Birthday Honours 2024
Roger Wright
Knight Bachelor
Chief Executive
“For services to Music.”
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Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
15 June 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Roger William WRIGHT C.B.E.
Chief Executive, Britten Pears Arts
For services to Music.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64423 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Chief Executive
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- Halesworth, Suffolk
“For services to Music.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 16 times in the Birthday Honours List 2024 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
3 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Suffolk.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
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 2024
Alan Bates
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Colwyn Bay, Clwyd
“For services to Justice.”
Andrew Marsh
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Somerset
“For services to Policing.”
John Milford Rutter
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Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Music.”
Mark Tucker
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to the Economy.”
Michael Whittingham
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“For services to Chemistry.”
Niall Ferguson
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Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to Literature.”
Nicholas Lyons
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
“For services to the Financial Sector, to the Growth Economy and to Financial Literacy.”
Professor James Ferguson Skea
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Climate Science.”
Richard Douglas
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Rainham, Kent
“For services to the NHS.”
Richard Greenhalgh
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
“For services to Education.”
Robert Behrens
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Roderick Beaton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
“For services to History and to UK/Greece relations.”
Tony Kouzarides
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Healthcare Innovation and Delivery.”
Wayne David
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Gwent
“For Parliamentary and Political Service.”
Wayne Mcgregor
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Dance.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Jonathan Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Alice Coote
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Daniel Calvert
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Pauline Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64423, notice 4644580. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2024).
Published 14 June 2024.
Location (Halesworth, Suffolk) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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