New Year Honours List 2013
Knight Bachelor
A non-order knighthood awarded for public service or achievement.
About this award
Overview
Recognises significant national contribution without order membership.
- Established
- 1300 by King Edward I
- Awarding Body
- The Sovereign
Theme distribution
Top themes among these recipients.
- Education6
- Science, Engineering & Technology5
- Sport & Recreation4
- Community & Voluntary Service4
- Arts & Culture2
- Defence & Armed Forces2
- Health & Social Care2
Honours & Awards for Knight Bachelor in 2013
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Bernard Hogan-Howe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Dorset
“Commissioner, Metropolitan Police. For services to Policing.”
Bradley Marc Wiggins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Lancashire
“Cyclist. For services to Cycling.”
Charles Benedict Ainslie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Cornwall
“Finn Sailor. For services to Sailing.”
Christopher Stone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
West Midlands
“Executive Headteacher, The Arthur Terry and Stockland Green Schools, Birmingham. For services to Education.”
David Hugh Wootton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Kent
“Lord Mayor of London. For services to Legal Business, Charity and the City of London.”
David John Brailsford
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Derbyshire
“Performance Director, British Cycling. For services to Cycling and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
David Whitlock Tanner
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Performance Director, British Rowing. For services to Rowing and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
Dr Hossein Yassaie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Hertfordshire
“Chief Executive Officer, Imagination Technologies Group. For services to Technology and Innovation.”
Hector William Hepburn Sants
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Oxfordshire
“Lately Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Authority. For services to Financial Services and Regulation.”
John Mark Nicholas Leighton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Edinburgh
“Director General, National Galleries of Scotland. For services to Art.”
Kenneth Henry Grange
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Industrial Designer. For services to Design.”
Martin Gregory Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Oxfordshire
“Philanthropist. For charitable services to Education, Science and the Arts.”
Martin James Narey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
North Yorkshire
“Ministerial Adviser on Adoption. For services to Vulnerable People.”
Michael Aron Heller
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Philanthropist. For charitable services.”
Nicholas Stephen Williams
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Lately Principal of The BRIT School, Croydon. For services to Education.”
Peter Gerard Hendy
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Somerset
“Commissioner, Transport for London. For services to Transport and the community.”
Professor David Neil Payne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Hampshire
“Director, Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton. For services to Photonics Research and Applications.”
Professor George Thomas Berwick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Essex
“Headteacher, Ravens Wood School, Bromley, Kent. For services to Education.”
Professor Hew Francis Anthony Strachan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Lanarkshire
“Chichele Professor of the History of War, All Souls Oxford. For services to the Ministry of Defence.”
Professor Ian David Diamond
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Aberdeen
“Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Aberdeen. For services to Social Science and Higher Education.”
Professor Keith Burnett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
South Yorkshire
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Sheffield. For services to Science and Higher Education.”
Professor Simon Charles Wessely
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London, London
“For services to Military Healthcare and to Psychological Medicine.”
Quentin Saxby Blake
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London, London
“Illustrator. For services to Illustration.”
Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
West Midlands
“Member of Parliament for Aldridge Brownhill. For public service.”
Robert Stephen O'Brien
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Essex
“Chairman, Barts and London NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare and to the community in London.”