Knighthoods For All

[goodgoalie]

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

[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?

[hereIam]

Patricia Routledge - YES.
Andy Murray - NO.

[Prudie]

Agree hereiam

[hereIam]

Thank you ..

[HansUrbancka]

I am trying to establish if Ab Editor has had a gong for his work with the secret service. :-)

Hans.

[Mamyalynne]

Check out the link I gave on page 1 Hans - you never know.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-years-honours-list-2017


Might be in code though ;-)

[gness]

He may have one for having the patience of a saint, Hans....☺

[gulliver1]

goodgoalie,100 answers, and B/D asked you for a link,???