New Year Honours 2000
John Desmond Patrick Keegan
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Military History.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 43 times in the New Year Honours List 2000 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
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 2000
Alan Michael Sugar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to the Home Computer and Electronics Industry.”
Alan Seymour Davies
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to Education.”
Alan Walter Rudge
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to Engineering Research and to Industry.”
Alec Wesley Skempton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to Engineering.”
Bonaventure’s School
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to Education.”
Charles Antony Richard Hoare
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to Education and to Computer Science.”
Chung Kong Chow
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to Industry.”
David Philip Lane
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to Medical Science, especially Cancer Research.”
Harry George Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to Local Government.”
Henry Cooper
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to Boxing.”
His Honour Judge Rhys Everson Davies
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to the Criminal Justice System.”
Howard Stringer
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Jeremy Dixon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to Architecture.”
John Alistair Graham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland.”
John Brown
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to Ship Design in the 20th Century.”
John Evelyn Beringer
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to Environmental Safety.”
John Kenneth Tavener
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to Music.”
John Peter Jens Jonas
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
John Stanley Evans
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to the Police.”
John Stevens
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to the Police.”
Josias Cunningham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For political and public service.”
Kenneth Duncan Morrison
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to the Food Retail Industry.”
Kurt George Matthew Mayer Alberti
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to Diabetic Medicine.”
Malcolm Stanley Bradbury
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2000
“For services to Literature.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Defence & Armed Forces
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces. See the full list →
John Peel
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bideford, Devon
“For voluntary service to the Royal Marines, the Royal Marines Charity and the Veteran Community.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Roderick Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Mark Rowlands
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Portishead, Somerset
“For services to Defence.”
Pandora Reilly
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Helen Ralph
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Duncan Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Roger Lewis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Penarth, South Glamorgan
“For voluntary services to Service Personnel and Veterans.”
Matthew Davenport
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Cooper
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing and to Defence.”
John Ambler
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Emsworth, Hampshire
“For voluntary service to Military History.”
Gillian Wright
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Charlotte Potter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
David Halliday
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liphook, Hampshire
“For services to Service Personnel, Veterans and Families.”
Andrew Elliott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Elizabeth Butler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dartford, Kent
“For voluntary service to Veterans and to Public Service.”
Christopher Bailey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Siobhan Alloway
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Start
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Longfield, Kent
“For services to Defence.”
Natalie Moore
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Carlier
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belper, Derbyshire
“For services to Defence.”
David Waters
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Preston, Lancashire
“For Voluntary Service to Veterans.”
Elaine Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Defence and to Charitable Fundraising.”
Martin Uden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Veterans of the Korean War, and to UK/Korea relations.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2000
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 2000 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 31 December 1999.
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