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The British honours system comprises both dynastic honours, the personal gift of the Sovereign, and British state honours or decorations (known as imperial honours or decorations outside the UK), which are not. Dynastic honours continue to be conferred by the Sovereign across the Commonwealth realms, although outside the United Kingdom they are ...
Knight/Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter KG/LG; Knight/Lady of the Order of the Thistle KT/LT; Knight of the Order of St Patrick [note 1] KP; Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB
List of titles and honours of Mary of Teck; List of titles and honours of George VI; List of titles and honours of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother; List of titles and honours of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; List of titles and honours of Elizabeth II; List of titles and honours of Queen Camilla; List of titles and honours of Charles III ...
The order of precedence in the United Kingdom is the sequential hierarchy for Peers of the Realm, officers of state, senior members of the clergy, holders of the various Orders of Chivalry, and is mostly determined, but not limited to, birth order, place in the line of succession, or distance from the reigning monarch.
Here is a look at the various ranks and what they mean.
Honours and Appointments Secretariat (c. 2004). Order of Wear (PDF). London: UK Honours and Appointments Secretariat. Archived from the original (Adobe Acrobat) on 15 October 2012; London Gazette (7 April 2009). Dates for the Introduction of Medals as shown by the Royal Warrants Published in the London Gazette (Microsoft Word).
Honours have been awarded at New Year since at least 1890, in which year a list of Queen Victoria's awards was published in The London Gazette on 2 January. [1] There was no honours list at New Year 1902, as a list had been published on the new king's birthday the previous November, [2] but from January 1903 until 1909 a list (including only Indian orders) was published.
List of British special constables awarded honours; List of cricketers who were knighted; List of football personalities with British honours; List of knights bachelor appointed in 1911; List of knights bachelor appointed in 1912; List of knights bachelor appointed in 1913; List of knights bachelor appointed in 1914; List of knights bachelor ...