Birthday Honours 2019
Ian Boyd
Knight Bachelor
Chief Scientific Adviser
“For services to Science and Economics on Food and the Environment.”
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Knight Bachelor
For services to Science and Economics on Food and the Environment.
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London Gazette notice
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
8 June 2019
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:
Professor Ian Lamont BOYD F.R.S.E.
Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
For services to Science and Economics on Food and the Environment.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62666 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Birthday Honours 2019- Role at the time
- Chief Scientific Adviser
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- London
“For services to Science and Economics on Food and the Environment.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 20 times in the Birthday Honours List 2019 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Scientific Adviser.
How widely is this recognised?
1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture.
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 2019
Archibald Tunnock
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Lanarkshire
“For services to Business and to charity.”
Brian Donohoe
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Ayrshire and Arran
“For parliamentary and political service.”
Charles Bowman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
“For services to Trust in Business, International Trade and the City of London.”
David Pountney
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
South Glamorgan
“For services to Opera.”
George Hamilton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Belfast
“For services to Policing and to the community in Northern Ireland.”
George Howarth
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Merseyside
“For parliamentary and political service.”
Ian Davis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Business.”
Ian Stoutzker
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Music and to Philanthropy.”
James Garwood Michael Wates
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Godalming, Surrey
“For services to Business and to charity.”
Jonathan Coles
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Guildford, Surrey
“For services to Education.”
Mark Caulfield
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Kent
“For services to the 100,000 Genomes Project.”
Nigel Carrington
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Higher Education and the Creative Industries.”
Norman Lamb
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Norwich, Norfolk
“For public and political service.”
Peter Donnelly
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Oxfordshire
“For services to the Understanding of Human Genetics in Disease.”
Robert Cohan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Choreography and Dance.”
Robert Williams
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Cowbridge, South Glamorgan
“For services to Higher Education, Research and the Welsh Language.”
Simon Russell Beale
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Drama.”
Simon Woolley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Race Equality.”
Stephen Cleobury
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Choral Music.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Environment & Agriculture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture. See the full list →
Lisa Clare Pinney
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newark, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Stephen Andrew Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Climate Science.”
Michael Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Stephen Jess
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bangor, County Down
“For services to Agriculture in Northern Ireland.”
Adrian Isaac
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Philip Stocker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Badminton, Gloucestershire
“For services to Farming and to Animal Welfare.”
Caterina Goodhart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Conservation and Heritage Crafts.”
Ian Glendinning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Magherafelt, County Londonderry
“For services to Country Sports and to Conservation.”
Camilla Fyfe (milly Fyfe)
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Northampton, Northamptonshire
“For services to Farmers and to Family Nutrition.”
Alison Field
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Winchester, Hampshire
“For services to Forestry.”
Mary Colwell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Nature.”
Matthew Lindsey-clark
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Doynton, Gloucestershire
“For services to Horticulture and to Philanthropy.”
Sarah Chimbwandira
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bordon, Hampshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Margaret Boanas
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Meat Sector, to Trade and to Promoting Opportunities for Women.”
Wesley Aston
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Armagh, County Armagh
“For services to Agriculture.”
Maitland Mackie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Farming, to Business Innovation and to Sustainability.”
Margaret Haynes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education, to Sustainability, to the Environment and to the community in West Sussex.”
Daniel Horn-phathanothai
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to International Development and tackling Climate Change.”
Alexander Rhodes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Global Conservation.”
Jon Wheatley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Somerset
“For services to Horticulture and to Charity.”
Donald Starritt
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crumlin, County Antrim
“For services to Road Safety and to Environmental Protection.”
Professor Pearson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to Agricultural Innovation and Education.”
Josephine Lavelle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Forestry.”
Alistair Jinks
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coleraine, County Londonderry
“For services to the Environment and to the Economy.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62666, notice 3293856. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2019).
Published 7 June 2019.
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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