Birthday Honours 2002
Robert Dowling
Knight Bachelor
Headteacher • George Dixon Secondary School and Sixth Form College and also of Selly Oak Special School
“For services to Special Needs Education.”
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Birthday Honours 2002- Role at the time
- Headteacher, George Dixon Secondary School and Sixth Form College and also of Selly Oak Special School
“For services to Special Needs Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 29 times in the Birthday Honours List 2002 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Headteacher, George Dixon Secondary School and Sixth Form College and also of Selly Oak Special School.
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 Birthday Honours 2002
Alfred Cecil Walker
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“For political and public service.”
Anthony Ian Young
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“For services to Employment Relations.”
Anthony John Patrick Vineall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Education.”
Brian Anthony Briscoe
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“For services to Local Government.”
Brian John Stewart
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“For services to Industry.”
Colin Renshaw Lucas
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“For services to Higher Education.”
David Calvert-Smith
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David Wilmot
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to the Police.”
Graham Meldrum
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.”
Gulam Kaderbhoy Noon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Industry.”
Ian Kershaw of Modern History
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to History.”
John Stuart Lilleyman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Pathology.”
Jonathan Wolfe MILLER. C.B.E.
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Music and the Arts.”
Keith Roderick Whitson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Banking.”
Max Macdonald Hastings
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Journalism.”
Michael Philip Jagger
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Popular Music.”
Nicholas Raymond Winterton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“for Macclesfield.”
Partha Sarathi Dasgupta
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Economics.”
Peter Julius Lachmann
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Medical Science.”
Peter Rigby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Information Technology and to Business in the West Midlands.”
Peter Robert Frank Bell of Surgery
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Surgery.”
Peter Thomas Blake
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Art.”
Philip John Courtney Mawer
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to the Church of England.”
Robert William Robson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2002
“For services to Association Football.”
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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
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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.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2002
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2002).
Published 13 June 2002.
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