New Year Honours 2025
Loyd Grossman
Knight Bachelor
Chair
“For services to Heritage.”
Timeline
Recognised for
Topics
London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Dr. Loyd Daniel Gilman GROSSMAN C.B.E. F.R.S.
Chair, The Royal Parks
For services to Heritage.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
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Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2025- Role at the time
- Chair
- Region
- Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
“For services to Heritage.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 22 times in the New Year Honours List 2025 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
1 Knight Bachelor recipient is from Gloucestershire.
What organisation were they with?
Chair.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
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 2025
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PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
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“For services to Literature.”
Andrew Cooke
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“For services to Policing and to Public Service.”
Andrew Haines
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“For services to the Transport Sector and to the Economy.”
Andrew Street
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Birmingham, West Midlands
“For Public Service.”
Bashir Al-hashimi
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering and Education.”
Bryan Sanderson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to the Labour Market.”
David East
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Economy and to Net Zero.”
Edward Braham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Pulborough, West Sussex
“For services to Corporate Law and to Business.”
Gabriele Finaldi
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Art and Culture.”
Gareth Southgate
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
“For services to Association Football.”
Jack Cuzick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Epidemiology.”
Jeremy Michael Isaacs
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Philanthropy and to Children’s Hospice Care.”
John Lazar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering and Technology.”
Marcus Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Nuneaton, Warwickshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
Nicolas Gibb
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Noel Quinn
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Esher, Surrey
“For services to Financial Services and to Net Zero.”
Ranil Jayawardena
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Bramley, Hampshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
Sadiq Khan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For Political and Public Service.”
Stephen Fry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Mental Health Awareness, the Environment and to Charity.”
Stuart Carlton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Northallerton, North Yorkshire
“For services to Children, Young People and Families.”
Thomas Davies
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Pontypool, Gwent
“For services to Rugby Union, and to voluntary and charitable service in Wales.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Jonathan Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Alice Coote
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Daniel Calvert
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Pauline Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4782501. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
Location (Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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