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).
Date | Name | Notes (as they appeared in the official notice) | Ref |
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10 February 2000 | The Honourable Mr. Justice John Bernard Goldring | [2] | |
9 March 2000 | The Honourable Mr. Justice Stephen Robert Silber | [2] | |
9 June 2000 | The Honourable Mr. Justice Richard Henry Quixano Henriques | [3] | |
17 June 2000 | Professor Anthony Barnes Atkinson | Warden, Nuffield College, University of Oxford. For services to Economics. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | David Rowat Barclay | For charitable services. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Frederick Hugh Barclay | For charitable services. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | David Sydney Rowe-Beddoe | Chairman, Welsh Development Agency. For services to Industrial and Economic Development in Wales. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Ian Charles Rayner Byatt | Director General of Water Services. For services to Water Consumers and to the Water Industry. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Michael Caine, CBE | Actor. For services to Drama. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | William Martin Castell | Chief Executive, Nycomed Amersham plc. For services to the Life Sciences Industry. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Iain Geoffrey Chalmers | For services to health care. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Howard John Davies | Chairman, Financial Services Authority. For services to Financial Regulation. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Stuart Anthony Lipton | Chief Executive, Stanhope. For services to the Property Industry and to the Environment. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Murdo Maclean | Private Secretary to the Chief Whip, Chief Whip's Office, 12 Downing Street. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Professor Roderick Norman McIver MacSween | Lately President, Royal College of Pathologists and chairman, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. For services to Medicine and to Pathology. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Neil William David McIntosh, CBE | Chairman, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations. For services to the community. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Graham Morgan | Executive Director of Nursing and Quality, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Health Care. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Professor Howard Joseph Newby, CBE | Vice-Chancellor, University of Southampton. For services to Higher Education. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | John David Phillips, QPM | Chief Constable, Kent County Constabulary. For services to Police. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Professor George Karoly Radda, CBE, FRS | Chief Executive, Medical Research Council. For services to Biomedical Science. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Professor John Shipley Rowlinson, FRS | For services to Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and to Education. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Paul Brierley Smith, CBE | Designer. For services to the Fashion Industry. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | George Sweeney | Principal, Knowsley Community College. For services to Further Education. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Robert Andrew Wales | Leader, London Borough of Newham. For services to Local Government. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | John Anthony Wall, CBE | Chairman, Royal National Institute for the Blind. For services to Disabled People. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Professor Adrian Leonard Webb | Vice-Chancellor, University of Glamorgan. For services to Higher Education. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Alan Charles Laurence Whistler, CBE | Glass engraver, poet and writer. For services to Art. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Nicholas Charles Young | Chief Executive, Macmillan Cancer Relief. For services to Cancer Care. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Bernard Schreier | For services to the development of UK-Hungary trade. | [4] |
17 June 2000 | Charles Othniel Williams | For servies to business, construction and sports. (In the Barbados honours list) | [5] |
17 June 2000 | Justice Robert Kynnersley Woods, CBE | For services to law and the community. (In honours in Papua New Guinea) | [6] |
21 June 2000 | Mr. Justice Charles Michael Dennis Byron | Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Court. | [7] |
28 June 2000 | The Honourable Mr. Justice Richard John Hedley Gibbs | [8] | |
28 June 2000 | The Honourable Mr. Justice Stephen Miles Tomlinson | [8] | |
05 July 2000 | Sean Connery | Actor. For services to drama. | [9] |
21 July 2000 | The Honourable Mr. Justice Peter Francis Crane | [10] | |
21 July 2000 | The Honourable Mr. Justice Geoffrey Douglas Grigson | [10] | |
25 July 2000 | The Honourable Mr. Justice James Lawrence Munby | [11] | |
25 October 2000 | The Honourable Mr. Justice Stanley Jeffrey Burnton | [12] | |
17 November 2000 | The Honourable Mr. Justice Andrew Charles Smith | [13] | |
22 November 2000 | The Honourable Mr. Justice Lawrence Antony Collins | [13] | |
22 November 2000 | The Honourable Mr. Justice Patrick James Hunt | [13] | |
13 December 2000 | The Honourable Mr. Justice Nicholas John Patten | [14] | |
14 December 2000 | The Honourable Mr. Justice Paul James Duke Coleridge | [14] | |
30 December 2000 | Nicolas Bevan, CB | Speaker's Secretary, House of Commons. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Professor Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz | Professor of Medicine, University of Wales. For services to Medical Research and Education. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Stanley William Clarke, CBE | For services to the community in Staffordshire. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Ronald Cohen | Chairman, Apax Partners and Co. For services to the Venture Capital Industry. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Thomas Daniel Courtenay | Actor. For services to Drama. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Edward Michael Crew, QPM | Chief Constable, West Midlands Police. For services to the Police. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Robert Paul Culpin | Managing Director, Budget and Public finances, H.M. Treasury. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Professor Christopher Thomas Evans, OBE | For services to the Bioscience Industry. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Andrew William Foster | Controller, Audit Commission. For services to Local Government and to the NHS. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Alasdair MacLeod Fraser, CB, QC | For services to the Criminal Justice System. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Professor Christopher John Frayling | Rector and Vice Provost, Royal College of Art. For services to Art and Design Education. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Barry Trevor Jackson | Surgeon and President, Royal College of Surgeons. For services to Training and Education in Surgery. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Richard Cornelius MacCormac, CBE | Architect. For services to Architecture. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Clive Haydon Martin, OBE, TD, DL | Lately Lord Mayor of London. For services to the Corporation of London. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | David McMurtry, CBE | Chief Executive, Renishaw plc. For services to Design and Innovation. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Duncan Michael | Chairman of Trustees, Ove Arup Partnership. For services to Engineering and Construction. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Patrick Alfred Caldwell Moore, CBE | For services to the Popularisation of Science and to Broadcasting. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | John Orr, OBE, QPM | Chief Constable, Strathclyde Police. For services to the Police. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Thomas John Parker | Group Chairman, Babcock International. For services to the Defence and Shipbuilding Industries. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Charles Pollard, QPM | Chief Constable, Thames Valley Police. For services to the Police. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Steven Geoffrey Redgrave, CBE | For services to Rowing. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Peter Levin Shaffer, CBE | Playwright. For services to Drama. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Professor Christopher Hubert Llewellyn Smith, FRS | Provost and President, University College London. For services to Particle Physics. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | John Edward Sulston, FRS | Lately Director, Sanger Centre. For services to Genome Research. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Professor Christopher John White, CVO | For services to Art History. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | David Martin Brown | For services to British industry. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Dr Anthony John Francis O’Reilly | For long and distinguished service to Northern Ireland. | [15] |
30 December 2000 | Peter Leslie Charles Barter, OBE | [16] | |
30 December 2000 | Robert John Sinclair | [16] |
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