Sir Anthony Hammond
British lawyer and public servant (Treasury Solicitor (1997–2000))Died on Tuesday June 30th 2020
Named Sir
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Sir Michael Beavis
British Royal Air Force officerDied on Thursday June 11th 2020
Sir Peter Froggatt
Northern Irish academic administrator and epidemiologistDied on Friday June 5th 2020
Sir John Brigstocke
British admiralDied on Monday June 1st 2020
Sir John Coward
British vice admiralDied on Sunday May 31st 2020
Sir John Birch
British diplomatDied on Sunday May 10th 2020
Sir James Adams
British diplomatDied 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 directorDied on Thursday April 23rd 2020
Sir Eric Anderson
British educatorDied on Thursday April 23rd 2020
Sir Roger Du Boulay
British diplomatDied on Sunday April 19th 2020
Sir John T. Houghton
Welsh atmospheric physicistDied on Thursday April 16th 2020
Sir Hugh Rossi
British politicianDied on Tuesday April 14th 2020
Sir Stirling Moss
British Hall of Fame Formula One driverDied on Sunday April 12th 2020
Sir John Laws
English juristDied on Wednesday April 8th 2020
Sir James Gowans
British immunologistDied on Thursday April 2nd 2020
Sir John Tooley
British opera administratorDied on Friday March 20th 2020
Sir Anthony Pigott
75/6Died on Friday March 20th 2020
Sir John Lyons
British linguistDied on Tuesday March 17th 2020
Sir John Chalstrey
British surgeon and politicianDied on Monday March 16th 2020
Sir Toby Frere
British vice admiralDied on Friday March 13th 2020
Sir Lenox Hewitt
Australian public servantDied on Sunday March 1st 2020
Sir David Evans
British air chief marshalDied on Thursday February 27th 2020
Sir Michael Berridge
Rhodesian-born British biochemistDied on Thursday February 13th 2020
Sir Leonard Appleyard
British diplomatDied on Thursday February 13th 2020
Sir Des Britten
New Zealand television chefDied on Wednesday February 12th 2020
Sir Michael Cummins
British parliamentary officialDied on Friday January 31st 2020
Sir Jack Baldwin
British chemistDied on Friday January 17th 2020
Sir Roger Scruton
British philosopher and author (Sexual DesireDied on Sunday January 12th 2020
Sir George Cooper
British military officerDied on Friday January 10th 2020
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
Bangladeshi philanthropistDied on Friday December 20th 2019
Sir Hans Kornberg
American-British biochemistDied on Thursday December 19th 2019
Sir Thomas Pearson
British army generalDied on Tuesday December 17th 2019
Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet
British diplomatDied on Saturday December 14th 2019
Sir Peter Snell
New Zealand long distance runnerDied on Friday December 13th 2019
Sir John Kerr
British admiralDied on Saturday December 7th 2019
Sir Keith Sykes
British anaesthetistDied on Wednesday December 4th 2019
Sir Michael Howard
English historianDied 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 musicianDied on Saturday November 23rd 2019
Sir Desmond Cassidi
British admiralDied on Tuesday October 15th 2019
Sir John Wilsey
British army generalDied on Monday September 30th 2019
Sir Toby Clarke
British businessmanDied on Saturday September 21st 2019
Sir Donald Gosling
British viceadmiral and businessmanDied on Tuesday September 17th 2019
Sir Michael Edwardes
British-South African businessmanDied on Tuesday September 17th 2019
Sir Hugh Cunningham
British military officerDied on Tuesday September 17th 2019
Sir Christopher Dobson
British chemistDied on Monday September 9th 2019
Sir Hugh Beach
British Army GeneralDied on Thursday September 5th 2019
Sir Michael Uren
British businessman and philanthropistDied 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 marshalDied on Wednesday July 31st 2019
Sir Patrick Sheehy
British businessman (BAT Industries)Died on Thursday July 25th 2019
Sir Fergus Millar
British ancient historianDied on Wednesday July 17th 2019
Sir Kenneth Warren
British politicianDied on Thursday July 4th 2019
Sir David Plastow
British businessmanDied on Saturday June 8th 2019
Sir Grant Hammond
New Zealand juristDied on Tuesday June 4th 2019
Sir Thomas Baird
British Royal Navy Vice AdmiralDied on Sunday June 2nd 2019
Sir David Sieff
British businessman (Marks & Spencer)Died on Wednesday May 29th 2019
Sir Timothy Kitson
British politicianDied on Thursday May 23rd 2019
Sir Peter Herbert
British admiralDied on Friday May 17th 2019
Sir Nigel Seely
English aristocratDied on Saturday April 27th 2019
Sir Clive Rose
British diplomatDied on Sunday April 21st 2019
Sir Roger Moate
British politicianDied on Friday April 19th 2019
Sir Alexander Reid, 3rd Baronet
English businessman and public servantDied on Monday April 15th 2019
Sir William Whitfield
British architectDied on Wednesday April 3rd 2019
Sir William Stanley Peart
British medical researcherDied on Saturday March 23rd 2019
Sir Simon Cassels
British admiralDied on Tuesday March 12th 2019
Sir David Collins
British educatorDied on Tuesday March 5th 2019
Sir Rupert Myers
Australian metallurgistDied on Friday February 22nd 2019
Sir Reginald Eyre
British politicianDied on Tuesday January 29th 2019
Sir Anthony Skingsley
British air chief marshalDied on Monday January 21st 2019
Sir Conrad Swan
Canadian-born British officer of armsDied on Tuesday January 15th 2019
Sir William Cole
Australian public servantDied on Monday January 14th 2019
Sir Michael Atiyah
British-Lebanese mathematicianDied on Friday January 11th 2019
Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple
British aristocrat and military officerDied on Saturday December 29th 2018
Sir Jack Zunz
South African-born British civil engineerDied on Thursday December 13th 2018
Sir David Weatherall
British physician and molecular geneticistDied on Monday December 10th 2018
Sir Charles Huxtable
British military officerDied on Friday November 30th 2018
Sir Aaron Klug
British chemist and biophysicistDied 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 servantDied on Sunday November 4th 2018
Sir Thomas Eichelbaum
German-born New Zealand juristDied on Thursday November 1st 2018
Sir Nigel Broomfield
British diplomatDied on Thursday November 1st 2018
Sir John McGrath
New Zealand juristDied on Tuesday October 23rd 2018
Sir Thomas Thorp
New Zealand juristDied on Tuesday October 23rd 2018
Sir Ngātata Love
New Zealand Māori leaderDied on Monday October 22nd 2018
Sir Roger Gibbs
British financierDied on Saturday October 6th 2018
Sir Eric Yarrow
British businessmanDied on Friday September 28th 2018
Sir James Mirrlees
Scottish economistDied on Thursday August 30th 2018
Sir Hugh Cortazzi
British diplomatDied on Friday August 17th 2018
Sir John Shipley Rowlinson
British chemistDied on Thursday August 16th 2018
Sir Alex Fergusson
British politician (Presiding Officer of the Scottish ParliamentDied on Tuesday July 31st 2018
Sir Alan Donald
British diplomatDied on Tuesday July 17th 2018
Sir Maurice Shock
British educationalist and university administratorDied on Tuesday July 17th 2018
Sir David Smith
British botanistDied on Thursday July 5th 2018
Sir John Thomson
British diplomatDied on Wednesday June 20th 2018