New Year Honours 2022
Nigel Wilson
Knight Bachelor
Chief Executive
“For services to the Finance Industry and Regional Development.”
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Knight Bachelor
For services to the Finance Industry and Regional Development.
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London Gazette notice
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
01 January 2022
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Nigel David WILSON
Chief Executive, Legal and General
For services to the Finance Industry and Regional Development.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63571 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- London, Greater London
“For services to the Finance Industry and Regional Development.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 23 times in the New Year Honours List 2022 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
86 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive.
How widely is this recognised?
5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63571, notice 3955964. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2022).
Published 31 December 2021.
Location (London, Greater 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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