Birthday Honours 1969
Philip Ernest Housden Pike
Knight Bachelor
“For services to sport.”
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Knight Bachelor · 1969
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 39 times in the Birthday Honours List 1969 — about 3% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 1969
Alan James Richmond
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Principal
Alec Arnold Constantine Issigonis
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Alfred Davies Devonsher Broughton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
Arthur Desmond Bonham-Carter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
“For services to the National Health Service.”
Arthur George Weidenfeld
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
Chairman
Bernard Miles
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
Brian Hilton Flowers
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
Bruce Greatbatch
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
Charles Robert Keene
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
Clarence Askew Byrne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
“For services to the development of natural resources, particularly to mining.”
Clifford James Hammett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
Contents list on last page Robert GRIEVE. Chairman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
Chairman
David Waldron Smithers
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
Ernst Boris Chain of Biochemistry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
Frederick Johnson Pedler
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
“for Technical Education and Training for Overseas Countries.”
Gerard Ryder
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
Harold Grant Ferrier
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
“For services to industry.”
Harold Stanley Wyndham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
“For ser- vices to education.”
Hector McNEIL
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
“for Europe.”
Henry Edmund Sargant
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
President
James Sharp Tait
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
John Betjeman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
John Francis Compton Miller
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
John Spencer Wills
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1969
“For services to Industry and the Arts.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Kevin Sinfield,
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League, Rugby Union and the MND Community.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“For services to Grassroots Football.”
Gary Street
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Winston Michael
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Inclusivity and Sport in Kent.”
Ian Lovett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Cricket and to Charity.”
Karen Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tavistock, Devon
“For services to Netball in England.”
Christine Gibbons
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Community Sport and Fitness.”
Gordon Deans
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stromness, Orkney
“For services to Sport and to Island Communities.”
Lee Carsley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Association Football.”
Christopher Brookes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Kwadwo Adjepong
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and Sports Law.”
James Wilson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gorebridge, Midlothian
“For services to Youth Development, Sport and to Community Empowerment.”
William Ryan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saltash, Cornwall
“For services to Rugby Football in Cornwall.”
Ronald Pearson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wrexham, Clwyd
“For services to Cricket.”
Naomi Issitt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rugby, Warwickshire
“For services to Defibrillator Training and Awareness in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
Terence Hensby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Community Rugby.”
Andrew Train
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Babar Qureshi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Cricket.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 1969
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1969 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1969.
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