Birthday Honours 2015
Iain Mcmillan
Knight Bachelor
“For services to the Scottish Economy.”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
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:
Iain Macleod McMILLAN C.B.E.
For services to the Scottish Economy.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61256 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Stirling and Falkirk
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Birthday Honours 2015- Region
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“For services to the Scottish Economy.”
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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?
5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
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 2015
Adrian White
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Surrey
“For services to International Trade and Investment.”
Andreas Whittam Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For public service, particularly to the Church of England.”
Bernard Gray
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Oxfordshire
“For public service, particularly to Defence.”
Charles Downes
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Fife
“For services to Higher Education and Life Sciences.”
Christopher Clark
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
“For services to British German relations.”
Ciaran Devane
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For services to Cancer Patients.”
Francis Mcloughlin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For services to Further Education.”
Gareth Edwards
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Mid Glamorgan
“For services to Sport and for charitable services.”
Gary Verity
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
North Yorkshire
“For services to Tourism and the Tour De France Grand Depart 2014.”
George Morrison
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Down
“For services to the Music Industry and to Tourism in Northern Ireland.”
Harshad Bhadeshia
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Science and Technology.”
Henry Angest
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For political service.”
Hussein Pirmohamed
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Merseyside
“For services to Medicine.”
Ian Weller
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Lincolnshire
“For services to HIV Research.”
James Macmillan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Glasgow
“For services to Music.”
Karl Jenkins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For services to Composing and Crossing Musical Genres.”
Kevan Collins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For services to Education.”
Lenworth Henry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For services to Drama and Charity.”
Michael Davis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For services to Holocaust Commemoration and Education.”
Naim Dangoor
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For charitable services.”
Nicholas Penny
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For services to the Arts.”
Nicholas Weller
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
West Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Patrick Head
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For services to Motorsport.”
Paul Kenny
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For services to Trade Unions.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Business & Economy
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy. See the full list →
Deborah Wosskow
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and to Access to Finance for Women.”
Natalie Wade
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Wendy Carlin
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Williams
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ely, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Chemicals Industry.”
Gregory Mckinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Lance Uggla
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pino De Rosa
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Charles Milne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckie, Banffshire
“For services to Business and to Community Development in Buckie and Banffshire.”
Sakilbabu Kola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Export Growth.”
Nadia Khan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Georgina Hurcombe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bournemouth, Dorset
“For services to Television and the Creative Sector.”
Helene Martin Gee
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Maurice Geddis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Louise Ellis-frankland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Skipton, North Yorkshire
“For services to the Manufacturing Sector and to Employee Well-Being.”
George Fleming
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Business, to Employment and to Apprenticeships.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2015
London Gazette (official record), issue 61256, notice 2347480. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015).
Published 13 June 2015.
Location (Stirling and Falkirk) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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