New Year Honours 2023
Peter Mathieson
Knight Bachelor
Principal and Vice Chancellor
“For services to Higher Education.”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2022
The KING has been graciously pleased to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Professor Peter William MATHIESON
Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Edinburgh
For services to Higher Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2023- Role at the time
- Principal and Vice Chancellor
- Region
- Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Higher Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 19 times in the New Year Honours List 2023 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
5 Knight Bachelor recipients are from City of Edinburgh.
What organisation were they with?
Principal and Vice Chancellor.
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 New Year Honours 2023
Brian May,
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Surrey
“For services to Music and to Charity.”
Christopher Bryant
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Porth, Mid Glamorgan
“For Political and Public Service.”
Grayson Perry
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Arts.”
Ian Bauckham
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Tunbridge Wells, Kent
“For services to Education.”
Ivan Menezes
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London, Greater London
“For services to Business and to Equality.”
James Appleby
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Manchester, Greater Manchester
“For services to Medicine and Mental Health.”
John Akomfrah
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to the Arts.”
John Crabtree
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Crowle, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport and to the community in the West Midlands.”
Julian Lewis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Southampton, Hampshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
Luke Rittner
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Dance and the Arts.”
Martin Read
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Bishops Waltham, Hampshire
“For services to Industry and for Public and Voluntary Service.”
Mayur Lakhani
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Rothley, Leicestershire
“For services to General Practice.”
Norman Skeoch
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to the Financial Sector.”
Professor Bogdanor
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Political Science.”
Professor Chapman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
“For services to Global Fusion Energy.”
Robin Millar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Music, to People with Disabilities, to Young People and to Charity.”
Roland Keating
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
William Robertson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Elgin, Moray
“For services to the Construction Industry and to Charity in Scotland.”
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 · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 63918, notice 4245754. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2023).
Published 30 December 2022.
Location (Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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