New Year Honours 2019
William Blackledge BEAUMONT
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Knight Bachelor
Chairman
“Chairman, World Rugby. For services to Rugby Union Football.”
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Knight Bachelor
Chairman, World Rugby. For services to Rugby Union Football.
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London Gazette notice
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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
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2008- Role at the time
- Chairman
- Region
- Lancashire
“For services to Rugby and to Charity.”
Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2019- Role at the time
- Chairman
- Region
- Lancashire
“Chairman, World Rugby. 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.
In their area
7 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Lancashire.
What organisation were they with?
Chairman.
How widely is this recognised?
2,079 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
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 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
“Lately Professor of Geochemistry, University of Oxford. For services to Science and Innovation.”
David Klenerman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Cambridgeshire
“Professor of Biophysical Chemistry, University of Cambridge. For services to Science and the Development of High Speed DNA Sequencing Technology.”
Donald Brydon
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“Chairman, London Stock Exchange, Sage Group plc, and Medical Research Council. For services to Business and charity.”
Gary Nicholas Streeter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Devon
“Member of Parliament for South West Devon. For political and public service.”
Ian Blatchford
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“Director, Science Museum Group. For services to Cultural Education.”
James Henry Leigh-Pemberton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“Chairman, UK Financial Investments. For services to Financial Services, British Industry and Government.”
James Mackey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Northumberland
“Chief Executive, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Health in England and the community in North Tyneside and Northumberland.”
Jeremy Farrar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Oxfordshire
“Director, The Wellcome Trust. For services to Global Health.”
John Alan Redwood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Berkshire
“Member of Parliament for Wokingham. For political and public service.”
John Henry James Lewis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Dorset
“For services to the Arts and Philanthropy.”
Jonathan Robert Montgomery
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Hampshire
“Chair, Health Research Authority and Professor of Healthcare Law, University College London. For services to Bioethics and Healthcare Law.”
Melvyn Francis Greaves
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“Director, Centre for Evolution and Cancer, The Institute of Cancer Research. For services to Childhood Leukaemia Research.”
Patrick John Thompson Vallance
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London, London
“Government Chief Scientific Adviser. For services to Open Clinical Science.”
Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Oxfordshire
“Author. For services to Literature.”
Prof Michael Anthony John Ferguson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Dundee
“Regius Professor of Life Sciences and Academic Lead for Research Strategy, University of Dundee. For services to Science.”
Richard John William Alston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
London
“Dancer and Choreographer. For services to Dance.”
Roy Alexander Stone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2019
Essex
“Principal Private Secretary, Government Chief Whip's Office. For parliamentary and public service.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,079 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Johanna Norman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Swimming in Guernsey.”
Raymond Glyn Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
John David Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Cricket in Warwickshire and the West Midlands”
David Thomas Crowe Workman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballynahinch, County Down
“For services to Rugby and to Community Relations in Ballynahinch”
Kim Watson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia”
Alan Christopher Thurlow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Swimming”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“Volunteer, Waterloo Rugby Football Club. For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside”
Jennifer Elizabeth Smyth
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Londonderry
“For services to Disability Sport”
Edmund Harold Shillabeer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Plymouth, Devon
“For services to Charitable Fundraising, to Athletics and to the community in Plymouth, Devon”
David Stewart Smallwoods
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Local Football”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“Lately Head Coach, England National Amputee Football Team. For services to Disability Sport”
Alan Thomas Parker
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For voluntary services to Rugby League Football and to the community in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire”
James Isaac McDONALD
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Volunteer Athletics Coach. For services to Junior Athletics”
Jason Land
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“Disability and Inclusion Lead, Grimsby Town Foundation. For services to Association Football”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Administrator, Old Streetonians Rugby Football Club. For services to Amateur Sport in London”
Eleanor Sarah Guedalla
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football for Women and Marginalised Communities”
Leslie Alan France
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Blackpool, Lancashire
“Swimming Coach. For services to Swimming and to the community in Wigan”
Linda Annette Gaine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia”
Sarah Edwards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barnham, West Sussex
“Implementation Team Leader, Delivery Strand Workplace Transformation Programme, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Grassroots Sports”
George Michael Dodd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carlisle, Cumbria
“For services to Rowing”
Edwin Herbert Ernest Bridges
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Crowborough, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Sport in Crowborough”
Roger Frederick Bell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carrickfergus, County Antrim
“For services to Local Cricket”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“President, Mid Staffs Junior Football League. For services to Grassroots Football”
Ian Michael Brown
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Charity and to Cycling in Guernsey.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2008). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2008.
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.
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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