Sir Frederick Atkinson
British civil servantDied on Friday June 15th 2018
Named Sir
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Sir Neil Waters
New Zealand chemist and university administratorDied on Monday June 11th 2018
Sir Desmond de Silva
British lawyerDied on Tuesday June 5th 2018
Sir Miles Hunt-Davis
79/80Died on Friday May 25th 2018
Sir Des Champs
Irish racehorseDied on Sunday May 20th 2018
Sir James Eberle
British Royal Navy AdmiralDied on Sunday May 20th 2018
Sir John Carrick
Australian politicianDied on Friday May 18th 2018
Sir Keith Williamson
British air force commanderDied on Wednesday May 9th 2018
Sir John Treacher
British Royal Navy AdmiralDied on Thursday May 3rd 2018
Sir Roger Elliott
British theoretical physicistDied on Thursday May 3rd 2018
Sir Peter Le Cheminant
British Air Chief Marshal in the Royal Air ForceDied on Tuesday April 10th 2018
Sir Michael Wheeler-Booth
British public servantDied on Wednesday April 4th 2018
Sir William Gladstone
British aristocrat and Chief ScoutDied on Saturday March 31st 2018
Sir John Grimley Evans
British medical researcherDied on Thursday March 29th 2018
Sir James Weatherall
British Vice-Admiral in the Royal NavyDied on Friday March 23rd 2018
Sir Andrew Gilbart
British High Court judgeDied on Wednesday March 21st 2018
Sir William Aldous
British juristDied on Wednesday March 21st 2018
Sir Richard Body
English politicianDied on Tuesday March 13th 2018
Sir Wilson Harris
Guyanese writerDied on Thursday March 8th 2018
Sir William McAlpine, 6th Baronet
British engineering businessman (Sir Robert McAlpine)Died on Monday March 5th 2018
Sir Kenneth Scott
British diplomat and courtierDied on Wednesday February 28th 2018
Sir Paul Jenkins
British lawyerDied on Tuesday February 27th 2018
Sir Donald Murray
Northern Irish juristDied on Monday February 26th 2018
Sir Durward Knowles
Bahamian sailorDied on Saturday February 24th 2018
Sir Peter Squire
British Royal Air Force officerDied on Friday February 23rd 2018
Sir John Orr
British police officerDied on Tuesday February 20th 2018
Sir Alan R. Battersby
British organic chemistDied on Monday February 12th 2018
Sir Lawrence Byford
British authorDied on Monday February 12th 2018
Sir Alan Dawtry
British local government officalDied on Thursday February 1st 2018
Sir Douglas Lowe
British air chief marshalDied on Wednesday January 31st 2018
Sir Henry Brooke
British lawyer and Judge (Lord Justice of Appeal)Died on Tuesday January 30th 2018
Sir James Ball
British economistDied on Tuesday January 23rd 2018
Sir Angus Farquharson
British public servantDied on Saturday January 13th 2018
Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet
British army officer and landownerDied on Thursday December 21st 2017
Sir Christus
Finnish rock guitarist (Negative)Died on Saturday December 9th 2017
Sir Martin Nourse
British juristDied on Monday December 4th 2017
Sir Arlington Butler
Bahamian politicianDied on Monday November 13th 2017
Sir Michael Latham
British policianDied on Monday November 6th 2017
Sir Ninian Stephen
Australian judgeDied on Sunday October 29th 2017
Sir Peter Bairsto
British air marshalDied on Wednesday October 25th 2017
Sir Bert Massie
British disability rights campaignerDied on Tuesday October 17th 2017
Sir Richard Swinburn
British army generalDied on Friday October 13th 2017
Sir Clifford Husbands
Barbadian politician and judgeDied on Thursday October 12th 2017
Sir John Hunt
British politicianDied on Wednesday October 4th 2017
Sir James Craig
British diplomatDied on Monday October 2nd 2017
Sir Richard Greenbury
British businessmanDied on Wednesday September 27th 2017
Sir Brian Barder
British diplomatDied on Monday September 25th 2017
Sir Teddy Taylor
British politicianDied on Thursday September 21st 2017
Sir David Ford
British government officialDied on Thursday September 14th 2017
Sir Patrick Goodman
New Zealand businessman (Goodman Fielder)Died on Saturday September 9th 2017
Sir Colin Meads
New Zealand rugby union playerDied on Sunday August 20th 2017
Sir Bruce Forsyth
British television presenter and entertainer. Died on Friday August 18th 2017
Sir John Blelloch
British civil servantDied on Friday August 18th 2017
Sir Patrick Bateson
English biologistDied on Thursday August 3rd 2017
Sir John Graham
New Zealand rugby union player (CanterburyDied on Thursday August 3rd 2017
Sir Owen Green
British chief executive (BTR plc)Died on Friday July 7th 2017
Sir Richard Paniguian
British civil servant and industrialistDied on Monday July 3rd 2017
Sir Duncan McMullin
New Zealand juristDied on Monday June 26th 2017
Sir Brian Kenny
British army generalDied on Thursday June 22nd 2017
Sir Jeffrey Tate
British conductorDied on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Sir Alistair Horne
British historianDied on Saturday May 27th 2017
Sir Peter Marychurch
British intelligence officerDied on Thursday May 25th 2017
Sir Paul Judge
British businessman and political executiveDied on Monday May 22nd 2017
Sir David Cooke, 12th Baronet
British aristocratDied on Tuesday May 16th 2017
Sir Geoffrey Holland
British civil servantDied on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Sir James Fairbairn, 6th Baronet
British aristocratDied on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Sir Ewen Fergusson
British diplomatDied on Monday April 24th 2017
Sir Douglas Myers
New Zealand businessman (Lion Nathan)Died on Sunday April 9th 2017
Sir John Fretwell
British diplomatDied on Monday April 3rd 2017
Sir Cuthbert Sebastian
St. Kitts and Nevis politicianDied on Sunday March 26th 2017
Sir Brian Ohlson, 3rd Baronet
British aristocratDied on Tuesday March 21st 2017
Sir Nigel Cecil
British Royal Navy officerDied on Friday March 17th 2017
Sir Clive Bossom
British politicianDied on Tuesday March 14th 2017
Sir Michael Palmer
British Army officerDied on Friday February 24th 2017
Sir Nicholas Wall
English judgeDied on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
Sir Cosmo Haskard
Irish-born British colonial administratorDied on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
Sir Kenneth Newman
British police officerDied on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
Sir Peter Mansfield
British biophysicistDied on Thursday February 9th 2017
Sir John Wells
British politicianDied on Thursday February 9th 2017
Sir Anthony Austin, 6th Baronet
British aristocratDied on Thursday February 9th 2017
Sir Fergus Matheson, 7th Baronet
British aristocratDied on Thursday February 2nd 2017
Sir Harold Atcherley
British businessman and arts administratorDied on Tuesday January 31st 2017
Sir Christopher Bland
British businessman and Chairman of the BBC (1996–2001)Died on Saturday January 28th 2017
Sir John Hanson
British diplomat and historianDied on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Sir Jeremy Reilly
British army generalDied on Tuesday January 10th 2017
Sir Bruce Slane
New Zealand public servantDied on Saturday January 7th 2017
Sir Douglas Wass
British civil servantDied on Thursday January 5th 2017
Sir John Oakeley, 8th Baronet
British Olympic yachtsmanDied on Wednesday December 21st 2016
Sir Dudley Smith
British politicanDied on Saturday December 17th 2016
Sir Alan Urwick
British diplomat and public servantDied on Sunday December 11th 2016
Sir David Hay
New Zealand cardiologistDied on Tuesday December 6th 2016
Sir Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson
British chemistDied on Friday December 2nd 2016
Sir John Swire
British businessman (Swire Group)Died on Thursday December 1st 2016
Sir Ralph Kohn
British medical scientistDied on Tuesday November 15th 2016
Sir James McNeish
New Zealand writerDied on Tuesday November 15th 2016
Sir Sigmund Sternberg
British philanthropistDied on Wednesday October 19th 2016
Sir Anthony Grant
British politicianDied on Monday October 17th 2016
Sir Patrick Sissons
British professor of medicineDied on Sunday September 25th 2016
Sir Nicholas Fenn
British diplomatDied on Sunday September 18th 2016