Distinguished friends
Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia
Riz Ahmed
Sughra Ahmed
Sir Keith Ajegbo
George Alagiah OBE
Professor Peter Atkins
Julian Baggini
Richard Beswick
Professor Dinesh Bhugra CBE
Karan Bilimoria (Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea CBE DL)
Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC
Sir Nicholas Blake
Sir Ian Blatchford
David Blunkett (Lord Blunkett)
Achim Borchardt-Hume
Mihir Bose
Alain de Botton
John Bowers QC
Des Browne (Lord Browne of Ladyton)
Rickie Burman
Paul Canoville
Saimo Chahal QC
Reeta Chakrabarti
Shami Chakrabarti (Baroness Chakrabarti) CBE
Stephen Claypole
Professor Robin Cohen
Professor Linda Colley CBE
Professor David Crystal OBE
Prakash Daswani
Navnit Dholakia (Lord Dholakia)
Cllr Ibrahim Dogus
Sir Lloyd Dorfman CBE
Alf Dubs (Lord Dubs)
Sir John Dyson (Lord Dyson)
Shreela Flather (Baroness Flather)
Daniel Franklin
Dr Edie Friedman
Manjit S Gill QC
Teresa Graham CBE
Susie Harries
Naomie Harris
Professor James Hathaway
David Hencke
Sophie Herxheimer
Afua Hirsch
Michael Howard (Lord Howard of Lympne) CH QC
Clive Jacobs
Kevin Jennings
Sir Adrian Johns KCB CBE DL
Shobu Kapoor
Jackie Kay
Ayub Khan-Din
Professor Francesca Klug OBE
Sir Hans Kornberg FRS
Professor Tony Kushner
Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP
Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE
David Kynaston
Dr Brian Lambkin
Anthony Lester (Lord Lester of Herne Hill) QC
Mark Lewisohn
Joanna Lumley OBE
Michael Mansfield QC
Sue McAlpine
Neil Mendoza
David Miles CBE
Abigail Morris
Hugh Muir
Dr Tessa Murdoch
Sandy Nairne CBE
Bushra Nasir CBE
Susheila Nasta
Eithne Nightingale
John O’Farrell
Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE
Kunle Olulode
David Olusoga OBE
Julia Onslow-Cole
John Orna-Ornstein
Herman Ouseley (Lord Ouseley)
Ruth Padel
Professor Panikos Panayi
Bhikhu Parekh (Lord Parekh)
David Pearl
Caryl Phillips
Dr Mike Phillips OBE FRSL FRSA
Trevor Phillips OBE
Sunand Prasad
Aubrey Rose
Michael Rosen
Dr Cathy Ross
Sir Salman Rushdie
Dr Jill Rutter
Professor Philippe Sands QC
Sir Konrad Schiemann
Richard Scott (Duke of Buccleuch) KBE
Rt. Hon. Sir Stephen Sedley
Dr Maggie Semple OBE
Saira Shah
Nikesh Shukla
Jon Snow
Robert Soning
David Spence
Dr Dhananjayan (Danny) Sriskandarajah
Stelio Stefanou OBE DL
Lord Dick Taverne QC
Professor Robert Tombs
Rumi Verjee (Lord Verjee) CBE
Patrick Vernon OBE
Edmund de Waal OBE
Iqbal Wahhab OBE FRSA
Yasmin Waljee OBE
Jake Wallis Simons
Sir David Warren KCMG
Iain Watson
Henning Wehn
Janet Whitaker (Baroness Whitaker)
Gary Younge
Benjamin Zephaniah
Migration is a fundamental part of our national story and our national heritage and it is absolutely fitting that we should have a national museum to tell that story and celebrate that heritage. I welcome this project and see it playing a key role in supporting the Greater London Lieutenancy’s efforts to promote social inclusion and cohesiveness through a better understanding of our shared heritage.
Sir Adrian Johns KCB CBE DL
Adrian Johns served for 35 years in the Royal Navy specialising as a helicopter pilot and flying instructor but also commanding five times at sea ranging from a minesweeper to HMS OCEAN, Britain’s largest warship. He was Head of the Fleet Air Arm for five years and retired from the Navy as Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command in 2008. He was Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Gibraltar from 2009 to 2013. Among a variety of charitable interests he is a trustee and Deputy Chairman of the National Museum of the Royal Navy and patron of a number of Veterans’ Associations. He is Chairman of the Heritage Council of the Greater London Lieutenancy.