Birthday Honours 2021
Hamid Patel
Knight Bachelor
Chief Executive Officer
“For services to Education.”
Timeline
Recognised for
Topics
London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
12 June 2021
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:
Hamid PATEL C.B.E.
Chief Executive Officer, Star Academies
For services to Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2021- Role at the time
- Chief Executive Officer
- Region
- Blackburn, Lancashire
“For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 18 times in the Birthday Honours List 2021 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
2 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Lancashire.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive Officer.
How widely is this recognised?
6,604 people have been recognised for Education.
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 2021
Andrew Hopper
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Computer Technology.”
Andrew Pollard
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Public Health, particularly during the Covid-19 Pandemic.”
Anthony Lloyd (tony Lloyd)
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Manchester, Greater Manchester
“For Public Service.”
Antonio Horta-osorio
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Financial Services and voluntary services to Mental Healthcare and Culture.”
John Aston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Statistics and Public Policymaking.”
John Kay
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Economics, to Finance and to Business.”
Jonathan Pryce
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Keith Willett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to the NHS.”
Martin Landray
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Bampton, Oxfordshire
“For services to Public Health and to Science.”
Michael Gooley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Business and to Charity.”
Michael Houghton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
“For services to Medicine.”
Michael Mcbride
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Public Health in Northern Ireland.”
Michael Ryan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
Peter Horby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Medical Research.”
Philip Augar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Higher and Further Education Policy.”
Roger Marsh
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Business, to the Economy and to the community in Northern England.”
William Adderley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Hambleton, Rutland
“For services to Charity.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Education
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 6,604 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Stephen Thurston Munby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Shelagh Legrave
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Keri Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Julie Gard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bracknell, Berkshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Lilian Field
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Rural Education.”
Mary Boam
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
“For services to Early Years Education.”
Roy Bowden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Further Education.”
Michael Hamblin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Education in Kenya.”
Wilfred Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Elizabeth Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Tariq Obaide
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Education Overseas and to UK/Morocco Relations.”
Simon Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Frinton on Sea, Essex
“For services to Education.”
Lucille Windle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Education.”
Emma Whitfield
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pauline Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chatham, Kent
“For services to Education, Skills and Employability.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63377, notice 3816503. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2021).
Published 11 June 2021.
Location (Blackburn, Lancashire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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