Birthday Honours 2025
William Boston
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Rugby League Football. (To be dated 10 June 2025)”
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Knight Bachelor
For services to Rugby League Football. (To be dated 10 June 2025)
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
14 June 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
William John BOSTON M.B.E.
For services to Rugby League Football. (To be dated 10 June 2025)
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Knight Bachelor
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- Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League Football. (To be dated 10 June 2025)”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 14 times in the Birthday Honours List 2025 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
6 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater Manchester.
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 Birthday Honours 2025
Alexander Charles Beard
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to the Arts.”
Andrew Christie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Crowthorne, Berkshire
“For services to Children’s Services.”
David Beckham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and to Charity.”
Gary Oldman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Abroad
“For services to Drama.”
Hans Rausing
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to the Arts.”
Mark Tami
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Wrexham, Clwyd
“For Political and Public Service.”
Paul Tarn
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Barnsley, South Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Peter Lauener
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Roger Daltrey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Charity and to Music.”
Rufus Norris
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Theatre.”
Stephen Watson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Lancaster, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Thomas Roddick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Emsworth, Hampshire
“For services to Charity and Philanthropy.”
Vernon Gibson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Ambleside, Cumbria
“For services to Science and to Defence.”
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
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Knight Bachelor · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64759, notice 4905680. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2025).
Published 13 June 2025.
Location (Wigan, Greater Manchester) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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