New Year Honours 2015
Simon Fraser CAMPBELL, C.B.E., F.R.S.,
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Chemistry.”
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“For services to Chemistry.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 22 times in the New Year Honours List 2015 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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“for Southend West.”
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“For services to Economic Policy Making.”
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London
“For services to Business and to charity particularly Higher Education.”
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“For services to Parliamentary engagement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.”
John Arthur Townsley,
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North Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
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Norfolk
“For services to Drama.”
Julian Ernest Michael Le Grand, F.B.A.,
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Bristol
“For services to Social Science and public service.”
Martyn Poliakoff, C.B.E., F.R.S.,
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Nottinghamshire
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West Midlands
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West Midlands
“For services to Higher Education.”
Nilesh Jayantilal Samani, D.L.,
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Leicestershire
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“For services to Surgery.”
Peter Ashley Kendall
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Hertfordshire
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Theodore Agnew, D.L
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Norfolk
“For services to Education.”
Thomas Philip Winsor, H.M.
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London
“For public service.”
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Matthew Wilson
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Jane Gate
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Mark Downs
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“For services to the Technology Industry.”
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London, Greater London
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“For services to Engineering.”
Brian Mcconnell
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“For services to Engineering.”
Rashmi Mantri
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Mathematics Education.”
Myrtle Dawes
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Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Energy and Technology.”
John Boumphrey
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Abingdon, Oxfordshire
“For services to Technology, Consumer and Digital Commerce Industry.”
Timothy Orchard
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London, Greater London
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Guildford, Surrey
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Katherine Smith
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Mark Bamforth
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Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2015
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2015).
Published 31 December 2014.
Location (Dorset) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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