Birthday Honours 2022
Michael Arthur
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Higher Education.”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
02 June 2022
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:
Professor Michael James Paul ARTHUR
lately Provost and President, University College London
For services to Higher Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63714 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- Romsey, Hampshire
“For services to Higher Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 23 times in the Birthday Honours List 2022 — about 2% of the list.
In their area
6 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Hampshire.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
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 2022
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Professor Aziz Sheikh
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“For services to Financial Services, to Technology and to Public Service.”
Stephen Andrew Gill Hough
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“For services to Music.”
Stephen Powis
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“For services to the NHS, particularly during Covid-19.”
Stephen Timms
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Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,862 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
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Rachael Ross
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“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
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“For services to Further Education.”
William Smith
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“For services to Education.”
Dawn Tinley
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“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
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“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
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Alison Turner
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“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
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“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
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“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
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Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
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“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
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“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
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“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
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Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
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London, Greater London
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Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63714, notice 4083764. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2022).
Published 1 June 2022.
Location (Romsey, Hampshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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