New Year Honours 2011
“For services to Music.”
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New Year Honours 2011- Role at the time
- English National Opera
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- London
“For services to Music.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 18 times in the New Year Honours List 2011 — about 1% of the list.
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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 2011
Adrian Frederick Melhuish Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
“For services to Higher Education and to Business.”
Alec Edward Reed
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
“For services to Business and to Charity.”
Anthony Gerard Redmond
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Buckinghamshire
“for Local Administration (Ombudsman).”
David Edgeworth Butler
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Oxfordshire
“For services to Political Science.”
David Kennedy Newbigging
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
“For voluntary service to Cancer Research.”
Keith Macdonald Porter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Worcestershire
“for Defence Medicine.”
Lewis Duthie Ritchie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Aberdeenshire
“For services to the NHS in Scotland.”
Martin Faulkner Broughton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Surrey
“For services to Business.”
Paul Raymond Curtis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Cambridgeshire
“for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge.”
Peter Brian Ellwood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Northamptonshire
“For services to Business and to the Public Sector.”
Peter James Bottomley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
“For public service.”
Richard Peter Lambert
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
“For services to Business.”
Robin MacGregor Murray of Psychiatry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
“For services to Medicine.”
Roger Martyn Carr
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
“For services to Business.”
Ronald James Kerr
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Bristol
“For services to Healthcare.”
Rory Edwards Collins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Oxfordshire
“For services to Science.”
Stephen John Limrick Bubb
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Oxfordshire
“For services to the Voluntary Sector.”
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.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2011
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2011).
Published 31 December 2010.
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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