Birthday Honours 2018
Paul Preston
Knight Bachelor
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 2018 with the Knight Bachelor.
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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Middlesex
“For services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education.”
Bernard Christison Jenkin
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London
“Member of Parliament for Harwich and North Essex. For political and public service.”
Charles Saumarez Smith
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Secretary and Chief Executive
Christopher Dobson
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Cambridgeshire
“Professor, Chemical and Structural Biology and Master, St John's College, University of Cambridge. For services to Science and Higher Education.”
Christopher Ham
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West Midlands
“Lately Chief Executive, The Kings Fund. For services to Health Policy and Management.”
Christopher Roy Husbands
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South Yorkshire
“Vice Chancellor, Sheffield Hallam University. For services to Higher Education.”
David Haslam
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Dorset
“Chair, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. For services to NHS Leadership.”
David John Mark Green
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London
“Lately Director, Serious Fraud Office. For services to the Criminal Justice System”
Douglas Jardine Flint
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East Sussex
“For services to the Finance Industry.”
Dr Charles Saumarez
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London
“Secretary and Chief Executive, Royal Academy of Arts. For services to Art, Architecture and Culture in the UK.”
Geoffrey Alan Tantum
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James Arthur Ratcliffe
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London
“Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ineos Chemical Group. For services to Business and Investment.”
James Hough
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Dunbartonshire
“Associate Director, Institute for Gravitational Research, University of Glasgow. For services to the Detection of Gravitational Waves.”
James Raymond Eadie
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London
“First Treasury Counsel. For services to the Law and to Government.”
Kazuo Ishiguro
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London, London
“Author. For services to Literature.”
Kenneth Dalglish
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Merseyside
“For services to Football, charity and the City of Liverpool.”
Leslie Colin Ebdon
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Hertfordshire
“Lately Director, Fair Access to Higher Education. For services to Higher Education and Social Mobility.”
Lloyd Dorfman
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London
“Philanthropist. For services to Philanthropy and the Arts.”
Mark Rowley
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Surrey
“Lately Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Policing.”
Simon Keenlyside
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London
“Baritone. For services to Music.”
Simon Michael Schama
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London
“Historian and Broadcaster. For services to History.”
Steven Charles Cowley
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Oxfordshire
“President, Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford. For services to Science and the Development of Nuclear Fusion.”
Tim Waterstone
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London
“Founder, Waterstones. For services to Bookselling and charity.”