New Year Honours 1998
Michael John Gambon
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Drama.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 26 times in the New Year Honours List 1998 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
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 New Year Honours 1998
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Alec Nigel Broers
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“For services to Engineering Education.”
Alfred Cuschieri of Surgery
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Minimal Access Surgery.”
Arthur Charles Clarice
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to literature.”
Brian Hayes
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to the Police.”
Dennis Pettit
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Local Government and to the community in Nottinghamshire.”
Edwin Barrie Stephens
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to the Engineering Industry.”
Elton Hercules John
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Music and for charitable services.”
Frank Barlow
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to the Newspaper Industry.”
George Jeffrey Bull
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to the Alcoholic Drinks Industry.”
Graham James Hearne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to the Oil Industry.”
Henry Dennistoun Stevenson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Business and to the Arts.”
John Gordon Thomas Carter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to the Insurance Industry.”
John Peebles Arbuthnott
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
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John Ridley Pattison
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Medicine.”
John Wilson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Architecture.”
Leslie Geoffrey Hampton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For servicesto Education.”
Michael Edward Carleton-Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Cancer Care.”
Michael John Berridge
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Science.”
Neville Ian Simms
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to the Construction Industry.”
Norman Brian Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Industry and to the community.”
Peter Gilmour Noto Badge
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
Peter Machin North
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For Public Service and services to International Law.”
Richard Rodney Bennett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1998
“For services to Music.”
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Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews,
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
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.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Jazz Music.”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Inclusive Theatre.”
Marilyn Blieck
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Prestwick, Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Music and to the community in Ayrshire.”
Christopher Gaze
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Arts and Culture in Canada.”
Stephen Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Broadcasting and to Kidney Transplant Awareness and to Fundraising in Northern Ireland.”
Iain Varah
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dunmow, Essex
“For services to Public Libraries, Culture and Leisure.”
Peter Talbot
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Eastbourne, East Sussex
“For services to the Arts.”
Paul Stacey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Theatre.”
Lisa Riley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Suzanne Raine
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Heritage.”
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Knight Bachelor · 1998
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1998 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1997.
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