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Queen's birthday honours list 2015: Knights

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Privy Counsellors, Knights Bachelor, Order of the Bath, Royal Victorian Order, Royal Victorian Medal and Order of Companions of Honour

KNIGHTS BACHELOR

Henry Angest. National Treasurer Conservative Party. For political service (London)

Professor Harshad Kumar Dharamshi Bhadeshia F. R.S., Tata Steel Professor of Metallurgy, University of Cambridge. For services to Science and Technology (Cambridgeshire)

The Rt Hon Simon Hugh McGuigan Burns. Member of Parliament for Chelmsford. For parliamentary and political service (Essex)

Dr Philip Henry Montgomery Campbell. Editor in chief Nature. For services to Science (London)

Dr Kevan Arthur Collins. Chief executive Education Endowment Foundation. For services to Education (London)

Naim Eliahou Dangoor, CBE. Philanthropist. For charitable services (London)

Michael Lawrence Davis. Chair Prime Minister’s Holocaust Commission. For services to Holocaust Commemoration and Education

Ciaran Gearoid Devane. Chief executive Macmillan Cancer Support. For services to Cancer Patients (London)

Professor Charles Peter Downes, OBE, FRSE. Principal and vice-Chancellor, University of Dundee. For services to Higher Education and Life Sciences (Newport-on-Tay, Fife)

Gareth Owen Edwards, CBE. For services to Sport and for charitable services (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan)

Bernard Peter Gray. Chief of Defence Materiel Ministry of Defence. For public service, particularly to Defence (Oxfordshire)

Patrick Head. Director Williams Hybrid Power Ltd. For services to Motorsport (London)

Lenworth George Henry, CBE. Actor and Comedian. For services to Drama and Charity (London)

The Rt Hon Simon Henry Ward Hughes. Member of Parliament for Bermondsey and Old Southwark. For public and political service (London)

Thomas Baird Jeffery, CB. Director general, Department for Education, Children’s Services and Departmental Strategy Directorate. For services to the Department for Education (Lewes, East Sussex)

Dr Karl William Pamp Jenkins, CBE. Composer. For services to Composing and Crossing Musical Genres (London)

Paul Stephen Kenny. General secretary GMB Union. For services to Trade Unions (London)

Dr James Loy Macmillan, CBE. Composer and conductor. For services to Music (Glasgow)

Francis McLoughlin, CBE. Principal, City and Islington College and Chair, Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning. For services to Further Education (London)

Iain Macleod McMillan, CBE. For services to the Scottish Economy (Falkirk, Stirling and Falkirk)

George Ivan Morrison, OBE. For services to the Music Industry and to Tourism in Northern Ireland (Down)

Professor Stephen John Nickell, CBE, FBA. Economist. For services to Economics (Banbury, Oxfordshire)

Dr Nicholas Beaver Penny, FBA. Director general, National Gallery. For services to the Arts (London)

Professor Hussein Munir Pirmohamed. David Weatherall Chair of Medicine University of Liverpool. For services to Medicine (West Kirby, Merseyside)

Andreas Whittam Smith, CBE. For public service particularly to the Church of England (London)

Gary Keith Verity. Chief executive Welcome to Yorkshire. For services to Tourism and the Tour De France Grand Depart 2014 (North Yorkshire)

Professor Ian Vincent Derrick Weller. Emeritus Professor of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Department of Infection and Population Health, University College, London. For services to HIV Research (Grantham, Lincolnshire)

Nicholas John Weller. Executive Principal Dixons Academies, Bradford. For services to Education (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Adrian Edwin White, CBE, DL. For services to International Trade and Investment (Dorking, Surrey)

ORDER OF THE BATH

GCB

Sir Nicholas Ian Macpherson, KCB. Permanent secretary, HM Treasury. For public service (London)

DCB

Ms Una O’Brien, CB. Permanent secretary, Department of Health. For public service, particularly to Healthcare (London)

CB

Ms Dawn Brodrick. Director People, Capability and Change, Department for Communities and Local Government. For services to Public Administration (Woking, Surrey)

William David Adams Haire. Permanent secretary Department for Social Development Northern Ireland Executive. For services to Government in Northern Ireland (Lisburn, Antrim)

Mrs Helen Shirley-Quirk. Director, Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response, Department of Health. For services to Public Health Protection (Reading, Berkshire)

Oliver Robbins. Director general Civil Service, Cabinet Office. For public service (London)

Ms Jacqueline Sharpe. Acting Clerk assistant House of Commons. For parliamentary service (London)

Miss Patsy Wilkinson, MBE. Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence (London)

Peter Richard Worrall, OBE. Chief of Materiel (Joint Enablers), Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence (Chippenham, Wiltshire)

ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER

KCVO

Simon Hugh Patrick Boyle. Lord-Lieutenant of Gwent

Archibald Hugh Duberly, CBE. Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire

CVO

Charles Henry Barnett. Formerly chief executive Ascot Racecourse

Ewen John Brodie Of Lethen. Lord-Lieutenant of Nairnshire (Scotland)

Sir Charles William Dunstone. Chairman The Prince’s Trust (Essex)

The Honourable Robin William Lewis, OBE. Lord-Lieutenant of Dyfed

Mrs The Honourable Hilary Mary Weston. C.M. For services to the College of St. George

Edward Young, LVO. Deputy private secretary to The Queen

LVO

Dr David Michael Dixon, OBE. Medical Adviser to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall

Stephen Lee Howard. Chief executive Business in the Community

Mark James Lane, MVO. Gardens manager, London Palaces, Royal Household

David John Read, MVO. Deputy Superintendent, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Royal Household (Scotland)

The Reverend Canon Jonathan Byam Valentine Riviere. Domestic Chaplain at Sandringham (Norfolk )

Peter Bernard Smith. Director of Information Systems and Telecommunications Royal Household

Mrs Tracy Annette Watkins, MVO. Secretary to the Lord Chamberlain, Royal Household

MVO

Lt Col David William Nicholas Bevan. Equerry to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall

Mrs Linda Alice Bissett. Assistant Clerk to the Lieutenancy of Fife

Miss Carolyn Marjorie Bloch. Formerly Deputy Chair Pacific Leaders Forum Board, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conferences

Miss Joanne Butcher. Visitor Services manager Palace of Holyroodhouse (Scotland)

Mohammed Saleh Faisel Choudhry. For services to the Royal Household

Professor William Howard Coaldrake. For services to the Royal Collection

Mrs Thea Geraldine Coley. Formerly assistant private secretary to The Duke of Cambridge

Gary James Coutts, RVM. Head Stalker, Balmoral Estate

Lt Col Raymond Roland Giles. Military Knight of Windsor

Mrs Elizabeth Jane Alexandra Guest. Communications Team Office manager, Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall

Craig Lennard Kowalik. Formerly assistant private secretary (Commonwealth) to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall

Mrs Frances Matthews. Private secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of West Glamorgan

Maj Richard John Moore. Military Knight of Windso. (no address )

Christopher Raymond Murray. Business Development and Counters manager Windsor Farm Shop (Berkshire)

David John Oates, RVM. Coachman and State Harness Cleaner, Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace (London)

Michael Paul James O’Neill. Consultant Podiatrist. For services to the Royal Household

Inspector Gordon Henry Owen. Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection (London)

Inspector Sandra Teresa Perry. Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection (London)

Mrs Karen Elizabeth Rhodes. Senior Access Control Officer, Royal Household (London)

Christopher Sandamas. Chief Clerk private secretary’s Office, Royal Household (London)

John Sawle. Deputy Clerk to the Lieutenancy of Cornwall (Cornwall)

Mrs Lei Song. Merchandiser, Royal Collection Trust

John Peter Dimitri Wienand. Partner Farrer & Co

Mrs Sheila Ann Wileman. Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Bristol (Gloucestershire-Bristol-Bath)

MVO (Honorary)

Miss Catherine Anne Mary Murray. Personal assistant Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. (no address )

Karl-Ludwig Rehse. Dressmaker to The Queen

ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL

RVM (Gold)

Roger Edward Standen, RVM. Linen Room assistant, Royal Household

RVM (Silver)

Brian Dixon. Water Services Operator Crown Estate, Windsor

James Duncan. Yeoman Warder HM Tower of London. (London)

Stuart Laurence Fitch. Gardener Sandringham Estate. (Norfolk)

David Grimson. Livery Porter, Buckingham Palace (To be dated April 22, 2015)

Keith Jackson. Gardener Buckingham Palace. (London)

David Wolfgang Lowe. Chauffeur Royal Household.

Nicholas Simon Matthews. Warden Crown Estate, Windsor. (Berkshire)

Andrew Reddy. Gardener Household of The Duke of York

ORDER OF THE COMPANIONS OF HONOUR

CH

Sir Neville Marriner, CBE. Conductor. For services to Music. (London)

Harry Kenneth The Rt Hon Baron Woolf. For services to the public and community relations

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