1997 New Year Honours - Knights Bachelor

Knights Bachelor

• Alan Ayckbourn, C.B.E., Playwright. For services to the theatre.
• Jack Mervyn Frank Baer, for services to the art trade.
• Nicholas Brian Baker, MP for Dorset North. For political service.
• Alec Victor Bedser, C.B.E., for services to cricket.
• Thomas Leon Blundell, F.R.S., for services to the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and to scientific research.
• Alan Peter Budd, Chief Economic Adviser to Her Majesty's Treasury.
• Peter John Davis, chairman of the National Advisory Council for Education and Training Targets. For services to training and to industry.
• Simon James Day, for political and public service.
• Geoffrey James Dear, Q.P.M., D.L., Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary. For services to the police.
• Richard Charles Hastings Eyre, C.B.E., artistic director of the Royal National Theatre. For services to drama.
• David Harrison, C.B.E., Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge. For services to education and to nuclear safety.
• John Smith Harvie, C.B.E., for political and public service.
• Robert Baynes Horton, chairman of Railtrack plc. For services to the railway industry.
• Gordon Minto Hourston, chairman of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body. For services to the armed forces and to industry.
• Michael Nicholas Howard Chiu, O.B.E., chairman of the Futures and Options Association and the London Clearing House. For services to the finance industry.
• John Martin Kirby Laing, C.B.E., D.L., chairman of John Laing plc. For services to the construction industry.
• James Paul McCartney, M.B.E., musician. For services to music.
• Prof. Samuel Roy Meadow, for services to paediatrics and to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
• Graeme David William Odgers, chairman of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission. For services to industry.
• Herman George Ouseley, chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality. For services to community relations and local government.
• John Michael Pickard, chairman of the London Docklands Development Corporation. For services to urban regeneration.
• Brian Mansel Richards, C.B.E., executive chairman of Peptide Therapeutics Ltd. For services to the biotechnology industry.
• John David Rowland, chairman of Lloyd's of London. For services to the insurance industry.
• Cyril David Townsend, MP for Bexleyheath. For political service.
• Prof. Guenter Heinz Treitel, Q.C., former Vinerian Professor of English Law, University of Oxford. For services to law.
• Miles Walker, lately chief minister of the Isle of Man Government. For services to the Government of the Isle of Man.
• Ronald Matthew Watson, C.B.E., leader of the Conservative group of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities. For services to local government.
• William Henry Weston Wells, regional chairman of South Thames NHS executive. For services to health care.
• Raymond William Whitney, O.B.E., MP for Wycombe. For political service.
• John Basil Zochonis, D.L., for political and public service.