Birthday Honours 2016
Jeffrey Donaldson
Knight Bachelor
“For political service.”
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Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
11 June 2016
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:
The Right Honourable Jeffrey Mark DONALDSON M.P.
Member of Parliament for Lagan Valley
For political service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61608 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 23 times in the Birthday Honours List 2016 — about 2% of the list.
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 Birthday Honours 2016
Alexander Fergusson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Dumfries
“For services to Politics, the Scottish Parliamentary Process and Public Life in Scotland.”
Angus Deaton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
“For services to research in economics and international affairs.”
Anthony Cragg
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
“For services to Visual Arts and UK-German relations.”
Damon Buffini
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Surrey
“For voluntary and charitable services.”
David Clary
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
“For services to international science.”
David Grant
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Vale of Glamorgan
“For services to Engineering, Technology and Skills in the UK.”
David Hamilton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Midlothian
“For political and parliamentary service.”
Desmond Swayne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Hampshire
“For political and parliamentary service.”
Douglass Turnbull
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Tyne and Wear
“For services to Health Care Research and Treatment particularly Mitochondrial Disease.”
John Strang
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Surrey
“For services to Medicine, Addictions and Public Health.”
Larry Siedentop
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Political Science.”
Lucian Charles Grainge
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
“For services to British business and inward investment.”
Michael Craig-martin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Art.”
Paul Marshall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Education and Philanthropy.”
Peter Wood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Surrey
“For services to UK Industry and Philanthropy.”
Philip Hulme
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Technology and to Philanthropy.”
Richard Treisman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Biomedical Science and to Cancer Research.”
Roderick Stewart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Essex
“For services to Music and charity.”
Roger Scruton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Wiltshire
“For services to Philosophy, Teaching and Public Education.”
Simon Robey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Music.”
Stanley William Wells
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Warwickshire
“For services to Scholarship.”
Terence Keith Morgan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
West Midlands
“For services to UK Infrastructure, Skills and Employment.”
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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.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61608, notice 2551502. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2016).
Published 11 June 2016.
Location (Down) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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