New Year Honours 2006
Thomas Jones Woodward
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Music.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2006
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 22 times in the New Year Honours List 2006 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
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 2006
Adrian Alastair Montague
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the Nuclear and Electricity Industries.”
Allen James McClay
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Business and to Charity in Northern Ireland.”
Arnold Wesker
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Drama.”
Christopher Fox
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the Police.”
Craig Collins Reedie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Sport.”
David Michael Hart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Education.”
David Robert Varney
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
lately Permanent Secretary
Graham Michael Teasdale
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Neurosurgery and victims of head injuries.”
Ian Bernard Vaughan Magee
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“for Constitutional Affairs.”
Ivor Martin Crewe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Higher Education.”
John Dankworth
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Music.”
John Henry Ritblat
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the Arts.”
John Macleod Ball
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Science.”
Michael Berry Savory
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the City of London.”
Michael Pepper of Physics
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Physics.”
Nicholas Alcwyn Wright
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Medicine.”
Roger Singleton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Children.”
Simon Milton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Local Government.”
Stephen Alan Moss
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to the NHS.”
Stephen Ashley Sherbourne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
William Benjamin Bowring Gammell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Industry in Scotland.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,560 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.”
Cerys Matthews,
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
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.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
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.”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Jazz Music.”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Inclusive Theatre.”
Marilyn Blieck
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Prestwick, Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Music and to the community in Ayrshire.”
Christopher Gaze
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Arts and Culture in Canada.”
Stephen Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Broadcasting and to Kidney Transplant Awareness and to Fundraising in Northern Ireland.”
Iain Varah
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dunmow, Essex
“For services to Public Libraries, Culture and Leisure.”
Peter Talbot
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Eastbourne, East Sussex
“For services to the Arts.”
Paul Stacey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Theatre.”
Lisa Riley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Suzanne Raine
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Heritage.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2006
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 2006 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 31 December 2005.
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