New Year Honours 2018
Iain Torrance
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Higher Education and Theology.”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Very Reverend Professor Iain Richard TORRANCE
Pro-Chancellor, University of Aberdeen
For services to Higher Education and Theology.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62150 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Edinburgh
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New Year Honours 2018- Region
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“For services to Higher Education and Theology.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 25 times in the New Year Honours List 2018 — about 2% of the list.
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 New Year Honours 2018
Alan Thorpe Richard Wood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Children’s Social Care and Education.”
Alan Tuckett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Leicestershire
“For services to Education, Particularly Adult Learning.”
Andrew Parmley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Music, Education and Civic Engagement.”
Anthony Habgood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to UK Industry.”
Barry Gibb
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Buckinghamshire
“For services to music and charity.”
Bernard Silverman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Oxfordshire
“For public service and services to Science.”
Christopher Chope
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Dorset
“For political and public service.”
Craig Mackey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Wiltshire
“For services to Policing.”
Edward Troup
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For public service to Taxpayers and the Tax System.”
Geoffrey Clifton-brown
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Gloucestershire
“For political and public service.”
Graham Brady
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Greater Manchester
“For political and public service.”
John Curtice
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Glasgow
“For services to the Social Sciences and Politics.”
Kenneth Olisa
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Business and Philanthropy.”
Lindsay Hoyle
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Lancashire
“For parliamentary and political services.”
Mark Hendrick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Lancashire
“For parliamentary and political service.”
Michael Morpurgo
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Devon
“For services to Literature and charity.”
Nicholas Clegg
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For political and public service.”
Richard Long
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Bristol
“For services to Art.”
Richard Starkey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Abroad
“For services to Music.”
Robert Sparks
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Bristol
“For services to Volcanology and Geology.”
Terence Stephenson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Healthcare and Children’s Health Services.”
Timothy Besley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Economics and Public Policy.”
Timothy Melville-ross
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Higher Education.”
William Thompson Wright
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Antrim
“For services to the Economy and the Bus Industry.”
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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 · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62150, notice 2937666. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2018).
Published 29 December 2017.
Location (Edinburgh) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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