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This is a list of current honorary knights and dames of the Order of the British Empire. Grand Cross Star of the Order of the British Empire.
Citizens of a country which was a full part of the British Empire or Commonwealth when they received the honour (i.e. who were British subjects at the time), were substantive knights or dames, not honorary. The knighthood does not become honorary, and the person may choose to use his or her title(s), after their country becomes a republic.
List of dames grand cross of the Order of the British Empire; List of honorary British knights and dames; United Kingdom order of precedence; Honours Committee; Roger Willoughby, For God and the Empire. The Medal of the Order of the British Empire, 1917–1922 (Savannah Publications, London, 2012) ISBN 1-902366-53-0
Presented by Sir Auckland Geddes, British Ambassador to the United States. "In recognition of his services to British civilian and military prisoners during the war." [18] Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Cyril Byrne Haking: 1 January 1921 Military [19] Honorary Major-General His Highness The Maharaja of Bikaner: 1 January 1921 Military
"House Of Cards" star Kevin Spacey may not actually be the president of the United States - but he is an honorary knight of the British Empire. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a number of ...
This category lists men and women who have been granted honorary British knighthoods, i.e. it is to list people who are not citizens of Commonwealth Realms who have been made an honorary Knight or Dame in one of the various British orders of chivalry, such as the Order of the Garter, Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George, the Royal Victorian Order, and the Order of the British ...
Orders relating to the British Raj or the British Indian Empire are also dormant. The senior order, the Order of the Star of India, was divided into three grades, Knight Grand Commander, Knight Commander and Companion, of which the first and highest was conferred upon the Princes and Chiefs of Indian states and upon important British civil ...
The top two, Knight or Dame Grand Cross (the most senior) and Knight or Dame Commander, confer the style of knighthood (for men) or damehood (for women) upon the recipient. The following is a list of knights and dames commander appointed from the beginning of 1919 to the end of 1920; at least 311 people were given the honour in this period ...