List of knights bachelor appointed in 2003

Knight Bachelor is the oldest and lowest-ranking form of knighthood in the British honours system; it is the rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry.[1] Women are not knighted; in practice, the equivalent award for a woman is appointment as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (founded in 1917).

Knights bachelor appointed in 2003

Date gazetted Name Notes Ref.
20 May 2003 The Honourable Mr Justice (Michael George) Tugendhat. [2]
20 May 2003 The Honourable Mr Justice (Kim Martin Jordan) Lewison. [2]
20 May 2003 The Honourable Mr Justice (Jack) Beatson. [2]
14 June 2003 Kenneth Hugo Adam, OBE For services to film production design and to UK-German relations. [3]
14 June 2003 Martyn Arbib, DL For services to Charities, especially Education. [3]
14 June 2003 Professor John Hamilton Baker, QC Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge. For services to English Legal History. [3]
14 June 2003 Professor Patrick Bateson, FRS Professor of Ethology, University of Cambridge. For services to Science. [3]
14 June 2003 Professor Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya, CBE Director, Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick. For services to Higher Education and Industry. [3]
14 June 2003 Ian Warwick Blair, QPM Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police. [3]
14 June 2003 Kenneth Darlingston Collins Chairman, Scottish Environment Protection Agency. For services to Environmental Protection. [3]
14 June 2003 Andrew Duncan Crockett Lately Chairman, Financial Stability Forum and General Manager, Bank for International Settlements. For services to International Finance. [3]
14 June 2003 Michael John Austin Cummins Serjeant-at-Arms, House of Commons [3]
14 June 2003 Professor Richard Henry Friend, FRS, Cavendish Professor of Physics, University of Cambridge. For services to Physics. [3]
14 June 2003 John Christopher Gains, Group Chief Executive, John Mowlem & Co. plc. For services to the Construction Industry. [3]
14 June 2003 Arthur Benjamin Norman Gill, CBE, President, National Farmers’ Union. For services to Agriculture, Conservation and the Community. [3]
14 June 2003 Michael Stewart Hodgkinson, Group Chief Executive, BAA plc. For services to the Air Travel Industry. [3]
14 June 2003 John Anthony Holland, chairman, Parades Commission for Northern Ireland. [3]
14 June 2003 Dr Alistair Allan Horne, CBE, Historian. For services to UK-French relations. [3]
14 June 2003 Peter Lampl, OBE, chairman, Sutton Trust. For services to Higher Education. [3]
14 June 2003 Francis Henry MacKay, chairman, Compass Group. For services to the Hospitality Industry and Charity. [3]
14 June 2003 Robin Robert William Miller, lately Chief Executive, EMAP. For services to Publishing and Broadcasting. [3]
14 June 2003 William Morris, General Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union. For services to Trade Unions. [3]
14 June 2003 Charles Kenneth Roylance Nunneley, lately chairman, National Trust. For services to Heritage. [3]
14 June 2003 Christopher John O’Donnell, Chief Executive, Smith & Nephew plc. For services to the Medical Devices Industry Worldwide. [3]
14 June 2003 Dr John Oldham, OBE For services to the NHS. [3]
14 June 2003 Christopher Ondaatje, CBE, Philanthropist and Benefactor. For charitable services to Museums, Galleries and Societies. [3]
14 June 2003 John Reginald Rowling, Headteacher, Nunthorpe School, Middlesbrough. For services to Education. [3]
14 June 2003 Dr Kenneth Robinson, Academic writer and speaker. For services to art. [3]
14 June 2003 Professor Edwin Mellor Southern, FRS, Whitley Professor of Biochemistry, University of Oxford. For services to the Development of DNA Microarray Technologies. [3]
14 June 2003 William George Taylor, Leader, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. For services to Local Government. [3]
14 June 2003 Professor John Graham Temple. For services to Medicine and Medical Education. [3]
14 June 2003 John Tusa, managing director, Barbican Centre. For services to the Arts. [3]
8 October 2003 The Honourable Mr Justice (Reginald George) Weir. [4]
10 October 2003 The Honourable Mr Justice (David Anthony Stewart) Richards. [4]
10 October 2003 The Honourable Mr Justice (David Clive) Clarke. [4]
10 October 2003 The Honourable Mr Justice (Richard MacLennon) Wakerley. [4]
31 December 2003 Richard Armstrong, CBE. Music Director, Scottish Opera. For services to Music. [5]
31 December 2003 Gavyn Farr Arthur, lately Lord Mayor of London. For services to the City of London. [5]
31 December 2003 Stuart Bell, MP, Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough. For services to Parliament. [5]
31 December 2003 Professor Robert David Hugh Boyd, lately Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of London and former Principal, St George's Hospital Medical School. For services to Medicine. [5]
31 December 2003 Professor John Michael Brady, FRS, BP Professor of Information Engineering, University of Oxford. For services to Engineering. [5]
31 December 2003 Professor Alasdair Muir Breckenridge, CBE, chairman, Committee on Safety of Medicines. For services to Medicine. [5]
31 December 2003 John Valentine Butterfill, MP, Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West. For services to Parliament. [5]
31 December 2003 The Right Honourable Walter Menzies Campbell, CBE, QC, MP, Member of Parliament for North East Fife. For services to Parliament. [5]
31 December 2003 John Arnold Clark, chairman and Chief Executive, The Arnold Clark Organisation. For services to the Automotive Industry and to the community in Scotland. [5]
31 December 2003 David Cecil Clementi. For services to the Finance Industry. [5]
31 December 2003 Michael John Darrington, Group Managing Director, Greggs plc. For services to Business and to the community in the North-East. [5]
31 December 2003 Professor John Edwin Enderby, CBE, FRS, Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor, University of Bristol. For services to Science and Technology. [5]
31 December 2003 Professor Martin John Evans, FRS, Professor of Mammalian Genetics and director, Cardiff School of Biosciences, University of Cardiff. For services to Medical Science. [5]
31 December 2003 Peter Oliver Gershon, CBE, Chief Executive, Office of Government Commerce. [5]
31 December 2003 David Edwin Hatch, CBE, JP, chairman, Parole Board for England and Wales. For services to the Criminal Justice System. [5]
31 December 2003 Professor Bob Alexander Hepple, QC, lately Master, Clare College, University of Cambridge. For services to Legal Studies. [5]
31 December 2003 Derek Alan Higgs. For services to Corporate Governance and Finance. [5]
31 December 2003 Dexter Walter Hutt, Head, Ninestiles Secondary School, Birmingham. For services to Education. [5]
31 December 2003 Simon Jenkins, Journalist. For services to Journalism. [5]
31 December 2003 Bernard O'Connell, Principal and Chief Executive, Runshaw College, South Ribble, Lancashire. For services to Further Education. [5]
31 December 2003 Gerrard Jude Robinson, chairman, Arts Council England. For services to the Arts. [5]
31 December 2003 Dr John Michael Taylor, OBE, FRS, Director General of Research Councils. For services to Scientific Research. [5]
31 December 2003 Clive Ronald Woodward, OBE. For services to Rugby Union. [5]
31 December 2003 Harold Matthew Evans. For services to Journalism. [5]
31 December 2003 Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor, DSO, OBE. For services to Literature and UK-Greek Relations. [5]
31 December 2003 Martin Tovadek, CMG For services to the community [6]

References

  1. ^ "Knight Bachelor", Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c The London Gazette, issue 56993 (8 July 2003), notice L-56993-1002.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac The London Gazette, supplement, issue 56963 (14 June 2003), pp. 1-2.
  4. ^ a b c d The London Gazette, issue 57244 (26 March 2004), notice L-57244-1007.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y The London Gazette, supplement, issue 57155 (31 December 2003), pp. 1-2.
  6. ^ The London Gazette, supplement, issue 57159 (31 December 2003), p. 35.