Birthday Honours 2023
Ian Greer
Knight Bachelor
Vice-Chancellor
“For services to Education and to the Economy.”
Wikipedia
London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Professor Ian Andrew GREER D.L.
Vice-Chancellor, Queen’s University Belfast
For services to Education and to the Economy.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64082 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2023- Role at the time
- Vice-Chancellor
- Region
- Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Education and to the Economy.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 19 times in the Birthday Honours List 2023 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
3 Knight Bachelor recipients are from City of Belfast.
What organisation were they with?
Vice-Chancellor.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 2023
Ben Okri
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Benjamin Bradshaw
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For Political and Public Service.”
David Darroch
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Weybridge, Surrey
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Dr Richard John Mantle
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
“For services to Opera.”
Iain Gilmour Gray
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to the Aerospace Industry.”
Mark Thompson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Media.”
Martin Amis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature. (To be dated 18 May 2023) .”
Nairn Wilson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Alderley Edge, Cheshire
“For services to Dentistry.”
Nicholas Varney
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Sturminster Newton, Dorset
“For services to the Visitor Economy.”
Oliver Hart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
“For services to Economic Theory.”
Peter Barnes
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Respiratory Science.”
Richard Mcmahon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
“For services to the Crown and to the community in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.”
Robin Budenberg
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Colchester, Essex
“For services to the Economy.”
Rupert Gavin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Drama, the Arts, to Heritage and to the Economy.”
Stephen Frears
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Film and Television.”
Stephen Jackson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Innovation and Research.”
Steven West
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Gloucestershire
“For services to Health and to Education.”
William Shawcross
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Education
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,862 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Henry Cyril Grunwald
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Stephen Thurston Munby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Shelagh Jane Legrave
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“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.”
William Smith
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Witney, Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Dawn Tinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
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.”
Catherine Grove
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
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.”
Diane Willson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 64082, notice 4377782. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2023).
Published 16 June 2023.
Location (Belfast, City of Belfast) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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