Birthday Honours 2016
Lucian Charles Grainge
Knight Bachelor
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer • Universal Music Group International
Knight Bachelor · 2016
“For services to British business and inward investment.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
11 June 2016
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Lucian Charles GRAINGE C.B.E.
Chairman and Chief Executive of Universal Music Group
For services to British business and inward investment.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61608 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 2010
View this issue on the London Gazette ↗ · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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London
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2010- Role at the time
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Music Group International
- Region
- London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2016“For services to British business and inward investment.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 23 times in the Birthday Honours List 2016 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
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 Birthday Honours 2016
Alexander Fergusson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Dumfries
“For services to Politics, the Scottish Parliamentary Process and Public Life in Scotland.”
Angus Deaton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
“For services to research in economics and international affairs.”
Anthony Cragg
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
“For services to Visual Arts and UK-German relations.”
Damon Buffini
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Surrey
“For voluntary and charitable services.”
David Clary
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
“For services to international science.”
David Grant
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Vale of Glamorgan
“For services to Engineering, Technology and Skills in the UK.”
David Hamilton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Midlothian
“For political and parliamentary service.”
Desmond Swayne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Hampshire
“For political and parliamentary service.”
Douglass Turnbull
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Tyne and Wear
“For services to Health Care Research and Treatment particularly Mitochondrial Disease.”
Jeffrey Donaldson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Down
“For political service.”
John Strang
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Surrey
“For services to Medicine, Addictions and Public Health.”
Larry Siedentop
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Political Science.”
Michael Craig-martin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Art.”
Paul Marshall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Education and Philanthropy.”
Peter Wood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Surrey
“For services to UK Industry and Philanthropy.”
Philip Hulme
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Technology and to Philanthropy.”
Richard Treisman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Biomedical Science and to Cancer Research.”
Roderick Stewart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Essex
“For services to Music and charity.”
Roger Scruton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Wiltshire
“For services to Philosophy, Teaching and Public Education.”
Simon Robey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
London
“For services to Music.”
Stanley William Wells
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
Warwickshire
“For services to Scholarship.”
Terence Keith Morgan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2016
West Midlands
“For services to UK Infrastructure, Skills and Employment.”
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Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy. See the full list →
Deborah Wosskow
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London, Greater London
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and to Access to Finance for Women.”
Natalie Wade
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Wendy Carlin
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
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Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Williams
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ely, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Chemicals Industry.”
Gregory Mckinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
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.”
Ernest Fallowfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Lance Uggla
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pino De Rosa
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Charles Milne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckie, Banffshire
“For services to Business and to Community Development in Buckie and Banffshire.”
Sakilbabu Kola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Export Growth.”
Nadia Khan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Georgina Hurcombe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bournemouth, Dorset
“For services to Television and the Creative Sector.”
Helene Martin Gee
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Maurice Geddis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Louise Ellis-frankland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Skipton, North Yorkshire
“For services to the Manufacturing Sector and to Employee Well-Being.”
George Fleming
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Business, to Employment and to Apprenticeships.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61608, notice 2551519. View the official notice ↗
Published 11 June 2016.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2010).
Published 31 December 2009.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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