New Year Honours 2023
Professor Bogdanor
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Political Science.”
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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 Vernon Bernard BOGDANOR C.B.E. F.B.A.
Professor of Government, King’s College London
For services to Political Science.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Political Science.”
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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.
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85 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater London.
How widely is this recognised?
2,447 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Knight Bachelor · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 63918, notice 4245745. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2023).
Published 30 December 2022.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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