New Year Honours 2010
“Director, Victoria and Albert Museum. For services to the Arts.”
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Director, Victoria and Albert Museum. For services to the Arts.
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Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2010- Role at the time
- art historian
- Region
- London
“Director, Victoria and Albert Museum. For services to the Arts.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 20 times in the New Year Honours List 2010 — about 2% of the list.
In their area
164 Knight Bachelor recipients are from London.
What organisation were they with?
art historian, Victoria and Albert Museum.
How widely is this recognised?
3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2010
Andrew Patrick Dillon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“Chief Executive, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. For services to Healthcare.”
Dr Ralph Kohn
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For services to Science, Music and to Charity.”
Erich Arieh Reich
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“Chairman, Kindertransport Group, Association of Jewish Refugees. For charitable services.”
Graham Robert Wynne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Hertfordshire
“Chief Executive, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. For services to Nature Conservation.”
His Hon Mota Singh
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For services to the Administration of Justice, Community Relations and to the Voluntary Sector.”
Ian David Grant
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Perth and Kinross
“Lately Chairman, The Crown Estate.”
Ian Robert Mcgeechan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Rugby.”
Jonathan Stephen Cunliffe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London, London
“Second Permanent Secretary and Head of International Economic Affairs, Europe and G8 Sherpa, Prime Minister''s Office.”
Michael John Marshall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Cambridgeshire
“Chairman, Marshall of Cambridge (Holdings) Ltd. For services to Business, Charity and to the community in Cambridgeshire.”
Nicholas Robert Hytner
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“Director, National Theatre. For services to Drama.”
Patrick Stewart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“Actor. For services to Drama.”
Paul John James Britton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Kent
“Lately Director-General and Head, Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat, Cabinet Office.”
Prof John Burn
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Tyne and Wear
“Professor of Clinical Genetics, Newcastle University. For services to Medicine.”
Prof John Stranger Holman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
North Yorkshire
“National Director, Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths Programme. For services to Education.”
Prof Mansel Aylward
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Merthyr Tydfil
“Chairman, Wales Centre for Health. For services to Healthcare.”
Prof Michael Adrian Richards
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“National Cancer Director. For services to Medicine.”
Prof Paul Anthony Mellars
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Cambridgeshire
“Professor of Prehistory and Human Evolution, University of Cambridge. For services to Scholarship.”
Prof Robert George Burgess
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Leicestershire
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Leicester. For services to local and national Higher Education.”
Prof Salvador Moncada
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“Director, Wolfson Institute of Biomedical Research, University College London. For services to Science.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
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
“Project Manager, Stockton and Darlington Railway Bicentenary. For services to Heritage”
Jean Irene Routley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Backwell, Somerset
“For services to Church Music and to the community in Backwell, North Somerset”
Jennifer Rosemary Rose-Miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire”
Angela Jane Manson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lisburn, County Antrim
“For services to Youth Musical Theatre”
Rita Helen Lewis (Helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“Head of the Natural History Museum, Tring. For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“Chief Executive Officer, AudioActive. For services to Young People and to Music”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“Founder and Director, Llandeilo Fawr Festival of Music. For services to Music”
Pauline Patricia Knifton 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
“Founder, Birsay Drama Group. For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney”
Melanie Jane Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir”
Brian Charlton Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire”
Deborah Haythorne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Shirley Henderson (Shirley McGill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“Founder, McGill School of Speech and Drama, and Director, Aberdeen Youth Music Theatre. For services to Drama”
Rex Ormonde Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire”
James Breingan Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“Chief Executive Officer, The Steamship Sir Walter Scott Trust. For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park”
John Alexander Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Helen Joyce Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“Director, 'A Space' Arts. For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Artistic Director, Swansea Jazz Club. For services to Jazz Music”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“Founder, Total Ensemble Theatre Company. For services to Inclusive Theatre”
Lynn Cedar
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lingfield, Surrey
“Co-Founder and lately Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Mabel Cardwell (May Cardwell)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
“For services to Dance and to the community in Corby, Northamptonshire”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2010
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2010). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 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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