New Year Honours 2010
Ian Robert McGeechan
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Rugby.”
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“For services to Rugby.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 23 times in the New Year Honours List 2010 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
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 2010
Administration of Justice
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Andrew Patrick Dillon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“for Health and Clinical Excellence.”
David Alan Chipperfield
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
“For services to architecture in the UK and Germany.”
Erich Arieh Reich
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For charitable services.”
Graham Robert Wynne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Hertfordshire
“for the Protection of Birds.”
His Honour Mota Singh
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For services to the Administration of Justice, Community Relations and to the Voluntary Sector.”
Ian David Grant
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Perth and Kinross
John Burn of Clinical Genetics
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Tyne and Wear
“For services to Medicine.”
John Stranger Holman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
North Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Jonathan Stephen Cunliffe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
Mansel Aylward
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Merthyr Tydfil
“for Health.”
Mark Ellis Powell Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For services to the Arts.”
Michael Adrian Richards
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For services to Medicine.”
Michael John Marshall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Business, Charity and to the community in Cambridgeshire.”
Nicholas Hytner
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For services to Drama.”
Patrick Stewart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For services to Drama.”
Paul Anthony Mellars
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Scholarship.”
Paul John James Britton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Kent
Ralph Kohn
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For services to Science, Music and to Charity.”
Richard Douglas Lapthorne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
“For services to telecommunications.”
Robert George Burgess
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Leicestershire
“For services to local and national Higher Education.”
Salvador Moncada
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For services to Science.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Kevin Sinfield,
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League, Rugby Union and the MND Community.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“For services to Grassroots Football.”
Gary Street
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Winston Michael
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Inclusivity and Sport in Kent.”
Ian Lovett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Cricket and to Charity.”
Karen Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tavistock, Devon
“For services to Netball in England.”
Christine Gibbons
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Community Sport and Fitness.”
Gordon Deans
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stromness, Orkney
“For services to Sport and to Island Communities.”
Lee Carsley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Association Football.”
Christopher Brookes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Kwadwo Adjepong
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and Sports Law.”
James Wilson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gorebridge, Midlothian
“For services to Youth Development, Sport and to Community Empowerment.”
William Ryan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saltash, Cornwall
“For services to Rugby Football in Cornwall.”
Ronald Pearson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wrexham, Clwyd
“For services to Cricket.”
Naomi Issitt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rugby, Warwickshire
“For services to Defibrillator Training and Awareness in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
Terence Hensby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Community Rugby.”
Andrew Train
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Babar Qureshi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Cricket.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2010
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2010).
Published 31 December 2009.
Location (Buckinghamshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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