2005 New Year Honours

New Year Honours were granted in the United Kingdom and New Zealand at the start of 2005. Among these in the UK were knighthoods awarded to Mike Tomlinson, the educationalist; Derek Wanless, who led a review of the National Health Service; and Brian Harrison, editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The former athlete Kelly Holmes was made a Dame. The television presenter Alan Whicker was awarded a CBE.[1][2]

  1. ^ "New Year honours list 2005", The Guardian; accessed 17 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Supplement 57509, 31 December 2004". The London Gazette. 30 December 2004. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.