New Year Honours 2010
Ian Robert MCGEECHAN
Knight Bachelor
teacher
“For services to Rugby.”
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New Year Honours 2010- Role at the time
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- Buckinghamshire
“For services to Rugby.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 20 times in the New Year Honours List 2010 — about 2% of the list.
In their area
7 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Buckinghamshire.
What organisation were they with?
teacher.
How widely is this recognised?
2,079 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 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
Andrew Patrick Dillon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“Chief Executive, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. For services to Healthcare.”
Dr Ralph Kohn
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For services to Science, Music and to Charity.”
Erich Arieh Reich
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“Chairman, Kindertransport Group, Association of Jewish Refugees. For charitable services.”
Graham Robert Wynne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Hertfordshire
“Chief Executive, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. For services to Nature Conservation.”
His Hon 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
“Lately Chairman, The Crown Estate.”
Jonathan Stephen Cunliffe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London, London
“Second Permanent Secretary and Head of International Economic Affairs, Europe and G8 Sherpa, Prime Minister''s Office.”
Mark Ellis Powell Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“Director, Victoria and Albert Museum. For services to the Arts.”
Michael John Marshall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Cambridgeshire
“Chairman, Marshall of Cambridge (Holdings) Ltd. For services to Business, Charity and to the community in Cambridgeshire.”
Nicholas Robert Hytner
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“Director, National Theatre. For services to Drama.”
Patrick Stewart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“Actor. For services to Drama.”
Paul John James Britton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Kent
“Lately Director-General and Head, Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat, Cabinet Office.”
Prof John Burn
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Tyne and Wear
“Professor of Clinical Genetics, Newcastle University. For services to Medicine.”
Prof John Stranger Holman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
North Yorkshire
“National Director, Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths Programme. For services to Education.”
Prof Mansel Aylward
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Merthyr Tydfil
“Chairman, Wales Centre for Health. For services to Healthcare.”
Prof Michael Adrian Richards
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“National Cancer Director. For services to Medicine.”
Prof Paul Anthony Mellars
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Cambridgeshire
“Professor of Prehistory and Human Evolution, University of Cambridge. For services to Scholarship.”
Prof Robert George Burgess
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Leicestershire
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Leicester. For services to local and national Higher Education.”
Prof Salvador Moncada
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“Director, Wolfson Institute of Biomedical Research, University College London. For services to Science.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,079 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Johanna Norman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Swimming in Guernsey.”
Raymond Glyn Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
John David Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Cricket in Warwickshire and the West Midlands”
David Thomas Crowe Workman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballynahinch, County Down
“For services to Rugby and to Community Relations in Ballynahinch”
Kim Watson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia”
Alan Christopher Thurlow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Swimming”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“Volunteer, Waterloo Rugby Football Club. For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside”
Jennifer Elizabeth Smyth
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Londonderry
“For services to Disability Sport”
Edmund Harold Shillabeer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Plymouth, Devon
“For services to Charitable Fundraising, to Athletics and to the community in Plymouth, Devon”
David Stewart Smallwoods
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Local Football”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“Lately Head Coach, England National Amputee Football Team. For services to Disability Sport”
Alan Thomas Parker
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For voluntary services to Rugby League Football and to the community in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire”
James Isaac McDONALD
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Volunteer Athletics Coach. For services to Junior Athletics”
Jason Land
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“Disability and Inclusion Lead, Grimsby Town Foundation. For services to Association Football”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Administrator, Old Streetonians Rugby Football Club. For services to Amateur Sport in London”
Eleanor Sarah Guedalla
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football for Women and Marginalised Communities”
Leslie Alan France
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Blackpool, Lancashire
“Swimming Coach. For services to Swimming and to the community in Wigan”
Linda Annette Gaine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia”
Sarah Edwards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barnham, West Sussex
“Implementation Team Leader, Delivery Strand Workplace Transformation Programme, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Grassroots Sports”
George Michael Dodd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carlisle, Cumbria
“For services to Rowing”
Edwin Herbert Ernest Bridges
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Crowborough, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Sport in Crowborough”
Roger Frederick Bell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carrickfergus, County Antrim
“For services to Local Cricket”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“President, Mid Staffs Junior Football League. For services to Grassroots Football”
Ian Michael Brown
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Charity and to Cycling in Guernsey.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2010
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2010). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 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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