# List of knights bachelor appointed in 2003

Knight Bachelor is the oldest and lowest-ranking form of knighthood in the British honours system; it is the rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry. Women are not knighted; in practice, the equivalent award for a woman is appointment as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (founded in 1917).

## Knights bachelor appointed in 2003

| Date gazetted | Name | Notes |
| 20 May 2003 | The Honourable Mr Justice (Michael George) Tugendhat. | |
| 20 May 2003 | The Honourable Mr Justice (Kim Martin Jordan) Lewison. | |
| 20 May 2003 | The Honourable Mr Justice (Jack) Beatson. | |
| 14 June 2003 | Kenneth Hugo Adam, OBE | For services to film production design and to UK-German relations. |
| 14 June 2003 | Martyn Arbib, DL | For services to Charities, especially Education. |
| 14 June 2003 | Professor John Hamilton Baker, QC | Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge. For services to English Legal History. |
| 14 June 2003 | Professor Patrick Bateson, FRS | Professor of Ethology, University of Cambridge. For services to Science. |
| 14 June 2003 | Professor Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya, CBE | Director, Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick. For services to Higher Education and Industry. |
| 14 June 2003 | Ian Warwick Blair, QPM | Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police. |
| 14 June 2003 | Kenneth Darlingston Collins | Chairman, Scottish Environment Protection Agency. For services to Environmental Protection. |
| 14 June 2003 | Andrew Duncan Crockett | Lately Chairman, Financial Stability Forum and General Manager, Bank for International Settlements. For services to International Finance. |
| 14 June 2003 | Michael John Austin Cummins | Serjeant-at-Arms, House of Commons |
| 14 June 2003 | Professor Richard Henry Friend, FRS, Cavendish Professor of Physics, University of Cambridge. For services to Physics. | |
| 14 June 2003 | John Christopher Gains, Group Chief Executive, John Mowlem & Co. plc. For services to the Construction Industry. | |
| 14 June 2003 | Arthur Benjamin Norman Gill, CBE, President, National Farmers’ Union. For services to Agriculture, Conservation and the Community. | |
| 14 June 2003 | Michael Stewart Hodgkinson, Group Chief Executive, BAA plc. For services to the Air Travel Industry. | |
| 14 June 2003 | John Anthony Holland, chairman, Parades Commission for Northern Ireland. | |
| 14 June 2003 | Dr Alistair Allan Horne, CBE, Historian. For services to UK-French relations. | |
| 14 June 2003 | Peter Lampl, OBE, chairman, Sutton Trust. For services to Higher Education. | |
| 14 June 2003 | Francis Henry MacKay, chairman, Compass Group. For services to the Hospitality Industry and Charity. | |
| 14 June 2003 | Robin Robert William Miller, lately Chief Executive, EMAP. For services to Publishing and Broadcasting. | |
| 14 June 2003 | William Morris, General Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union. For services to Trade Unions. | |
| 14 June 2003 | Charles Kenneth Roylance Nunneley, lately chairman, National Trust. For services to Heritage. | |
| 14 June 2003 | Christopher John O’Donnell, Chief Executive, Smith & Nephew plc. For services to the Medical Devices Industry Worldwide. | |
| 14 June 2003 | Dr John Oldham, OBE For services to the NHS. | |
| 14 June 2003 | Christopher Ondaatje, CBE, Philanthropist and Benefactor. For charitable services to Museums, Galleries and Societies. | |
| 14 June 2003 | John Reginald Rowling, Headteacher, Nunthorpe School, Middlesbrough. For services to Education. | |
| 14 June 2003 | Dr Kenneth Robinson, Academic writer and speaker. For services to art. | |
| 14 June 2003 | Professor Edwin Mellor Southern, FRS, Whitley Professor of Biochemistry, University of Oxford. For services to the Development of DNA Microarray Technologies. | |
| 14 June 2003 | William George Taylor, Leader, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. For services to Local Government. | |
| 14 June 2003 | Professor John Graham Temple. For services to Medicine and Medical Education. | |
| 14 June 2003 | John Tusa, managing director, Barbican Centre. For services to the Arts. | |
| 8 October 2003 | The Honourable Mr Justice (Reginald George) Weir. | |
| 10 October 2003 | The Honourable Mr Justice (David Anthony Stewart) Richards. | |
| 10 October 2003 | The Honourable Mr Justice (David Clive) Clarke. | |
| 10 October 2003 | The Honourable Mr Justice (Richard MacLennon) Wakerley. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Richard Armstrong, CBE. Music Director, Scottish Opera. For services to Music. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Gavyn Farr Arthur, lately Lord Mayor of London. For services to the City of London. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Stuart Bell, MP, Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough. For services to Parliament. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Professor Robert David Hugh Boyd, lately Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of London and former Principal, St George's Hospital Medical School. For services to Medicine. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Professor John Michael Brady, FRS, BP Professor of Information Engineering, University of Oxford. For services to Engineering. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Professor Alasdair Muir Breckenridge, CBE, chairman, Committee on Safety of Medicines. For services to Medicine. | |
| 31 December 2003 | John Valentine Butterfill, MP, Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West. For services to Parliament. | |
| 31 December 2003 | The Right Honourable Walter Menzies Campbell, CBE, QC, MP, Member of Parliament for North East Fife. For services to Parliament. | |
| 31 December 2003 | John Arnold Clark, chairman and Chief Executive, The Arnold Clark Organisation. For services to the Automotive Industry and to the community in Scotland. | |
| 31 December 2003 | David Cecil Clementi. For services to the Finance Industry. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Michael John Darrington, Group Managing Director, Greggs plc. For services to Business and to the community in the North-East. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Professor John Edwin Enderby, CBE, FRS, Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor, University of Bristol. For services to Science and Technology. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Professor Martin John Evans, FRS, Professor of Mammalian Genetics and director, Cardiff School of Biosciences, University of Cardiff. For services to Medical Science. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Peter Oliver Gershon, CBE, Chief Executive, Office of Government Commerce. | |
| 31 December 2003 | David Edwin Hatch, CBE, JP, chairman, Parole Board for England and Wales. For services to the Criminal Justice System. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Professor Bob Alexander Hepple, QC, lately Master, Clare College, University of Cambridge. For services to Legal Studies. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Derek Alan Higgs. For services to Corporate Governance and Finance. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Dexter Walter Hutt, Head, Ninestiles Secondary School, Birmingham. For services to Education. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Simon Jenkins, Journalist. For services to Journalism. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Bernard O'Connell, Principal and Chief Executive, Runshaw College, South Ribble, Lancashire. For services to Further Education. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Gerrard Jude Robinson, chairman, Arts Council England. For services to the Arts. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Dr John Michael Taylor, OBE, FRS, Director General of Research Councils. For services to Scientific Research. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Clive Ronald Woodward, OBE. For services to Rugby Union. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Harold Matthew Evans. For services to Journalism. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor, DSO, OBE. For services to Literature and UK-Greek Relations. | |
| 31 December 2003 | Martin Tovadek, CMG For services to the community | |