New Year Honours 2011
“Philanthropist and Chairman, English National Opera. For services to Music.”
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Philanthropist and Chairman, English National Opera. For services to Music.
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“Philanthropist and Chairman, English National Opera. For services to Music.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 19 times in the New Year Honours List 2011 — about 2% of the list.
In their area
164 Knight Bachelor recipients are from London.
What organisation were they with?
director, English National Opera.
How widely is this recognised?
3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 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
Alec Edward Reed
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
“For services to Business and to Charity.”
Anthony Gerard Redmond
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Buckinghamshire
“Lately Chairman, Commission for Local Administration (Ombudsman). For services to Local Government.”
David Kennedy Newbigging
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
“For voluntary service to Cancer Research.”
Dr David Edgeworth Butler
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Oxfordshire
“Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford. For services to Political Science.”
Martin Faulkner Broughton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Surrey
“Chairman, British Airways. For services to Business.”
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.”
Professor Adrian Frederick Melhuish Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
“Director-General, Knowledge and Innovation, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.”
Professor Keith Macdonald Porter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Worcestershire
“Consultant, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine. For services to the Armed Forces.”
Professor Lewis Duthie Ritchie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Aberdeenshire
“General Medical Practitioner and Honorary Consultant in Public Health. For services to the NHS in Scotland.”
Professor Michael John Gregory
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Cambridgeshire
“Head, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge. For services to Technology.”
Professor Robert James Timothy Wilson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Hertfordshire
“Lately Vice-Chancellor, University of Hertfordshire. For services to Higher Education and to Business.”
Professor Robin MacGregor Murray
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
“Professor of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. For services to Medicine.”
Professor Rory Edwards Collins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Oxfordshire
“Co-Director, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, University of Oxford. For services to Science.”
Richard Peter Lambert
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
“Director-General, Confederation of British Industry. For services to Business.”
Roger Martyn Carr
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
“Chairman, Centrica plc. For services to Business.”
Ronald James Kerr
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Bristol
“Chief Executive, Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare.”
Stephen John Limrick Bubb
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Oxfordshire
“Chief Executive, Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations. For services to the Voluntary Sector.”
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Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Daniel Calvert
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
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Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“Project Manager, Stockton and Darlington Railway Bicentenary. For services to Heritage”
Jean Irene Routley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Backwell, Somerset
“For services to Church Music and to the community in Backwell, North Somerset”
Jennifer Rosemary Rose-Miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire”
Angela Jane Manson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lisburn, County Antrim
“For services to Youth Musical Theatre”
Rita Helen Lewis (Helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“Head of the Natural History Museum, Tring. For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“Chief Executive Officer, AudioActive. For services to Young People and to Music”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“Founder and Director, Llandeilo Fawr Festival of Music. For services to Music”
Pauline Patricia Knifton 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
“Founder, Birsay Drama Group. For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney”
Melanie Jane Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir”
Brian Charlton Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire”
Deborah Haythorne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Shirley Henderson (Shirley McGill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“Founder, McGill School of Speech and Drama, and Director, Aberdeen Youth Music Theatre. For services to Drama”
Rex Ormonde Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire”
James Breingan Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“Chief Executive Officer, The Steamship Sir Walter Scott Trust. For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park”
John Alexander Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Helen Joyce Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“Director, 'A Space' Arts. For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Artistic Director, Swansea Jazz Club. For services to Jazz Music”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“Founder, Total Ensemble Theatre Company. For services to Inclusive Theatre”
Lynn Cedar
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lingfield, Surrey
“Co-Founder and lately Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Mabel Cardwell (May Cardwell)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
“For services to Dance and to the community in Corby, Northamptonshire”
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Knight Bachelor · 2011
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2011). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 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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