New Year Honours 2010
“For services to Drama.”
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New Year Honours 2010- Role at the time
- Director, National Theatre
- Region
- London
“For services to Drama.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 23 times in the New Year Honours List 2010 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Director, National Theatre.
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 2010
Administration of Justice
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Andrew Patrick Dillon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“for Health and Clinical Excellence.”
David Alan Chipperfield
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
“For services to architecture in the UK and Germany.”
Erich Arieh Reich
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For charitable services.”
Graham Robert Wynne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Hertfordshire
“for the Protection of Birds.”
His Honour 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
Ian Robert McGeechan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Rugby.”
John Burn of Clinical Genetics
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Tyne and Wear
“For services to Medicine.”
John Stranger Holman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
North Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Jonathan Stephen Cunliffe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
Mansel Aylward
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Merthyr Tydfil
“for Health.”
Mark Ellis Powell Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For services to the Arts.”
Michael Adrian Richards
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For services to Medicine.”
Michael John Marshall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Business, Charity and to the community in Cambridgeshire.”
Patrick Stewart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For services to Drama.”
Paul Anthony Mellars
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Scholarship.”
Paul John James Britton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Kent
Ralph Kohn
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For services to Science, Music and to Charity.”
Richard Douglas Lapthorne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
“For services to telecommunications.”
Robert George Burgess
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
Leicestershire
“For services to local and national Higher Education.”
Salvador Moncada
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2010
London
“For services to Science.”
In the same field
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.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2010
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2010).
Published 31 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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