New Year Honours 2001
Thomas John Parker
Knight Bachelor
• Babcock International
“For services to the Defence and Shipbuilding Industries.”
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Knight Bachelor
For services to the Defence and Shipbuilding Industries.
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“For services to the Defence and Shipbuilding Industries.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 27 times in the New Year Honours List 2001 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Babcock International.
How widely is this recognised?
1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2001
Alasdair MacLeod Fraser
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Criminal Justice System.”
Andrew William Foster
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Local Government and to the NHS.”
Anthony John Francis O’Reilly
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For long and distinguished service to Northern Ireland.”
Barry Trevor Jackson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Training and Education in Surgery.”
Charles Pollard
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Police.”
Christopher Hubert Llewellyn Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Particle Physics.”
Christopher John Frayling
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Art and Design Education.”
Christopher John White
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Art History.”
Christopher Thomas Evans
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Bioscience Industry.”
Clive Haydon Martin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Corporation of London.”
David Martin Brown
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to British industry.”
David McMurtry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Design and Innovation.”
Duncan Michael
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Engineering and Construction.”
Edward Michael Crew
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Police.”
John Edward Sulston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Genome Research.”
John Orr
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Police.”
Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz of Medicine
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Medical Research and Education.”
Nicolas Bevan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
Patrick Alfred Caldwell Moore
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Popularisation of Science and to Broadcasting.”
Peter Levin Shaffer
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Drama.”
Richard Cornelius MacCormac
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Architecture.”
Robert Paul Culpin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
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Ronald Cohen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Venture Capital Industry.”
Stanley William Clarke
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the community in Staffordshire.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Defence & Armed Forces
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,144 people have been recognised for Defence & Armed Forces. See the full list →
John Peel
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bideford, Devon
“For voluntary service to the Royal Marines, the Royal Marines Charity and the Veteran Community.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Roderick Wood
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverness, Inverness-shire
“For services to Youth, to Veterans and to the community in the Highlands.”
Mark Rowlands
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Portishead, Somerset
“For services to Defence.”
Pandora Reilly
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Helen Ralph
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Duncan Macdonald
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Roger Lewis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Penarth, South Glamorgan
“For voluntary services to Service Personnel and Veterans.”
Matthew Davenport
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Cooper
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing and to Defence.”
John Ambler
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Emsworth, Hampshire
“For voluntary service to Military History.”
Gillian Wright
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Charlotte Potter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
David Halliday
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Liphook, Hampshire
“For services to Service Personnel, Veterans and Families.”
Andrew Elliott
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Elizabeth Butler
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dartford, Kent
“For voluntary service to Veterans and to Public Service.”
Christopher Bailey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Siobhan Alloway
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Start
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Longfield, Kent
“For services to Defence.”
Natalie Moore
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Steven Carlier
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belper, Derbyshire
“For services to Defence.”
David Waters
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Preston, Lancashire
“For Voluntary Service to Veterans.”
Elaine Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Defence and to Charitable Fundraising.”
Martin Uden
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Veterans of the Korean War, and to UK/Korea relations.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2001
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 2001 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 2000.
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