New Year Honours 1978
Walter Winterbottom
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Sport.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 32 times in the New Year Honours List 1978 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
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 1978
Andrew Akiba Shonfield
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Director
Anthony Thomas Covacevich
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
“For services to the welfare of the people of North Queensland.”
Arthur Sugden
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Chief Executive Officer
Australian States K.C.B.
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Charles Frederick Carter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
David Blackstock McNEE
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
David Robert Bates
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Francis Leonard Tombs
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Chairman
George Algernon Smart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Director
George Fenwick Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Head of Defence Sales
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Ministry of Defence
Hector Laing
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
“For services to Export.”
Henry Thomas Hopkinson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
“For services to Journalism.”
James Charles McNEILL
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
“For services to the State through industry.”
James Finlay Elder Gilchrist
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
“For ser- vices to Export.”
John Duncan Lock
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
John Richard Nicholas Stone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Joseph Raymond Lynden Potter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Chairman
Justice Murray Vincent McINERNEY
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Kenneth James Priestley Barraclough
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Kenneth Leslie Newman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
lately Chief Constable
Leslie Frederick Murphy
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Chairman
Lionel Joseph McCRAY
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
“For services to the business community and people of Queensland.”
Malcolm John Methven
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Director General
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Kevin Sinfield,
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League, Rugby Union and the MND Community.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“For services to Grassroots Football.”
Gary Street
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Winston Michael
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Inclusivity and Sport in Kent.”
Ian Lovett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Cricket and to Charity.”
Karen Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tavistock, Devon
“For services to Netball in England.”
Christine Gibbons
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Community Sport and Fitness.”
Gordon Deans
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stromness, Orkney
“For services to Sport and to Island Communities.”
Lee Carsley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Association Football.”
Christopher Brookes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Kwadwo Adjepong
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and Sports Law.”
James Wilson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gorebridge, Midlothian
“For services to Youth Development, Sport and to Community Empowerment.”
William Ryan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saltash, Cornwall
“For services to Rugby Football in Cornwall.”
Ronald Pearson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wrexham, Clwyd
“For services to Cricket.”
Naomi Issitt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rugby, Warwickshire
“For services to Defibrillator Training and Awareness in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
Terence Hensby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Community Rugby.”
Andrew Train
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Babar Qureshi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Cricket.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 1978
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1978 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1977.
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