Parliament for Chingford and Woodford Green
For political and public service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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- Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
“For political and public service.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 18 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
2 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Buckinghamshire.
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 2020
Andrew Wylie
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Tyne and Wear
“For services to Business and to Charity.”
Anthony Cheetham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Material Chemistry, to UK Science and to Global Outreach.”
Christopher Hampton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Drama.”
Clive Lloyd
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Cricket.”
David Bintley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Birmingham, West Midlands
“For services to Dance.”
Dennis Gillings
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Dementia and to Life Sciences Research.”
Duncan Wingham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Climate Science.”
Francis Habgood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Policing.”
Humphrey Burton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Suffolk
“For services to Classical Music, to the Arts and to Media.”
Jonathan Symonds
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
“For services to UK Life Sciences and to Finance.”
Menelas Pangalos
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Cambridgeshire
“For services to UK Science.”
Peter Estlin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
“For services to International Business, to Inclusion and to Skills.”
Robert Neill
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For political service.”
Samuel Mendes
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Drama.”
Simon Stevens
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS in England.”
Steve Rodney Mcqueen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
“For services to film.”
William Thomas
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Derbyshire
“For charitable and political service.”
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Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454509. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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