Central Chancery of
the Orders of Knighthood

St James’s Palace, London SW1

15 August 2003

The Queen was pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned on the following dates:

At Buckingham Palace:

Wednesday 23 October 2002

Sir Max Hastings

Sir Cecil Jacobs, CBE

Professor Sir John Lilleyman

Sir Philip Mawer

Tuesday 29 October 2002

Professor Sir Ronald De Witt

Sir Robert Dowling

Sir Peter Rigby

Tuesday 5 November 2002

Professor Sir Peter Bell

Sir Colin Lucas

Sir Keith Whitson

Tuesday 12 November 2002

Sir Roy Gardner

Sir Cecil Walker, JP

Tuesday 19 November 2002

Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta

Sir Graham Meldrum, CBE, QFSM

Sir Anthony Vineall

Tuesday, 26 November 2002

Sir Brian Briscoe

Tuesday, 3 December 2002

Sir Nicholas Winterton, MP

Tuesday, 10 December 2002

Professor Sir Ian Kershaw

Sir Gulam Noon, MBE

(Her Majesty’s approval of these Knighthoods was signified on 15 June 2002.)

Tuesday 11 March 2003

Professor Sir David Hall

Sir John Jones

Sir Peter Stothard

Sir Nicholas Winton, MBE

Wednesday 19 March 2003

Sir Alan Bates, CBE

Sir Peter Moores, CBE, DL

Wednesday 26 March 2003

Sir Howard Bernstein

Sir John Rose

Tuesday 29 April 2003

Professor Sir Ravinder Maini

(Her Majesty’s approval of these Knighthoods was signified on 31 December 2002.)

Sir John Middleton

(Her Majesty’s approval of this Knighthood was signified on 15 June 2002.)

Thursday 8 May 2003

Sir Ewen Cameron, DL

Sir Graham Hall

Alderman Sir Michael Oliver

Thursday 12 June 2003

Professor Sir Alan Fersht, FRS

Tuesday 8 July 2003

Professor Sir David King, FRS

Sir Ridley Scott

(Her Majesty’s approval of these Knighthoods was signified on 31 December 2002.)

Wednesday 16 July 2003

Sir Michael Cummins

(Her Majesty’s approval of this Knighthood was signified on 14 June 2003.)

At the Palace of Holyroodhouse

Thursday 3 July 2003

Sir Archibald Kirkwood, MP

Sir Brian McMaster, CBE

Professor Sir John Ward, CBE

(Her Majesty’s approval of these Knighthoods was signified on 31 December 2002.)

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, acting by command and on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen and by authority of Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 27 September 2002 and 13 March 2003, conferred the Honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned at Buckingham Palace on the following dates:

Thursday 10 October 2002

Professor Sir Peter Blake, CBE

Sir Thomas McKillop

Thursday 21 November 2002

Sir Jonathan Miller, CBE

Sir Robert Robson, CBE

Monday 25 November 2002

Professor Sir Peter Lachmann

Friday 13 December 2002

Sir David Calvert-Smith, QC

Sir Brian Stewart, CBE

Sir Anthony Young

(Her Majesty’s approval of these Knighthoods was signified on 15 June 2002.)

Thursday, 13 February 2003

Professor Sir Clive Booth

Sir Dan Crompton, CBE, QPM

Tuesday 25 February 2003

Sir Ian Carruthers, OBE

Sir David Garrard

Sir Derek Morris

Friday 23 May 2003

Sir Ewan Harper, CBE

Sir Alexander Bruce Lockhart, OBE

(Her Majesty’s approval of these Knighthoods was signified on 31 December 2002.)

Sir Trevor Nunn, CBE

(Her Majesty’s approval of this Knighthood was signified on 15 June 2002.)

Thursday 10 July 2003

Sir William Connor

(Her Majesty’s approval of this Knighthood was signified on 31 December 2002.)