Sir Roland Franklin
British-born Antiguan merchant bankerDied on Monday February 5th 2024
Named Sir
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Sir Christopher Benson
British chartered surveyorDied on Tuesday January 23rd 2024
Sir John Conant, 2nd Baronet
British aristocratDied on Friday January 19th 2024
Sir Patrick Moberly
British diplomatDied on Thursday January 18th 2024
Sir Tony Lloyd
British politicianDied on Wednesday January 17th 2024
Sir Anthony Battishill
British civil servantDied on Tuesday January 16th 2024
Sir Roy Calne
British surgeonDied on Tuesday January 9th 2024
Sir Michael Hardie Boys
New Zealand lawyerDied on Saturday December 30th 2023
Sir Norman Arthur
British military officer and Olympic equestrian (1960)Died on Tuesday December 19th 2023
Sir Peter Newsam dead at age 95, British educationist
Sir Peter Newsam, the British educationist and former chief education officer who later directed the Institute of Education at the University of London, died on December 5, 2023, aged 95.…
Sir Tom Arnold
British politicianDied on Thursday November 16th 2023
Sir Jon Trimmer
New Zealand ballet dancerDied on Thursday October 26th 2023
Sir Antony Walker
British army generalDied on Sunday October 22nd 2023
Sir Christopher Lewinton
British-American businessmanDied on Sunday October 22nd 2023
Sir Tim Wallis
New Zealand aviation entrepreneurDied on Tuesday October 17th 2023
Sir Nicholas Stadlen
British judgeDied on Monday October 9th 2023
Sir Mervyn Brown
British historian and diplomatDied on Thursday October 5th 2023
Sir Michael Gambon
Irish-English actor (Harry Potter)Died on Thursday September 28th 2023
Sir Michael Bonallack
English golferDied on Tuesday September 26th 2023
Sir Rudolph Agnew
British business executive (Consolidated Gold Fields)Died on Saturday September 23rd 2023
Sir John Ure
British diplomatDied on Saturday September 23rd 2023
Sir Patu Hohepa
New Zealand Māori academicDied on Friday September 22nd 2023
Sir William Gage
British judgeDied on Tuesday September 19th 2023
Sir Ian Wilmut
British embryologistDied on Monday September 11th 2023
Sir Phillip Bennett
Australian general and politicianDied on Sunday August 13th 2023
Sir Patrick Garland
English judgeDied on Saturday August 12th 2023
Sir Timothy Daunt
British diplomatDied on Tuesday August 8th 2023
Sir Michael Boyd
British theatre directorDied on Friday August 4th 2023
Sir Peter Walters
British businessman (BP)Died on Tuesday July 18th 2023
Sir David Tompkins
New Zealand lawyer and judgeDied on Tuesday July 4th 2023
Sir Yang Ti-liang
Hong Kong juristDied on Saturday June 24th 2023
Sir Robert Malpas
British engineer and businessmanDied on Monday June 19th 2023
Sir Michael Hopkins
English architectDied on Monday June 19th 2023
Sir Ben Helfgott
Polish-born British Holocaust survivor and Olympic weightlifter (1956)Died on Friday June 16th 2023
Sir James Hardy
Australian winemaker and yachtsmanDied on Thursday June 15th 2023
Sir Ivan Menezes
Indian-born American-British beverage industry executiveDied on Wednesday June 7th 2023
Sir David Brewer
British businessman and politicianDied on Thursday June 1st 2023
Sir Derek Spencer
British politicianDied on Tuesday May 30th 2023
Sir John Aird, 4th Baronet
British aristocrat and businessmanDied on Sunday May 28th 2023
Sir Richard Lawson
British generalDied on Thursday May 11th 2023
Sir Nicholas Bonsor
British politicianDied on Thursday March 30th 2023
Sir David Harrison
English chemist and academic administratorDied on Wednesday March 29th 2023
Sir James Dunbar-Nasmith
British conservation architectDied on Tuesday March 21st 2023
Sir Sebastian Roberts
British major generalDied on Friday March 17th 2023
Sir Bernard Ingham
British journalist and civil servantDied on Friday February 24th 2023
Sir Michael Heller
British mining executiveDied on Tuesday January 31st 2023
Sir Samuel Whitbread
British businessman and public servantDied on Thursday January 19th 2023
Sir Patrick Hogan
New Zealand racehorse breederDied on Friday January 6th 2023
Sir Michael Rawlins
British clinical pharmacologistDied on Tuesday January 3rd 2023
Sir Askok Rabheru
Tanzanian-born British businessmanDied on Thursday December 29th 2022
Sir Robert Gerken
British naval admiralDied on Wednesday December 28th 2022
Sir John MacDermott
Northern Irish judgeDied on Wednesday December 14th 2022
Sir Michael Knight
British RAF commanderDied on Friday December 2nd 2022
Sir Michael Parker
British army officer and event organiserDied on Thursday December 1st 2022
Sir Allan Wright
New Zealand farming leaderDied on Tuesday November 29th 2022
Sir John Bourn
British auditorDied on Saturday November 26th 2022
Sir Ian David Grant
British corporate directorDied on Thursday November 24th 2022
Sir Eldryd Parry
British academic and physicianDied on Thursday November 17th 2022
Sir Simon Towneley
British authorDied on Wednesday November 16th 2022
Sir Ian Barker
New Zealand judgeDied on Sunday November 13th 2022
Sir David Butler
British psephologistDied on Wednesday November 9th 2022
Sir Evelyn de Rothschild
British financierDied on Tuesday November 8th 2022
Sir Roger Bhatnagar
Indian-born New Zealand entrepreneurDied on Tuesday November 8th 2022
Sir Erich Reich
Austrian entrepreneur and philanthropistDied on Wednesday November 2nd 2022
Sir Peter Morris
Australian surgeonDied on Tuesday November 1st 2022
Sir Francis McWilliams
Scottish engineerDied on Monday September 5th 2022
Sir Raymond Johnstone
Scottish accountantDied on Saturday August 20th 2022
Sir Simon Bland
British soldier and courtierDied on Wednesday August 17th 2022
Sir Toby Curtis
New Zealand educationalist and Māori leader (Te Arawa)Died on Wednesday August 17th 2022
Sir Michael Pike
British diplomatDied on Monday August 15th 2022
Sir John Banham
British businessmanDied on Sunday August 14th 2022
Sir Ralph Halpern
British businessmanDied on Thursday August 11th 2022
Sir Miles Warren
New Zealand architectDied on Wednesday August 10th 2022
Sir Christopher Meyer
English diplomatDied on Friday July 29th 2022
Sir William Wright
Northern Irish businessman and politicianDied on Sunday July 24th 2022
Sir Kenneth Eaton
British admiralDied on Saturday July 23rd 2022
Sir Michael Fowler
New Zealand architect and politicianDied on Tuesday July 12th 2022
Sir David Nicholas
British journalistDied on Monday June 6th 2022
Sir Arnold Burgen
British physicianDied on Wednesday June 1st 2022
Sir Colin Campbell
British lawyerDied on Tuesday May 31st 2022
Sir Shane Blewitt
British courtier and military officerDied on Friday May 20th 2022
Sir Angus Grossart
Scottish businessmanDied on Sunday May 15th 2022
Sir Paul Mellars
British archaeologistDied on Friday May 13th 2022
Sir James Anderton
British police officerDied on Friday May 6th 2022
Sir Geoffrey Howlett
British army generalDied on Saturday April 23rd 2022
Sir Gordon Downey
British public servantDied on Tuesday April 19th 2022
Sir Harrison Birtwistle
British composer (The Triumph of TimeDied on Monday April 18th 2022
Sir Robin Gray
New Zealand politicianDied on Sunday April 3rd 2022
Sir John Chapple
British army officerDied on Saturday March 26th 2022
Sir Wira Gardiner
New Zealand soldierDied on Thursday March 17th 2022
Sir William Fittall
British civil servant and secretary general of the Archbishops' Council (2002–2015)Died on Friday March 11th 2022
Sir John Elliott
British historian and HispanistDied on Thursday March 10th 2022
Sir Christopher Mallaby
British diplomatDied on Saturday March 5th 2022
Sir William Lithgow, 2nd Baronet
Scottish industrialistDied on Friday March 4th 2022
Sir Tony Wrigley
British historian and demographerDied on Thursday March 3rd 2022
Sir Christopher Foster
British economistDied on Saturday February 26th 2022