Birthday Honours 2017
Trevor Pears
Knight Bachelor
“For services to philanthropy.”
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2017
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:
Trevor Steven PEARS C.M.G.
Executive Chairman of the Pears Family Charitable Foundation
For services to philanthropy.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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The Knight Bachelor was awarded 17 times in the Birthday Honours List 2017 — about 1% of the list.
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Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 2017
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Frank Lowy
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“For services to business and philanthropy.”
George William John Benjamin
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“For services to Music.”
Graham Thornicroft
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“For services to Mental Health.”
Leonard Blavatnik
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“For services to Philanthropy.”
Malcolm Walker
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Flintshire
“For services to Retailing, Entrepreneurship and charity.”
Mark Boleat
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Hertfordshire
“For services to the Financial Services Industry and to Local Government in London.”
Mir Zahedi
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London
“For services to Engineering and Innovation.”
Peter Thornton
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London
“For services to the Administration of Justice and the Coroner Service.”
Professor Hugh Charles Jonathan Godfray
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Oxfordshire
“For services to Scientific Research and for Scientific Advice to Government.”
Simon Lovestone
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London
“For services to Neuroscience Research.”
Vito Muscatelli
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Dunbartonshire
“For services to Economics and Higher Education.”
William (Billy) Connolly
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East Sussex
“For services to Entertainment and charity.”
William Bailhache
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“For services to The Crown and the community in Jersey.”
William Timpson
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Cheshire
“For services to Business and Fostering.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2803365. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 16 June 2017.
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