New Year Honours 2006
William Benjamin Bowring Gammell
Knight Bachelor
Chief Executive • Cairn Energy plc
“For services to Industry in Scotland.”
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Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2006- Role at the time
- Chief Executive, Cairn Energy plc
“For services to Industry in Scotland.”
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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.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive, Cairn Energy plc.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 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
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“For services to the Nuclear and Electricity Industries.”
Allen James McClay
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“For services to Business and to Charity in Northern Ireland.”
Arnold Wesker
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“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
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Thomas Jones Woodward
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2006
“For services to Music.”
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Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2006
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2006).
Published 31 December 2005.
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