New Year Honours 2013
“Chairman, Barts and London NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare and to the community in London.”
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Chairman, Barts and London NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare and to the community in London.
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“Chairman, Barts and London NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare and to the community in London.”
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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
11 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Essex.
What organisation were they with?
How widely is this recognised?
4,271 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care.
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.”
Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
West Midlands
“Member of Parliament for Aldridge Brownhill. For public service.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Health & Social Care
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,271 people have been recognised for Health & Social Care. See the full list →
Allison White
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aycliffe, County Durham
“Founder, Great Aycliffe Cancer Support Group. For services to Supporting People with Cancer”
Caron Elaine Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Walsall, West Midlands
“Founder and Director, Common Unity. For services to Health and Wellbeing”
Richard Anthony Soan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lewes, East Sussex
“For services to Youth Cancer Treatment through Charitable Fundraising”
Claire Marie Robinson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
“Foster Carer, Birmingham Children's Trust. For services to Foster Care in Birmingham”
Lee Allen Ralph
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Yate, Gloucestershire
“Firefighter, Avon Fire and Rescue Service. For services to Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Resilience in the Fire and Rescue Sector”
Debra Padgett
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
“Pathology Network Operational Lead and Clinical Pathology Lead, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Biomedical Science in the NHS”
Maurice Neely
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Strabane, County Tyrone
“For services to Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland”
Clare McCAWLEY
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Castlewellan, County Down
“Victorian Garden Manager, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to Health and Social Care and to the Community and Voluntary Sector”
Jenny Ann McBRIEN
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, County Borough of Belfast
“Patient Advocate. For services to Women Living with Breast Cancer”
Steven Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“Foster Carer, Wigan Council. For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester”
Wendy Lowe
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“Foster Carer, Wigan Council. For services to Foster Care in Wigan, Greater Manchester”
Edith Joyce Leask
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lerwick, Shetland
“For services to Mental Health and Wellbeing”
Helen Mack
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
“Lately Director of Income Generation, Wakefield Hospice. For services to Hospice Care”
Carmen Soraya Kelly
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barry, South Glamorgan
“For services to Young People, to Cancer and Health Awareness and to Social Cohesion”
Jason John Kinghorn
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
“Staff Officer, Royal Air Force Career Fields. For services to Royal Air Force Career Management”
Leanne Johanna Howlett
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Warwick, Warwickshire
“Expert by Experience and Specialist Perinatal Psychiatric Nurse, Institute of Health Visiting. For services to Health Visiting”
Alan John Hiatt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cwmbran, Gwent
“Mental Health and Learning Difficulties Volunteer. For services to Ty Siriol and Hafan Deg Wards, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board”
Christopher Groombridge
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire
“Chair, Teeth Team. For services to Child Dental Health Improvement”
Claire Elizabeth Griffiths
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“For services to Cancer Charities”
Paul John Gates
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rayleigh, Essex
“Vice-Chair, British Association for Immediate Care. For services to Pre-Hospital Critical Care”
Susan Garner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Volunteer Facilitator, Carers in Mind, Richmond Borough Mind. For services to Mental Health Carers in South West London”
Tyrrell George John Robert Evans
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Vice-President, St Christopher's Hospice. For services to Palliative Care”
Warren Dunkley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gravesend, Kent
“Founder, Off the Ropes and Occupational Therapist, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Mental Health Support”
Francis Peter Cusack
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Musselburgh, East Lothian
“For services to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
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 (Essex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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