Birthday Honours 2019
Simon Woolley
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Race Equality.”
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
8 June 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Simon WOOLLEY
For services to Race Equality.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62666 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Race Equality.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 20 times in the Birthday Honours List 2019 — about 1% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,958 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
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 2019
Archibald Tunnock
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Lanarkshire
“For services to Business and to charity.”
Brian Donohoe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Ayrshire and Arran
“For parliamentary and political service.”
Charles Bowman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
“For services to Trust in Business, International Trade and the City of London.”
David Pountney
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
South Glamorgan
“For services to Opera.”
Dr Stephen Cleobury
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Choral Music.”
George Hamilton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Belfast
“For services to Policing and to the community in Northern Ireland.”
George Howarth
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Merseyside
“For parliamentary and political service.”
Ian Boyd
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Science and Economics on Food and the Environment.”
Ian Davis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Business.”
Ian Stoutzker
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Music and to Philanthropy.”
James Garwood Michael Wates
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Godalming, Surrey
“For services to Business and to charity.”
Jonathan Coles
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Guildford, Surrey
“For services to Education.”
Mark Caulfield
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Kent
“For services to the 100,000 Genomes Project.”
Nigel Carrington
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Higher Education and the Creative Industries.”
Norman Lamb
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Norwich, Norfolk
“For public and political service.”
Peter Donnelly
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Oxfordshire
“For services to the Understanding of Human Genetics in Disease.”
Robert Cohan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Choreography and Dance.”
Robert Williams
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Cowbridge, South Glamorgan
“For services to Higher Education, Research and the Welsh Language.”
Simon Russell Beale
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
“For services to Drama.”
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Others recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,958 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion. See the full list →
Dawn Tinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Alice Wintergold
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Haywards Heath, West Sussex
“For services to People with Disabilities.”
Tyron Woodford
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion in the Rail Sector.”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Christopher Symes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ellesmere, Shropshire
“For services to Disabled People.”
Barbara Sved
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Disabled and Learning Disabled Adults in Harrow and Northwood, Greater London.”
Jennifer Smyth
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Mary Mitchell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
Fiona Knight
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
David Green
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion in Manchester.”
Claire Flowers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bangor, County Down
“For services to Girls and Young Women.”
Sharon Brown
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barnsley, South Yorkshire
“For services to Disabled People.”
Maureen Bingham
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lydney, Gloucestershire
“For services to Operational Delivery, Logistics and to Diversity and Inclusion.”
Sharifa Begum
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Women.”
Claire Alleguen
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
Simeon Yates
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Digital Inclusion.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Emma Whitfield
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Claire Vincent
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bangor, County Down
“For services to Marine Science and to Women in Science.”
Clive Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cannock, Staffordshire
“For voluntary services to Disabled Riders.”
Ronald Sawford
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Kettering, Northamptonshire
“For services to Charity and to Disabled People.”
Karen Salter (kay Salter)
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Disabled People and to the community in Bexley.”
Becky Ruddy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Thurso, Caithness
“For services to Women in the Nuclear Industry.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62666, notice 3293849. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2019).
Published 7 June 2019.
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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