3/4/2021 LeighRayment-knightshon (https://www.instagram.com/maltagenealogy/) (https://www.maltagenealogy.com/) Search ... [ LeighRament-knightshon. (May 27, 2020). Honorary Knights and Dames. Malta Genealogy. Reproduced for educational purposes only. Fair Use relied upon. LeighRayment-knightshon Source: https://www.maltagenealogy.com/LeighRayment- 27 MAY 2020 knightshon] Honorary Knights and Dames Last update: 27-05-2020. I wish to acknowledge the large debt I owe to Martin Baertl, who has been able to provide me with a wealth of information in relation to European honorary knights and dames. Honorary Knights and Dames are frequently appointed by the Crown to various orders of knighthood. Those orders are currently the Orders of the Garter, the Thistle, the Bath, St.Michael and St.George, the Royal Victorian Order and the British Empire. Until the independence of India, honorary Knights were also appointed to the Order of the Star of India and the Order of the Indian Empire. Details of honorary Knights of the Garter and of the Thistle will be found on the pages devoted to those Orders. It is not possible to appoint an honorary Knight Bachelor. Honorary awards are made to men and women who are not citizens of a Commonwealth realm. Recipients of such awards are not permitted to use the pre-nominal words of "Sir" or "Dame", but are permitted to use post-nominal letters - for example, Bob Geldof KBE, but never Sir Bob Geldof (notwithstanding the media's incorrect use of such styling). If a recipient of an honorary knighthood subsequently becomes a citizen of a Commonwealth realm, then any honorary award usually becomes substantive, with the result that the recipient may then use the pre-nominal title of "Sir" or "Dame," but only after receiving the accolade from the sovereign or his or her delegate. Conversely, citizens of a country which was part of the British Empire or Commonwealth (including the Indian Princely States) at the time they received their award, were substantive knights or dames. Citizens of British Protectorates (for example, the Malay States, Brunei, the Maldives and Nepal) and mandated territories (for example Transjordan) generally received honorary awards only. If a country later leaves the Commonwealth, the award remains substantive, and the recipient may continue to use his or her title(s) if they choose to do so. Honorary awards can and have been annulled by the sovereign, generally when the recipient of the award has engaged in activities detrimental to the Crown. Recent examples include Nicolae Ceaușescu and Robert Mugabe. In addition, recipients of awards who are citizens of a country that is engaged in war with the Crown generally have their awards annulled. For example, the London Gazette of 23 August 1940 contained a notice which read "The King has given Commands for the removal from the Lists of Honorary Members of the British Orders of Chivalry, and from the rolls of foreign holders of British decorations and medals, of all names appearing therein of persons who are of German or Italian nationality." (Issue 34929, page 5152). Compiling a listing of honorary Knights and Dames has proved to be a major challenge, and I am certain that, while the listing below is reasonably complete up to the year 2000, there will be a number of honorary knights and dames missing, especially those appointed to the Royal Victorian Order since the year 2000. In addition, the listing reveals many honorary https://www.maltagenealogy.com/LeighRayment-knightshon 1/80 3/4/2021 LeighRayment-knightshon knights and dames who, although they received such an award, the date of such award I have been unable to discover. Sources:- Honorary awards up until the end of 1904 are included in ""The Knights of England" compiled by William Arthur Shaw, published in 1906. For the period between 1904 and 1 July 1911, honorary awards continued to be included in the "London Gazette," but after that date honorary appointments were generally no longer gazetted. Notwithstanding, it was often the case that some, but by no means all, subsequent appointments were noticed in newspapers such as "The Times." The great majority of honorary awards made since 1911 have been made to the Royal Victorian Order. Such awards are most frequently made as a result of State Visits, either by the King or Queen when visiting foreign countries, or when the heads of foreign countries are visiting the United Kingdom. Fortunately, listings of these awards are available in Volume II of "Royal Service," by James Risk, Henry Pownall, David Stanley and John Tamplin, published by Third Millennium Publishing in 2001. This superb three-volume work is a record of all awards made for personal service to the Royal Family. The listings are only up to the year 2000, and as a result I have been unable, to this point, to obtain details of any subsequent appointments, although I have hopes of being able to do so. For all other honorary awards, I have relied upon contemporary notices in newspapers and various biographies included in Wikipedia and on the Internet in general. In summary, the listing contains every honorary award which I have able to discover, given current resources, but it does not pretend to be complete. As with all my listings, I will be very grateful, and give full attribution to, any reader who can help me improve the information contained herein. Surname/Title Forenames Created Order Born Died Age Abai Fitaurari Haregot 1 Feb 1965 KCVO Abdelsadok Abderraham ben 13 Apr 1903 KCVO Abdu’l-Bahá' 1920 KBE 23 May 1844 28 Nov 1921 77 Abdul Wahab Ahmed 9 May 1967 KCVO " " 9 Jun 1981 GCVO Abe Yasuko 26 May 1998 DCVO Abebe Ato Mesfin 1 Feb 1965 KCVO Abeokuta, Alake of Ladapo Ademola (Ademola II) 10 Jun 1954 KBE (Civ) 1873 27 Dec 1962 89 Abo Baron Kiyokazu 28 Jun 1930 GCVO 15 Oct 1870 8 Jun 1948 77 " " KCMG Abreu-Sodre Roberto Costa 1 Nov 1968 GCVO 21 Jun 1917 14 Sep 1999 82 Abrial Jean-Marie Charles Jun 1940 KCB 17 Dec 1879 19 Dec 1962 83 Abruzzi H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke d' 27 Apr 1903 GCVO 29 Jan 1873 18 Mar 1933 60 Abu Dhabi, Minister of Foreign Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan May 2013 KCMG 30 Apr 1972 Affairs of Abu Dhabi, Emir of Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nov 2010 GCB 28 Jan 1948 Nahyan Emir of Abu Dhabi and President of the United Arab Emirates 2004- Abu Dhabi, Emir of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Emir of Abu GCMG 6 May 1918 2 Nov 2004 86 Dhabi 1966-2004. President of the United Arab Emirates 1971-2004 Abu Dhabi, Crown Prince of Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan Nov 2010 GCMG 11 Mar 1961 Abu-Odeh Adnan Sa'id 26 Mar 1984 GCVO https://www.maltagenealogy.com/LeighRayment-knightshon 2/80 3/4/2021 LeighRayment-knightshon Acerbo Giacomo 14 May 1923 KCVO 25 Jul 1888 9 Jan 1969 80 Acton Alfredo KCB 12 Sep 1867 26 Mar 1934 66 Adamkus Valdas President of 2006 GCB 3 Nov 1926 Lithuania 1996-2003 and 2004-2009 Ade Karl Meinhard 19 Oct 1992 KCVO Adenauer Konrad Hermann Joseph Chancellor of 1956 GCMG 5 Jan 1876 19 Apr 1967 91 West Germany 1949-1963 Adl Tabatabai Murteza 2 Mar 1961 KCVO Afghanistan, Crown Prince Nasrullah Khan 23 Apr 1896 GCMG 7 Apr 1875 31 May 1920 45 of Afghanistan, Emir of Habibulla Khan Emir of 23 Apr 1896 GCMG 3 Jun 1872 20 Feb 1919 46 Afghanistan 1901-1919 " " 12 Jan 1907 GCB Afghanistan, Emir of H.H. Abdor Rahman Khan, Emir of 11 Apr 1885 GCSI 1844 3 Oct 1901 57 Afghanistan 1880-1901 " " 29 Dec 1893 GCB Afghanistan, Princess of Bibi Khurd c Mar 1928 DBE 1895 Afghanistan, Princess of Razia Begum c Mar 1928 DBE 1909 Afghanistan, Queen Consort of Soraya Tarzi [wife of Amanullah c Mar 1928 GBE 24 Nov 1899 20 Apr 1968 68 Khan, Emir 1919-1926 and King 1926-1929] Afkham Fathullah Khan Halar 17 Mar 1903 KCMG Afkhami Houshang 5 May 1959 KCVO Afshar Amir Khosrow by 1974 KCMG 1919 Aguilar de Campo Don Ventura Garcia Sancho, Marquis de 9 Apr 1907 GCVO 20 Apr 1837 22 Feb 1914 76 Aguirre Esperanza Feb 2004 DBE 3 Jan 1952 Ágústsson Helgi 25 Jun 1990 GCVO 16 Oct 1941 Ahlefeldt-Laurvig Count Preben Ferdinand 21 Dec 1929 GCVO 27 Oct 1872 28 May 1946 73 Ahlefeldt-Laurvig Countess Thea Ottilia 21 May 1957 DCVO 9 Oct 1910 21 Mar 1998 87 Ahren Lennart 25 May 1983 KCVO Ahrendts Angela Jean Apr 2014 DBE 7 Jun 1960 Ajibola Prince Bola Adesumbo 1989 KBE 22 Mar 1934 Akbar Muhammad 2 Mar 1961 KCVO Åkerrén Bengt Olof 8 Jul 1975 KCVO 12 Aug 1922 21 Nov 1998 76 Akihito Komatsu 1 Jul 1890 GCB (Mil) 11 Feb 1846 18 Feb 1903 57 Al Hauta, Sultan of Abdul Karim Fadthh bin Ali 1 Jan 1918 KCIE Al Hauta, Sultan of Ali bin Ahmed 8 Oct 1914 KCIE Al Kawari Issa Ghanim 12 Nov 1985 GCVO Al Khalifa Muhammad ibn Khalifa ibn Hamad c Apr 1984 GBE 1937 Al Khalifa Muhammad ibn Mubarak 10 Apr 1984 GCMG Al Noaimi Yousef Issa 12 Nov 1985 KCVO Ala-es-Saltaneh H.H. Prince Mirza Mehdi Khan 4 Nov 1919 GCVO Alakija Adeyemo 14 Jun 1945 KBE (Civ) 25 May 1884 9 May 1952 67 Al-Askari Tariq 16 Jul 1956 KCVO Al-Atiqi Abdulrahman 23 May 1995 GCVO Alavi Muqaddam Hussain 2 Mar 1961 GCVO Alavi Muqaddam Mehdi Coli 2 Mar 1961 GCVO Alba de Tormes, Duke of Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó 6 Jun 1902 GCVO 17 Oct 1878 24 Sep 1953 74 Albany and Saxe-Coburg and H.R.H.