New Year Honours 1996
Leslie Sharp
Knight Bachelor
“For services to the Police.”
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Knight Bachelor · 1996
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 31 times in the New Year Honours List 1996 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
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 1996
Alister Arthur Kneller
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
Andrew McLeod Brooks Large
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
“For services to Financial Regulation.”
Bernard Philip Zissman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
“For political and public service.”
Cameron Anthony Mackintosh
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
“For services to the Musical Theatre.”
Charles Noel Davies
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
“For services to the Defence Industry.”
Christian John Storey Bonington
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
“For services to Mountaineering.”
Colin Frederick Newton Hope
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
“For services to the Motor Manufacturing Industry.”
Colin Ryley Shepherd
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
“for Hereford.”
Cyril Chantler
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
David Craig Carter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
Donald Iain MacKAY
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
“For services to Industry and to Public Life in Scotland.”
Edward Anthony Wrigley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
“For services to Historical Demography.”
Francis Roger Hurn
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
“For services to the Engineering Industry.”
Graeme John Davies
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
Graham Kirkham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
“For charitable services to the Duke of Edinburgh's Award and to the Animal Health Trust.”
Harold Stanley Kalms
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
“For services to the Electrical Retailing Industry.”
Harold Walter Kroto
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
“For services to Chemistry.”
Higher Education Funding Council
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
Ian Leonard Dixon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
“For services to the Construction Industry.”
James Theodore Lester
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
“for Broxtowe.”
Jocelyn Edward Greville Stevens
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
“For services to Conservation.”
John Harold Horlock
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
“For services to Science, Engineering and to Education.”
Malcolm Kenneth McINTOSH
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
Maurice Adrian Shinwell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1996
“For political service.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,325 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.”
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.”
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.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
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.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
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.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Alison Fossey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Island Policing and to the wider community of Jersey.”
Ramona Senior
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
Carl Portman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to Prisoners.”
Neil Byrne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Policing.”
Robert Nixon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Policing and Criminal Justice.”
John Robins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
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.”
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Knight Bachelor · 1996
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1996 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1995.
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