New Year Honours 2019
James Leigh-pemberton
Knight Bachelor
Chairman
“For services to Financial Services, to British Industry and to Government.”
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Knight Bachelor
For services to Financial Services, to British Industry and to Government.
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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:
James Henry LEIGH-PEMBERTON C.V.O.
Chairman, UK Financial Investments
For services to Financial Services, to British Industry and to Government.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62507 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
London
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Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2019- Role at the time
- Chairman
- Region
- London
“For services to Financial Services, to British Industry and to Government.”
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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?
Chairman.
How widely is this recognised?
2,447 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
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 New Year Honours 2019
Alan Campbell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Tyne and Wear
“For political service.”
Alastair Nathan Cook
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
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.”
Ian Blatchford
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Cultural Education.”
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.”
Patrick Vallance
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Open Clinical Science.”
Philip Pullman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Oxfordshire
“For services to Literature.”
Prof Michael Anthony John Ferguson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Dundee
“For services to Science.”
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.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Government & Public Service
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,447 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service. See the full list →
Simon Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Jonathan Stephen Cunliffe
PersonKnight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Janette Durbin
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Glynne Jones
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Moira Chrystal
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Local Government and to the community in Ramsey, Isle of Man.”
Brian Robertson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
Charles Obazuaye
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corby, Northamptonshire
“For Public Service.”
Michael Mitchell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Flitwick, Bedfordshire
“For Public Service.”
Emily Jarvis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Haywards Heath, West Sussex
“For Public Service.”
Jack Emsley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Caroline Bird
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Merrill Powell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
Graham Metcalfe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Welton, Lincolnshire
“For Public Service.”
Alison Lawson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Andrea Kinver
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For Public Service.”
Karen Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For Public Service.”
Samuel Jenkins
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Christopher Howarth
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Southport, Merseyside
“For Public Service.”
Anne Holland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62507, notice 3175813. 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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