New Year Honours 2013
Keith Burnett
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Science and Higher Education.”
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“For services to Science and Higher Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 25 times in the New Year Honours List 2013 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
6,604 people have been recognised for Education.
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 2013
Bernard Hogan-Howe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Bradley Marc Wiggins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Lancashire
“For services to Cycling.”
Charles Benedict Ainslie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Cornwall
“For services to Sailing.”
Christopher Stone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
West Midlands
“For services to Education.”
David Hugh Wootton Mayor of London
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Kent
“For services to Legal Business, Charity and the City of London.”
David Neil Payne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Hampshire
“For services to Photonics Research and Applications.”
David Whitlock Tanner
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Rowing and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
Elizabeth Fradd
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Derbyshire
“For services to Cycling and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
George Thomas Berwick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Essex
“For services to Education.”
Hector William Hepburn Sants
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Oxfordshire
“For services to Financial Services and Regulation.”
Hew Francis Anthony Strachan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Lanarkshire
“For services to the Ministry of Defence.”
Hossein Yassaie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Hertfordshire
“For services to Technology and Innovation.”
Ian David Diamond
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Aberdeen
“For services to Social Science and Higher Education.”
John Mark Nicholas Leighton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Edinburgh
“For services to Art.”
Kenneth Henry Grange
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Design.”
Martin Gregory Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Oxfordshire
“For charitable services to Education, the Arts and Science.”
Martin James Narey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
North Yorkshire
“For services to Vulnerable People.”
Michael Aron Heller
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For charitable services.”
Nicholas Stephen Williams
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Education.”
Peter Gerard Hendy
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Somerset
“for London.”
Quentin Saxby Blake
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Illustration.”
Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
West Midlands
“for Aldridge Brownhill.”
Robert Stephen O’Brien
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Essex
“For services to Healthcare and to the community in London.”
Simon Charles Wessely
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Military Healthcare and to Psychological Medicine.”
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Others recognised for Education
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 6,604 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Stephen Thurston Munby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Shelagh Legrave
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Keri Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Julie Gard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bracknell, Berkshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Lilian Field
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Rural Education.”
Mary Boam
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
“For services to Early Years Education.”
Roy Bowden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Further Education.”
Michael Hamblin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Education in Kenya.”
Wilfred Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Elizabeth Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Tariq Obaide
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Education Overseas and to UK/Morocco Relations.”
Simon Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Frinton on Sea, Essex
“For services to Education.”
Lucille Windle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Education.”
Emma Whitfield
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pauline Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chatham, Kent
“For services to Education, Skills and Employability.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 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.
Location (South Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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