Birthday Honours 2020
Richard Bowling
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Art.”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
10 October 2020
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:
Richard Sheridan Franklin (Frank) BOWLING O.B.E
For services to Art.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63135 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- London, Greater London
“For services to Art.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 17 times in the Birthday Honours List 2020 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
86 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater London.
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 2020
Andrew Mackenzie
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“For services to Business, Science, Technology and to UK/Australia relations.”
Anthony Gallagher
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Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
“For services to Land Development and to the Property Business.”
Brendan Foster
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Stocksfield, Northumberland
“For services to International and National Sport and to Culture in North East England.”
Charles Catlow
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Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire
“For services to Leadership in Science and Research.”
David Hanson
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Flint, Clwyd
“For political service.”
David Suchet
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London, Greater London
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Donald Runnicles
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
“For services to Music.”
Edward Byrne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Higher Education.”
Geoffrey Mulgan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Luton, Bedfordshire
“For services to the Creative Economy.”
John Sambles
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Crediton, Devon
“For services to Scientific Research and Outreach.”
Nasser Khalili
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Inter-Faith relations and to Charity.”
Nicholas Dakin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
“For political service.”
Paul Carter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Maidstone, Kent
“For services to Local Government.”
Philip Redmond
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Willington, Cheshire
“For services to Broadcasting and Arts in the Regions.”
Stephen Holgate
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Romsey, Hampshire
“For services to Medical Research.”
Thomas Hicks (tommy Steele)
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Entertainment and to Charity.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 63135, notice 3645520. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2020).
Published 9 October 2020.
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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