New Year Honours 2022
Robin Grimes
Knight Bachelor
Chief Scientific Adviser
“For services to UK Resilience and International Science Relationships.”
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Knight Bachelor
For services to UK Resilience and International Science Relationships.
View London Gazette notice ↗London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
01 January 2022
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Professor Robin GRIMES F.R.S. FREng.
lately Chief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Defence Nuclear
For services to UK Resilience and International Science Relationships.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63571 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2022- Role at the time
- Chief Scientific Adviser
- Region
- London, Greater London
“For services to UK Resilience and International Science Relationships.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 23 times in the New Year Honours List 2022 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
85 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Scientific Adviser.
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 New Year Honours 2022
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“For services to Media.”
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“For services to the Online Gaming Industry.”
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“For services to Telecommunications and Business.”
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“For services to Cycling.”
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“For Political and Public Service.”
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John Hardy
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Mark Phillips
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“For services to Equality and Human Rights.”
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“For services to the Finance Industry and Regional Development.”
Peter Edward Murray
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“For services to the Arts.”
Robert Goodwill
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“For Political and Public Service.”
Rt Hon Peter John Robert Riddell
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Shakeel Qureshi
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“For services to Paediatric Cardiology and Charity.”
William Russell
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“For services to Financial Innovation, Culture, and Wellbeing in the City of London, particularly during Covid-19.”
William Wiggin (bill Wiggin)
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Upton Bishop, Herefordshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63571, notice 3955960. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2022).
Published 31 December 2021.
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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