Birthday Honours 2019
Knight Bachelor · 2019
“For services to Choral Music.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
“Director of Music, King's College, University of Cambridge. For services to Music.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Director of Music, King's College, University of Cambridge. For services to Music.
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Knights Bachelor
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:
Dr. Stephen John CLEOBURY C.B.E.
Director of Music, King’s College, Cambridge
For services to Choral Music.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62666 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2009- Role at the time
- Director of Music
- Region
- Hertfordshire
“Director of Music, King's College, University of Cambridge. For services to Music.”
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2019- Role at the time
- Director of Music
- Region
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Choral Music.”
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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.
In their area
10 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Cambridgeshire.
What organisation were they with?
Director of Music, Kings College.
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 2019
Archibald Tunnock
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
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.”
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.”
Simon Woolley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Race Equality.”
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 · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62666, notice 3293853. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2019).
Published 7 June 2019.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2009).
Published 15 June 2009.
Location (Hertfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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