Birthday Honours List 2015
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.
- Business & Economy6
- Education6
- Arts & Culture5
- Science, Engineering & Technology4
- Government & Public Service3
- Community & Voluntary Service3
- Health & Social Care2
honoria.co.ukHonours & Awards for Knight Bachelor in 2015
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Adrian Edwin White
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Surrey
“For services to International Trade and Investment.”
Andreas Whittam
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“For public service, particularly to the Church of England.”
Bernard Peter Gray
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Oxfordshire
“Chief of Defence Materiel, Ministry of Defence. For public service, particularly to Defence.”
Christopher Munro Clark
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
“For services to British German relations.”
Ciaran Gearoid Devane
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Lately Chief Executive, Macmillan Cancer Support. For services to Cancer Patients.”
Dr Karl William Pamp Jenkins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Composer. For services to Composing and Crossing Musical Genres.”
Dr Kevan Arthur Collins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Chief Executive, Education Endowment Foundation. For services to Education.”
Economy. George Ivan Morrison, O.b.e
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
“For services to the Music Industry and to Tourism in Northern Ireland.”
Francis Mcloughlin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Principal, City and Islington College and Chair, Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning. For services to Further Education.”
Gareth Owen Edwards
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Mid Glamorgan
“For services to Sport and for charitable services.”
Gary Keith Verity
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
North Yorkshire
“Chief Executive, Welcome to Yorkshire. For services to Tourism and the Tour De France Grand Depart 2014.”
George Ivan Morrison
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Down
“For services to the Music Industry and to Tourism in Northern Ireland.”
Professor Harshad Kumar Dharamshi Bhadeshia
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Cambridgeshire
“Tata Steel Professor of Metallurgy, University of Cambridge. For services to Science and Technology.”
Henry Angest
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“National Treasurer, Conservative Party. For political service.”
Professor Munir Hussein Pirmohamed
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Merseyside
“David Weatherall, Chair of Medicine, University of Liverpool. For services to Medicine.”
Iain Macleod Mcmillan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to the Scottish Economy.”
Dr James Loy Macmillan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Glasgow
“Composer and Conductor. For services to Music.”
Lenworth George Henry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Actor and Comedian. For services to Drama and charity.”
Michael Lawrence Davis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Chair, Prime Minister's Holocaust Commission. For services to Holocaust Commemoration and Education.”
Dr Nicholas Beaver Penny
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Director, National Gallery. For services to the Arts.”
Nicholas John Weller
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
West Yorkshire
“Executive Principal, Dixons Academies, Bradford. For services to Education.”
Patrick Head
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Lately Director, Williams Hybrid Power Ltd. For services to Motorsport.”
Paul Stephen Kenny
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“General Secretary, GMB Union. For service to Trade Unions.”
Dr Philip Henry Montgomery Campbell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Editor in Chief, Nature. For services to Science.”
Professor Charles Peter Downes
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Fife
“Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Dundee. For services to Higher Education and Life Sciences.”
Professor Ian Vincent Derrick Weller
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Lincolnshire
“Emeritus Professor of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Department of Infection and Population Health. For services to HIV Research.”
Professor Naim Eliahou Dangoor
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Philanthropist. For charitable services.”
Rt Hon Simon Henry Ward Hughes
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
London
“Lately Member of Parliament for Bermondsey and Old Southwark. For public and political service.”
Rt Hon Simon Hugh McGuigan Burns
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Essex
“Member of Parliament for Chelmsford. For parliamentary and political service.”
Professor Stephen John Nickell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
Oxfordshire
“Economist. For services to Economics.”
Thomas Baird Jeffery, C.b.
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
“for Education, Children’s Services and Departmental Strategy Directorate.”
Thomas Jeffery
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
East Sussex
“Lately Director General, Department for Education, Children's Services and Departmental Strategy Directorate. For services to the Department for Education.”
Trade Unions. Dr. James Loy Macmillan, C.b.e.
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2015
“For services to Music.”