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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.
An order of knights is a community of knights composed by order rules with the main purpose of an ideal or charitable task. The original ideal lay in monachus et miles (monk and knight), who in the order – ordo (Latin for 'order' / 'status') – is dedicated to a Christian purpose. The first orders of knights were religious orders that were ...
GOTHAM KNIGHTS (18D: RPG based on the Batman franchise) GOT UP: The word GOT is found at the top (i.e. UP) in each vertical theme answer: GO T HE DISTANCE, GOT HIC CATHEDRAL, and GOT HAM KNIGHTS.
Sir Herbert Wilberforce (1931, Knight Bachelor, 1864-1941); [83] Wilberforce was vice-president of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club from 1911 to 1921, and president from 1921 to 1936. [84] Sir Norman Brookes (1939, Knight Bachelor, [85] 1877–1968) Sir Andy Murray (2017, Knight Bachelor, [15] [16] born 1987)
The Knights of the Crown: the Monarchical Orders of Knighthood in Later Medieval Europe, 1325-1520. 2d revised ed. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2000. Keen, Maurice; Chivalry, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984, ISBN 0-300-03150-5; Robards, Brooks; The Medieval Knight at War, UK: Tiger Books, 1997, ISBN 1-85501-919-1
The King with the Hundred Knights (Old French: Roi des Cent Chevaliers, sometimes translated as the "King of the Hundred Knights") is a moniker commonly used in for a character that has appeared under different given names in various works of Arthurian romance, including as Malaguin (Aguignier, Aguigens, Aguigniez, Aguysans, Alguigines ...
Prince Philip's British honours were read out at his funeral, held in the United Kingdom, by Thomas Woodcock, Garter Principal King of Arms, as follows: . Thus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life unto his divine mercy the late Most High, Mighty and Illustrious Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich, Knight of the Most Noble Order of ...
Knight of the Order of St. Andrew, 1893 [39] [40] Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, 1893 [39] [40] Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, 1893 [39] [40] Knight 1st Class of the Order of St. Anna, 1893 [39] [40] Knight 1st Class of the Order of St. Stanislaus, 1893 [39] [40] Knight of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri, 30 July ...