Birthday Honours 2008
William Desmond Sargent
Knight Bachelor
“for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2008
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 16 times in the Birthday Honours List 2008 — about 1% of the list.
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 Birthday Honours 2008
Andrew James McMichael
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to Medical Science.”
Anthony John Newman Taylor
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For public service.”
Christopher Richard Watkin Edwards
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to Higher Education, Medical Science and to Regeneration in the North East.”
James Drummond Bone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to Higher Education and to Regeneration in the North West.”
James Iain Walker Anderson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For public and voluntary service.”
Leonard Raymond Fenwick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to Healthcare and to the community in Tyne and Wear.”
Mark Philip Elder
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to Music.”
Michael John Snyder
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to Business and to the City of London Corporation.”
Moir Lockhead
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
Aberdeen
“For services to Transport.”
Paul Robert Stephenson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to the Police.”
Peter John Viggers
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“for Gosport.”
Philip John Hunter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to Education.”
Richard John Roberts
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to molecular biology and UK science, USA.”
William Moorcroft
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to local and national Further Education.”
William Samuel Atkinson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2008
“For services to Education and to Community Relations.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2008
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers this round — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 2008.
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