Birthday Honours 2022
Nicholas David Coleridge
Knight Bachelor
Managing Director
Knight Bachelor · 2022
“For services to Museums, to Publishing and to the Creative Industries.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
“Managing Director, Condé Nast UK. For services to the Magazine Publishing Industry.”
Timeline
Knight Bachelor
For services to Museums, to Publishing and to the Creative Industries.
View London Gazette notice ↗Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Managing Director, Condé Nast UK. For services to the Magazine Publishing Industry.
View the London Gazette page ↗Recognised for
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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:
Nicholas David COLERIDGE C.B.E.
Chairman, Victoria and Albert Museum
For services to Museums, to Publishing and to the Creative Industries.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63714 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2009- Role at the time
- Managing Director
- Region
- London
“Managing Director, Condé Nast UK. For services to the Magazine Publishing Industry.”
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2022- Role at the time
- Chairman
- Region
- Worcester, Worcestershire
“For services to Museums, to Publishing and to the Creative Industries.”
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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
2 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Worcestershire.
What organisation were they with?
Chairman.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
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
Andrew Goddard
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Weston on Trent, Derbyshire
“For services to Health and Social Care.”
Bradley Fried
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
David Macmillan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
“For services to Chemistry and Science.”
Dr Paul Lasseter Phillips
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Newport, Gwent
“For services to Further Education.”
Iain Livingstone,
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Kincardine, Fife
“For services to Policing and the Public.”
Ian Rankin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Literature and to Charity.”
Isaac Julien
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion in Art.”
James Milne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Milltimber, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Business and to Charity.”
James Walker
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Aberlour, Banffshire
“For services to the Food Industry.”
Jeremy Wright
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Warwickshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
Julian Hartley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Stockport, Greater Manchester
“For services to Healthcare.”
Martyn Oliver
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Tollerton, North Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Michael Arthur
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Romsey, Hampshire
“For services to Higher Education.”
Nigel Boardman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to the Legal Profession.”
Pascal Soriot
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Abroad
“For services to UK Life Sciences and the Response to Covid-19.”
Peter Bruce
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Science and Innovation.”
Professor Aziz Sheikh
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
Lasswade, Midlothian
“For services to Covid-19 Research and Policy.”
Rohinton Kalifa
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Financial Services, to Technology and to Public Service.”
Stephen Andrew Gill Hough
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to Music.”
Stephen Powis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS, particularly during Covid-19.”
Stephen Timms
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
London, Greater London
“For Political and Public Service.”
Timothy Le Cocq
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2022
“For services to the Community as Bailiff of the Bailiwick of Jersey.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,039 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.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Jonathan Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Alice Coote
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
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
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
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.”
Pauline 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
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
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.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63714, notice 4083745. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2022).
Published 1 June 2022.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2009).
Published 15 June 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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