New Year Honours 2024
William Edmunds
Knight Bachelor
Knight Bachelor · 2024
“For services to Epidemiology.”
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
“For services to Infectious Disease Control particularly the Ebola Crisis Response in West Africa.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Infectious Disease Control particularly the Ebola Crisis Response in West Africa.
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Professor William John EDMUNDS O.B.E. FMedSci.
Professor, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
For services to Epidemiology.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2015
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor William John EDMUNDS
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
For services to Infectious Disease Control particularly the Ebola Crisis Response in West Africa.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2016- Region
- London
“For services to Infectious Disease Control particularly the Ebola Crisis Response in West Africa.”
Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2024- Region
- London, Greater London
“For services to Epidemiology.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 15 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
85 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater London.
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 2024
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“For services to Literature, to Academia and to Charity.”
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“For services to Medicine.”
Athelstan Eavis
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Glastonbury, Somerset
“For services to Music and to Charity.”
Brian Clarke
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London, Greater London
“For services to Art.”
David Holmes
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London, Greater London
“For services to Children and Families.”
Gerald Maurice Ronson
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London, Greater London
“For services to Philanthropy and to the Jewish Community.”
Gregory Doran
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to the Arts.”
John Griffin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Business and to Charity.”
John Iredale
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Somerset
“For services to Medical Research.”
Neil Mortensen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Surgery.”
Ronald Dennis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Virginia Water, Surrey
“For services to Industry and to Charity.”
Sajid Javid
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
London, Greater London
“For Political and Public Service.”
Stephen Hester
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Business and to the Economy.”
Timothy Martin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Devon
“For services to Hospitality and to Culture.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4519093. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2454168. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).
Published 31 December 2015.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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