List of members of the Order of the Companions of Honour

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Below is a list of members of the Order of the Companions of Honour from the order's creation in 1917 until the present day.

Members[edit]

  the blue colour denotes honorary members.
  the yellow colour denotes current members.
Date Portrait Name Birth–Death Area of achievement
4 June 1917 Jan Smuts 1870–1950 Statesman
4 June 1917 Harry Gosling 1861–1930 Politician and trade unionist
4 June 1917 The Marchioness of Lansdowne 1850–1932 Courtier and humanitarian
4 June 1917 Elizabeth Haldane 1862–1937 Suffragist, writer
4 June 1917 K. B. Quinan 1878–1948 Chemical engineer
4 June 1917 Sir Henry Smith 1863–1923 Civil servant
4 June 1917 The Lord Burnham 1862–1933 Newspaper proprietor and politician
4 June 1917 Sir Frank Swettenham 1850–1946 Colonial administrator
4 June 1917 Edward Strutt 1854–1930 Agriculturalist
4 June 1917 The Lord Faringdon 1850–1934 Financier and politician
4 June 1917 The Viscount Chetwynd 1863–1936 Industrialist
4 June 1917 William Ripper 1853–1937 Educationalist
4 June 1917 May Tennant 1869–1946 Civil servant and social reformer
4 June 1917 Violet Markham 1872–1959 Social reformer
4 June 1917 William John Davis 1848–1934 Trade unionist
4 June 1917 George Wardle 1865–1947 Politician
4 June 1917 Alexander Wilkie 1850–1928 Politician
1 January 1918 Sir John Furley 1836–1919 Humanitarian
1 January 1918 James Andrew Seddon 1868–1939 Politician and trade unionist
1 January 1918 James Parker 1863–1948 Politician
25 February 1918 Sir Alfred Keogh 1857–1936 Doctor, head of Army Medical Service
3 June 1918 Sir Herbert Perrott, Bt 1849–1922 Humanitarian
3 June 1918 Sir Samuel Provis 1845–1926 Civil servant
29 April 1919 Walter Layton 1884–1966 Economist and newspaper proprietor
29 April 1919 Sir Thomas Royden, Bt 1871–1950 Businessman and politician
1 January 1920 George Nicoll Barnes 1859–1940 Politician
1 January 1920 Philip Kerr 1882–1940 Diplomat
1 January 1921 Sir John Ellerman, Bt 1862–1933 Entrepreneur and shipping magnate
1 January 1921 John Clifford 1836–1923 Nonconformist minister
4 June 1921 The Viscount Dillon 1844–1932 Antiquary and heraldist
4 June 1921 Arthur Headlam 1862–1947 Bishop of Gloucester
4 June 1921 Sir William Robertson Nicoll 1851–1923 Church minister and journalist
2 January 1922 Sir Henry Jones 1852–1922 Philosopher
2 January 1922 Sir Henry Newbolt 1862–1938 Poet
2 January 1922 Joseph Havelock Wilson 1859–1929 Trade unionist
19 October 1922 Sir Hall Caine 1853–1931 Novelist
19 October 1922 Winston Churchill 1874–1965 Statesman
19 October 1922 Sir Evan Vincent Evans 1851–1934 Journalist and promoter of the Welsh national revival[1]
19 October 1922 John Henry Jowett 1863–1923 Congregationalist minister[2]
25 May 1923 J. C. C. Davidson 1889–1970 Conservative politician
1 January 1926 Wilson Carlile 1847–1942 Church Army founder
5 June 1926 Herbert Armitage James 1844–1931 Cleric and school administrator
1 January 1927 Hugh Sheppard 1880–1937 Anglican priest
9 May 1927 Stanley Bruce 1883–1967 Prime Minister of Australia
3 June 1927 John Jones 1865–1942 Congregational minister
4 June 1928 John Scott Haldane 1860–1936 Physiologist
1 March 1929 Florence, Lady Barrett 1867–1945 Gynaecologist
1 March 1929 John Carlile 1862–1941 Baptist minister, social reformer
1 March 1929 Lilian Baylis 1874–1937 Theatre producer
1 March 1929 Frederick Delius 1862–1934 Composer
30 April 1929 Bramwell Booth 1856–1929 Leader of The Salvation Army
3 June 1929 Thomas Jones 1870–1955 Civil servant and educationalist
1 January 1930 Maude Royden 1876–1956 Suffragist
1 January 1930 V. S. Srinivasa Sastri 1869–1946 Indian politician
1 January 1930 Gertrude Tuckwell 1861–1951 Trade unionist and social worker
3 June 1930 Margaret McMillan 1860–1931 Trade unionist
1 January 1931 Helena Swanwick 1864–1939 Feminist and pacifist
1 January 1931 Jane Harriett Walker 1859–1938 Medical doctor
3 June 1931 Albert Mansbridge 1876–1952 Educator
3 June 1931 Seebohm Rowntree 1871–1954 Industrialist and philanthropist
1 January 1932 John Buchan 1875–1940 Scottish author and Governor General of Canada
3 June 1932 E. V. Lucas 1868–1938 Writer
3 June 1932 Laurence Binyon 1869–1943 Poet
2 January 1933 Tubby Clayton 1885–1972 Priest and philanthropist
2 January 1933 John Scott Lidgett 1854–1953 Methodist priest and educationist
3 June 1933 Annie Horniman 1860–1937 Theatre manager
1 January 1934 Thomas Page 1850–1936 Classicist
3 June 1935 William Bruce 1858–1936 Lawyer, politician, educationalist
3 June 1935 John White 1867–1951 Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
1 January 1936 J. Dover Wilson 1881–1969 Shakespeare scholar
23 June 1936 Joseph Lyons 1879–1939 Prime Minister of Australia
23 June 1936 Janet Trevelyan 1879–1956 Writer
23 June 1936 Hugh MacDowell Pollock 1852–1937 Businessman and Ulster Unionist politician
23 June 1936 George Adams 1874–1966 Political scientist and academic
11 May 1937 Melbourn Aubrey 1885–1957 Baptist Union of Great Britain General Secretary
11 May 1937 John Alfred Spender 1862–1942 Journalist and editor
11 May 1937 Charles Thomson Rees Wilson 1869–1959 Physicist
11 May 1937 The Viscountess Astor 1879–1964 Pioneering woman politician
11 May 1937 Gwendoline Davies 1882–1951 Philanthropist and patron of the arts
1 January 1938 Howell Arthur Gwynne 1865–1950 Newspaper editor and author
8 June 1939 James Mallon 1875–1961 Social reformer
8 June 1939 George Peabody Gooch 1873–1968 Historian
1 January 1941 James Louis Garvin 1868–1947 Journalist and author
1 January 1941 Arthur Henry Mann 1876–1972 Journalist
1 January 1941 Billy Hughes 1862–1952 Prime Minister of Australia
12 June 1941 A. V. Alexander 1885–1965 Labour politician
11 June 1942 The Lord Woolton 1883–1964 Businessman turned-politician
23 June 1942 Sir Earle Page 1880–1961 Prime Minister of Australia
1 January 1943 Joseph Hertz 1872–1946 Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth
1 January 1943 The Lord Leathers 1883–1965 Industrialist turned-politician
21 May 1943 J. M. Andrews 1871–1956 Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
2 June 1943 Ernest Hives 1886–1965 Industrialist
2 June 1943 The Lord Snell 1865–1944 Labour politician
9 August 1943 The Viscount Swinton 1884–1972 Conservative politician
24 September 1943 Essington Lewis 1881–1961 Industrialist
1 January 1944 Richard Casey 1890–1976 Australian politician and British colonial administrator
1 January 1944 Edmund Fellowes 1870–1951 Theologian and musicologist
1 January 1944 Robert Hudson 1886–1957 Conservative politician
8 June 1944 Sir Henry Wood 1869–1944 Conductor, founded the Proms
4 August 1944 Sir Godfrey Huggins 1883–1971 Prime Minister of Rhodesia
1 January 1945 The Earl of Selborne 1887–1971 Conservative politician
8 June 1945 Clement Attlee 1883–1967 Labour politician
8 June 1945 Arthur Greenwood 1880–1954 Labour politician
14 June 1945 Henry Williams 1872–1961 Bishop of Carlisle
5 July 1945 Harry Crerar 1888–1965 Canadian general
17 August 1945 Leo Amery 1873–1955 Conservative politician
17 August 1945 Ernest Brown 1881–1962 Liberal politician
17 August 1945 Hastings Ismay 1887–1965 Soldier
1 January 1946 Archibald Hill 1886–1977 Physiologist
4 January 1946 Peter Fraser 1884–1950 Prime Minister of New Zealand
22 May 1946 Vincent Massey 1887–1967 Governor General of Canada
13 June 1946 George Gibson 1885–1953 Trade unionist
13 June 1946 Andrew McNaughton 1887–1966 Canadian general and diplomat
12 June 1947 James Bone 1872–1962 Journalist
12 June 1947 J. W. Robertson Scott 1866–1962 Writer, campaigner on rural issues
1 January 1948 Margaret Bondfield 1873–1953 Pioneering woman politician
1 January 1948 Vita Sackville-West 1892–1962 Writer
10 June 1948 Walter de la Mare 1873–1956 Writer
10 June 1948 Howell Elvet Lewis 1860–1953 Bard, Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
10 June 1948 William Whiteley 1882–1955 Labour politician
1 January 1949 Lord David Cecil 1902–1986 Biographer, historian and academic
1 January 1949 Arthur Deakin 1890–1955 Trade unionist
9 June 1949 Lionel George Curtis 1872–1955 Soldier and author
1 January 1951 Sir Stafford Cripps 1889–1952 Politician
1 January 1951 Robert Menzies 1894–1978 Prime Minister of Australia
7 June 1951 Sidney Holland 1893–1961 Prime Minister of New Zealand
30 November 1951 Herbert Morrison 1888–1965 Politician
5 June 1952 Walter Elliot 1888–1958 Scottish Unionist politician
1 January 1953 E. M. Forster 1879–1970 Novelist
1 June 1953 Benjamin Britten 1913–1976 Composer
1 June 1953 James Chuter Ede 1882–1965 Labour politician
1 June 1953 Ian Fraser 1897–1974 Conservative politician
1 June 1953 Tom Johnston 1881–1965 Labour politician
10 November 1953 The Lord Cherwell 1886–1957 Physicist
1 January 1954 John Christie 1882–1962 Founder of Glyndebourne Festival Opera
8 January 1954 Rab Butler 1902–1982 Politician
10 June 1954 W. Somerset Maugham 1874–1965 Writer
21 December 1954 René Massigli 1888–1988 French diplomat
1 January 1955 Harry Crookshank 1893–1961 Conservative politician
1 January 1955 Hugh Martin 1890–1964 Christian activist
9 June 1955 Henry Moore 1898–1986 Sculptor
2 January 1956 The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood 1864–1958 Conservative politician
2 January 1956 Sir John Kotelawala 1897–1980 Prime Minister of Ceylon
2 January 1956 Arthur Waley 1889–1966 Orientalist and sinologist
31 May 1956 Edward Gordon Craig 1872–1966 Theatre practitioner
31 May 1956 Arnold J. Toynbee 1889–1975 Historian
16 July 1956 Nuri al-Said 1888–1958 Prime Minister of Iraq
1 January 1957 John Baillie 1886–1960 Theologian
14 January 1957 James Stuart 1897–1971 Scottish Unionist politician
13 June 1957 Sir Thomas Beecham, Bt 1879–1961 Conductor and musical impresario
13 June 1957 John Gregg 1873–1961 Clergyman, theologian
1 January 1958 The Viscount Nuffield 1877–1963 Industrialist
12 June 1958 Sir Osbert Sitwell, Bt 1892–1969 Writer
1 January 1959 Sir John Beazley 1885–1970 Archaeologist and art historian
1 January 1959 Sir Kenneth Clark 1903–1983 Art historian
13 June 1959 Walter Nash 1882–1968 Prime Minister of New Zealand
1 January 1960 Alan Lennox-Boyd 1904–1983 Politician
31 December 1960 The Earl of Limerick 1888–1967 Soldier
31 December 1960 Tunku Abdul Rahman 1903–1990 Prime Minister of Malaysia
10 June 1961 C. H. Dodd 1884–1973 Theologian
1 January 1962 Walter Matthews 1881–1973 Church of England priest
2 June 1962 The Lord Hailes 1901–1974 Politician
20 July 1962 Selwyn Lloyd 1904–1978 Politician
20 July 1962 John Maclay 1905–1992 Politician
20 July 1962 Harold Watkinson 1910–1995 Politician
1 January 1963 Keith Holyoake 1904–1983 Prime Minister of New Zealand
14 May 1963 Paul-Henri Spaak 1899–1972 Belgian politician and statesman
1 January 1964 I. A. Richards 1893–1979 Literary critic
1 December 1964 Henry Brooke 1903–1984 Politician
1 January 1965 The Lord Silkin 1889–1972 Politician
12 June 1965 Patrick Blackett 1897–1974 Physicist
12 June 1965 Manny Shinwell 1884–1986 Politician
1 January 1966 Graham Greene 1904–1991 Writer
1 January 1966 The Baroness Summerskill 1901–1980 Physician, politician, writer
19 May 1966 Jim Griffiths 1890–1975 Politician
19 May 1966 Lady Megan Lloyd George 1902–1966 Politician
1 January 1967 Sir William Lawrence Bragg 1890–1971 Physicist
1 January 1967 Sir Mortimer Wheeler 1890–1976 Archaeologist
5 January 1967 Douglas Houghton 1898–1996 Politician
10 June 1967 Sir Arthur Bryant 1899–1985 Historian and writer
10 June 1967 Sir Harold Hartley 1878–1972 Chemist
10 June 1967 The Lord Reid 1890–1975 Judge and politician
14 June 1967 Harold Holt 1908–1967 Prime Minister of Australia
1 January 1968 The Lord Boyd-Orr 1880–1971 Biologist, head of FAO
1 January 1968 Ernest Alexander Payne 1902–1980 Baptist administrator
1 January 1968 The Lord Robbins 1898–1994 Economist, academic
8 June 1968 Patrick Gordon Walker 1907–1980 Politician
1 January 1969 Sir Adrian Boult 1889–1983 Conductor
1 January 1969 Sir John McEwen 1900–1980 Prime Minister of Australia
1 January 1969 Michael Stewart 1906–1990 Politician
14 June 1969 Sir John Barbirolli 1899–1970 Conductor
14 June 1969 Sir Allen Lane 1902–1970 Publisher
14 June 1969 Eric Williams 1911–1981 Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
1 January 1970 Sir James Chadwick 1891–1974 Physicist, discovered the neutron
1 January 1970 Sir A. P. Herbert 1890–1971 Writer and advocate of law reform
1 January 1970 Lee Kuan Yew 1923–2015 Singaporean politician
14 June 1970 Sir Frederick Ashton 1904–1988 Dancer and choreographer
14 June 1970 Dame Sybil Thorndike 1882–1976 Actress
1 January 1971 Sir Maurice Bowra 1898–1971 Classicist
12 June 1971 Charles Best 1899–1978 Medical researcher
12 June 1971 Sir Arthur Bliss 1891–1975 Composer
12 June 1971 John Gorton 1911–2002 Prime Minister of Australia
14 June 1971 Joseph Luns 1911–2002 Dutch politician
1 January 1972 William McMahon 1908–1988 Prime Minister of Australia
1 January 1972 Sir Peter Medawar 1915–1987 Biologist
22 January 1972 Jean Monnet 1888–1979 French economist and diplomat
3 June 1972 The Lord Goodman 1915–1995 Lawyer, administrator
3 June 1972 Herbert Howells 1892–1983 Composer
3 June 1972 John Piper 1903–1992 Artist
1 January 1973 Jack Marshall 1912–1988 New Zealand politician
1 January 1973 Sir Robert Mayer 1879–1985 Businessman and philanthropist
1 January 1973 Duncan Sandys 1908–1987 Politician
2 June 1973 Bernard Leach 1887–1979 Potter
2 June 1973 Irene Ward 1895–1980 Politician
1 January 1974 The Lord Cohen of Birkenhead 1900–1977 Physician
1 January 1974 The Countess of Limerick 1897–1981 Humanitarian, prominent in Red Cross
1 January 1974 William Whitelaw 1918–1999 Politician
5 April 1974 The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone 1907–2001 Politician
15 June 1974 David Jones 1895–1974 Poet
15 June 1974 Nathaniel Micklem 1888–1976 Theologian
1 January 1975 Jack Ashley 1922–2012 Politician
1 January 1975 The Lord Gardiner 1900–1990 Politician
1 January 1975 Max Perutz 1914–2002 Molecular biologist
29 April 1975 Arnold Smith 1915–1994 Canadian diplomat
14 June 1975 The Lord Aylestone 1905–1994 Politician
14 June 1975 The Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest 1896–1979 Judge
1 January 1976 John Diefenbaker 1895–1979 Prime Minister of Canada
27 May 1976 The Lord Elwyn-Jones 1909–1989 Politician
27 May 1976 Edward Short 1912–2012 Politician
31 December 1976 Cledwyn Hughes 1916–2001 Politician
31 December 1976 Jack Jones 1913–2009 Trade unionist
31 December 1976 F. R. Leavis 1895–1978 Academic, literary critic
26 January 1977 Malcolm Fraser 1930–2015 Prime Minister of Australia
11 June 1977 Sir John Gielgud 1904–2000 Actor
11 June 1977 Robert Muldoon 1921–1992 Prime Minister of New Zealand
11 June 1977 The Baroness Wootton of Abinger 1897–1988 Sociologist, criminologist
3 June 1978 Michael Somare 1936-2021 Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
12 June 1979 Denis Healey 1917–2015 Politician
16 June 1979 Sir Michael Tippett 1905–1998 Composer
31 December 1979 The Lord Thorneycroft 1909–1994 Politician
14 June 1980 The Lord Soames 1920–1987 Politician
31 December 1980 Victor Pasmore 1908–1998 Artist
30 April 1981 Brian Talboys 1921–2012 New Zealand politician
13 June 1981 The Lord Boyle of Handsworth 1923–1981 Politician
13 June 1981 Frederick Sanger 1918–2013 Biochemist
31 December 1981 Doug Anthony 1929–2020 Australian politician
31 December 1981 Dame Ninette de Valois 1898–2001 Dancer, choreographer, teacher, and director of ballet
12 June 1982 Sir Karl Popper 1902–1994 Philosopher
11 June 1983 The Lord Carrington 1919–2018 Politician
11 June 1983 Lucian Freud 1922–2011 Artist
31 December 1983 Sir Steven Runciman 1903–2000 Historian
31 December 1983 Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Bt 1897–1988 Art critic and writer
16 June 1984 The Viscount Eccles 1904–1999 Politician
16 June 1984 Friedrich Hayek 1899–1992 Economist and philosopher
16 June 1984 Sir Philip Powell 1921–2003 Architect
4 July 1984 Pierre Trudeau 1919–2000 Prime Minister of Canada
31 December 1984 Sir Hugh Casson 1910–1999 Architect and broadcaster
15 June 1985 Philip Larkin 1922–1985 Poet
15 June 1985 Rodney Robert Porter 1917–1985 Biochemist
21 May 1986 Sir Keith Joseph, Bt 1918–1994 Politician
31 December 1986 Sydney Brenner 1927–2019 Biologist
31 December 1986 Sir John Summerson 1904–1992 Architectural historian
13 June 1987 Dadie Rylands 1902–1999 Academic and theatre director
13 June 1987 Sir Peter Scott 1909–1989 Naturalist and conservationist
31 July 1987 Norman Tebbit b. 1931 Politician
31 December 1987 Anthony Powell 1905–2000 Author
17 June 1989 Stephen Hawking 1942–2018 Physicist
30 December 1989 David Lange 1942–2005 Prime Minister of New Zealand
13 April 1992 Kenneth Baker b. 1934 Politician
13 April 1992 Peter Brooke 1934–2023 Politician
13 April 1992 Tom King b. 1933 Politician
13 June 1992 Dame Elisabeth Frink 1930–1993 Artist
13 June 1992 Joseph Needham 1900–1995 Biochemist and sinologist
31 December 1992 Sir Victor Pritchett 1900–1997 Writer
12 June 1993 C. H. Sisson 1914–2003 Writer
12 June 1993 Elsie Widdowson 1906–2000 Nutritionist
31 December 1993 David Astor 1912–2001 Newspaper publisher
31 December 1993 Dame Janet Baker b. 1933 Opera singer
31 December 1993 Sir John Smith 1923–2007 Politician
11 June 1994 Sir Alec Guinness 1914–2000 Actor
11 June 1994 Reginald Victor Jones 1911–1997 Physicist, scientific military intelligence expert
11 June 1994 The Lord Owen b. 1938 Politician
31 December 1994 César Milstein 1927–2002 Biochemist
31 December 1994 Carel Weight 1908–1997 Artist
17 June 1995 Sir Denys Lasdun 1914–2001 Architect
17 June 1995 Sir Nevill Francis Mott 1905–1996 Physicist
30 December 1995 Sir David Attenborough b. 1926 Broadcaster and naturalist
30 December 1995 Sir Richard Doll 1912–2005 Epidemiologist
30 December 1995 Douglas Hurd b. 1930 Politician
30 December 1995 Derek Worlock 1920–1996 Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool
15 June 1996 The Lord Howe of Aberavon 1926–2015 Politician
31 December 1996 A. L. Rowse 1903–1997 Historian
14 June 1997 David Hockney b. 1937 Artist
2 August 1997 Michael Heseltine b. 1933 Politician
31 December 1997 Eric Hobsbawm 1917–2012 Historian
31 December 1997 Chris Patten b. 1944 Politician and governor of Hong Kong
13 June 1998 Peter Brook 1925–2022 Theatre director
31 December 1998 John Major b. 1943 Politician
31 December 1998 Bridget Riley b. 1931 Artist
31 December 1998 John de Chastelain b. 1937 Canadian general and diplomat
31 December 1999 Richard Hamilton 1922–2011 Artist
31 December 1999 Doris Lessing 1919–2013 Writer
31 December 1999 Chad Varah 1911–2007 Founder of The Samaritans
11 May 2000 Amartya Sen b. 1933 Indian economist
30 December 2000 Sir Harrison Birtwistle 1934-2022 Composer
30 December 2000 Paul Scofield 1922–2008 Actor
16 June 2001 Sir Colin Davis 1927–2013 Conductor
31 December 2001 Sir George Christie 1934–2014 Opera manager
12 June 2002 Bernard Haitink 1929–2021 Dutch conductor
15 June 2002 Harold Pinter 1930–2008 Playwright
15 June 2002 Sir Michael Howard 1922–2019 Historian
31 December 2002 Sir Howard Hodgkin 1932–2017 Artist
31 December 2002 James Lovelock 1919–2022 Scientist and environmentalist
31 December 2002 Sir Denis Mahon 1910–2011 Art historian
14 June 2003 Sir Charles Mackerras 1925–2010 Conductor
14 June 2003 Dan McKenzie b. 1942 Geophysicist
14 June 2003 The Lord Hannay of Chiswick b. 1935 Diplomat
11 June 2005 Dame Judi Dench b. 1934 Actress
2006 Anthony Pawson 1952–2013 Microbiologist
31 December 2007 Sir Ian McKellen b. 1939 Actor
14 June 2008 The Lord Rogers of Riverside 1933–2021 Architect
11 June 2011 The Lord Howard of Lympne b. 1941 Politician
20 September 2012 Sir George Young, Bt b. 1941 Politician
29 December 2012 The Lord Coe b. 1956 Athlete, politician, organiser of 2012 Olympics
29 December 2012 Peter Higgs b. 1929 Physicist
7 January 2013 The Lord Strathclyde b. 1960 Politician
15 June 2013 Sir Menzies Campbell b. 1941 Politician
15 June 2013 Sir Nicholas Serota b. 1946 Museum curator
31 December 2013 Peter Maxwell Davies 1934–2016 Composer and conductor
31 December 2013 The Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve b. 1941 Philosopher
14 June 2014 Dame Maggie Smith b. 1934 Actress
22 July 2014 Kenneth Clarke b. 1940 Politician
1 January 2015 The Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon 1941–2018 Politician
1 January 2015 Sir Adrian Cadbury 1929–2015 Businessman
1 January 2015 Dame Mary Peters b. 1939 Athlete
1 January 2015 The Lord Young of Graffham 1932–2022 Politician
13 June 2015 Sir Neville Marriner 1924–2016 Conductor
13 June 2015 The Lord Woolf b. 1933 Judge
30 November 2015 Desmond Tutu 1931–2021 Clergyman and activist
31 December 2015 Sir Roy Strong b. 1935 Art historian
11 June 2016 Dame Vera Lynn 1917–2020 Singer
11 June 2016 The Lord Smith of Kelvin b. 1944 Businessman
11 June 2016 The Baroness Amos b. 1954 Politician and diplomat
4 August 2016 George Osborne b. 1971 Politician
31 December 2016 Sir Roger Bannister 1929–2018 Athlete
31 December 2016 Sir Richard Eyre b. 1943 Director and playwright
31 December 2016 Dame Evelyn Glennie b. 1965 Percussionist
31 December 2016 Sir Alec Jeffreys b. 1950 Geneticist
31 December 2016 The Baroness Warnock 1924–2019 Philosopher
31 December 2016 The Baroness Williams of Crosby 1930–2021 Politician
16 June 2017 Sir Terence Conran 1931–2020 Designer
16 June 2017 Sir Mark Elder b. 1947 Conductor
16 June 2017 Dame Beryl Grey 1927–2022 Ballet dancer
16 June 2017 Sir Paul McCartney b. 1942 Musician
16 June 2017 J. K. Rowling b. 1965 Author
16 June 2017 Dame Stephanie Shirley b. 1933 Entrepreneur and philanthropist
16 June 2017 Delia Smith b. 1941 Cook and writer
16 June 2017 The Lord Stern of Brentford b. 1946 Economist
16 June 2017 Sir John Sulston 1942–2018 Biologist
30 December 2017 The Lord Bragg b. 1939 Broadcaster
30 December 2017 Lady Antonia Fraser b. 1932 Author
30 December 2017 Margaret MacMillan b. 1943 Historian
9 June 2018 Richard Henderson b. 1945 Biologist
9 June 2018 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa b. 1944 Opera singer
29 December 2018 Margaret Atwood b. 1939 Author
10 September 2019 Sir Patrick McLoughlin b. 1957 Politician
28 December 2019 Sir Elton John b. 1947 Musician
28 December 2019 Sir Keith Thomas b. 1933 Historian
10 October 2020 Sir Paul Smith b. 1946 Fashion designer
31 December 2020 Sir David Chipperfield b. 1953 Architect
1 January 2022 Sir Paul Nurse b. 1949 Geneticist
1 January 2022 The Lord Field of Birkenhead b. 1942 Politician
1 June 2022 Sir Quentin Blake b. 1932 Illustrator
1 June 2022 Sir Salman Rushdie b. 1947 Writer
1 June 2022 Dame Marina Warner b. 1946 Academic
30 December 2022 Sir Michael Marmot b. 1945 Academic
30 December 2022 Dame Mary Quant 1930–2023 Fashion designer
9 June 2023 Sir Bill Cash b. 1940 Politician
16 June 2023 Sir John Bell b. 1952 Physician
16 June 2023 Ian McEwan b. 1948 Writer
16 June 2023 Dame Anna Wintour b. 1949 Media executive
29 December 2023 Dame Shirley Bassey b. 1937 Singer

References[edit]

  1. ^ James, H. E. (2004). "Evans, Sir (Evan) Vincent (1851–1934)". In Roberts, Brynley F. (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33037.
  2. ^ Watts, Michael (2004). "Jowett, John Henry (1863–1923)". The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/58298.

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