New Year Honours 2002
John Lionel Beckwith
Knight Bachelor
• C.B.E.
“For services to Youth Sport.”
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“For services to Youth Sport.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 26 times in the New Year Honours List 2002 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
C.B.E..
How widely is this recognised?
2,173 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
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 2002
Alan William Parker
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“For services to the Film Industry.”
Albert Bore
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Local Government.”
Alistair George James Macfarlane
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Education.”
Anthony Thomas Burden
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to the Police.”
Ben Kingsley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Drama.”
Charles Brandon Gough
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For public service.”
Deryck Maughan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to British business and commercial interests in the USA.”
Edward Benjamin Crofton Osmotherly
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“for Local Administration in England.”
Gabriel Horn
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Neurobiology and to the Advancement of Scientific Research.”
Graeme Robertson Dawson Catto
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Medicine and to Medical Education.”
Graham John Melmoth
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to the Retail Industry.”
Iain Robert Hall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Education.”
Ian McColl Kennedy
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Bioethics and to Medical Law.”
Jimmy Leslie Ronald Young
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Radio Broadcasting.”
Liam Joseph Donaldson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“for England, Department of Health.”
Martin Nicholas Sweeting
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Microsatellite Engineering.”
Michael Sydney Buckley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“for Administration and Health Service Commissioner for England, Wales and Scotland.”
Nicholas Thomas Grimshaw
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Architecture.”
Patrick John Armstrong
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
Richard John Brook
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Science and Engineering.”
Robin Keith Saxby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to the Information Technology Industry.”
Ronald Urwick Cooke
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Higher Education.”
Rudolph Ion Joseph Agnew
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to international human rights and conservation.”
Terence Patrick Leahy
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Food Retailing.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,173 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.”
Nigel Travis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Manchester, Greater Manchester
“For services to Boxing and the community in Moss Side, Greater Manchester.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Emily Scarratt
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coalville, Leicestershire
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Leah Williamson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
St Albans, Hertfordshire
“For services to Association Football.”
Johanna Norman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Swimming in Guernsey.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
John Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Cricket in Warwickshire and the West Midlands.”
David 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 Thurlow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Swimming.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Jennifer Smyth
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Disability Sport.”
David Smallwoods
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Local Football.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Alan 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 Mcdonald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Junior Athletics.”
Jason Land
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to Association Football.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Leslie France
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Blackpool, Lancashire
“For services to Swimming and to the community in Wigan.”
Linda Gaine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia.”
Sarah Edwards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barnham, West Sussex
“Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Grassroots Sports.”
George Dodd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carlisle, Cumbria
“For services to Rowing.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2002
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2002).
Published 31 December 2001.
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