Birthday Honours 2014
“Chief Constable, Merseyside Police. For services to Policing.”
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Chief Constable, Merseyside Police. For services to Policing.
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Birthday Honours 2014- Role at the time
- lately Chief Constable
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- Wirral
“Chief Constable, Merseyside Police. For services to Policing.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 30 times in the Birthday Honours List 2014 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
lately Chief Constable, Merseyside Police.
How widely is this recognised?
664 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
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 2014
András Schiff
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London
“Classical Pianist. For services to Music.”
Andrew Nicholas Carter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Surrey
“Headteacher, South Farnham Community Junior School, Surrey. For services to Education.”
Barry Stuart Day
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Nottinghamshire
“Chief Executive, Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust and The Greenwood Academies Trust. For services to Education.”
Daniel Michael Blake Day-lewis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“Actor. For services to Drama.”
Derek John Myers
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“Lately Chief Executive, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. For services to Local Government in London.”
Dr Anthony Francis Seldon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Berkshire
“Headteacher, Wellington College, Berkshire. For services to Education and to Modern Political History.”
Dr Charles Richard Bean
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy, Bank of England. For services to Monetary Policy and Central Banking.”
Dr John Ernest Dunford
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Leicestershire
“Education Consultant. For services to Education.”
Dr Michael Dixon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Hampshire
“Director, Natural History Museum. For services to Museums.”
Ewan Brown
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Edinburgh
“Chairman, Scottish Financial Enterprise and Senior Governor, University of St Andrews. For services to Business and Public Life and Philanthropy in Scotland.”
Gerald Edgar Grimstone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“For public service, particularly to Defence and Business.”
Michael Deegan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Cheshire
“Chief Executive, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS.”
Philip Graham Dilley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“Chairman, Arup Group. For services to Consulting Engineering.”
Professor Cary Lynn Cooper
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Cheshire
“Distinguished Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University. For services to Social Science.”
Professor Colin Brian Blakemore
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Oxfordshire
“Director, Centre for the Study of the Senses, School of Advanced Study, University of London. For services to Scientific Research, Policy and Outreach.”
Professor David Greenaway
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Nottinghamshire
“Vice Chancellor, University of Nottingham. For services to Higher Education.”
Professor David John Spiegelhalter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Cambridgeshire
“Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge. For services to Statistics.”
Professor David Royden Fish
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Hertfordshire
“Managing Director, University College London Partners, Academic Health Science Partnership. For services to the NHS.”
Professor David Stephen Eastwood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Somerset
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham. For services to Higher Education.”
Professor John Bernard Pethica
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Oxfordshire
“Chief Scientific Adviser, National Physical Laboratory and Physical Secretary and Vice-President, The Royal Society. For services to Science.”
Professor Michael John Owen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
South Glamorgan
“Director, The MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University. For services to Neuroscience and Mental Health.”
Professor Richard Rustom Kharsedji Sorabji
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Oxfordshire
“Honorary Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford and Professor Emeritus, King's College London. For services to Philosophical Scholarship.”
Professor Thomas Martin Devine
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Lanarkshire
“Personal Senior Research Chair of History, The University of Edinburgh. For services to the Study of Scottish History.”
Professor Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics, Imperial College London. For services to Physics.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 664 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Maria Mcnicholl
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
Karen Andrew
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to Prisoners, to the Administration of Justice and to the community in Swansea.”
Alexis Poole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Paul Taylor
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire
“For services to Science in Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
Marcos Petrou
PersonOverseas Territories Police And Fire Service Medal · 2026
“For services to policing and security in the Sovereign Base Areas.”
Xavier Buhagiar
PersonOverseas Territories Police And Fire Service Medal · 2026
“For services to police training and leadership in the Gibraltar Defence Police.”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Dudley Martin
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to the Policing Community.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Leslie Hawkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
“For services to Policing and to the community in Essex.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2014
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2014).
Published 15 June 2014.
Location (Wirral) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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