Robert Naylor, chief executive of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, also becomes a Sir.
Few will be surprised by the news that Kenneth Charles Branagh has been made a Sir at the age of 51.
After a spell in business and a few years at the Treasury, he was enticed to King's College, Cambridge, which 61 years earlier another economist-aesthete, John Maynard Keynes, had joined as a lecturer, writing (with his mother's help) a letter of resignation from the civil service to his boss, a Sir Arthur Godley.
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But United's victory is also a tribute to Sir Alex Ferguson as a manager.
A. Sir, I'm not sure that I knew he was having contact with the President about this.
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He actually tried to persuade policemen to bring a prosecution against Sir Stanley Spencer, a fellow academician, under Britain's obscenity laws.
The profound concerns of the UK Statistics Authority at this kind of ministerial behaviour are reflected in a lecture Sir Michael gave at Cambridge University last year.
Less than three weeks ago the city council said it would consider taking legal action if the government decided to axe the super-casino, a move Sir Richard has refused to rule out.
Bu Angela Burns AC, Gorllewin Caerfyrddin a De Sir Benfro, yn galw am gyflwyno system gwregys las, lle mae'r datblygiad o eiddo preswyl ar dir ger afonydd, arfordiroedd a llynnoedd mewn risg uchel o lifogydd ei wahardd.
In the former instance, Lynas reminds me of a young Sir Mark Sykes carving the Persian Gulf into sovereign political states in the wake of World War One without recognizing the most salient assumptions implicit in those political boundaries and the vast consequences they would create.
In a second life Sir John (he became a crown subject after moving to the Bahamas in 1968) emerged as an exemplary philanthropist.
If there is a drawback with Sir Jeremy's book, this is a fault of its virtue.
His daughter, Sarah spoke of a childhood where Sir Edmund was planning expeditions, and coming home to a family eager to see him again.
It has set up a review headed by Sir Donald Acheson, a former chief medical officer of health, to examine evidence on inequalities and make recommendations for action.
In a statement announcing Sir Mike's departure, Easyjet said it had begun looking for his successor and Sir Mike had agreed to remain in his post until a replacement could be found.
Between the X Prize money and that promised the week before in a licensing agreement with Sir Richard Branson, a British entrepreneur, Mr Allen, ever the savvy businessman (perhaps, in this case, in spite of himself) seems to have already guaranteed himself a profit.
Upon deciding to make up a new song rather than do a cover, Sir Paul said he turned up to the recording session with a "crazy guitar" actor Johnny Depp had given him.
So in 1898, in a speech to the British Association, a chemist, Sir William Crookes, argued again that worldwide starvation was inevitable within a generation.
Serene in a softer way was Sir Anthony Van Dijck, a restaurant designed by Vervoordt in the 1980's.
This is not a personal vendetta against Sir Alex but he has a particular stature within the game and if he is seen to be getting off lightly other managers may think what he said was not beyond the pale.
And the plan contradicts a report in 2007 by Sir Rod Eddington, a former boss of British Airways, which was meant to lay down the rules for transport spending for decades to come.
In his report, following a year-long review, Sir George, a former chief executive of IT company Unisys, said the pressure to deliver quick results to the potential detriment of the longer-term development of a company had "become an entrenched feature of the UK business environment".
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So a response to Sir Michael's report may have to come from the universities themselves.
These stories and campaigns will hopefully lead to the creation of a few household SIR names.
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But that's a reflection, Sir Mervyn said, of the inherent limits of monetary policy in today's environment.
Lord Mountbatten was a champion of Sir Christopher Cockerell's hovercraft and was on board the first cross-Solent SR.
Once a successor to Sir John is found, Mr Hayward is expected to step back to his previous role.
Hope the Harris hawk is being used twice a week at Sir John Hunt Community Sports College in Plymouth.
This follows recommendations in a report by Sir Adrian Montague on the large-scale development of homes for private rent.
Paul Carey, a spokesman for Sir Elton in London, said he couldn't comment because he didn't know anything about it.
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