Birthday Honours 2012
“Chief Constable, Greater Manchester Police. For services to Policing.”
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Chief Constable, Greater Manchester Police. For services to Policing.
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Cheshire
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Birthday Honours 2012- Role at the time
- police officer
- Region
- Cheshire
“Chief Constable, Greater Manchester Police. For services to Policing.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 22 times in the Birthday Honours List 2012 — about 2% of the list.
In their area
9 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Cheshire.
What organisation were they with?
police officer, Greater Manchester Police.
How widely is this recognised?
925 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 2012
Antony Brian Baldry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Oxfordshire
“For Public and Political Service.”
Brian Walter Pomeroy
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Financial Inclusion and to the Voluntary Sector.”
Charles William Dunstone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Founder and Chairman, Carphone Warehouse Group. For services to the Mobile Communications Industry and to charity.”
David Mcvicar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Director. For services to Opera.”
Dr Daniel Moynihan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Chief Executive, The Harris Federation of London Schools. For services to Education.”
Dr William Haughey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Glasgow
“For services to Business and Philanthropy.”
His Honour Judge Clive Vernon Callman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Law, Education and Charity.”
Kenneth Charles Branagh
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Berkshire
“For services to Drama and to the community in Northern Ireland.”
Michael Boyd
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Warwickshire
“Artistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company. For services to Drama.”
Peter Birkett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Hertfordshire
“Chief Executive, Barnfield College, Luton. For services to Further Education and the Academy Movement.”
Professor James Mcdonald
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Ayrshire and Arran
“Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Strathclyde. For services to Education, Engineering and the Economy.”
Professor Michael John Howard Sterling
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Gloucestershire
“For services to Higher Education, Science and Engineering.”
Professor Richard John Evans
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“Regius Professor of History, University of Cambridge and President of Wolfson College, Cambridge. For services to Scholarship.”
Professor Robert Ian Lechler
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Vice Principal (Health), King's College London and Executive Director, King's Health Partners. For services to Academic Medicine”
Professor William Timothy Gowers
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“Royal Society Research Professor, Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge. For services to Mathematics.”
Richard Henry Simpson Stilgoe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Surrey
“Philanthropist. For charitable services through the Alchemy Foundation.”
Robin Bosher
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Kent
“Lately Headteacher, Fairlawn Primary School, Haseltine Primary School and Kilmorie Primary School, Lewisham. For services to Education”
Rt Hon Malcolm Gray Bruce
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Aberdeenshire
“For Public and Political Service.”
The Right Honourable George Reid
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Scottish Politics and Public Life.”
Thomas Anthony Cunningham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cumbria
“For Public and Political Service.”
Thomas Michael Sydney Hughes-Hallett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Chief Executive, Marie Curie Cancer Care. For services to Palliative Care.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 925 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Marcos Petrou
PersonOverseas Territories Police Fire Service Medal · 2026
“For services to policing and security in the Sovereign Base Areas.”
Xavier Richard Buhagiar
PersonOverseas Territories Police Fire Service Medal · 2026
“For services to police training and leadership in the Gibraltar Defence Police.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, County Borough of Belfast
“Serious Crime Exhibits and Property Manager, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to Policing”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“Police Constable, West Yorkshire Police. For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“Special Constable, West Midlands Police and Charity Trustee, Shree Krishna Temple. For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands”
Michael John William Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“Special Sergeant, West Midlands Police. For services to Policing”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“Police Constable, Warwickshire Police. For services to Policing and to Veterans”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“Police Staff, Thames Valley Police. For services to Policing”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Civilian Librarian, HM Prison Thameside, Serco Ltd. For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation”
Peter Wilford Williams
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Police Education and Training”
Brian Phillip Whitaker
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Police Staff, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Policing and to National Security”
Maria Angela McNICHOLL
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Development Manager, St Giles. For services to Prisons and Prisoners”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swanley, Kent
“Police Sergeant, British Transport Police. For services to Transport Policing”
Victoria Eccleston
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Preston, Lancashire
“Senior Probation Officer, National Probation Service. For services to Women on Probation”
Ian Drysdale
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“Deputy Chief Officer, Kent Police. For services to Policing”
Karen Jayne Andrew
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, Mid Glamorgan
“Magistrate West Glamorgan Bench and Independent Monitoring Board Member HM Prison Swansea. For services to Prisoners, to the Administration of Justice and to the community in Swansea.”
Alexis Mary Poole
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“Assistant Chief Officer, Devon and Cornwall Police. For services to Policing”
David Barry Dein
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Founder, The Twinning Project. For services to Football and to Charity”
Andrea Elaine Bennett
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Preston, Lancashire
“Regional Probation Director, North West Probation HM Prison and Probation Service. For services to Probation”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“Deputy Chief Constable, Greater Manchester Police. For services to Policing”
Paul Taylor
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire
“Police Chief Scientific Adviser, National Police Chiefs' Council. For services to Science in Policing”
Serena Margaret Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“Lately Chief Constable, Merseyside Police. For services to Policing”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“Special Constable, Northumbria Police. For services to Policing”
Kanti Karsan Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Police Staff, Special Constable and Volunteer Police Cadet Leader, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Policing and to the community in London”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2012
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2012). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2012.
Location (Cheshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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