Knighthoods For All

goodgoalie | 22:33 Fri 30th Dec 2016 | News

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Blimey, anyone well known NOT received a knight or damehood?!

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Peter Pedant

oops he was

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Newsom-Davis

good reasons not to honour him - he's dead
and got to be FRS which I think is coveted more by scientists

TWR

They missed Gazza I see.

Barmaid

I am amazed our own Peter Pedant didnt get one for services to the english language!!!

Bam bam x

Peter Pedant

// I heard of a chap who refused a Knighthood for the reason he was a Catholic.//

no historical apologies for executing all those cafflics den ?

There is a list of those who have refused honours
let us call them the Salon des Refuses ( yeah I know I am recycling a well known phrase )

Evelyn Waugh turned down a CBE as he thought he should be knighted

Peter Pedant

Good morning Bam Bam

a kissy wissy New Year to you from your greatest admirer !

Sqad

PP
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CH for surviving and running a four min mile ? \\\

No , it was a "sub 4 minute mile".......3 mins 59.4 secs......the first sub 4 minute mile.

Roger Bannister was indeed an eminent Neurologist as was Sir Russell Brain later to become Lord Brain.

mikey4444

Morning Sqad !

What a wonderful name for a neurologist to have !

ToraToraTora

got mine! Sir TTT, has a nice ring to doesn't it?

Butterbun

Sir Andy Murray - Well deserved
Sir Bryn Terfel, also well deserved.
Quite a few I'm happy to see getting awards.

piggynose

Sir Frankie Boyle, why not?

THECORBYLOON

TTT, surely you want an OBE, Out of Bleedin' Europe?

THECORBYLOON

BARMAID, he WAS nominated but he wrote it himself and no-one could understand it...

DTCwordfan

Olympic awards should only be given after they retire, the gong around their neck is what matters - unless there has been exceptional performance as in Murray, Bradley Wiggens or Chris Hoy.

For the record (i) one has to wait 5 years from a CBE to be up for a Sir/Dame

For the record (ii) why has Jon Surtees never been knighted for being world champion at both F1 and bikes and for all his massive charity work?