New Year Honours 2022
Jason Kenny
Knight Bachelor
Cyclist
Knight Bachelor · 2022
“For services to Cycling.”
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
“For services to Sport.”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
01 January 2022
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Jason Francis KENNY C.B.E.
For services to Cycling.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63571 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2016
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Jason Francis KENNY O.B.E.
For services to Cycling.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61803 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
London Gazette page
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 2013
View this issue on the London Gazette ↗ · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
London Gazette page
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 2009
View this issue on the London Gazette ↗ · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
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In context
Each honour in context
Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2009- Role at the time
- Cyclist
- Region
- Greater Manchester
“For services to Sport.”
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2013- Region
- Greater Manchester
“For services to Cycling.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2017- Region
- Cheshire
“For services to Cycling.”
Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2022- Region
- Marton, Cheshire
“For services to Cycling.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 23 times in the New Year Honours List 2022 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
3 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Cheshire.
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 2022
Alistair Spalding
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Dance.”
Anthony Finkelstein
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
David Harding
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Philanthropy.”
Douglas Edwin Oakervee
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Newmarket, Suffolk
“For services to Transport and Infrastructure Delivery.”
Francis Atherton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Penarth, South Glamorgan
“For services Public Health.”
Gregor Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Hamilton, Lanarkshire
“For services to Public Health.”
Horace Ov�
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Media.”
Ian Livingstone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to the Online Gaming Industry.”
Jan Plessis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Penn, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Telecommunications and Business.”
John Battle
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
John Boorman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Living Abroad
“For services to Film.”
John Hardy
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Human Health in Improving our understanding of Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases.”
Jonathan Nguyen-van-tam
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Lincolnshire
“For services to Public Health.”
Mark Phillips
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Equality and Human Rights.”
Nigel Wilson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to the Finance Industry and Regional Development.”
Peter Edward Murray
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to the Arts.”
Peter Riddell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Robert Goodwill
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
York, North Yorkshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
Robin Grimes
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to UK Resilience and International Science Relationships.”
Shakeel Qureshi
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Paediatric Cardiology and Charity.”
William Russell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Thriplow, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Financial Innovation, Culture, and Wellbeing in the City of London, particularly during Covid-19.”
William Wiggin (bill Wiggin)
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Upton Bishop, Herefordshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
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 · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63571, notice 3955947. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2022).
Published 31 December 2021.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61803, notice 2673647. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2017).
Published 30 December 2016.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013).
Published 29 December 2012.
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2009).
Published 30 December 2008.
Location (Greater Manchester) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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