Honorary Graduates

All University of Essex honorary graduates since 1967

Please also see [honorary graduates, orations and responses] by year of award.

The Honorary Degree of Doctor of the University of Essex was conferred on:

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

A

Professor Thomas Adès (2004)
Dr David Elliston Allen, MA, PhD (1995)
Sir Geoffrey Allen, FRS (1986)
^†The Rt Hon the Lord Alport PC, TD, DL (1997)
Theodoros Angelopoulos (2001)
^†The Rt Hon the Lord Annan, OBE, MA DLitt, FRHistS (1967)
Dame Margaret Joan Anstee, DCMG, BA BSc MA (1994)
The Hon Mrs Justice Arden, DBE (1997)
Sir Michael Francis Atiyah, MA PhD, FRS (1985)
Sir David Frederick Attenborough, CBE, MA, FRS (1987)

B

The President of Chile, Her Excellency Michelle Bachelet (2008)
Helen Bamber OBE (1998)
¹Alan Barber (2005)
Professor Anthony Barnes Atkinson, MA, FBA (1995)
Professor Alan D Baddeley, FRS (1999)
^†Professor George A Barnard, MA DSc, HonARCS FIMA (1994)
^†Roderic Barrett (1997)
Derek Donald Barron (1989)
^†Professor Sir David Robert Bates (1989)
^†Edward Bawden, CBE, RA (1974)
Sir Terence Norman Beckett, KBE, DL, Dsc, DSc (Econ), DTech, FEng FIMechE (1995)
Rt Hon John Bercow MP (2010)
Leila Berg (1999)
Sir Timothy Berners-Lee (1998)
The Rt Hon the Lord Bingham, PC MA (1997)
Professor Jean Fernand Pierre Blondel, BLitt (1992)
Ronald Blythe (2002)
^†Geoffrey William Bone, MA (1991)
Sir Peter Bonfield, CBE FIEE FBCS FCIM FREng FEng (2001)
¹Joseph Borg (2003)
Sir Michael Brady, PhD, FEng FIEE (1996)
Sir Nicholas Bratza, (2005)
William John Bray, CBE, CEng MSc (Eng), FIEE FCGI (1976)
³Liam (Billy) Brennan (2008)
The Rt Hon the Lord Braybrooke (2000)
Sir Samuel Brittan (1994)
^†Professor Joseph Brodsky (1989)
Professor Hugh Brogan (2007)
Professor Ralph Anthony Brooker, MA BSc, ARCS (1990)
¹John Brookes, (2006)
Trevor Brooking, CBE (2001)
Nick Broomfield (2006)
^†Arthur Frederick James Brown, MA DipEd (1976)
Professor George Brown, OBE, FBA (2002)
^†The Rt Hon the Lord Bullock, Kt, MA DLitt, FBA, Chev Légion d'Honneur (1992)
David Edgeworth Butler, CBE, MA DPhil (1993)

C

Henry Thomas Cadbury-Brown, OBE, RA, AA Dip Hons, FRIBA Hon FRCA (1989)
^†Mark James Walter Cameron, HonDLitt (1978)
^†Sir Andrew Hunter Carnwath, KCVO, DL (1983)
The Rt Hon the Lord Carrington, KCMG MC (1983)
Sir Bryan Carsberg, MSc (Econ), MA (Econ), Hon ScD, Hon DLitt (1995)
^1†The Rt Hon the Lord Carter BLitt FRAgS (1998)
Professor Kenneth William Cattermole, BSc, CEng MIEE (1992)
Shami Chakrabarti, CBE (2006)
Beth Chatto, OBE (1988)
^†Professor Richard Charles Cobb, CBE, FBA (1981)
Professor Peter Cochrane, BSc MSc PhD DSc, FEng FIEE Professor Sir FIEEE (1996)
Professor Stanley Cohen, PhD, FBA (2003)
Professor Linda Colley, FBA (2004)
^†Professor Patrick Collinson, CBE, FBA (2000)
Sheila Gillian Colvin, Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, FRSA (1994)
Richard Cooke, MA Dip Ed (1996)
Dr Radhika Coomaraswamy (2004)
Sir Alan Howard Cottrell, ScD, FRS (1982)
¹Jill Cowley (2004)
²Danny Crates
Professor Sir Ivor Crewe (2009)
Philip Crummy (2008)
³Lord Roger Cunliffe, RIBA (2008)

D

^†Elizabeth David, OBE (1979)
^†Professor Donald Alfred Davie, MA PhD, FBA FRSL (1990)
^†The Rt Hon John Emerson Harding Davies, MBE, FCA, DTech (1967)
^†Sir Robin Day, MA Hon LLD (1988)
^†Dr Kenneth George Denbigh, MA PhD DSc, FRIC FRS (1968)
^†Professor Jacques Derrida, LesL Dipd'EtSup DPh DrEtat, Officier Des Palmes Académiques (1987)
Philippe Arthur de Seynes (1982)
¹L B Dillingham (2001)
Mr David Dimbleby (2005)
James Dodds (2007)
Sir John Francis Donaldson, MA (1983)
Professor Mary Douglas, DPhil, FBA (1992)
Professor Jacques Drèze, PhD (1980)
Professor Greg Duncan (1999)
¹Peter Dury (2002)

E

Professor Sir Roger James Elliott, MA DPhil DSc, FRS (1993)
^†Frederick George Emmison, MBE, FSA FRHistS (1971)
³Lady Clare Euston (2008)
Dee Evans (2008)
^†George Ewart Evans, BA (1982)
Sir William Vincent John Evans, GCMG MBE, QC, MA BCL (1986)

F

Professor Samuel Edward Finer, MA DLitt (1982)
¹John Brian Finney CBE (1999)
Sir Denis Forman, OBE, DUniv, DL (1986)
Joanna Katharine Foster (1993)
^†Christina Agnes Lilian Foyle (1975)
Professor Jean Franco, PhD (1992)
Professor Carlos Fuentes, DLitt LLD (1987)

G

^†William John Poulton Maxwell Garnett, CBE, MA (1977)
Dr Hans-Dietrich Genscher, (1993)
John Alexander Georgiadis (Gabrieli Quartet) (1990)
^†The Rt Hon the Lord Gilmour, PC (1995)
The Rt Hon the Lord Gladwyn, GCMG GCVO CB, DCL (1974)
Dame Evelyn Glennie OBE (1998)
Dr Andrei Vladimir Gnezdilov, MD PhD (2001)
Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, OM CBE, MA PhD, FBA FSA (1977)
Professor Julia Goodfellow CBE (2004)
Elinor Goodman (2000)
^†Colonel Richard Bennett Gosling, OBE, MA, CEng FIMechE (1993)
William W Gould (2005)
Victor William Gray, MA (1993)
Professor Germaine Greer, PhD (2003)
The Hon Anthony Roy Gubbay, BA MA LLM (1994)
Orla Guerin (2002)

H

Rt Hon Dame Brenda Hale, DBE (2005)
Dr Elizabeth Hall, MB BS, MRCS LRCP DRCOG, JP (1996)
Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall, KT, CBE, MA, Hon DLitt, Chevalier de L'Orde des Arts et des Lettres (1995)
^†The Rt Hon the Earl of Halsbury, BSc DTech, FRIC FIP FRS (1968)
Charles Handy (2000)
¹Lord Hanningfield (2004)
Brian Hanrahan, BA (1990)
¹Jerry Harpur (2004)
Professor Sir Martin Best Harris, CBE, MA PhD LLD (1993)
Wilson Harris (1996)
Ralph David Hart, OBE, BSc, CPhys, MInstP (1995)
Anthony Keith Harvey, FRAM (Gabrieli Quartet) (1990)
The Rt Hon the Lord Haskins (2000)
Ray Hawes, OBE (1997)
Professor Rosalyn Higgins, JSD, QC (1996)
Lindsey Hilsum (2004)
Charles Antony Richard Hoare, MA CertStats HonDSc, FRS (1991)
¹Penelope Hobhouse (2003)
Professor Eric Hobsbawm, BA PhD, FBA (1996)
Dame Patricia Hodgson, CBE, MA LRAM (2001)
¹Jane Holderness-Roddam LVO (2001)
^†Imogen Holst, FRCM (1968)
Sir John Austin Hungerford Leigh Hoskyns, HonDSc (1987)
³Tim How (2008)
^†Professor Robert Arthur Humphreys, OBE, MA PhD DLitt (1973)
Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE, FRSL, JP (1996)

J

Sir Alex Jarratt, CB, DL (1997)
Sir George Rowland Jefferson, Hon BSc, FEng Hon FIMechE FRAeS FBIM FCGI FRSA (1985)
†The Rt Hon Roy Harris Jenkins, BA HonDPhil (1978)
Ian Douglas Jewel, ARCM (Gabrieli Quartet) (1990)
Hugh Johnson, OBE (1998)
Professor Ron Johnston, MA PhD (1996)
Griff Rhys Jones (2010)
Professor Stephen Jones (1999)
³Lady Barbara Judge, BA JD (2008)

K

Kenji Kawakatsu, Blue Ribbon Medal of Japan, Commander of the Order of the Crown of Belgium (1991)
^†Maurice George Kendall, MA ScD, FBA (1968)
¹John Kerr (2002)
^†Professor Tom Kilburn, CBE, MA PhD DSc, FIEE FRS (1968)
Professor Sir Hans Leo Kornberg, MA PhD DSc ScD, FIBiol FRS (1979)
Sergie Kovalev (1996)

L

Hanif Lalani OBE (2010)
^†The Rt Hon the Lord Leatherland OBE, JP, DL (1973)
Professor Ilse Lehiste, MA PhD (1977)
^†Rosamond Nina Lehmann, CBE (1988)
Mike Leigh, OBE (2002)
Leah Sarah Levin, BA(SocSc), BSc(Econ) (1992)
^†Admiral Sir Andrew Mackenzie Lewis, KCB (1990)
^†John Frederick Norman Lewis (1987)
Daniel Libeskind (1999)
^†Professor Sir Michael James Lighthill, BA DSc, FRAeS FRS (1967)
Professor Richard Lipsey, BA MA PhD, Order of Canada, FRSC, Fellow Econometric Society (1996)
Professor David Lockwood, CBE, BSc PhD (2001)
Professor Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins, MA DPhil DUniv, FRS FRSE (1981)
†Dora Love (2009)
Joseph Marie Antoine Hubert Luns, HonGCMG HonCH, DCL (1974)

M

Richard Mabey (2007)
Professor Alasdair MacIntyre, BA MA HonDHL DLit (1990)
Graça Machel (1997)
Ian Marks, CBE, DL (2004)
^†Geoffrey Haward Martin, CBE, MA DPhil (1989)
Ian Martin, MA (Cantab) (2003)
^†Sir Leslie Martin, MA PhD LLD, FRIBA (1976)
Neil McArthur (2009)
The Rt Revd Thomas McMahon (1991)
Professor James Edward Meade, CB, MA DSc Econ, FBA (1975)
Sir Robert Edgar Megarry, PC, MA LLD HonLLD, FBA (1991)
^†Kenneth Mellanby, CBE, BA PhD ScD HonDSc (1980)
^†Sir Harry Work Melville, KCB, PhD DSc LLD DCL DTech, FRIC FRS (1975)
Tim Melville-Ross, FCIS FRSA CIMgt FCIB (2008)
Professor Robin Milner, FRS FRSE (2000)
Dame Helen Mirren, DBE, (2004)
Nuala Mole (2009)
George Monbiot (2007)
Judge Erik Mose (2007)
^†Professor Sir Nevill Francis Mott, MA DSc, FRS (1978)
^†The Rt Hon the Lord Murray KCB, BSc PhD BLitt MA LLD DCL DLitt DUniv, FDSRCS (1971)

N

 Sir Patrick Dalmahoy Nairne, GCB MC, MA LLD (1983)
¹Sir Charles David Naish DL Hon DSc FRAgS (1998)
^†John Northcote Nash, CBE, RA (1967)
Cyril Ndebele (2001)
^†Alexander Sutherland Neill, MA MED LLD (1971)
Professor Howard Newby, CBE (2000)
^†Freda Gladys Newcombe, MA, DPhil, FBPS (1995)
^†The Rt Hon the Lord Nolan, PC QC (1996)

O

Brian Oakley CBE MA (1998)
¹William Edgar (Bill) Oddie (2006)
Ben Okri, OBE, FRSL (2002)
Onora O'Neill, CBE, BA MA PhD, FBA (1996)
Professor Susie Orbach, (2004)
Professor Sir John O'Reilly, FREng, FIEE (2004)
Brendan Joseph O'Reilly (Gabrieli Quartet) (1990)
Sir Philip Otton, PC (2006)
Anne Owers, DBE CBE (2006)

P

Baron Parekh of Kingston-upon-Hull, BA MA PhD
Tony Parker (1994)
^†Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears, CBE, FRCM, HonRAM, DUniv DLit DMus (1981)
¹Anthony Peel (2003)
Sir Roger Penrose, BSc PhD, FRS (1996)
Jack Petchey, OBE (2008)
^†Professor Sir David Chilton Phillips, PhD, FRS (1983)
Karen Pickering (2007)
^†John Egerton Christmas Piper, CH, DLitt, HonRIBA HonARCA (1984)
²Tony Pitcher, BA, BSc, MSc, MIoD, FRSA (2003)
The Baroness Platt of Writtle, CBE, DL, MA, HonDSc CEng, FRAES HonFIMechE (1985)
Professor Michael Podro, CBE, FBA (2000)
Jonathon Espie Porritt, BA (1991)
Peter Preston, BA HonDLitt (1994)

Q

Professor Sir Randolph Quirk, DLitt LLD, FBA (1986)

R

Dr Oliver Rackham (2000)
Dr Katherine Rake OBE (2010)
Sir Shridath Surendranath Ramphal, CMG, QC, SC (1980)
³Kirsten Rausing (2008)
^†Alan Rawsthorne, CBE, DMus (1971)
Gail Rebuck, CBE BA (2001)
^†Alec Harley Reeves, CBE, ACGI DIC, FIEE (1971)
Karel Reisz, BA (1979)
Ruth Barbara Rendell, HonDLitt, FRSL (1990)
Doug Richard (2009)
^†John Edgell Rickword, MC (1978)
Brian Norman Roger Rix, CBE, HonMA (1984)
Derek Harry Roberts, CBE, FEng FRS (1988)
Mary Robinson (1999)
^†Hon Miriam Rothschild, CBE, FRS (1999)
^†Sir John Archibald Ruggles-Brise, BT CB OBE, TD, JP (1980)
^†The Baroness Ryder of Warsaw, CMG, OBE (1993)

S

Oscar Arias Sanchez, MA PhD (1988)
Professor Simon Schama, CBE (2006)
Dame Cicely Mary Strode Saunders, DBE, FRCP (1983)
Sir Robin Saxby, FREng BEng (2003)
¹John Scott (2002)
Rt Hon Lord Justice Stephen Sedley (2007)
Professor Amartya Kumar Sen, PhD DLitt DSc (1984)
Sir Nicholas Serota, Kt (2002)
^†Professor George Hugh Nicholas Seton-Watson, CBE, DLitt, FBA (1983)
Sir Albert Edward Sloman, CBE, MA DPhil DU DLitt (1988)
The Rt Hon the Lord Slynn of Hadley, PC BA MA LLB QC (2001)
Dr Charles Saumarez Smith, CBE (2005)
Professor Dorothy E Smith (2005)
¹Guy Smith (2008)
Alison Steadman, OBE (2003)
^†Sir Andrew Alexander Steel Stark, KCMG CVO, DL (1990)
Sir Sigmund Sternberg, OStJ, KCSG, JP (1996)
Juliet Stevenson OBE (2009)
^†Sir Nigel Edward Strutt, TD, DL, DSc (1981)
Sir John Sulston, Kt; PhD, FRS (2002)
Dr Derrick Swartz BA MA PhD (2008)
^†William Henry Swinburne, OBE, DMus (1975)

T

^†John Edward Tabor, OBE, MA, DL (1984)
³Professor Bill Tancred MBE (2008)
Sir William Taylor, Kt, CBE (2004)
¹Blythe Tait (1999)
¹Alan Titchmarsh (1999)
Stewart Till, CBE (2006)
Professor John Francis Toland (2009)
Professor Peter Brereton Townsend, BA (1990)
Polly Toynbee (1999)
Rose Tremain, CBE, FRSL (2006)
Lord Triesman of Tottenham (2010)
Dominique Tropeano (2007)
^†His Honour Judge Stephen Tumim, MA (1995)
Sir John Tusa (2006)
Sarah Tyacke CB, (2005)

U

Brian Edward Urquhart, MBE (1981)

W

The Rt Revd John Waine, KCVO (2002)
Derek Walcott (2008)
Professor Sir Frederick Edward Warner, BSc HonDTech HonDSc, FIMechE FRS (1992)
The Baroness Warnock, DBE, MA BPhil (1985)
^†Professor Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson, BSc PhD HonDSc, FRS (1989)
James Hardy Wilkinson, MA ScD, FRS FIMA (1977)
The Rt Hon Professor Shirley Williams (Baroness Williams of Crosby), MA DLitt (1994)
Professor Sir Colin St John Wilson, RA (1998)
^† Sir James Harold Wilson, KG OBE, MA DCL LLD DTech, FRS (1967)
^†Professor Arthur John Terence Dibben Wisdom, MA (1978)
^†The Baroness Wootton of Abinger, CH, MA LLD DLitt DUniv (1976)

Y

Footnotes:

• † Deceased
• 1 Conferred at Writtle
• 2 Conferred at South East Essex College
• 3 Conferred jointly with the University of East Anglia