Birthday Honours 2012
“For services to Academic Medicine.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2012
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Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2012- Role at the time
- King’s College London
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- London
“For services to Academic Medicine.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 22 times in the Birthday Honours List 2012 — about 2% of the list.
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How widely is this recognised?
6,604 people have been recognised for Education.
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 2012
Antony Brian Baldry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Oxfordshire
“For Public and Political Service.”
Brian Walter Pomeroy
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
Charles William Dunstone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to the Mobile Communications Industry and to charity.”
Daniel Moynihan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
Chief Executive
David McVicar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Opera.”
His Honour Judge Clive Vernon Callman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Law, Education and Charity.”
James McDonald
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Ayrshire and Arran
Principal and Vice Chancellor
Kenneth Charles Branagh
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Berkshire
“For services to Drama and to the community in Northern Ireland.”
Michael Boyd
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Warwickshire
“For services to Drama.”
Michael John Howard Sterling
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Gloucestershire
Peter Birkett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Hertfordshire
“For services to Further Education and the Academy Movement.”
Peter Fahy
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cheshire
“For services to Policing.”
Richard Henry Simpson Stilgoe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Surrey
Richard John Evans
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Scholarship.”
Richard William Ground
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
“For services to justice in Bermuda.”
Robin Bosher
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Kent
“For services to Education.”
Roger Gordon Fry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
“For services to UK education internationally and UK/Spain cultural relations.”
Thomas Anthony Cunningham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cumbria
“For Public and Political Service.”
Thomas Michael Sydney Hughes-Hallett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
Chief Executive
William Haughey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Glasgow
“For services to Business and Philanthropy.”
William Timothy Gowers
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Mathematics.”
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Others recognised for Education
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 6,604 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Stephen Thurston Munby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Kendal, Cumbria
“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.”
Shelagh Legrave
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
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.”
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.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Julie Gard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bracknell, Berkshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Lilian Field
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Rural Education.”
Mary Boam
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
“For services to Early Years Education.”
Roy Bowden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Further Education.”
Michael Hamblin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Education in Kenya.”
Wilfred Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Elizabeth Eaton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.”
Tariq Obaide
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Education Overseas and to UK/Morocco Relations.”
Simon Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Frinton on Sea, Essex
“For services to Education.”
Lucille Windle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Education.”
Emma Whitfield
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pauline Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Chatham, Kent
“For services to Education, Skills and Employability.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2012
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2012).
Published 16 June 2012.
Location (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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