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Curtis Knight (May 9, 1929 – November 29, 1999), born Mont Curtis McNear, was an American musician who is known for his association with Jimi Hendrix. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Background
Alfonso XIII of Spain (left) with his cousin-in-law, the future King George V (right), during his State Visit to the United Kingdom in 1905. Alfonso is wearing the uniform of a general of the British Army, the Royal Victorian Chain, the sash and star of the Garter, the cross of the Order of Charles III, the neck badge of the Golden Fleece, and the badge of the four Spanish military orders.
Esquire is a rank of gentry originally derived from Squire and indicating the status of an attendant to a knight, an apprentice knight, or a manorial lord; [42] it ranks below Knight (or in Scotland below Laird) but above Gentleman. [e] [f]
Hope and Glory may refer to: Hope and Glory, a 1987 film written and directed by John Boorman; Hope and Glory, a British television drama; Hope & Glory, an album by Ann Wilson of Heart "Hope & Glory" (song), a song by Swedish singer Måns Zelmerlöw; Hope and Glory (album), a 1984 album or the title song by Tom Robinson
The lowest knightly honour that can be conferred upon a woman is Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE), which is one rank higher than Knight Bachelor (being the female equivalent of KBE or Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, which is the next male knightly rank above Knight Bachelor).
From the earliest times and throughout the Republican period, Roman equites subscribed, in their role as Roman cavalrymen, to an ethos of personal heroism and glory. This was motivated by the desire to justify their privileged status to the lower classes that provided the infantry ranks, to enhance the renown of their family name, and to ...
Joey McIntyre, Jonathan Knight, Jordan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood. Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images Kids will be kids, and in the case of New Kids on the Block, they ...
The Boston Globe listed the album among the best albums of 1984, calling it "a shamefully overlooked album by the gay British singer who has become an intelligent rocker of the first rank." [16] Newsday considered Hope and Glory to be the fifth best album of 1985. [17] AllMusic deemed the album "a politically tinged but mostly mainstream rock ...