Birthday Honours 1988
Harrison Birtwistle
Knight Bachelor
Composer
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 1988 with the Knight Bachelor.
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London Gazette page
Knight Bachelor · 1988
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Knight Bachelor
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 35 times in the Birthday Honours List 1988 — about 3% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Composer.
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 1988
Aaron Klug
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For services to Molecular Biology.”
Alcon Charles Copisarow
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For public services.”
Alexander Cuthbert Turnbull
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
Alfred Joseph Vasquez
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For public services in Gibraltar.”
Anthony Richard Barrowclough
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“for Administration and Health Service Commissioner for England, Wales and Scotland.”
Antony George Anson Fisher
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political and public service.”
Charles Hugh Reece
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For services to Science and Technology.”
Christopher John Elinger Ball
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“for Public Sector Higher Education.”
Colin Michael Chandler
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
Cyril Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political and public service.”
Dennis Murray Walters
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political service.”
Edward Rayne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
Graham John Hills
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
Principal and Vice Chancellor
Hilary Duppa Miller
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political service.”
John Derek Richardson Bradbeer
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
John Godolphin Quicke
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For public service and services to Agriculture.”
John Heydon Romaine Stokes
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political service.”
John Layden
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
Chairman
John Muir Drinkwater
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political and public service.”
K.C.B..C.B G.C.B.
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
Keith Vivian Thomas
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For services to the Study of History.”
Kerry St Johnston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
President
Neil Gowanloch Westbrook
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political and public service.”
Nicholas Hardwick Fairbairn
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1988
“For political service.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 1988
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1988 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1988.
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