Birthday Honours 2015
Harshad Bhadeshia
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Science and Technology.”
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
13 June 2015
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:
Professor Harshad Kumar Dharamshi BHADESHIA F.R.S.
Tata Steel Professor of Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
For services to Science and Technology.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61256 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Cambridgeshire
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 30 times in the Birthday Honours List 2015 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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“For services to Higher Education and Life Sciences.”
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“For services to Cancer Patients.”
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“For services to Further Education.”
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“For services to Sport and for charitable services.”
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North Yorkshire
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Henry Angest
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“For political service.”
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Merseyside
“For services to Medicine.”
Iain Mcmillan
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“For services to the Scottish Economy.”
Ian Weller
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Lincolnshire
“For services to HIV Research.”
James Macmillan
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Glasgow
“For services to Music.”
Karl Jenkins
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London
“For services to Composing and Crossing Musical Genres.”
Kevan Collins
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“For services to Education.”
Lenworth Henry
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London
“For services to Drama and Charity.”
Michael Davis
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“For services to Holocaust Commemoration and Education.”
Naim Dangoor
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London
“For charitable services.”
Nicholas Penny
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London
“For services to the Arts.”
Nicholas Weller
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Patrick Head
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London
“For services to Motorsport.”
Paul Kenny
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“For services to Trade Unions.”
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Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology. See the full list →
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Matthew Wilson
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Ann Watson
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Ghulam Ng
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“For services to Medical Research and Healthcare.”
James Markey
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Guildford, Surrey
“For services to the Technology Sector.”
Jane Gate
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Thatcham, Berkshire
“For services to Science and the Innovation Ecosystem.”
Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Mark Downs
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Deal, Kent
“For services to Biology.”
Jonathan Boddington
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Oswestry, Shropshire
“For services to Design and Innovation in Furniture Making.”
Olubukola Babajide
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“For services to Technology, to Business and to Inclusion.”
Geoffrey Underwood
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Newport, Isle of Wight
“For services to the Technology Industry.”
Sharon Todd
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London, Greater London
“For services to Innovation.”
Ian Ritchey
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Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Engineering.”
Brian Mcconnell
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Engineering.”
Rashmi Mantri
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Mathematics Education.”
Myrtle Dawes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Energy and Technology.”
John Boumphrey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
“For services to Technology, Consumer and Digital Commerce Industry.”
Timothy Orchard
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS and Healthcare Research and Innovation.”
Adikaari Adikaari
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Guildford, Surrey
“For services to Research and Innovation to Tackle Climate Change.”
Katherine Smith
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Stourbridge, West Midlands
“For services to Brain Tumour Research and to Charity.”
Mark Bamforth
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“For services to UK Life Sciences and to UK/USA business relations.”
Benjamin Towers
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gillingham, Kent
“For services to the Startup Business Community, Excellence in Innovation and Enterprise.”
Professor Rees
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Multi-Hazard Science and Disaster Risk Reduction.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2015
London Gazette (official record), issue 61256, notice 2347473. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015).
Published 13 June 2015.
Location (Cambridgeshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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