New Year Honours 2019
Ian Blatchford
Knight Bachelor
Director
“For services to Cultural Education.”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
29 December 2018
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Ian Craig BLATCHFORD
Director, Science Museum Group
For services to Cultural Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62507 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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London
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Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2019- Role at the time
- Director
- Region
- London
“For services to Cultural Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 20 times in the New Year Honours List 2019 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Director.
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 2019
Alan Campbell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Tyne and Wear
“For political service.”
Alastair Nathan Cook
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Bedfordshire
“For services to Cricket.”
Alexander Halliday
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Abroad
“For services to Science and Innovation.”
David Klenerman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Science and to the Development of High Speed DNA Sequencing Technology.”
Donald Brydon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Business and to charity.”
Gary Streeter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Devon
“For political and public service.”
James Leigh-pemberton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Financial Services, to British Industry and to Government.”
James Mackey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Northumberland
“For services to Health in England and to the community in North Tyneside and Northumberland.”
Jeremy Farrar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Oxfordshire
“For services to Global Health.”
John Lewis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Dorset
“For services to the Arts and to Philanthropy.”
John Redwood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Berkshire
“For political and public service.”
Jonathan Montgomery
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Hampshire
“For services to Bioethics and to Healthcare Law.”
Melvyn Greaves
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Childhood Leukaemia Research.”
Michael Ferguson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Dundee
“For services to Science.”
Patrick Vallance
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Open Clinical Science.”
Philip Pullman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Oxfordshire
“For services to Literature.”
Richard Alston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Dance.”
Roy Alexander Stone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Essex
“For parliamentary and public service.”
William Blackledge Beaumont
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Lancashire
“For services to Rugby Union Football.”
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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
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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 · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62507, notice 3175808. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2019).
Published 28 December 2018.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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