Birthday Honours 2015
Nicholas John Weller
Knight Bachelor
lately Executive Principal
“Executive Principal, Dixons Academies, Bradford. For services to Education.”
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Knight Bachelor
Executive Principal, Dixons Academies, Bradford. For services to Education.
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Location
West Yorkshire
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2015- Role at the time
- lately Executive Principal
- Region
- West Yorkshire
“Executive Principal, Dixons Academies, Bradford. For services to Education.”
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“Executive Principal, Dixons Academies, Bradford. For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 33 times in the Birthday Honours List 2015 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
lately Executive Principal.
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 2015
Adrian Edwin White
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Surrey
“For services to International Trade and Investment.”
Andreas Whittam
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For public service, particularly to the Church of England.”
Andreas Whittam Smith, C.B.E
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
“For public service, particularly to the Church of England.”
Bernard Peter Gray
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Oxfordshire
“Chief of Defence Materiel, Ministry of Defence. For public service, particularly to Defence.”
Christopher Munro Clark,
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“For services to British German relations.”
Ciaran Gearoid Devane
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Lately Chief Executive, Macmillan Cancer Support. For services to Cancer Patients.”
Dr Karl William Pamp Jenkins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Composer. For services to Composing and Crossing Musical Genres.”
Dr Kevan Arthur Collins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Chief Executive, Education Endowment Foundation. For services to Education.”
Dr Nicholas Beaver Penny
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Director, National Gallery. For services to the Arts.”
Dr Philip Henry Montgomery Campbell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Editor in Chief, Nature. For services to Science.”
Francis Mcloughlin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Principal, City and Islington College and Chair, Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning. For services to Further Education.”
Gareth Owen Edwards
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Mid Glamorgan
“For services to Sport and for charitable services.”
Gary Keith Verity
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
North Yorkshire
“Chief Executive, Welcome to Yorkshire. For services to Tourism and the Tour De France Grand Depart 2014.”
George Ivan Morrison
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Down
“For services to the Music Industry and to Tourism in Northern Ireland.”
Henry Angest
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“National Treasurer, Conservative Party. For political service.”
Iain Macleod Mcmillan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to the Scottish Economy.”
James Loy MacMillan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Glasgow
“Composer and Conductor. For services to Music.”
Lenworth George Henry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Actor and Comedian. For services to Drama and charity.”
Michael Lawrence Davis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Chair, Prime Minister's Holocaust Commission. For services to Holocaust Commemoration and Education.”
Nicholas Beaver Penny, F.B.A.,
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
“For services to the Arts.”
Patrick Head
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Lately Director, Williams Hybrid Power Ltd. For services to Motorsport.”
Paul Stephen Kenny
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“General Secretary, GMB Union. For service to Trade Unions.”
Professor Charles Peter Downes
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Fife
“Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Dundee. For services to Higher Education and Life Sciences.”
Professor Harshad Kumar Dharamshi Bhadeshia
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Cambridgeshire
“Tata Steel Professor of Metallurgy, University of Cambridge. For services to Science and Technology.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Education
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,862 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Henry Cyril Grunwald
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Stephen Thurston Munby
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Kendal, Cumbria
“For services to Education.”
Shelagh Jane Legrave
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Rachael Ross
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
“For services to Education, to Policy and to People with Down Syndrome.”
Debra Gray
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
William Smith
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Witney, Oxfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Dawn Tinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Mctaggart
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Catherine Grove
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Julia Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Diane Willson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2015
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015).
Published 15 June 2015.
Location (West Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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