Knighthood is a title given to a person of high honor and bravery, usually bestowed by a monarch. It represents a recognition for their service and gallantry, and they are known as knights. Knights have a code of chivalry, which includes traits like courage, loyalty, and being helpful to others.
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According to the Diocese of Leeds, the pope made Mr Leach a member of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St Gregory the Great, which is one of the five Pontifical Orders of
Knighthood in the Catholic Church.
The director of public prosecutions and head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Ken McDonald, leads the list
of knighthoods in the Queen's 2007 new year's honours.
Professor of history Richard Evans and Professor of mathematics Timothy Gowers
receive knighthoods, while Professor Mary Jacobus and Professor David Newbery become CBEs.
The rabbi was recently confirmed a Papal
Knighthood by Cardinal Timothy Dolan citing «the good works that he's done» to promote religious freedom and international peace.
Last year three politicians were rewarded
with knighthoods, plus one political donor.
Crosby, the election strategist behind the Conservative campaign in May, and Bellingham, a Conservative MP since 1983 and former Foreign Office minister, are both
awarded knighthoods.
Former chancellor George Osborne has been made a companion of honour, while Defence Secretary Michael Fallon and former Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire have been made knight commanders, and Oliver Letwin and Patrick McLoughlin have been
given knighthoods.
Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe was stripped of his
honorary knighthood in 2008 over his «abuse of human rights» and «abject disregard» for democracy.
Jim was a regular fixture at the Wednesday night Parliamentary Masses, and in recognition of his commitment to his faith and the Church he received a
Papal Knighthood from Pope Benedict XVI and became a Knight of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George.
Queen Elizabeth II is
offering knighthood in exchange for playing his most popular piece, «Simple Songs,» at Prince Philip's impending birthday concert.
The list is notable for not awarding top honours to Tory supporters and advisers, which became a feature during the tenure of Cameron
when knighthoods went to his election strategist Lynton Crosby as well as party and remain campaign donors.
The most prominent pro-Brexit campaigner, Nigel Farage, has not been given a peerage or
knighthood despite calls from the right for him to be rewarded for his part in the successful campaign.
Even Chaplin's recently
bestowed knighthood — however much deserved and belatedly granted — sat rather awkwardly on a figure whose greatness lay in his portrayal of a tough but tender little tramp who stood at the bottom of the social order, if not quite outside of it, and who in real life had come from the slums of London.
The move may also prove a partial smokescreen for the additional four
knighthoods already awarded to outgoing ministers following this week's reshuffle.
Only his wisdom was directed towards those hoping to become masters of business rather than masters of a mystical,
intergalactic knighthood.
Traces of those fascinations appear throughout this book (although there is no mention of his enthusiasm for the modern
literary knighthood of superheroes and science fiction films).
This will prove once and for all that Wenger is the master and must be given a 23 year extension plus an
honourary knighthood for services to European football.
From Men in Blazers: To celebrate the return of meaning (aka Premier League Football) into our lives, the Men In Blazers, descend into The Swamp to play a live show for the ages at a location we can not yet reveal, but it might be the first step towards a
Davo knighthood.
@alanbeattie - Fred Goodwin shd have choice: either
ditch knighthood or keep but have to wear dunce's cap in public at all times.
12:13 - Why has Cameron given
more knighthoods from men he's sacked than Cabinet jobs for women?
Among those to contribute to her campaign was Ian Taylor, a prominent donor to the Remain campaign who this week rejected a
reported knighthood offer from former prime minister David Cameron.
Mr Cameron's resignation honours list,
conferring knighthoods and other honours to political allies, aides and donors, has also been confirmed today.
Big chants when Sir Bob stood up, by the way, over his
new knighthood.
Alan Duncan, the former international development minister, and Hugh Robertson, the former Foreign Office minister, will receive
KCMG knighthoods in the diplomatic list known as «Kindly Call Me God».
As it's a step
below knighthood, we won't have to call him Sir Bill, but the honor goes to only about two Americans each year.
Four Cabinet ministers who backed Remain — Chancellor Philip Hammond, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, Commons leader David Lidington, and Tory party chairman Patrick McLoughlin - are also on the list for
proposed knighthoods.
9 In a small victory for cleanliness, England's medieval King Henry IV required his knights to bathe at least once in their lives — during their
ritual knighthood ceremonies.
At this ThinkQuest Junior site, created by students from Pennsylvania's Salford Hills Elementary School, visitors strive for
knighthood as they tour the inside and outside of a medieval castle.
He was awarded a «Legion d'honneur» — a
French knighthood — by the president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy.
Frank Auerbach
declined knighthood in 2003 and currently is one of the most internationally collected living artists.
He was awarded the Turner Prize in 1994, the South Bank Prize for Visual Art in 1999, and
official Knighthood for Services to the Arts in 2014.
The «leading benefactor, promoter, employer and public persona» of Antigua and Barbuda, Stanford became the only American ever
granted knighthood in the nation, and began using the title «Sir Allen.»
The rabbi was recently confirmed a Papal
Knighthood by Cardinal Timothy Dolan citing «the good works that he's done» to promote religious freedom and...
«In the wake of the Cabinet reshuffle last autumn, Downing Street suddenly announced that several ex-ministers had been rewarded
with knighthoods (including the sacked farming minister, James Paice, the former solicitor general, Edward Garnier, and two former defence ministers, Nick Harvey and Gerald Howarth).
The prime minister also faced criticism over the revelation that three of the sacked ministers will
receive knighthoods.
Loyal, stubborn, and headstrong, the statuesque Brienne of Tarth embodies the chivalry and honor
of knighthood.
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