Sir Ralph Kohn
British medical scientist
Died on Tuesday November 15th 2016
Named Sir
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Sir James McNeish
New Zealand writer
Died on Tuesday November 15th 2016
Sir Sigmund Sternberg
British philanthropist
Died on Wednesday October 19th 2016
Sir Anthony Grant
British politician
Died on Monday October 17th 2016
Sir Patrick Sissons
British professor of medicine
Died on Sunday September 25th 2016
Sir Nicholas Fenn
British diplomat
Died on Sunday September 18th 2016
Sir Trevor Jones
British politician
Died on Thursday September 8th 2016
Sir Antony Jay
English broadcaster
Died on Sunday August 21st 2016
Sir Ian Turbott
New Zealand diplomat
Died on Thursday August 11th 2016
Sir Robin Chichester-Clark
British politican
Died on Friday August 5th 2016
Sir Ronald Scott
New Zealand sports administrator
Died on Sunday August 14th 2016
Sir Leonard Peach
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Died on Friday August 5th 2016
Sir Derek Oulton
British civil servant
Died on Monday August 1st 2016
Sir David Goodall
British diplomat
Died on Friday July 22nd 2016
Sir Frederick Smith
Barbadian barrister and politician
Died on Monday July 11th 2016
Sir John Pidgeon
Australian property developer
Died on Thursday June 2nd 2016
Sir Brian McGrath
British courtier
Died on Saturday June 4th 2016
Sir Peter Shaffer
British playwright and screenwriter
Died on Monday June 6th 2016
Sir Gavyn Farr Arthur
British judge
Died on Monday May 16th 2016
Sir Denys Henderson
British businessman
Died on Saturday May 21st 2016
Sir Iain Glidewell
British jurist
Died on Sunday May 8th 2016
Sir Edward Ashmore
British officer in the Royal Navy
Died on Thursday April 28th 2016
Sir Denys Wilkinson
British nuclear physicist
Died on Friday April 22nd 2016
Sir Harry Kroto
British chemist
Died on Saturday April 30th 2016
Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet
British-Irish aristocrat and media personality
Died on Monday April 18th 2016
Sir David J. C. MacKay
British author
Died on Thursday April 14th 2016
Sir Peter Moores
British businessman (Littlewoods)
Died on Thursday March 24th 2016
Sir Andrew Derbyshire
British architect
Died on Thursday March 3rd 2016
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
English composer and conductor
Died on Monday March 14th 2016
Sir William O’Brien
British admiral
Died on Friday February 19th 2016
Sir Christopher Zeeman
Japanese-born British mathematician
Died on Saturday February 13th 2016
Sir Timothy Bevan
British banker
Died on Thursday February 11th 2016
Sir Jeremy Morse
British banker
Died on Thursday February 4th 2016
Sir Peter Whiteley
British General in the Royal Marines
Died on Tuesday February 2nd 2016
Sir Christopher Wallace
British army general
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Sir John Osborn
British politician
Died on Wednesday December 2nd 2015
Sir Jeremy Black
British admiral
Died on Wednesday November 25th 2015
Sir Robert Ford
British army general Adjutant-General to the Forces (1978–1981)
Died on Tuesday November 24th 2015
Sir John Leahy
British diplomat
Died on Tuesday November 17th 2015
Sir Gerry Neale
British politican
Died on Wednesday October 28th 2015
Sir Michael Beetham
British air marshal
Died on Saturday October 24th 2015
Sir John Scott
New Zealand medical researcher
Died on Tuesday October 20th 2015
Sir David Penry-Davey
British jurist
Died on Saturday October 10th 2015
Sir James Cruthers
Australian business executive
Died on Tuesday October 13th 2015
Sir John Severne
British Royal Air Force officer
Died on Sunday October 4th 2015
Sir Peter Abbott
British admiral
Died on Monday September 28th 2015
Sir Peter Heatly
Scottish diver and Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation
Died on Thursday September 17th 2015
Sir Bob Hepple
South African-born British legal scholar
Died on Friday August 21st 2015
Sir John Todd
New Zealand businessman (Todd Corporation) and philanthropist
Died on Wednesday July 29th 2015
Sir Peter O’Sullevan
British horse racing commentator
Died on Wednesday July 29th 2015
Sir John Lambert
British diplomat
Died on Monday July 6th 2015
Sir Sam Burston
Australian farmer
Died on Tuesday July 14th 2015
Sir Jack Goody
British social anthropologist
Died on Thursday July 16th 2015
Sir John Buchanan
New Zealand oil executive
Died on Tuesday July 14th 2015
Sir Philip Goodhart
British politician
Died on Sunday July 5th 2015
Sir Ronald Davison
New Zealand judge
Died on Thursday July 2nd 2015
Sir Nicholas Winton
British humanitarian
Died on Wednesday July 1st 2015
Sir Graham Dorey
British judge
Died on Thursday June 25th 2015
Sir Chris Woodhead
British educationalist
Died on Tuesday June 23rd 2015
Sir H. M. Knight
Australian economist
Died on Friday June 19th 2015
Sir Patrick Eisdell Moore
New Zealand surgeon
Died on Thursday June 18th 2015
Sir Peter Williams
New Zealand lawyer
Died on Tuesday June 9th 2015
Sir Kenneth Jacobs
Australian judge
Died on Sunday May 24th 2015
Sir Brian Cubbon
British civil servant
Died on Wednesday May 20th 2015
Sir Thomas Gault
New Zealand jurist
Died on Thursday May 21st 2015
Sir Peter Fry
British politician
Died on Tuesday May 12th 2015
Sir John Watts
Grenadian politician
Died on Monday May 11th 2015
Sir Edward Burgess
British army general
Died on Friday May 8th 2015
Sir Christopher Curwen
British Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (1985–1989)
Died on Wednesday December 18th 2013
Sir John Cornforth
Australian-British chemist
Died on Sunday December 8th 2013
Sir Hugh Bidwell
British businessman
Died on Saturday December 7th 2013
Sir Michael Butler
British diplomat
Died on Tuesday December 24th 2013
Sir Cyril Townsend
British politician
Died on Wednesday November 20th 2013
Sir Jock Kennedy
British air marshal
Died on Monday November 18th 2013
Sir Alfred Blake
British Royal Marines officer and solicitor
Died on Sunday November 17th 2013
Sir John Tavener
British composer (Children of Men)
Died on Tuesday November 12th 2013
Sir Humphrey Maud
British diplomat
Died on Sunday November 10th 2013
Sir John Whitehead
British diplomat
Died on Friday November 8th 2013
Sir Michael Wilkes
British army general
Died on Sunday October 27th 2013
Sir Nicholas Hunt
British admiral
Died on Friday October 25th 2013
Sir Anthony Caro
British sculptor
Died on Wednesday October 23rd 2013
Sir John Curtiss
British Royal Air Force officer
Died on Saturday September 14th 2013
Sir Cameron Rusby
British admiral
Died on Friday September 6th 2013
Sir Arthur George
Australian lawyer and soccer administrator
Died on Wednesday September 4th 2013
Sir Paul Scoon
Grenadian politician
Died on Monday September 2nd 2013
Sir David Frost
British broadcaster (That Was the Week That Was
Died on Saturday August 31st 2013
Sir Geoffrey Inkin
British soldier and public servant
Died on Thursday August 22nd 2013
Sir Michael Stoker
British physician
Died on Tuesday August 13th 2013
Sir Quo-wei Lee
Hong Kong banker
Died on Saturday August 10th 2013
Sir John Forster Woodward
British military officer
Died on Sunday August 4th 2013
Sir Reginald Harland
British Royal Air Force commander
Died on Tuesday July 30th 2013
Sir Ian Gourlay
British army general
Died on Wednesday July 17th 2013
Sir Keith Seaman
Australian viceroy
Died on Sunday June 30th 2013
Sir Colin Stansfield Smith
English architect and cricketer
Died on Tuesday June 18th 2013
Sir Henry Cecil
British racehorse trainer
Died on Tuesday June 11th 2013
Sir James Bottomley
British diplomat
Died on Wednesday June 5th 2013
Sir Patrick Nairne
British civil servant
Died on Tuesday June 4th 2013
Sir John Bush
British Royal Navy admiral
Died on Friday May 10th 2013
Sir Morgan Morgan-Giles
British Royal Navy officer and politician
Died on Saturday May 4th 2013