Birthday Honours 2018
Knight Bachelor · 2018
“For services to Policing.”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
9 June 2018
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:
Mark Peter ROWLEY Q.P.M.
Lately Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service
For services to Policing.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62310 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Queen's Police Medal · 2011
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Queen's Police Medal
New Year Honours 2011- Role at the time
- lately Chief Constable, Surrey Police
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2018- Role at the time
- Assistant Commissioner
- Region
- Surrey
“For services to Policing.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 23 times in the Birthday Honours List 2018 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Assistant Commissioner, Surrey Police.
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 Birthday Honours 2018
Ber Helfgott
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Middlesex
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Bernard Jenkin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For political and public service.”
Charles Saumarez Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
“For services to Art, to Architecture and to Culture in the UK.”
Christopher Dobson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Science and Higher Education.”
Christopher Ham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
West Midlands
“For services to Health Policy and to Management.”
Christopher Husbands
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
South Yorkshire
“For services to Higher Education.”
David Haslam
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Dorset
“For services to NHS Leadership.”
David John Mark Green
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to the Criminal Justice System.”
Douglas Flint
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
East Sussex
“For services to the Finance Industry.”
Geoffrey Tantum
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
“For services to British interests overseas.”
James Eadie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to the Law and to Government.”
James Hough
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Dunbartonshire
“For services to the Detection of Gravitational Waves.”
James Ratcliffe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Business and to Investment.”
Kazuo Ishiguro
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Literature.”
Kenneth Dalglish
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Merseyside
“For services to Football, to Charity and to the City of Liverpool.”
Leslie Ebdon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Hertfordshire
“For services to Higher Education and to Social Mobility.”
Lloyd Dorfman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Philanthropy and the Arts.”
Paul Preston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
“For services to UK/Spain relations.”
Simon Keenlyside
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Music.”
Simon Schama
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to History.”
Steven Cowley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Oxfordshire
“For services to Science and to the Development of Nuclear Fusion.”
Tim Waterstone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Bookselling and to charity.”
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.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62310, notice 3041288. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2018).
Published 8 June 2018.
Queen's Police Medal · 2011
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers this round — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 31 December 2010.
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