Birthday Honours 2018
Paul Preston
Knight Bachelor
“For services to UK/Spain relations.”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
9 June 2018
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:
Professor Paul PRESTON C.B.E.
For services to UK/Spain relations.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62310 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 23 times in the Birthday Honours List 2018 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
603 people have been recognised for International & Diplomatic.
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 2018
Ber Helfgott
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Middlesex
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Bernard Jenkin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For political and public service.”
Charles Saumarez Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
“For services to Art, to Architecture and to Culture in the UK.”
Christopher Dobson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Science and Higher Education.”
Christopher Ham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
West Midlands
“For services to Health Policy and to Management.”
Christopher Husbands
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
South Yorkshire
“For services to Higher Education.”
David Haslam
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Dorset
“For services to NHS Leadership.”
David John Mark Green
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to the Criminal Justice System.”
Douglas Flint
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
East Sussex
“For services to the Finance Industry.”
Geoffrey Tantum
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
“For services to British interests overseas.”
James Eadie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to the Law and to Government.”
James Ratcliffe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Business and to Investment.”
Kazuo Ishiguro
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Literature.”
Kenneth Dalglish
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Merseyside
“For services to Football, to Charity and to the City of Liverpool.”
Lloyd Dorfman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Philanthropy and the Arts.”
Mark Rowley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Surrey
“For services to Policing.”
Prof Leslie Colin Ebdon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Hertfordshire
“For services to Higher Education and to Social Mobility.”
Professor James Hough
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Dunbartonshire
“For services to the Detection of Gravitational Waves.”
Simon Keenlyside
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Music.”
Simon Schama
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to History.”
Steven Cowley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Oxfordshire
“For services to Science and to the Development of Nuclear Fusion.”
Tim Waterstone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Bookselling and to charity.”
In the same field
Others recognised for International & Diplomatic
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 603 people have been recognised for International & Diplomatic. See the full list →
Fiona Johnston
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Education and Charity in Ghana and to UK/Ghana Relations.”
Wilfred Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Martha Holman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Community Development in Zimbabwe and to UK/Zimbabwe Relations.”
Elizabeth Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Tariq Obaide
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Education Overseas and to UK/Morocco Relations.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Gary Millar
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Business and to International Relations.”
Jonathan Lutwyche
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Lancaster, Lancashire
“For services to Sustainable Chemicals Management, to Economic Growth, to International Trade, and to Advancing Opportunities for Women and Young People.”
Joanna Keating
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to International Development.”
David Currie
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
St Andrews, Fife
“For services to International Trade, Energy Transition and Economic Growth.”
Martin Kent
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2026
“For services to International Trade and Investment.”
Paul Berman
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of St Michael And St George · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy and to International Law.”
Amanda Brooks (amanda Kendall)
PersonCompanion Of The Order Of The Bath · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Economic Growth and International Trade.”
Katherine Drew
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to UK/Solomon Islands relations.”
Nunzia Bertali
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wirral, Merseyside
“For services to UK/Italy Relations and to the community in Wirral.”
Peter Sidebotham
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to UK/Georgia relations.”
Richard Tilley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to UK/Eswatini relations and to British Nationals in Eswatini.”
Christina Miller
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to UK Foreign Policy.”
Sarah Annable-gardner
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to International Development in Ghana.”
Kwangwook Cho
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to UK/Korea Relations in the areas of Science and Health.”
Martin Uden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Veterans of the Korean War, and to UK/Korea relations.”
Daniel Horn-phathanothai
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to International Development and tackling Climate Change.”
Edith Caldwell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to International Humanitarian Aid and Development.”
Gary Green
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to International Business, Industry and the UK Economy.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62310, notice 3041271. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2018).
Published 8 June 2018.
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