New Year Honours 2013
Richard Charles Scrimgeour SHEPHERD
Knight Bachelor
“Member of Parliament for Aldridge Brownhill. For public service.”
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Member of Parliament for Aldridge Brownhill. For public service.
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“Member of Parliament for Aldridge Brownhill. For public service.”
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“Member of Parliament for Aldridge Brownhill. For public service.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 25 times in the New Year Honours List 2013 — about 2% of the list.
In their area
10 Knight Bachelor recipients are from West Midlands.
How widely is this recognised?
2,602 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
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 New Year Honours 2013
Bernard Hogan-Howe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Dorset
“Commissioner, Metropolitan Police. For services to Policing.”
Bradley Marc Wiggins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Lancashire
“Cyclist. For services to Cycling.”
Charles Benedict Ainslie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Cornwall
“Finn Sailor. For services to Sailing.”
Christopher Stone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
West Midlands
“Executive Headteacher, The Arthur Terry and Stockland Green Schools, Birmingham. For services to Education.”
David Hugh Wootton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Kent
“Lord Mayor of London. For services to Legal Business, Charity and the City of London.”
David John Brailsford
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Derbyshire
“Performance Director, British Cycling. For services to Cycling and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
David Whitlock Tanner
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Performance Director, British Rowing. For services to Rowing and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
Dr Hossein Yassaie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Hertfordshire
“Chief Executive Officer, Imagination Technologies Group. For services to Technology and Innovation.”
Hector William Hepburn Sants
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Oxfordshire
“Lately Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Authority. For services to Financial Services and Regulation.”
John Mark Nicholas Leighton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Edinburgh
“Director General, National Galleries of Scotland. For services to Art.”
Kenneth Henry Grange
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Industrial Designer. For services to Design.”
Martin Gregory Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Oxfordshire
“Philanthropist. For charitable services to Education, Science and the Arts.”
Martin James Narey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
North Yorkshire
“Ministerial Adviser on Adoption. For services to Vulnerable People.”
Michael Aron Heller
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Philanthropist. For charitable services.”
Nicholas Stephen Williams
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Lately Principal of The BRIT School, Croydon. For services to Education.”
Peter Gerard Hendy
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Somerset
“Commissioner, Transport for London. For services to Transport and the community.”
Professor David Neil Payne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Hampshire
“Director, Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton. For services to Photonics Research and Applications.”
Professor George Thomas Berwick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Essex
“Headteacher, Ravens Wood School, Bromley, Kent. For services to Education.”
Professor Hew Francis Anthony Strachan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Lanarkshire
“Chichele Professor of the History of War, All Souls Oxford. For services to the Ministry of Defence.”
Professor Ian David Diamond
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Aberdeen
“Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Aberdeen. For services to Social Science and Higher Education.”
Professor Keith Burnett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
South Yorkshire
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Sheffield. For services to Science and Higher Education.”
Professor Simon Charles Wessely
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London, London
“For services to Military Healthcare and to Psychological Medicine.”
Quentin Saxby Blake
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London, London
“Illustrator. For services to Illustration.”
Robert Stephen O'Brien
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Essex
“Chairman, Barts and London NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare and to the community in London.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Government & Public Service
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,602 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service. See the full list →
Richard Walter John, Duke of Buccleuch And Queensberry
PersonDame Grand Cross Victorian Order · 2026
“For Public Service.”
Moira Patricia Chrystal
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Local Government and to the community in Ramsey, Isle of Man.”
Zo� Townsley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Fiona Maxton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy and to British Nationals Overseas.”
Matthew Ellis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Sapphire Joy Francesca Dalton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Brian Robertson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“Town Clerk, Goole Town Council. For services to Local Government.”
Charles Marlow Obazuaye
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corby, Northamptonshire
“Director of Human Resources, Customer Services and Public Affairs, London Borough of Bromley. For Public Service”
Michael James Mitchell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Flitwick, Bedfordshire
“Custodian, Prime Minister's Office. For Public Service”
Emily Alice Jarvis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Haywards Heath, West Sussex
“Head of Corporate Operations, Home Office. For Public Service”
Jack Joseph Emsley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Councillor, London Borough of Hounslow. For Public Service”
Cynthia Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Faversham, Kent
“Lately Councillor, Swale Borough Council and Faversham Town Council. For Political Service”
Stephen John Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Lately Custodian, Prime Minister's Office. For Public Service”
Caroline Bird
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Lately Diary and Logistics Manager, Cabinet Office. For Public Service”
Jane Louise Sidebottom
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Hannah Elizabeth Whittock
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Louise Healy
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Paul Felix Hughes
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Alan Dunning
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Rufus John Drabble
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy, to Trade and to British Nationals Overseas.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Fern Horine
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Source & provenance
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Knight Bachelor · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2012.
Location (West Midlands) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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