Birthday Honours 2022
Iain Livingstone
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lately Chief Constable
“For services to Policing and the Public.”
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London Gazette notice
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
02 June 2022
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:
Iain Thomas LIVINGSTONE Q.P.M.
Chief Constable, Police Service of Scotland
For services to Policing and the Public.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63714 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2022- Role at the time
- lately Chief Constable
- Region
- Kincardine, Fife
“For services to Policing and the Public.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 23 times in the Birthday Honours List 2022 — about 2% of the list.
In their area
1 Knight Bachelor recipient is from Fife.
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 2022
Andrew Goddard
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Weston on Trent, Derbyshire
“For services to Health and Social Care.”
Aziz Sheikh
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Lasswade, Midlothian
“For services to Covid-19 Research and Policy.”
Bradley Fried
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
David Macmillan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
“For services to Chemistry and Science.”
Ian Rankin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Literature and to Charity.”
Isaac Julien
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion in Art.”
James Milne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Milltimber, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Business and to Charity.”
James Walker
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Aberlour, Banffshire
“For services to the Food Industry.”
Jeremy Wright
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Warwickshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
Julian Hartley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Stockport, Greater Manchester
“For services to Healthcare.”
Martyn Oliver
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Tollerton, North Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Michael Arthur
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Romsey, Hampshire
“For services to Higher Education.”
Nicholas David Coleridge
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Worcester, Worcestershire
“For services to Museums, to Publishing and to the Creative Industries.”
Nigel Boardman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to the Legal Profession.”
Pascal Soriot
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Abroad
“For services to UK Life Sciences and the Response to Covid-19.”
Paul Phillips
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Newport, Gwent
“For services to Further Education.”
Peter Bruce
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Science and Innovation.”
Rohinton Kalifa
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Financial Services, to Technology and to Public Service.”
Stephen Hough
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Music.”
Stephen Powis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS, particularly during Covid-19.”
Stephen Timms
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For Political and Public Service.”
Timothy Le Cocq
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
“For services to the Community as Bailiff of the Bailiwick of Jersey.”
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 · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63714, notice 4083757. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2022).
Published 1 June 2022.
Location (Kincardine, Fife) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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