Birthday Honours 2016
Lucian Charles Grainge
Knight Bachelor
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Organisation: Universal Music Group International
Knight Bachelor · 2016
“For services to British business and inward investment.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
“Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Music Group International. For services to the Creative Industries.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Music Group International. 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
New Year Honours 2010- Role at the time
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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- London
“Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Music Group International. For services to the Creative Industries.”
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2016“For services to British business and inward investment.”
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The Knight Bachelor was awarded 23 times in the Birthday Honours List 2016 — about 2% of the list.
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3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
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 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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Deborah Wosskow
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Natalie Wade
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Wendy Carlin
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“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
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Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Hannah Bernard
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Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and Access to Finance for Women.”
Raymond Pritchard
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“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Williams
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Ely, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Chemicals Industry.”
Gregory Mckinley
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Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
Erica Maxwell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dungannon, County Tyrone
“For services to the Economy and to the community 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.”
Isabella Cameron
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Isle of Uist, Western Isles
“For services to Hospitality and to the Rural Economy in South Uist.”
Tina Barton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shaftesbury, Dorset
“For services to Science and to Trade.”
Ronjon Nag
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“For services to Entrepreneurship and to Artificial Intelligence.”
Lance Uggla
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“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.”
Richard Scaife
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Manufacturing.”
Becky Ruddy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Thurso, Caithness
“For services to Women in the Nuclear Industry.”
Pino De Rosa
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
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Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
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Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61608, notice 2551519. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2016).
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 1 January 2010.
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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