Sir Bob Elliott
New Zealand medical researcher
Died on Friday August 21st 2020
Named Sir
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Sir John Guinness
British civil servant and businessman
Died on Friday July 31st 2020
Sir Bruce Liddington
British headteacher and Schools Commissioner
Died on Wednesday July 29th 2020
Sir Desmond Rice
British army officer and courtier
Died on Thursday July 16th 2020
Sir Toke Talagi
Niuean diplomat and politician
Died on Wednesday July 15th 2020
Sir Everton Weekes
Barbadian cricketer (West Indies
Died on Wednesday July 1st 2020
Sir Anthony Hammond
British lawyer and public servant (Treasury Solicitor (1997–2000))
Died on Tuesday June 30th 2020
Sir Ian Holm
English actor (Alien
Died on Friday June 19th 2020
Sir Michael Beavis
British Royal Air Force officer
Died on Thursday June 11th 2020
Sir Peter Froggatt
Northern Irish academic administrator and epidemiologist
Died on Friday June 5th 2020
Sir John Brigstocke
British admiral
Died on Monday June 1st 2020
Sir John Coward
British vice admiral
Died on Sunday May 31st 2020
Sir John Birch
British diplomat
Died on Sunday May 10th 2020
Sir James Adams
British diplomat
Died on Thursday April 30th 2020
Sir Brian Brown
British admiral. Second Sea Lord (1988–1991)
Died on Wednesday April 29th 2020
Sir Alan Traill
657th Lord Mayor of London (1984-5)
Died on Saturday April 25th 2020
Sir Peter Jonas
British arts administrator and opera director
Died on Thursday April 23rd 2020
Sir Eric Anderson
British educator
Died on Thursday April 23rd 2020
Sir Roger Du Boulay
British diplomat
Died on Sunday April 19th 2020
Sir John T. Houghton
Welsh atmospheric physicist
Died on Thursday April 16th 2020
Sir Hugh Rossi
British politician
Died on Tuesday April 14th 2020
Sir Stirling Moss
British Hall of Fame Formula One driver
Died on Sunday April 12th 2020
Sir John Laws
English jurist
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Sir James Gowans
British immunologist
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Sir John Tooley
British opera administrator
Died on Friday March 20th 2020
Sir Anthony Pigott
75/6
Died on Friday March 20th 2020
Sir John Lyons
British linguist
Died on Tuesday March 17th 2020
Sir John Chalstrey
British surgeon and politician
Died on Monday March 16th 2020
Sir Toby Frere
British vice admiral
Died on Friday March 13th 2020
Sir Lenox Hewitt
Australian public servant
Died on Sunday March 1st 2020
Sir David Evans
British air chief marshal
Died on Thursday February 27th 2020
Sir Michael Berridge
Rhodesian-born British biochemist
Died on Thursday February 13th 2020
Sir Leonard Appleyard
British diplomat
Died on Thursday February 13th 2020
Sir Des Britten
New Zealand television chef
Died on Wednesday February 12th 2020
Sir Michael Cummins
British parliamentary official
Died on Friday January 31st 2020
Sir Jack Baldwin
British chemist
Died on Friday January 17th 2020
Sir Roger Scruton
British philosopher and author (Sexual Desire
Died on Sunday January 12th 2020
Sir George Cooper
British military officer
Died on Friday January 10th 2020
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
Bangladeshi philanthropist
Died on Friday December 20th 2019
Sir Hans Kornberg
American-British biochemist
Died on Thursday December 19th 2019
Sir Thomas Pearson
British army general
Died on Tuesday December 17th 2019
Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet
British diplomat
Died on Saturday December 14th 2019
Sir Peter Snell
New Zealand long distance runner
Died on Friday December 13th 2019
Sir John Kerr
British admiral
Died on Saturday December 7th 2019
Sir Keith Sykes
British anaesthetist
Died on Wednesday December 4th 2019
Sir Michael Howard
English historian
Died on Saturday November 30th 2019
Sir Jonathan Miller
English theatre director (Beyond the Fringe)
Died on Wednesday November 27th 2019
Sir Stephen Cleobury
British organist and musician
Died on Saturday November 23rd 2019
Sir Desmond Cassidi
British admiral
Died on Tuesday October 15th 2019
Sir John Wilsey
British army general
Died on Monday September 30th 2019
Sir Toby Clarke
British businessman
Died on Saturday September 21st 2019
Sir Donald Gosling
British viceadmiral and businessman
Died on Tuesday September 17th 2019
Sir Michael Edwardes
British-South African businessman
Died on Tuesday September 17th 2019
Sir Hugh Cunningham
British military officer
Died on Tuesday September 17th 2019
Sir Christopher Dobson
British chemist
Died on Monday September 9th 2019
Sir Hugh Beach
British Army General
Died on Thursday September 5th 2019
Sir Michael Uren
British businessman and philanthropist
Died on Thursday August 22nd 2019
Sir Brian Lochore
New Zealand Hall of Fame rugby union player (national team)
Died on Saturday August 3rd 2019
Sir Frederick Sowrey
British air marshal
Died on Wednesday July 31st 2019
Sir Patrick Sheehy
British businessman (BAT Industries)
Died on Thursday July 25th 2019
Sir Rex Richards
British chemist and academic
Died on Thursday July 18th 2019
Sir Fergus Millar
British ancient historian
Died on Wednesday July 17th 2019
Sir Kenneth Warren
British politician
Died on Thursday July 4th 2019
Sir David Plastow
British businessman
Died on Saturday June 8th 2019
Sir Grant Hammond
New Zealand jurist
Died on Tuesday June 4th 2019
Sir Thomas Baird
British Royal Navy Vice Admiral
Died on Sunday June 2nd 2019
Sir David Sieff
British businessman (Marks & Spencer)
Died on Wednesday May 29th 2019
Sir Timothy Kitson
British politician
Died on Thursday May 23rd 2019
Sir Peter Herbert
British admiral
Died on Friday May 17th 2019
Sir Nigel Seely
English aristocrat
Died on Saturday April 27th 2019
Sir Clive Rose
British diplomat
Died on Sunday April 21st 2019
Sir Roger Moate
British politician
Died on Friday April 19th 2019
Sir Alexander Reid, 3rd Baronet
English businessman and public servant
Died on Monday April 15th 2019
Sir William Whitfield
British architect
Died on Wednesday April 3rd 2019
Sir William Stanley Peart
British medical researcher
Died on Saturday March 23rd 2019
Sir Simon Cassels
British admiral
Died on Tuesday March 12th 2019
Sir David Collins
British educator
Died on Tuesday March 5th 2019
Sir Rupert Myers
Australian metallurgist
Died on Friday February 22nd 2019
Sir Reginald Eyre
British politician
Died on Tuesday January 29th 2019
Sir Anthony Skingsley
British air chief marshal
Died on Monday January 21st 2019
Sir Conrad Swan
Canadian-born British officer of arms
Died on Tuesday January 15th 2019
Sir William Cole
Australian public servant
Died on Monday January 14th 2019
Sir Michael Atiyah
British-Lebanese mathematician
Died on Friday January 11th 2019
Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple
British aristocrat and military officer
Died on Saturday December 29th 2018
Sir Jack Zunz
South African-born British civil engineer
Died on Thursday December 13th 2018
Sir David Weatherall
British physician and molecular geneticist
Died on Monday December 10th 2018
Sir Charles Huxtable
British military officer
Died on Friday November 30th 2018
Sir Aaron Klug
British chemist and biophysicist
Died on Thursday November 22nd 2018
Sir John Anderson
New Zealander businessman (ANZ Bank New Zealand)
Died on Tuesday November 13th 2018
Sir Jeremy Heywood
British civil servant
Died on Sunday November 4th 2018
Sir Thomas Eichelbaum
German-born New Zealand jurist
Died on Thursday November 1st 2018
Sir Nigel Broomfield
British diplomat
Died on Thursday November 1st 2018
Sir John McGrath
New Zealand jurist
Died on Tuesday October 23rd 2018
Sir Thomas Thorp
New Zealand jurist
Died on Tuesday October 23rd 2018
Sir Ngātata Love
New Zealand Māori leader
Died on Monday October 22nd 2018
Sir Roger Gibbs
British financier
Died on Saturday October 6th 2018
Sir Eric Yarrow
British businessman
Died on Friday September 28th 2018
Sir James Mirrlees
Scottish economist
Died on Thursday August 30th 2018
Sir Hugh Cortazzi
British diplomat
Died on Friday August 17th 2018