New Year Honours 2019
William Blackledge Beaumont
Knight Bachelor
Knight Bachelor · 2019
“For services to Rugby Union Football.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
“For services to Rugby and to Charity.”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
29 December 2018
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
William Blackledge BEAUMONT C.B.E. D.L.
Chairman, World Rugby
For services to Rugby Union Football.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62507 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
London Gazette page
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 2008
View this issue on the London Gazette ↗ · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Lancashire
In context
Each honour in context
Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2008- Region
- Lancashire
“For services to Rugby and to Charity.”
Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2019- Role at the time
- Chairman
- Region
- Lancashire
“For services to Rugby Union Football.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 20 times in the New Year Honours List 2019 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chairman.
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 2019
Alan Campbell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Tyne and Wear
“For political service.”
Alastair Nathan Cook
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Bedfordshire
“For services to Cricket.”
Alexander Halliday
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Abroad
“For services to Science and Innovation.”
David Klenerman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Science and to the Development of High Speed DNA Sequencing Technology.”
Donald Brydon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Business and to charity.”
Gary Streeter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Devon
“For political and public service.”
Ian Blatchford
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Cultural Education.”
James Leigh-pemberton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Financial Services, to British Industry and to Government.”
James Mackey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Northumberland
“For services to Health in England and to the community in North Tyneside and Northumberland.”
Jeremy Farrar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Oxfordshire
“For services to Global Health.”
John Lewis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Dorset
“For services to the Arts and to Philanthropy.”
John Redwood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Berkshire
“For political and public service.”
Jonathan Montgomery
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Hampshire
“For services to Bioethics and to Healthcare Law.”
Melvyn Greaves
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Childhood Leukaemia Research.”
Michael Ferguson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Dundee
“For services to Science.”
Patrick Vallance
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Open Clinical Science.”
Philip Pullman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Oxfordshire
“For services to Literature.”
Richard Alston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“For services to Dance.”
Roy Alexander Stone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Essex
“For parliamentary and public service.”
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 · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62507, notice 3175798. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2019).
Published 28 December 2018.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2008).
Published 14 June 2008.
Location (Lancashire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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