List of honorary British Knights and dames - wikipedia List of honorary British Knights and dames Main article : Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom See also : Category : Recipients of Honorary British Knighthoods. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. This is an incomplete list of people who have been created honorary Knights or Dames by the British crown, as well as those who have been raised to the two comparable Orders of Chivalry ( Order of Merit and Order of the Companions of Honour ) and the Royal Victorian Chain, which do not carry pre-nominal styles. Use of pre-nominal styles and post-nominal initials. An honorary award is one made to a person who is not a citizen of a Commonwealth realm. He or she can not use the pre-nominal style of ' Sir ' or ' Dame ', but can use the post-nominal letters ( after their names ), subject to the prevailing conventions in his or her own country. If such a person later acquires citizenship of a Commonwealth realm, then any honorary awards usually become substantive, and in the case of knights and dames they can begin to use the pre-nominal styles. However this is not automatic. The person must be dubbed by the Queen or Her Majesty 's delegate in order to be entitled to use the pre-nominal style. If the knighthood is in an order which has a special class for honorary knighthoods, a change to a regular class of knighthoods is also required. Loss of citizenship of a British realm. 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. Citizens of British protectorates and mandated territories usually received honorary awards. Notable exceptions were rulers of the Indian princely states, who were de jure British protected persons and not British subjects, but who received substantive knighthoods. Annulment and restoration. In certain circumstances, an honorary award may be annulled ( i.e. revoked ). The effect is that, officially, the person is considered never to have been given the award, their name is erased from the order 's register, and they are required to return all insignia. This happens when the Sovereign issues a signed and sealed ordinance cancelling and annulling the appointment. This is not common and in practice only occurs where the recipient has engaged in serious detrimental activities, e.g. following a conviction for serious crimes, or for hostile acts against the United Kingdom. In rare circumstances, an annulled award may later be restored by the Sovereign. Details of known annulments and restorations are annotated in the table below. For a more comprehensive list, see List of revocations of appointments to orders and awarded decorations and medals of the United Kingdom. Order of the Garter terminology. The Order of the Garter uses terminology different from that of most other British orders. ' Extra Knights Companion of the Garter ' and ' Extra Ladies of the Order of the Garter ' are the equivalent of ' Honorary Knights ' and ' Honorary Dames ' in other orders. As with other orders, the pre-nominal styles ' Sir ' and ' Lady ' are not used by Extra Knights and Extra Ladies. Revoked appointments are said to be ' degraded ' rather than ' annulled ' ; the effect, however, is the same. Contents 1 Arts and entertainment 2 Politics and government 3 Diplomatic 4 Military 5 Business 6 Religion 7 European royalty 8 Asian and African royalty 9 Professional, humanitarian and exploration 10 Abbreviations 11 Notes 12 Footnotes Arts and entertainment List of honorary British Knights and Dames Name Nationality Honour Year Category Notes Daniel Barenboim Argentina / Israel KBE 2011 Arts / Entertainment Pianist and conductor Jorge Luis Borges Argentina KBE tbd Arts / Entertainment Poet and writer Alfred Brendel Austria KBE 1989 Arts / Entertainment Pianist Julien Cain France KBE 1952 Arts / Entertainment Administrator - general of the Bibliothèque nationale de France for services to British cultural issues. see also fr : Julien Cain Ralf Dahrendorf Germany KBE 1982 Arts / Entertainment Became a British national in 1988 Christian Conrad Sophus, Count Danneskiold - Samsøe Denmark KCVO 1904 Arts / Entertainment Anna Morpurgo Davies Italy DBE 2000 Arts / Entertainment Plácido Domingo Spain KBE 2002 Arts / Entertainment Opera singer ; awarded for contributions to music and charity work Antal Doráti Hungary KBE Arts / Entertainment Maurice Druon France KBE 1999 Arts / Entertainment Previously appointed Honorary CBE in 1988. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. United States KBE 1949 Arts / Entertainment In recognition of his work on behalf of Anglo - American amity, particularly as chairman in the United States of the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe. Naum Gabo Soviet Union KBE 1973 Arts / Entertainment Mark Getty United States KBE 2015 Arts / Entertainment Bernard Haitink Netherlands CH 2002 Arts / Entertainment Musical director of the Royal Opera House Bernard Haitink Netherlands KBE 1977 Arts / Entertainment Principal Conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra for his enormous contribution to the artistic life of this country Bob Hope United States KBE 1998 Arts / Entertainment Entertainer, for contribution to Anglo - American friendship He had lost British nationality in 1920. Magnus Magnusson Iceland KBE 1989 Arts / Entertainment Ferdinand Meldahl Denmark GCVO 1904 Arts / Entertainment Chamberlain to the King of Denmark and Vice President of the Royal Academy of Arts, Copenhagen. Yehudi Menuhin United States / Switzerland KBE 1965 Arts / Entertainment Became a British national in 1985. Appointed a substantive Member of the Order of Merit in 1987. Spike Milligan Ireland KBE 2001 Arts / Entertainment Comedian, awarded for services to entertainment Ettore Modigliani Italy KBE 1930 Arts / Entertainment Arnaldo Momigliano Italy KBE Arts / Entertainment Ann Murray Ireland DBE 2002 Arts / Entertainment For services to music. Riccardo Muti Italy KBE 2000 Arts / Entertainment Eugene Ormandy United States KBE 1976 Arts / Entertainment Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, for contribution to Anglo - American friendship Ignacy Jan Paderewski Poland GBE 1925 Politics / Government Arts / Entertainment Roberto Paribeni Italy KBE 1930 Arts / Entertainment Murray Perahia United States KBE Arts / Entertainment Pianist, awarded for his services to music Libor Pešek Czech Republic KBE Arts / Entertainment Mario Praz Italy KBE 1962 Arts / Entertainment André Previn United States KBE Arts / Entertainment Mstislav Rostropovich United States KBE Arts / Entertainment In 1990 he regained Russian citizenship, and held dual US / Russian citizenship. Arthur Rubinstein United States KBE 1977 Arts / Entertainment Ravi Shankar India KBE 2001 Arts / Entertainment Georg Solti Germany KBE 1971 Arts / Entertainment Musical Director, Covent Garden Opera Company Became a British national in 1972 and knighthood became substantive. Kevin Spacey United States KBE 2015 Arts / Entertainment Previously appointed Honorary CBE in 2010. Steven Spielberg United States KBE 2001 Arts / Entertainment Award - winning director credited with `` doubling of cinema admission in the UK since the early 1980s '' William Trevor Ireland KBE 2002 Arts / Entertainment Previously appointed Honorary CBE in 1977. Terry Wogan Ireland KBE 2005 Arts / Entertainment Took British nationality in 2005 and knighthood became substantive. Held dual British / Irish citizenship. James Wolfensohn United States / Australia KBE 1995 Arts / Entertainment Born an Australian citizen, but relinquished this when he became an American citizen in 1980. In 2010, he regained his Australian citizenship. Franco Zeffirelli Italy KBE Arts / Entertainment Stage and screen director ; awarded for his `` valuable services to British performing arts '' Politics and Government List of honorary British Knights and Dames Name Nationality Honour Year Category notes Prince Bola Ajibola Nigeria KBE 1989 Politics / Government Attorney - General and Minister of Justice of Nigeria, 1985 -- 1991 Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji Nigeria KBE 1989 Politics / Government Minister of Budget and Planning of Nigeria, 1988 -- 1990 Jacobo Fitz - James Stuart y Falcó, 17th Duke of Alba de Tormes Spain GCVO 1902 Politics / Government Emeka Anyaoku Nigeria GCVO 2000 Politics / Government Count d'Arnoso Portugal KCVO tbd Politics / Government Private Secretary to the King of Portugal. Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1903. Count d'Arnoso Portugal GCVO 1903 Politics / Government Private Secretary to the King of Portugal. Franz Joseph von Auersperg Austria GCVO 1904 Politics / Government Privy Councillor and Chamberlain to The Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary. Joseph Avenol France KBE 1921 Politics / Government Antonio Jose d'Avila Portugal KCVO 1903 Politics / Government Lord Mayor of Lisbon Ayub Khan Pakistan RVC tbd Politics / Government Ayub Khan Pakistan GCMG 1960 Politics / Government ( Field Marshal ) President of Pakistan Miguel Barbosa Huerta Mexico KBE 2015 Politics / Government August Graf Bellegarde Austria - Hungary KCVO 1903 Politics / Government Master of the Household to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary. Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt German Empire GCVO 1904 Politics / Government On the occasion of royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany Hermann Baron von Bilfinger Württemberg GCVO 1904 Politics / Government General Aide - de-Camp to His Majesty the King of Württemberg On the occasion of royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany Anatol, Count Biogot de Saint - Quentin Austria - Hungary GCVO 1904 Politics / Government Major General Anatol was Comptroller to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary. Robert, Count de Bourboulon Bulgaria GCVO 1905 Politics / Government Lord Chamberlain to the Prince of Bulgaria Henri, Marquis de Breteuil France KCVO 1904 Politics / Government George H.W. Bush United States GCB 1993 Politics / Government President of the United States Felipe Calderón Mexico GCB 2009 Politics / Government President of Mexico Fernando Henrique Cardoso Brazil GCB 1997 Politics / Government President of Brazil Nicolae Ceauşescu Romania GCB 1978 Politics / Government Annulled 1989 Anson Chan China GCMG 2002 Politics / Government Chentung Liang - Cheng China KCMG 1897 Politics / Government Chentung Liang - Cheng China KCVO 1909 Politics / Government Cherif Pasha Egypt GCSI 1878 Politics / Government Claude Cheysson France GCMG Politics / Government Eduard Graf Choloniewski Myszka Austria KCVO 1903 Politics / Government Master of the Ceremonies to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary Emilio Chuayffet Mexico KBE 2015 Politics / Government Marie Louise Coleiro Preca Malta GCMG 2015 Politics / Government Preisident of Malta Prospero Colonna ( politician ) Italy GCVO 1903 Politics / Government ( Prince of Sonnino ) Syndic of Rome Abel Combarieu France GCVO 1903 Politics / Government Secretary General and Chief of the Household of the President of France Émile Combes France GCVO 1903 Politics / Government President of the Council Artur da Costa e Silva Brazil GCB 1968 Politics / Government President of Brazil Charles, Count Coudenhove Austria - Hungary GCVO 1904 Politics / Government Governor of Bohemia Philippe Crozier France KCVO 1898 Politics / Government Christian Frederik, Count Danneskjold - Samsöe Denmark GCVO 1904 Politics / Government Théophile Delcassé France GCVO 1903 Politics / Government Minister of Foreign Affairs Johan Deuntzer Denmark GCVO 1904 Politics / Government Alphonse Deville France GCVO 1903 Politics / Government President of the Municipal Council Porfirio Díaz Mexico GCB 1906 Politics / Government President of Mexico Willem Drees Netherlands GCMG Politics / Government Luis Echeverría Mexico GCB 1973 Politics / Government President of Mexico António Ramalho Eanes Portugal RVC 1985 Politics / Government Dwight D. Eisenhower United States GCB 1957 Politics / Government President of the United States Gustavus Ernest of Erbach - Schönberg Württemberg KCVO 1898 Politics / Government Gustavus Ernest of Erbach - Schönberg Württemberg GCVO 1900 Politics / Government Walter Asmus Charles Frederick Eberhard, Baron von Esebeck German Empire KCVO 1909 Politics / Government Deputy Master of the Horse to the German Emperor, King of Prussia. Luiz Coutinho Borges de Medeiros, Marquis of Fayal Portugal GCVO 1909 Politics / Government Lord in Waiting Tassilo, Count Festétics de Tolna tbd GCVO 1904 Politics / Government Antonio, Count of Figueiro tbd GCVO 1905 Politics / Government Tom Foley United States KBE 1995 Politics / Government Speaker of the House of Representatives Vicente Fox Mexico GCMG 2002 Politics / Government President of Mexico Arturo Frondizi Argentina GCMG 1960 Politics / Government President of the Argentine Republic Eduardo Galhardo Portugal KCIE 1901 Politics / Government Governor - General of Portuguese India Count Romeo Gallenga - Stuart Italy KBE tbd Politics / Government Under - Secretary for Press and Propaganda, for fostering good relations between Italy and Great Britain. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Maldives GCMG 2000 Politics / Government Count Cesare Gianotti Italy GCVO 1903 Politics / Government Master of the Household to the King of Italy Ernesto Geisel Brazil GCB 1976 Politics / Government President of Brazil Rudolph W. Giuliani United States KBE 2002 Politics / Government Federal prosecutor ; two - term Mayor of New York City. Balbino Giuliano Italy GBE 1930 Politics / Government Minister of Public Education Diego Gómez Pickering Mexico KCVO 2015 Politics / Government Agenor Graf Goluchowski von Goluchowo Austria - Hungary GCVO 1903 Politics / Government Minister of the Imperial and Royal House and Minister for Foreign Affairs Alan Greenspan United States KBE 2002 Politics / Government Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal Mexico KBE 2015 Politics / Government Juan José Guerra Abud Mexico KBE 2015 Politics / Government Leopold Baron von Gudenus Austria - Hungary KCVO 1903 Politics / Government Oberjagermeister to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary John Ritter von Habrda Austria - Hungary KCVO 1904 Politics / Government Commissioner of Police, Vienna Han Seung - soo South Korea KBE Politics / Government Václav Havel Czech Republic GCB Politics / Government Gustav Heinemann West Germany GCB 1972 Politics / Government President of West Germany Count Basil Hendrikov tbd GCVO 1909 Politics / Government Sassoon Effendi Heskail Iraq KBE tbd Politics / Government Minister of Finance Harri Holkeri Finland KBE 1999 Politics / Government Mohammed Ikramullah Pakistan KCMG 1961 Politics / Government Ito Yukichi Japan KCVO 1905 Politics / Government Dato Onn Bin Ja'Afar Malaya KBE 1953 Politics / Government Member for Home Affairs, Federation of Malaya Muhammad Hasan Jan tbd GCVO tbd Politics / Government Martin Baron von Jenisch tbd GCVO 1908 Politics / Government Pedro Joaquín Coldwell Mexico KBE 2015 Politics / Government Bhim Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal KCVO tbd Politics / Government Bhim Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal KCSI 1917 Politics / Government Subsequently, promoted GCSI in 1931. Bhim Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal GCSI 1931 Politics / Government Juddha Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal KCIE 1917 Politics / Government Subsequently, promoted GCIE. Juddha Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal GCIE tbd Politics / Government Juddha Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal GCSI 1935 Politics / Government Kang Young - Hoon South Korea KBE 1995 Politics / Government Kajetan von Kapos - Mére Austria - Hungary KCVO 1903 Politics / Government Second Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vienna Hamid Karzai Afghanistan GCMG 2003 Politics / Government Abera Kassa ( Dejazmatch ) Ethiopia KBE 1932 Politics / Government Son of Ras Kassa, handed over to the Italians ( by Ras Hailu of Gojjam ) who shot him & his brother dead immediately after capture. Edward Kennedy United States KBE 2009 Politics / Government U.S. Senator from Massachusetts Erich Graf Kielmansegg Austria - Hungary KCVO 1903 Politics / Government Governor of Lower Austria. Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1904. Erich Graf Kielmansegg Austria - Hungary GCVO 1904 Politics / Government Governor of Lower Austria Kim Dae - jung South Korea GCB 1999 Politics / Government President of South Korea on the occasion of a royal visit to South Korea. Kim Dae - jung South Korea GCMG tbd Politics / Government Helmut Kohl Germany GCMG tbd Politics / Government Martin Charles Augustus Kirschner German Empire KCVO 1909 Politics / Government Chief Burgomaster of Berlin Julius Benedictus, Count Krag Juel Vind Frijs Denmark KCVO 1904 Politics / Government Promoted from CVO. Magens Christian, Count Krag Juel Vind Frijs Denmark KCVO 1904 Politics / Government Juscelino Kubitschek Brazil GBE 1956 Politics / Government President of Brazil John Kufuor Ghana GCB 2007 Politics / Government President of Ghana Husein Kuli Khan tbd KCIE 1902 Politics / Government Pier Francesco, Marchese di Lajatico Italy KCVO 1903 Politics / Government Crown Equerry to the King of Italy Pierre - Olivier Lapie France KBE tbd Politics / Government Alfred, Marquis de Lau d'Allemand tbd KCVO 1904 Politics / Government Jose d'Almeida Correa de Sa, Marquis of Lavradio Portugal GCVO 1909 Politics / Government Private Secretary Lee Kuan Yew Singapore CH 1970 Politics / Government Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew Singapore GCMG 1972 Politics / Government Prime Minister of Singapore Hans Ritter von Lex West Germany KBE 1961 Politics / Government Former state secretary in the west German Interior Ministry, for services to Anglo - German relations. Wenceslau de Lima Portugal GCVO 1903 Politics / Government Minister of Foreign Affairs Richard Lugar United States KBE 2013 Politics / Government Former U.S. Senator from Indiana Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Brazil GCB 2006 Politics / Government President of Brazil Joseph Luns Netherlands GCMG Politics / Government Joseph Luns Netherlands CH 1971 Politics / Government Heinrich Graf Lützow zu Drey Lützow Austria KCVO 1903 Politics / Government First Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vienna. Ferenc Mádl Hungary GCMG 2002 Politics / Government Sayyed Abdelrahman el - Mahdi tbd KBE 1926 Politics / Government Mohammed Pasha Mahmud tbd GCMG 1929 Politics / Government Nelson Mandela South Africa OM 1995 Politics / Government Claudia Ruiz Massieu Mexico DBE 2015 Politics / Government José Antonio Meade Kuribreña Mexico KCMG 2015 Politics / Government Ferdinand Meldahl Denmark GCVO 1904 Politics / Government Paul Metternich German Empire GCVO 1901 Politics / Government Andreas Michalakopoulos Greece KBE tbd Politics / Government Mirza Hussein Khan Iran GCSI 1873 Politics / Government George J. Mitchell United States GBE 1999 Politics / Government Former U.S. Senator from Maine, Majority Leader, Deputy President pro tempore François Mitterrand France GCB tbd Politics / Government François Mitterrand France RVC 1992 Politics / Government Joachim Moltke Denmark GCVO 1896 Politics / Government Felipe, Duke of Montellano Spain GCVO 1905 Politics / Government Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo Austria - Hungary GCVO 1903 Politics / Government Second Lord Steward to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary. Kengo Mori Japan KBE 1927 Politics / Government Financial Commissioner to the Imperial Japanese Government in London, Paris and New York. Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe GCB Politics / Government Annulled 2008 Joseph Muscat Malta KCMG 2015 Politics / Government Benito Mussolini Italy GCB 1923 Politics / Government Annulled 1940 Muhammad Tawfiq Nasim Pasha Egypt GCMG 1920 Politics / Government Ibrahim Nasir Maldives KBE 1972 Politics / Government President of the Republic of Maldives Constantin Freiherr von Neurath Germany GCVO 1904 Politics / Government Lord Chamberlain to His Majesty The King of Württemberg Aurelio Nuño Mayer Mexico KBE 2015 Politics / Government Sadako Ogata Japan DCMG 2011 Politics / Government Served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as the Chairman of the UNICEF Executive Board and as the President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency. Waldemar Oldenburg Denmark KCVO 1904 Politics / Government Hussein Fakhry Pasha Egypt KCMG 1902 Politics / Government Minister of Public Works for service in connection with the building of the Aswan Dam Nubar Pasha Egypt GCSI 1896 Politics / Government Saba Pasha Egypt KCMG 1907 Politics / Government Upon his retirement from the post of Postmaster - General in Egypt Safvet Pasha tbd GCSI 1878 Politics / Government Enrique Peña Nieto Mexico GCB 2015 Politics / Government President of Mexico Manuel Augusto Pereira da Cunha Portugal KCVO 1903 Politics / Government Civil Governor of Lisbon Hassan Pirnia Iran GCMG 1907 Politics / Government Byron Price United States KBE 1948 Politics / Government Director of the Office of Censorship Husain Khan Qazvini tbd GCSI 1873 Politics / Government Mahdi Quli Khan - e Qajar Quyunlu tbd KCMG 1889 Politics / Government Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan India OM 1963 Politics / Government Tunku Abdul Rahman Malaysia CH 1961 Politics / Government Fidel V. Ramos Philippines GCMG 1995 Politics / Government Anders Fogh Rasmussen Denmark KCMG 2015 Politics / Government Secretary - General of NATO Tun Abdul Razak Malaysia GCMG 1972 Politics / Government Ronald Reagan United States GCB 1989 Politics / Government President of the United States Carl Baron von der Recke tbd KCVO 1905 Politics / Government Eck Baron von Reischach Württemberg GCVO 1904 Politics / Government Lord Chamberlain to the Queen of Wurtemberg On the occasion of royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany Hugo Freiherr von Reischach tbd KCVO 1897 Politics / Government Oswald Baron von Richthofen German Empire GCVO 1904 Politics / Government Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles de Rocca - Serra tbd KCMG 1917 Politics / Government Ernst von Röder tbd KCVO 1902 Politics / Government Roh Moo - hyun South Korea GCB Politics / Government Carlos Roma du Bocage Portugal GCVO 1909 Politics / Government Minister for Foreign Affairs F.W.F. Rosenstand Denmark KCVO 1901 Politics / Government Chamberlain and Secretary to the King of Denmark Friedrich von Ruexleben tbd KCVO 1905 Politics / Government Dean Rusk United States KBE 1976 Politics / Government Former Secretary of State for contribution to Anglo - American friendship Antonio Vasco de Mello Silva Cezar e Menezes, Count of Sabugosa Portugal GCVO 1909 Politics / Government Lord Steward Abd al - Muhsin as - Sa'dun Iraq KCMG 1926 Politics / Government Mohammed Said Pasha tbd GCMG 1912 Politics / Government Saito Momotaro tbd GCVO 1905 Politics / Government Mariano, Duke of Santo Mauro Spain GCVO 1905 Politics / Government Lord in Waiting to the King of Spain Maurice Schumann France GCMG 1972 Politics / Government Minister of Foreign Affairs Justin de Selves France GCVO 1903 Politics / Government Prefect of Seine Fernando Eduardo de Serpa Pimentel Portugal KCVO 1903 Politics / Government ( Captain ) Aide - de-Camp Eduard Shevardnadze Georgia GCMG 2000 Politics / Government Said Shoucair Pasha tbd KBE 1924 Politics / Government Ismail Sirry Pasha tbd KCMG 1913 Politics / Government Duke of Sotomayor Spain GCVO 1902 Politics / Government Great Chamberlain to the King of Spain Georges de Staal tbd GCVO 1902 Politics / Government Dirk Stikker Netherlands GBE 1951 Politics / Government Dirk Stikker Netherlands GCVO 1958 Politics / Government Karl Friedrich von Strenge tbd KCVO 1899 Politics / Government Suharto Indonesia GCB Politics / Government Cevdet Sunay Turkey KCB 1967 Politics / Government Count Tarouca Portugal GCVO 1903 Politics / Government Chamberlain to the King of Portugal. Attached to King Edward VII. Clément Thomas tbd GCIE 1893 Politics / Government Nicholas Thon tbd KCVO tbd Politics / Government Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1905. Nicholas Thon tbd GCVO 1905 Politics / Government Gaston Thorn Luxembourg GCVO Politics / Government Gaston Thorn Luxembourg GCMG Politics / Government Josip Broz Tito Yugoslavia GCB 1972 Politics / Government Tommaso Tittoni Italy GCVO 1903 Politics / Government Ali El Tom tbd KBE 1926 Politics / Government Karl Prince Trauttmansdorff - Weinsberg tbd GCVO 1904 Politics / Government Alexander Trepoff Russian Empire KCMG 1916 Politics / Government Minister of Transport later Prime Minister of Russian Empire awarded in recognition of the construction of the Murman Coast Railway. Danilo Türk Slovenia GCB 2008 Politics / Government Simone Veil France DBE 1998 Politics / Government Holocaust survivor ; lawyer and politician who served as France 's Minister of Health. Luis Videgaray Caso Mexico KBE 2015 Politics / Government Antonio Villaça tbd GCVO 1904 Politics / Government Wenceslau Ramirez de Villa - Urrutia Spain GCVO 1905 Politics / Government Minister of Foreign Affairs Count Carl Wachtmeister tbd KCVO 1908 Politics / Government Kurt Waldheim Austria GCMG 1969 Politics / Government Austrian Foreign Minister John Warner United States KBE 2009 Politics / Government U.S. Senator from Virginia Rudolf de Weede Netherlands KCVO 1904 Politics / Government Lord Chamberlian to Her Majesty the Queen Mother of the Netherlands, on the occasion of the royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany Caspar Weinberger United States GBE 1988 Politics / Government U.S. Secretary of Defence Richard von Weizsäcker Germany RVC 1992 Politics / Government John Gilbert Winant United States OM 1947 Politics / Government U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom August von Wöllwarth - Lauterburg Württemberg GCVO 1900 Politics / Government Robert Worcester United States KBE Politics / Government Became a British national in 2005 and his knighthood became substantive. Ketema Yifru Ethiopia KCMG 1965 Politics / Government Giuseppe Zanardelli Italy GCVO 1903 Politics / Government President of the Council Jose Zarco de Camara, Count of Ribeira Grande tbd GCVO 1904 Politics / Government Ernesto Zedillo Mexico GCMG 1998 Politics / Government President of Mexico Zulfikar Pasha Egypt KBE 1920 Politics / Government Mallam Yahaya Nigeria KBE 1953 Politics / Government Emir of Gwandu Raja Uda Raja Muhammad Malaya KBE 1953 Politics / Government Menteri Besar of the State of Selangor Diplomatic List of honorary British Knights and Dames Name Nationality Honour Year Category notes Abderrahman bin Abdelsadok Morocco KCVO 1903 Diplomatic Governor of Fez, Special Envoy from the Sultan of Morocco. Princess Lalla Aicha Morocco DCVO 1980 Diplomatic Ambassador of Morocco to the United Kingdom from 1965 to 1969, for her contributions to Anglo - Moroccan relations. Henry Angst Switzerland KCMG 1906 Diplomatic British Consul - General in Zurich. Walter Annenberg United States KBE 1976 Diplomatic United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1969 -- 1974, for contribution to Anglo - American friendship. Jacques Arnavon France KBE 1938 Diplomatic Frants Ernst Bille Denmark GCVO 1904 Diplomatic Danish Minister in London Antonio Chiaramonte Bordonaro Italy GBE 1930 Diplomatic Hugh Bullock United States KBE 1957 Diplomatic President, Pilgrims of the United States, 1955 -- 1996 ; previously appointed Honorary OBE in 1946 Hugh Bullock United States GBE 1976 Diplomatic Paul Cambon France GCVO 1903 Diplomatic French Ambassador in London. André Clasen Luxembourg GCVO 1968 Diplomatic Luxembourg Ambassador Timoor al - Daghistani tbd GCVO 2001 Diplomatic John W. Davis United States GBE 1953 Diplomatic Former Ambassador to the Court of Saint James and President of the Pilgrims of the United States. Hermann von Eckhardtstein German Empire KCVO 1902 Diplomatic First Secretary German Embassy in London Aimé - Joseph de Fleuriau France GCVO 1921 Diplomatic French Ambassador to the Court of Saint James. Léon Geoffray France GCVO 1908 Diplomatic Diego Gómez Pickering Mexico KCVO 2015 Diplomatic Lloyd Carpenter Griscom United States KCMG 1919 Diplomatic Slavko Grouitch Serbia KBE tbd Diplomatic Gunnar Hägglöf Sweden GCVO tbd Diplomatic Hayashi Tadasu Japan GCVO 1905 Diplomatic Pedro Felipe Iñiguez Chile KCVO 1919 Diplomatic Chilean Special Mission Louis Joxe France KBE 1952 Diplomatic Head of the cultural relations department of the Foreign Ministry for services to British cultural issues. Count de Lalaing Belgium GCVO 1915 Diplomatic Belgium Minister in London. Ferdinand de Lesseps France GCSI 1870 Diplomatic Li Ching Fong tbd KCVO 1896 Diplomatic Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1909. Li Ching Fong tbd GCVO 1909 Diplomatic Li Hung Chang China GCVO 1896 Diplomatic Dimitry Metaxas tbd GCVO 1905 Diplomatic Armand Mollard France KCVO 1903 Diplomatic Director of Protocole Nazir ul Mulk Persia GCMG 1897 Diplomatic Willem J. Oudendyk Netherlands KCMG tbd Diplomatic Netherlands Minister in Russia and China Alberto Pansa Italy GCVO 1903 Diplomatic Italian Ambassador to London Wilfried Platzer Austria GCVO tbd Diplomatic Luis Polo de Bernabé Spain GCVO 1905 Diplomatic Spanish Ambassador to the Court of Saint James. Muhsin Rais Iran GCVO 1948 Diplomatic Iranian Ambassador Rodrigo Saavedra y Vinent, 2nd Marques de Villalobar Spain KCVO tbd Diplomatic Spanish minister in Brussels 1913 - 1921 Sergey Sazonov Russia GCB 1916 Diplomatic Comte de Serionne tbd KCMG 1917 Diplomatic Marquis de Soveral Portugal GCMG 1897 Diplomatic Marquis de Soveral Portugal GCVO 1902 Diplomatic Ismael Tocornal Chile GCVO 1919 Diplomatic Head of the Chilean Special Mission Dimitri Tzokoff Bulgaria KCVO 1905 Diplomatic Military List of honorary British Knights and Dames Name Nationality Honour Year Category notes Jean - Marie Charles Abrial France KCB 1940 Military ( Admiral ) Commandant - en - Chef des Forces Maritimes du Nord, for his services in connexion with the withdrawal of the Allied forces from Dunkirk Alfredo Acton Italy KCB tbd Military ( Admiral ) Christian Henrik Arendrup Denmark GCVO 1904 Military ( Major General ) Gustav Carl Heinrich Ferdinand Emil von Arnim German Empire GCVO 1900 Military ( General ) Henry H. Arnold United States GCB 1945 Military ( General of the Army ) Chief of Staff, United States Army Air Force Felice Avogadro dei Conti di Quinto Italy GCVO 1904 Military ( Lieutenant - General ) Inspector of Cavalry, Italian Army Viktor Balck Sweden KCMG tbd Military Edouard Barrera France KCVO 1897 Military ( Vice-Admiral ) Commander - in - Chief and Maritime Prefect of Brest José de Bascaran y Federico Spain GCVO 1905 Military ( General ) Chief of the Military Household Friedrich Count von Baudissin German Empire KCVO 1904 Military ( Rear - Admiral, Imperial German Navy ) Aide - de-Camp to the German Emperor, attached to King Edward VII Anton Baron von Bechtolsheim Austria - Hungary GCVO 1903 Military ( General of Cavalry ) Captain of the Tranbenten and Infantry Companies of the Life Guards, attached to King Edward VII Prince Konstantin Belosselsky - Belozersky Russia GCVO 1909 Military ( Lieutenant General ) Adjutant General to the Czar of Russia John Biddle United States KCB 1918 Military ( Major - General ) Commanding United States troops in the United Kingdom Georges Blanchard France KCB 1940 Military ( General ) in recognition of distinguished service in operations in Belgium and Northern France Tasker H. Bliss United States GCMG 1918 Military ( General ) Chief of Staff of the United States Army and United States representative at Versailles Leopoldo Boado y Montes Italy KCVO 1905 Military ( Rear Admiral ) Friedrich von Bock und Polack German Empire GCVO 1904 Military ( Lieutenant - General ) Commander 9th Army Corps Petar Bojović Serbia GCMG 1918 Military ( Field Marshal ) Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Army Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère France KCB 1915 Military ( Admiral ) Commander of French naval forces in the Mediterranean Omar Bradley United States KCB tbd Military ( General of the Army ) Commander of the 12th Army Group, Chief of Staff of the United States Army and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Guilherme Augusto de Brito Capello Portugal KCVO 1902 Military Hermenegildo de Brito Capello Portugal KCVO 1903 Military ( Rear - Admiral ) Aide - de-Camp to His Majesty the King of Portugal. Attached to His Majesty King Edward VII. Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1904. Hermenegildo de Brito Capello Portugal GCVO 1904 Military ( Rear - Admiral ) Aide - de-Camp to His Majesty the King of Portugal. Herrmann von Broizem German Empire GCVO 1904 Military ( General ) Commander of XIIth Army Corps, German Army Karl Baron von Bronn Austria - Hungary KCVO 1909 Military ( Colonel ) Aide - de-Camp to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary Charles George, Baron von Bronn Austria - Hungary KCVO 1909 Military ( Lieutenant - Colonel ) Equerry to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary Ugo Brusati Italy GCVO 1903 Military ( General ) First Aide - de-Camp to the King of Italy Wilhelm Büchsel German Empire GCVO 1904 Military ( Vice-Admiral ) Chief of Staff Imperial German Navy Karl von Bülow German Empire GCVO 1909 Military ( General ) Commander 3rd Army Corps Luigi Cadorna Italy GCB 1915 Military ( Marshal of Italy ) Chief of Staff of the Italian Army François Certain Canrobert France GCB tbd Military ( Marshal of France ) Commander of French forces in the Crimean War Luis Gomez Carreño Chile KCVO 1919 Military ( Admiral ) Chilean Special Mission Ivan Chaghin Russia KCVO 1909 Military ( Rear Admiral ) Commander of the Imperial yacht Standart Chiang Kai - shek China GCB 1942 Military ( Generalissimo ) Leader of Nationalist China Mark W. Clark United States KBE 1944 Military ( General ) Commander 5th Army and 15th Army Group Wesley Clark United States KBE 2000 Military ( General ) NATO Supreme Allied Commander Henri de la Croix France GCVO 1903 Military ( General ) Attached to King Edward VII Martin Dempsey United States KBE 2016 Military ( General ) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Alphons, Count zu Dohna German Empire KCVO 1909 Military ( Major - General ) Commander of the Cavalry Division of the Guards. William Joseph Donovan United States KBE tbd Military ( Major General ) Head of the OSS, precursor to the CIA James Doolittle United States KCB 1944 Military ( Lieutenant - General ) Commander 8th US Army Air Force A.M.J. Dor de Lastours France KCMG 1915 Military Antonio Duartt e Silva Portugal KCVO 1903 Military ( Colonel ) Commanding Portuguese Cavalry Regiment No. 3 Émile Dubois France GCVO 1903 Military Chief of the Military Household of the President of France Charles John George von Eisendecher German Empire GCVO 1904 Military ( Vice-Admiral ) Dwight D. Eisenhower United States GCB 1945 Military ( General of the Army ) Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force and President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower United States OM 1945 Military ( General of the Army ) Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force. Maximilian von Engelbrechten German Empire KCVO 1904 Military ( Colonel ) Commander 36th Infantry Brigade François Ernest Fournier France GCVO 1903 Military ( Admiral ) Attached to King Edward VII Prince Louis Esterházy Spain GCVO 1902 Military Lieutenant - General Marie - Pierre de Fauque de Jonquières France KCMG 1915 Military Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral Portugal KCVO 1903 Military ( Rear - Admiral ) President of the Royal Geographical Society, Lisbon Max Fischel German Empire KCVO 1904 Military ( Rear - Admiral, Imperial German Navy ) Admiral Superintendent of the Dockyard, Kiel Ferdinand Foch France GCB 1914 Military ( Marshal of France ) Commander - in - Chief of Allied Forces Ferdinand Foch France OM 1918 Military ( Marshal of France ) Commander - in - Chief of Allied Forces Benoit de Formel de la Laurencie France KBE 1940 Military ( General ) in recognition of distinguished service in operations in Belgium and Northern France. Tommy Franks United States KBE Military ( General ) Commander of United States Central Command Giovanni Frigerio Italy GCVO 1903 Military ( Vice-Admiral ) Commander - in - Chief of the Italian Mediterranean Squadron, Naples Fukushima Yasumasa Japan KCB tbd Military ( General ) William C. Gorgas United States KCMG 1920 Military ( Major General ) Surgeon General of the United States Army Emile Guépratte France KCB 1916 Military Albert Guérisse Belgium KBE tbd Military ( Major General ) Leader of the Belgian Resistance Alexis Hagron tbd KCVO 1898 Military Henry Kent Hewitt United States KCB 1945 Military ( Admiral ) Commander of Allied Amphibious Forces at the Normandy Invasion William F. Halsey, Jr. United States KBE tbd Military ( Fleet Admiral ) Commander of the 3rd Fleet Olaf M. Hustvedt United States KBE tbd Military ( Vice Admiral ) Commander of US Navy forces in Operation Leander Leopold Ritter von Jedina tbd KCVO 1903 Military ( Rear - Admiral ) attached to King Edward VII. Joseph Joffre France GCB tbd Military ( Marshal of France ) Chief of the French General Staff Joseph Joffre France GCVO 1914 Military ( Marshal of France ) Chief of the French General Staff Joseph Joffre France OM 1919 Military ( Marshal of France ) Chief of the French General Staff Kamio Mitsuomi Japan GCMG 1915 Military ( General ) Commander of allied land forces at the Siege of Tsingtao Kato Sadakichi Japan GCMG 1915 Military ( Admiral ) Commander of Japanese naval forces at the Siege of Tsingtao Gustav von Kessel German Empire GCVO 1901 Military Alan Goodrich Kirk United States KCB 1943 Military ( Admiral ) Commander of US Naval Amphibious Forces in the Mediterranean and at the Normandy Invasion Hans von Koester German Empire GCVO 1904 Military ( Admiral ) Commander - in - Chief and Inspector General of the Imperial German Navy Wenzel Freiherr Kotz von Dobrz Austria - Hungary GCVO 1904 Military Privy Councillor and Chamberlain to His Imperial Majesty The Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary Marian Kukiel Poland KCB tbd Military ( Major General ) Commander of the 1st Polish Corps Johan Laidoner Estonia KCMG tbd Military ( General ) Commander - in - Chief of the Estonian Army Jean de Lattre de Tassigny France GCB 1952 Military ( Général d'Armée ) Commander of the First French Army and the French Far East Expeditionary Corps J.M.E.G. Lefevre France KCMG 1915 Military André Lemonnier France KCB tbd Military Waldemar Edward Lemvigh Denmark KCVO 1904 Military Colonel Milans del Bosch y Carrio Joaquin Mario Leon Spain KCVO 1905 Military ( Colonel ) Aide - de-Camp to the King of Spain Edward Mann Lewis United States KCMG 1919 Military ( Major General ) Commanded 30th Infantry Division in WWI Rudolf Prince von und zu Liechtenstein Austria - Hungary GCVO 1903 Military First Lord Steward and Acting Master of the Horse to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary. Alfred von Loewenfeld German Empire KCVO 1902 Military Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1905. Alfred von Loewenfeld German Empire GCVO 1905 Military Douglas MacArthur United States GCB 1943 Military ( General of the Army ) Comte de Maigret France KCVO 1899 Military Pio Carlo di Majo Italy KCVO 1903 Military ( Major - General ) Aide - de-Camp to King of Italy, attached to King Edward VII. Mikhail Malinin Soviet Union KBE 1945 Military ( Colonel - General ) Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Finland GBE 1938 Military ( Marshal of Finland ) Peyton March United States GCMG 1918 Military ( General ) Chief of the General Staff, United States Army Nogi Maresuke Japan GCB 1911 Military Peter Markoff tbd GCVO 1905 Military Wolf, Baron Marschall German Empire KCVO 1909 Military ( Major - General ) Attached to King George VII George Marshall United States GCB 1945 Military ( General of the Army ) Chief of Staff, United States Army Rodolphe Maton Belgium KBE 1955 Military Hugo Graf Mensdorff - Pouilly German Empire KCVO 1904 Military Roberto Miranda Moreno Mexico KBE 2015 Military Živojin Mišić Serbia KCB 1915 Military ( Field Marshal ) Chief of the Supreme Command of the Serbian Army Živojin Mišić Serbia GCMG 1916 Military ( Field Marshal ) Chief of the Supreme Command of the Serbian Army Helmuth von Moltke the Younger German Empire KCVO 1901 Military ( Colonel General ) Chief of the German General Staff Anne de Montmorency France KG 1532 Military ( Marshal of France ) François, Duke of Montmorency France KG 1572 Military ( Marshal of France ) Enrico Morin Italy GCVO 1903 Military ( Vice-Admiral ) Minister for Foreign Affairs Edward von Müller German Empire GCVO 1897 Military François de Négrier France GCVO 1898 Military Chester W. Nimitz United States GCB 1945 Military ( Fleet Admiral ) Commander of the Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Area Hély d'Oissel France KCB 1915 Military Kuwashi Okazawa Japan GCVO tbd Military Oyama Iwao Japan OM 1906 Military Eduard Graf Paar Austria - Hungary GCVO 1903 Military ( General of Cavalry ) Senior Aide - de-Camp to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary Adolf Palander German Empire GCVO 1908 Military Alexander Papagos Greece GBE 1941 Military ( General ) Commander - in - chief allied forces in Greece during the Albanian campaign George S. Patton United States KBE tbd Military ( General ) Commander of the United States 3rd Army Ettore Pedotti Italy GCVO 1903 Military ( General ) Commander Xth Army Corps, attached to King Edward VII John J. Pershing United States GCB 1918 Military ( General of the Armies of the United States ) Commander - in - Chief United States Expeditionary Force in France Philippe Pétain France GCMG tbd Military ( Marshal of France ) Johan Pitka Estonia KCMG 1920 Military ( Rear Admiral ) Commander - in - Chief of the Estonian Navy Nobile Porro Italy GCMG 1915 Military Colin Powell United States KCB 1993 Military ( General ) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Karl Freiherr von Röder German Empire KCVO 1904 Military Hugh Rodman United States KCB 1918 Military ( Admiral ) Commander of Battleship Division Nine and the United States Pacific Fleet Konstantin Rokossovsky Soviet Union KCB 1945 Military ( Marshal of the Soviet Union ) Tomás António Garcia Rosado Portugal KCMG tbd Military Sa Zhenbing Qing Dynasty KCMG 1909 Military Dedo Charles Henry von Schenck German Empire GCVO 1909 Military ( Lieutenant - General ) Commander 2nd Division of the Guards Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. United States KCB 1993 Military ( General ) Commander of United States Central Command and coalition forces during Operation Desert Storm Brent Scowcroft United States KBE 1993 Military ( Lieutenant General ) National Security Advisor Baron von Seckendorff German Empire GCVO 1904 Military ( Vice-Admiral ) Master of the Household to Prince Henry of Prussia Antonin de Selliers de Moranville Belgium KCB tbd Military Commander - in - Chief Fernando de Serpa Pimentel Portugal KCVO 1909 Military ( Captain ) William Hood Simpson United States KBE 1945 Military ( Lieutenant General ) Commanding General, 9th United States Army William S. Sims United States GCMG 1918 Military ( Admiral ) Commander of United States Naval Forces in Europe Rudolf Carl von Slatin Austria - Hungary KCMG 1900 Military Lieutenant - General ( Egyptian Army ) Rudolf Carl von Slatin Austria - Hungary KCVO 1909 Military Inspector - General of Anglo - Egyptian Sudan Leighton W. Smith, Jr. United States KBE 1997 Military ( Admiral ) Commander of NATO Forces in Southern Europe Levering Smith United States KBE 1962 Military ( Vice Admiral ) Led the Polaris Missile effort to win the Cold War Walter Bedell Smith United States KCB 1944 Military ( General ) Chief of Staff of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force Walter Bedell Smith United States GBE 1945 Military ( General ) Chief of Staff of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force and Director of the CIA Carl Spaatz United States KBE 1944 Military ( General ) Commander of United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe, Strategic Air Command and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Carl Spaatz United States GBE 1945 Military ( General ) Commander of the 8th Air Force, Strategic Air Command and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force George Owen Squier United States KCMG 1919 Military ( Major General ) Chief of the Signal Corps Stepa Stepanović Serbia GCMG 1918 Military Joseph Strauss United States KCMG 1918 Military Tamemoto Kuroki Japan GCMG tbd Military Tanaka Giichi Japan KCMG tbd Military Tanaka Giichi Japan GBE tbd Military William L. Timlin tbd KBE 1990 Military Alfred von Tirpitz German Empire GCVO 1904 Military ( Admiral ) Minister of Marine Togo Heihachiro Japan GCVO tbd Military Admiral Togo Heihachiro Japan OM 1906 Military Admiral Guido von Usedom German Empire KCMG 1906 Military Imperial German Navy Guido von Usedom German Empire GCVO 1909 Military Vice-Admiral, Imperial German Navy Emilio Vaglia Italy GCVO 1903 Military ( General ) Lord Steward to the King of Italy Frederick Otto Wahle Saxony KCVO 1904 Military ( Major - General ) Commanding Royal Saxon Field Engineers Yamagata Aritomo Japan OM 1906 Military Nikolai Yermoloff Russia KCVO 1905 Military ( Major - General ) Military Attache to the Imperial Russian Embassy, London George Zachariae Denmark KCVO 1901 Military ( Rear - Admiral ) Royal Danish Navy Georgy Zhukov Soviet Union GCB 1945 Military ( Marshal of the Soviet Union ) Commander of the 1st Belorussian Front Business List of honorary British Knights and Dames Name Nationality Honour Year Category notes Angela Ahrendts United States DBE 2013 Business Chief executive of Burberry plc. Auguste - Louis - Albéric, Prince d'Arenberg France GCSI 1909 Business Member of the Institute of France, President of the Suez Canal Company Ariyoshi Yoshiya Japan KBE tbd Business Chairman of the Japanese Shipowners Association André Bénard France KBE 1991 Business Chairman, Eurotunnel, 1986 -- 1994 Antonin Besse France KBE tbd Business Ana Patricia Botín Spain DBE 2015 Business Chairman of Santander Bank Henri Deterding Netherlands KBE 1920 Business Sierd Sint Eriks Netherlands KBE 1961 Business Managing Director of Mullard Ltd for valuable services to British official interests. Niall FitzGerald Ireland KBE 2002 Business Bill Gates United States KBE Business Chairman of Microsoft and Corbis and Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in recognition of his business skills and for his work on poverty reduction. Lou Gerstner United States KBE tbd Business Paul Getty United States KBE Business Became a British national in 1997 and knighthood became substantive. Carlos Ghosn Brazil KBE 2006 Business Cecil H. Green United States KBE 1991 Business He lost British nationality upon becoming a US citizen before 1949. Hermann Hauser Austria KBE 2015 Business Yii Ann Hii Philippines KBE Business Became a British national on 3 July 2012. Sam E. Jonah Ghana KBE 2003 Business Kim Sang Man South Korea KBE 1981 Business Publisher Gerrit Klijnstra Netherlands KBE 1973 Business Jonkheer Loudon Netherlands KBE 1960 Business President of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and senior managing director of the Royal Dutch / Shell group in recognition of his important contributions to the national economy and to British interests abroad. Akio Morita Japan KBE 1993 Business Lewis Mumford United States KBE Business For services to town planning in Great Britain. Hiroaki Nakanishi Japan KBE 2015 Business Chief executive of Hitachi Corporation Martin Naughton Ireland KBE 2015 Business Masaru Shinchi tbd KBE 2002 Business Paul Rykens Netherlands KBE 1959 Business Edgar Sengier Belgium KBE 1956 Business President of the permanent committee of the Union Minière du Haut Katanga for valuable services to Britain and to Anglo - Belgian relations. Antonio Joaquim Simoes de Almeida Portugal KCVO 1903 Business President of the Commercial Association of Lisbon Ralf Speth Germany KBE 2015 Business Chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover Chandrika Prasad Srivastava India KCMG 1990 Business Peter Sutherland Ireland KCMG Business Basil Zaharoff Greece GBE 1918 Business Basil Zaharoff Greece GCB 1919 Business Jamshed Jiji Irani India KBE 2007 Business Former President of British Steel and Iron Research Association, Tata Steel Religion List of honorary British Knights and Dames Name Nationality Honour Year Category notes Zaki Badawi Egypt KBE Religion Billy Graham United States KBE 2001 Religion Gilbert John Helmer Bohemia KCVO 1909 Religion Abbot of Tepl on occasion of the King 's visit to Marienbad, Helmer did not receive the honour of Knighthood. Sheikh Ali bin Salim Kenya KBE 1929 Religion Leader of the Arab community and member of the legislature Turian Torkom Koushagian Palestine KBE 1930 Religion Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem European royalty List of honorary British Knights and Dames Name Nationality Honour Year Category notes Prince Wilhelm I Albania GCVO 1914 Royalty King Essad Pasha Albania KCMG 1916 Royalty King Alfonso V Aragon KG 1450 Royalty King Ferdinand II Aragon KG 1480 Royalty Emperor Francis I Austria - Hungary KG 1814 Royalty Emperor Franz Joseph I Austria - Hungary KG 1867 Royalty Degraded 1915 Emperor Franz Joseph I Austria - Hungary RVC 1904 Royalty Annulled 1915 Emperor Franz Joseph I Austria - Hungary GCVO 1904 Royalty Annulled 1915 Archduke Franz Ferdinand Austria - Hungary KG 1902 Royalty Archduke Ludwig Victor Austria - Hungary GCVO 1903 Royalty Archduke Leopold Salvator Austria - Hungary GCVO 1903 Royalty Archduke Franz Salvator Austria - Hungary GCVO 1903 Royalty Archduke Rainer Ferdinand Austria - Hungary GCVO 1903 Royalty King Léopold I Belgium KG 1816 Royalty King Léopold II Belgium KG 1866 Royalty King Albert I Belgium KG 1914 Royalty King Albert I Belgium GCB tbd Royalty King Léopold III Belgium KG 1935 Royalty King Léopold III Belgium RVC 1937 Royalty King Baudouin I Belgium KG 1963 Royalty King Albert II Belgium GCVO Royalty Emperor Pedro II Brazil KG 1871 Royalty Duke John V Brittany KG 1375 Royalty King Ferdinand I Bulgaria GCVO 1904 Royalty Duke Charles the Bold Burgundy KG 1468 Royalty King Philip I Castile KG 1503 Royalty King Eric VII Denmark KG 1404 Royalty King John Denmark KG 1493 Royalty King Frederick II Denmark KG 1578 Royalty King Christian IV Denmark KG 1603 Royalty King Christian V Denmark KG 1662 Royalty King Frederick VI Denmark KG 1822 Royalty King Christian IX Denmark KG 1865 Royalty King Frederick VIII Denmark KG 1896 Royalty King Frederick VIII Denmark GCVO 1901 Royalty King Frederick VIII Denmark RVC 1902 Royalty King Frederick VIII Denmark GCB tbd Royalty King Christian X Denmark KG 1914 Royalty King Frederick IX Denmark KG 1951 Royalty Queen Margrethe II Denmark RVC Royalty Queen Margrethe II Denmark LG 1979 Royalty Queen Margrethe II Denmark GCVO tbd Royalty Giuliano di Lorenzo de ' Medici Florence KG 1514 Royalty King Francis I France KG 1527 Royalty King Henry II France KG 1551 Royalty King Charles IX France KG 1564 Royalty King Henry III France KG 1575 Royalty King Henry IV France KG 1590 Royalty King Louis XVIII France KG 1814 Royalty King Charles X France KG 1825 Royalty King Louis - Philippe France KG 1844 Royalty Emperor Napoleon III France KG 1855 Royalty Empress Eugénie France GBE 1919 Royalty Prince Aribert Anhalt GCB 1891 Royalty Grand Duke Friedrich I Baden GCVO 1905 Royalty Grand Duke Friedrich I Baden KG 1906 Royalty Prince Francis Joseph Battenberg GCVO 1897 Royalty Prince Francis Joseph Battenberg KCB tbd Royalty Elector Frederick William Brandenburg KG 1654 Royalty Duke William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick - Lüneburg Brunswick or Hanover KG 1450 Royalty Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick - Bevern Brunswick or Hanover KG 1759 Royalty Duke George William of Brunswick - Lüneburg Brunswick or Hanover KG 1690 Royalty Elector George Louis Brunswick or Hanover KG 1701 Royalty Later King George I of Great Britain Prince George Augustus of Brunswick - Lüneburg Brunswick or Hanover KG 1706 Royalty Later King George II of Great Britain Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick - Lüneburg Brunswick or Hanover KG 1765 Royalty Duke William of Brunswick - Lüneburg Brunswick or Hanover KG 1831 Royalty Duke Christian of Brunswick - Wolfenbüttel Brunswick or Hanover KG 1624 Royalty Emperor Friedrich III German Empire KG 1858 Royalty Upon becoming a son - in - law of Queen Victoria whilst a Prince of Prussia. Emperor Wilhelm I German Empire KG 1861 Royalty Upon becoming King of Prussia. Emperor Wilhelm II German Empire KG 1879 Royalty Degraded 1915 Emperor Wilhelm II German Empire GCVO 1899 Royalty Annulled 1915 Emperor Wilhelm II German Empire RVC 1902 Royalty Annulled 1915 Crown Prince Wilhelm German Empire KG 1901 Royalty Degraded 1915 Prince Heinrich German Empire KG 1889 Royalty Degraded 1915 Prince Heinrich German Empire RVC 1902 Royalty Annulled 1915 Prince Friedrich Leopold German Empire GCVO 1899 Royalty Prince Eitel Friederich German Empire GCVO 1904 Royalty Prince August Wilhelm German Empire GCVO 1904 Royalty Prince Oskar German Empire GCVO 1904 Royalty Prince Joachim German Empire GCVO 1904 Royalty Prince William Adolphus Maximilian Charles, Hereditary Prince of Weid German Empire GCVO 1904 Royalty On the occasion of royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany Grand Duke Ludwig III of Hesse and by Rhine Hesse KG 1865 Royalty Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and by Rhine Hesse KG 1862 Royalty Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine Hesse KG 1892 Royalty Degraded 1915 Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine Hesse RVC 1902 Royalty Annulled 1915 Landgrave Wilhelm IX of Hesse - Kassel or Hesse - Cassel Hesse KG 1786 Royalty Karl, Prince Kinsky von Wchynitz und Tettau Kinsky GCVO 1905 Royalty Prince Charles Leiningen KG 1837 Royalty Elector Frederick V The Palatinate KG 1612 Royalty Elector Karl II The Palatinate KG 1680 Royalty King Frederick I Prussia KG 1690 Royalty King Frederick William III Prussia KG 1814 Royalty King Frederick William IV Prussia KG 1842 Royalty Prince Adalbert of Prussia Prussia GCVO 1909 Royalty Henry XXX, Prince Reuss Reuss GCVO 1900 Royalty Duke Ernst I Saxe - Coburg and Gotha KG 1838 Royalty Duke Carl Eduard Saxe - Coburg and Gotha GCVO 1901 Royalty Annulled 1915 Duke Carl Eduard Saxe - Coburg and Gotha KG 1902 Royalty Degraded 1915 Duke Friderich III Saxe - Coburg and Gotha KG 1741 Royalty Duke Ernst Ludwig Saxe - Coburg and Gotha KG 1790 Royalty Prince Philipp of Saxe - Coburg and Gotha Saxe - Coburg and Gotha KCVO 1906 Royalty Duke Bernard Saxe - Meiningen KG 1830 Royalty Duke John Adolphus Saxe - Weissenfels KG 1745 Royalty Elector John George II Saxony KG 1668 Royalty Elector John George IV Saxony KG 1692 Royalty King Frederick Augustus II Saxony KG 1842 Royalty King Albert Saxony KG 1882 Royalty Friedrich, Duke Schleswig - Holstein - Sonderburg - Glücksburg GCVO 1905 Royalty Prince Albert Christian Adolphus Eugene Schleswig - Holstein - Sonderburg - Glücksburg GCVO 1904 Royalty Prince Wilhelm Wied also the Royal House of Albania GCVO 1904 Royalty Frederick I, Duke Württemberg KG 1597 Royalty King William I Württemberg KG 1830 Royalty King Karl I Württemberg KG 1890 Royalty King William II Württemberg KG 1904 Royalty Degraded 1915 King George I Greece KG 1876 Royalty King George I Greece GCVO 1901 Royalty King George I Greece RVC 1905 Royalty King George II Greece GCVO 1909 Royalty Appointed when Prince George of Greece visited King George II Greece KG 1938 Royalty Prince Andrew Greece GCVO 1902 Royalty Prince Christopher Greece GCVO 1909 Royalty King Paul Greece KG 1963 Royalty Prince Nicholas Greece GCVO 1901 Royalty Count William VI Holland KG 1390 Royalty Emperor Sigismund Holy Roman Empire KG 1415 Royalty Emperor Albert II Holy Roman Empire KG 1438 Royalty Emperor Frederick III Holy Roman Empire KG 1457 Royalty Emperor Maximilian I Holy Roman Empire KG 1489 Royalty Emperor Charles V Holy Roman Empire KG 1508 Royalty Emperor Ferdinand I Holy Roman Empire KG 1522 Royalty Emperor Maximilian II Holy Roman Empire KG 1567 Royalty Emperor Rudolf II Holy Roman Empire KG 1578 Royalty King Victor Emmanuel II Italy KG 1855 Royalty King Umberto I Italy KG 1878 Royalty King Victor Emmanuel III Italy KG 1891 Royalty King Victor Emmanuel III Italy RVC 1903 Royalty King Victor Emmanuel III Italy GCB 1916 Royalty Prince Eduard Victor Liechtenstein KCVO 1909 Royalty Prefect of Marienbad Grand Duke Jean Luxembourg KG 1972 Royalty Grand Duke Henri Luxembourg GCVO tbd Royalty Duke Adolf Friedrich IV Mecklenburg - Strelitz KG 1764 Royalty Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm Mecklenburg - Strelitz KG 1862 Royalty Duke Francesco I Milan KG 1463 Royalty King Nicholas I Montenegro KCVO 1897 Royalty King Nicholas I Montenegro GCVO tbd Royalty King Ferdinand I Naples KG 1463 Royalty King Alphonso II Naples KG 1493 Royalty Stadtholder Maurice The Netherlands KG 1612 Royalty Stadtholder Frederick Henry The Netherlands KG 1627 Royalty Stadtholder William II The Netherlands KG 1645 Royalty Stadtholder William III The Netherlands KG 1653 Royalty Later King William III of England Stadtholder William IV The Netherlands KG 1733 Royalty Stadtholder William V The Netherlands KG 1752 Royalty King William I The Netherlands KG 1814 Royalty King William III The Netherlands KG 1882 Royalty Queen Wilhelmina The Netherlands LG 1944 Royalty Queen Juliana The Netherlands RVC 1950 Royalty Queen Juliana The Netherlands LG 1958 Royalty Queen Beatrix The Netherlands RVC 1982 Royalty Queen Beatrix The Netherlands LG 1989 Royalty Queen Beatrix The Netherlands GCVO tbd Royalty King Haakon VII Norway GCB 1896 Royalty King Haakon VII Norway GCVO 1901 Royalty King Haakon VII Norway RVC 1902 Royalty King Haakon VII Norway KG 1906 Royalty King Olav V Norway GCVO 1923 Royalty King Olav V Norway GCB 1946 Royalty King Olav V Norway KG 1959 Royalty King Olav V Norway KT 1962 Royalty King Harald V Norway GCVO 1955 Royalty King Harald V Norway RVC Before 2001 Royalty King Harald V Norway KG 2001 Royalty King Casimir IV Poland KG 1450 Royalty King John I Portugal KG 1400 Royalty Prince Pedro Portugal KG 1427 Royalty King Edward Portugal KG 1435 Royalty Prince Henry the Navigator Portugal KG 1443 Royalty King Afonso V Portugal KG 1447 Royalty King John II Portugal KG 1482 Royalty King Manuel I Portugal KG 1510 Royalty King John VI Portugal KG 1822 Royalty King Pedro V Portugal KG 1858 Royalty King Luis I Portugal KG 1865 Royalty King Carlos I Portugal KG 1895 Royalty King Carlos I Portugal RVC 1902 Royalty Infante, Alphonso, Duke of Oporto Portugal GCVO 1903 Royalty Crown Prince Luis Filipe Portugal KG 1902 Royalty King Manuel II Portugal GCVO 1904 Royalty King Manuel II Portugal KG 1909 Royalty King Charles I Romania KG 1892 Royalty King Ferdinand I Romania KG 1924 Royalty King Carol II Romania KG 1938 Royalty King Michael I Romania GCVO 1941 Royalty Emperor Alexander I Russia KG 1813 Royalty Emperor Nicholas I Russia KG 1827 Royalty Emperor Alexander II Russia KG 1867 Royalty Emperor Alexander III Russia KG 1881 Royalty Emperor Nicholas II Russia KG 1893 Royalty Emperor Nicholas II Russia RVC 1904 Royalty Emperor Nicholas II Russia GCB 1916 Royalty Grand Duke Michael Russia GCVO 1901 Royalty Grand Duke Michael Russia KG 1902 Royalty Grand Duke Vladimir Russia GCVO 1903 Royalty Duke Emmanuel Philibert Savoy KG 1554 Royalty Prince Emanuele Filiberto Savoy KG 1902 Royalty Prince Luigi Amedeo Italy ( Savoy ) GCVO 1903 Royalty Prince Victor Emmanuel Italy ( Savoy ) GCVO 1903 Royalty Prince Ferdinando Italy ( Savoy ) GCVO 1903 Royalty King James V Scotland KG 1535 Royalty King James VI Scotland KG 1590 Royalty Later King James I of England King Philip II Spain KG 1554 Royalty King Ferdinand VII Spain KG 1814 Royalty King Alfonso XII Spain KG 1881 Royalty King Alfonso XIII Spain GCVO 1897 Royalty King Alfonso XIII Spain KG 1902 Royalty King Alfonso XIII Spain RVC 1905 Royalty King Juan Carlos I Spain RVC 1986 Royalty King Juan Carlos I Spain KG 1988 Royalty King Felipe VI Spain GCVO 1988 Royalty King Felipe VI Spain KG 2017 Royalty King Gustavus Adolphus Sweden KG 1627 Royalty King Charles XI Sweden KG 1668 Royalty King Frederick I Sweden KG 1741 Royalty King Oscar II Sweden and Norway KG 1881 Royalty King Gustav V Sweden and Norway KG 1905 Royalty King Gustav V Sweden and Norway GCVO 1905 Royalty Prince Eugen Sweden GCVO 1905 Royalty King Gustaf VI Adolf Sweden GCVO 1905 Royalty King Gustaf VI Adolf Sweden KG 1954 Royalty Prince Carl Sweden and Norway GCVO 1904 Royalty Prince Vilhelm Sweden GCVO 1905 Royalty King Carl XVI Gustaf Sweden RVC Royalty King Carl XVI Gustaf Sweden KG Royalty Prince Henry Taranto KG 1653 Royalty King Alexander I Yugoslavia GCB tbd Royalty King Alexander I Yugoslavia RVC tbd Royalty Prince Paul Yugoslavia KG 1939 Royalty Asian and african royalty List of honorary British Knights and Dames Name Nationality Honour Year Category notes Amir Abdur Rahman Khan Afghanistan GCSI 1885 Royalty Amir Abdur Rahman Khan Afghanistan GCB 1893 Royalty Prince Nasrullah Khan Afghanistan GCMG 1896 Royalty King Habibullah Khan Afghanistan GCMG 1896 Royalty King Habibullah Khan Afghanistan GCB 1907 Royalty King Amanullah Khan Afghanistan RVC 1928 Royalty Queen Soraya Tarzi Afghanistan GBE 1928 Royalty Prince Muhammad Hasan Afghanistan GCVO 1928 Royalty Princess Razia Begum Afghanistan DBE 1928 Royalty Princess Bibi Khurd Afghanistan DBE 1928 Royalty King Mohammed Zahir Shah Afghanistan RVC 1971 Royalty Prince Zalmai Mahmud Khan Ghazi Afghanistan GCVO 1971 Royalty Prince ' Abdu'l Wali Khan Afghanistan GCVO 1971 Royalty Sheikh Isa I ibn Ali al - Khalifa Bahrain KCIE 1919 Royalty Sheikh Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah Bahrain KCIE 1935 Royalty Sheikh Salman ibn Hamad Al - Khalifa Bahrain KCIE 1943 Royalty Sheikh Salman ibn Hamad Al - Khalifa Bahrain KCMG 1952 Royalty Emir Isa ibn Salman al - Khalifa Bahrain KCMG 1964 Royalty Promoted GCMG in 1979. Emir Isa ibn Salman al - Khalifa Bahrain GCMG 1979 Royalty Emir Isa ibn Salman al - Khalifa Bahrain GCB 1984 Royalty King Hamad ibn Isa al - Khalifah Bahrain KCMG 1979 Royalty Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak al - Khalifa Bahrain GCMG 1984 Royalty Sheikh Muhammad ibn Khalifa ibn Hamad al - Khalifa Bahrain GBE 1984 Royalty Maharaja Ugyen Wangchuk Bhutan KCIE 1905 Royalty Maharaja Ugyen Wangchuk Bhutan KCSI 1911 Royalty Maharaja Ugyen Wangchuk Bhutan GCIE 1921 Royalty Maharaja Jigme Wangchuk Bhutan KCIE 1930 Royalty Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam II Brunei KCMG 1920 Royalty Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Brunei KBE 1949 Royalty Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III Brunei KCMG 1953 Royalty Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III Brunei GCVO 1972 Royalty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Brunei GCMG 1972 Royalty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Brunei GCB 1992 Royalty Prince Idris Brunei KCVO 1992 Royalty Prince Jefri Bolkiah Brunei GCVO 1992 Royalty Prince Muhammad Bolkiah Brunei GCMG 1998 Royalty Crown Prince Al - Muhtadee Billah Brunei GCVO 1998 Royalty Prince Tsai Hsun China GCB 1909 Royalty Chief Administrator of the Chinese Admiralty on the visit of the Chinese Naval Commission to the United Kingdom Khedive Isma'il Egypt GCB 1866 Royalty Khedive Isma'il Egypt GCSI 1868 Royalty Khedive Tawfiq Egypt GCSI 1875 Royalty Khedive Tawfiq Egypt GCB 1887 Royalty Khedive Abbas II Egypt GCMG 1891 Royalty Khedive Abbas II Egypt GCB 1892 Royalty Khedive Abbas II Egypt GCVO 1900 Royalty Khedive Abbas II Egypt RVC 1905 Royalty Prince Muhammad Ali Egypt GCMG 1900 Royalty Prince Muhammad Ali Egypt GCB 1937 Royalty Sultan Hussein Kamel Egypt GCB 1914 Royalty King Fuad I Egypt GCB 1917 Royalty King Fuad I Egypt RVC 1927 Royalty Emperor Menelek II Ethiopia GCMG 1897 Royalty Emperor Menelek II Ethiopia GCB 1902 Royalty Prince Makonnen Wolde Mikael Ethiopia KCMG 1902 Royalty Emperor Iyasu V Ethiopia GCVO 1911 Royalty Prince Kassa Hailu ze - Darge Ethiopia GCVO 1911 Royalty Prince Kassa Hailu ze - Darge Ethiopia GBE 1930 Royalty Emperor Haile Selassie Ethiopia GCMG 1917 Royalty Emperor Haile Selassie Ethiopia GCB 1924 Royalty Emperor Haile Selassie Ethiopia GCVO 1930 Royalty Emperor Haile Selassie Ethiopia RVC 1930 Royalty Emperor Haile Selassie Ethiopia KG 1954 Royalty Emperor Amha Selassie Ethiopia GCVO 1930 Royalty Emperor Amha Selassie Ethiopia GBE 1932 Royalty Emperor Amha Selassie Ethiopia GCMG 1958 Royalty Emperor Amha Selassie Ethiopia RVC 1965 Royalty Princess Tenagne Worq Ethiopia DBE 1932 Royalty Prince Makonnen Haile Selassie Ethiopia GCVO 1954 Royalty Princess Sebla - Wangel Desta Ethiopia DCVO 1965 Royalty Prince Asserate Kassa Ethiopia GCVO 1965 Royalty Prince Hailu Takla - Haymaynot Gojjam KBE 1924 Royalty King Hussein Hejaz GCB 1920 Royalty King Ali Hejaz GBE 1920 Royalty Shah Nasser - al - Din Iran ( Persia ) KG 1873 Royalty Prince Sultan Masud Iran ( Persia ) GCSI 1887 Royalty Prince Vajihullah Iran ( Persia ) GCMG 1897 Royalty Shah Mozaffar - al - Din Iran ( Persia ) KG 1903 Royalty Prince Abul Fath Iran ( Persia ) GCMG 1903 Royalty Prince Abul Husain Iran ( Persia ) GCMG 1916 Royalty Prince Ismail Iran ( Persia ) KCSI 1916 Royalty Prince Firuz Iran ( Persia ) GCMG 1919 Royalty Prince Husain Quli Iran ( Persia ) GCVO 1919 Royalty Prince Asadullah Iran ( Persia ) KCVO 1919 Royalty Prince Muhammad Husain Iran ( Persia ) KCVO 1919 Royalty Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Iran ( Persia ) GCB 1942 Royalty Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Iran ( Persia ) RVC 1948 Royalty Prince Yadullah Iran ( Persia ) GCMG 1961 Royalty Prince Faisal Hejaz RVC 1918 Royalty Later King Faisal of Iraq King Faisal I Iraq GCMG 1927 Royalty King Faisal I Iraq GCB 1933 Royalty Prince Zeid Iraq GBE 1920 Royalty Prince Zeid Iraq GCVO 1956 Royalty Crown Prince Abdul Illah Iraq GCMG 1942 Royalty Crown Prince Abdul Illah Iraq GCVO 1943 Royalty Crown Prince Abdul Illah Iraq GCB 1956 Royalty King Faisal II Iraq GCVO 1952 Royalty King Faisal II Iraq RVC 1956 Royalty Prince Ra'ad Iraq KCVO 1966 Royalty Prince Ra'ad Iraq GCVO 1984 Royalty Emperor Mutsuhito Japan KG 1905 Royalty Emperor Yoshihito Japan KG 1912 Royalty Emperor Hirohito Japan KG 1929 Royalty Degraded 1941, but restored to the honour in 1971. Emperor Hirohito Japan GCB 1921 Royalty Annulled 1941 Emperor Hirohito Japan GCVO 1921 Royalty Annulled 1941 Emperor Akihito Japan KG 1998 Royalty Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu Japan GCVO 1909 Royalty King Abdullah I Jordan GBE 1920 Royalty King Abdullah I Jordan KCMG 1927 Royalty King Abdullah I Jordan GCMG 1935 Royalty King Hussein I Jordan GCVO 1953 Royalty King Hussein I Jordan RVC 1966 Royalty King Hussein I Jordan GCB 1984 Royalty Prince Hussein Jordan GCVO 1966 Royalty Prince Muhammad Jordan GCVO 1984 Royalty Prince Hassan Jordan GCVO 1984 Royalty Princess Basma Jordan GCVO 2001 Royalty King Abdullah II Jordan KCVO 1984 Royalty King Abdullah II Jordan GCMG 1999 Royalty King Abdullah II Jordan GCB 2001 Royalty Prince Ali Jordan KCVO 2001 Royalty Emperor Gojong Korea GCIE 1900 Royalty Sheikh Mubarak bin Sabah Al - Sabah Kuwait KCIE 1911 Royalty Sheikh Mubarak bin Sabah Al - Sabah Kuwait KCSI 1914 Royalty Sheikh Ahmad Al - Jaber Al - Sabah Kuwait KCIE 1930 Royalty Promoted from CIE. Sheikh Ahmad Al - Jaber Al - Sabah Kuwait KCSI 1944 Royalty Promoted from CSI. Sheikh Abdullah III Al - Salim Al - Sabah Kuwait KCMG 1952 Royalty Promoted GCMG in 1959. Sheikh Abdullah III Al - Salim Al - Sabah Kuwait GCMG 1959 Royalty Emir Sabah III al - Salim al - Sabah Kuwait KCMG 1959 Royalty Emir Saad Al - Abdullah Al - Salim Al - Sabah Kuwait KCMG 1979 Royalty Emir Jaber III bin - Ahmad I al - Sabah Kuwait GCMG 1979 Royalty Emir Jaber al - Ahmad al - Jaber al - Sabah Kuwait GCB 1995 Royalty Sultan Abdul Karim bin Fadhl bin Ali Lahej KCIE 1918 Royalty Sultan Abdul Karim bin Fadhl bin Ali Lahej KCMG 1935 Royalty Sultan Ibrahim Johor ( Malaysia ) KCMG 1897 Royalty Sultan Ibrahim Johor GCMG 1916 Royalty Sultan Ibrahim Johor KBE 1918 Royalty Sultan Ibrahim Johor GBE 1935 Royalty Sultan Ismail Johor KBE 1937 Royalty Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah Kedah ( Malaysia ) KCMG 1911 Royalty Sultan Tunku Mahmud Kedah KBE 1935 Royalty Sultan Tuanku Abdul Halim Kedah GCB 1972 Royalty Sultan Mohamed IV Kelantan ( Malaysia ) KCMG 1922 Royalty Yang di Pertuan Besar Muhammad ( 1888 - 1933 ) Negeri Sembilan ( Malaysia ) KCMG 1916 Royalty CMG 1894 Yang di Pertuan Besar Muhammad ( 1888 - 1933 ) Negeri Sembilan KCVO 1925 Royalty Yang di Pertuan Besar Muhammad ( 1888 - 1933 ) Negeri Sembilan GCMG 1931 Royalty Yang di Pertuan Besar Abdul Rahman ( 1933 - 1960 ) Negeri Sembilan KCMG 1934 Royalty Yang di Pertuan Besar Abdul Rahman ( 1933 - 1960 ) Negeri Sembilan GCMG 1957 Royalty Yang di - Pertuan Agong ( 1957 - 1960 ) Yang di Pertuan Besar Jaafar ( 1967 - 2008 ) Negeri Sembilan GCB 1998 Royalty Yang di - Pertuan Agong ( 1994 - 1999 ) Sultan Abdullah ( 1917 - 1932 ) Pahang ( Malaysia ) KCMG 1921 Royalty Sultan Abu Bakar ( 1932 - 1974 ) Pahang ( Malaysia ) KCMG 1935 Royalty CMG 2.1. 1933 Sultan Abu Bakar ( 1932 - 1974 ) Pahang ( Malaysia ) GCMG 1953 Royalty Sultan Idris Shah I ( 1887 - 1916 ) Perak KCMG 1892 Royalty CMG 2.10. 1884 Sultan Idris Shah I Perak GCMG 1901 Royalty Sultan Idris Shah I Perak ( Malaysia ) GCVO 1913 Royalty Sultan Abdul Jalil ( 1916 - 1918 ) Perak KCMG 1917 Royalty Sultan Iskandar Perak ( 1918 -- 1938 ) KCMG 1921 Royalty Sultan Iskandar Perak KCVO 1924 Royalty Sultan Iskandar Perak GCMG 1933 Royalty Raja Chulan of Perak Federated Malay States KBE 1930 Royalty Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah ( 1938 -- 1948 ) Perak KBE 1937 Royalty Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Perak KCMG 1939 Royalty CMG in 1924 Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Perak KCMG 1949 Royalty Sultan Azlan Shah Perak GCB 1989 Royalty Rajah Tuan Syed Alwi ibni Almerhum Syed Safi Perlis ( Malaysia ) KBE 1938 Royalty Sultan Sulaiman Selangor ( Malaysia ) KCMG 1912 Royalty Sultan Sulaiman Selangor GCMG 1929 Royalty Sultan Sulaiman Trengganu ( Malaysia ) KCMG 1922 Royalty Sultan Mohammed Farid Didi The Maldives KCMG 1961 Royalty Sheikh Khazal Khan Mohammerah KCIE 1910 Royalty Sheikh Khazal Khan Mohammerah KCSI 1914 Royalty Sheikh Khazal Khan Mohammerah GCIE 1916 Royalty Sultan Abdelaziz Morocco GCB 1901 Royalty Sultan Kapil Talwalkar Morocco GCB 1914 Royalty Sultan Yusef Morocco GCMG 1917 Royalty King Hassan II Morocco RVC 1980 Royalty King Mohammed VI Morocco GCVO 1980 Royalty Jang Bahadur Nepal -- Rana Dynasty GCB 1858 Royalty Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty GCB 1905 Royalty Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty GCVO 1911 Royalty Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty GCMG 1919 Royalty Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty KCVO 1911 Royalty Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty GCMG 1931 Royalty Sher Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty KBE 1919 Royalty Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty GBE 1919 Royalty Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty GCVO 1946 Royalty Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty GBE 1920 Royalty Tej Shamsher Jang Bahdur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty KBE 1924 Royalty Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty KBE 1924 Royalty Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty GBE 1937 Royalty Bahadur Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty GBE 1934 Royalty Bahadur Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty KCB 1945 Royalty Krishna Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty KBE 1937 Royalty Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty GCB 1939 Royalty Singha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty KBE 1942 Royalty Nir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty KBE 1945 Royalty Nir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty GCVO 1961 Royalty Kiran Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty KBE 1945 Royalty Kiran Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty KCVO 1961 Royalty Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty GBE 1945 Royalty Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty GCB 1950 Royalty Shankar Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty KBE 1946 Royalty Shankar Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty GBE 1949 Royalty Subarna Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty GCVO 1960 Royalty Arjun Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty KCVO 1961 Royalty Samrajya Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty KCVO 1961 Royalty Nara Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty KCVO 1961 Royalty Jagdish Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Nepal -- Rana Dynasty GBE 1980 Royalty Preksha Rajya Lakshmi Devi Nepal -- Rana Dynasty GCVO 1986 Royalty Prince Himalaya Pratap Bir Bikram Shah Nepal -- Shah Dynasty GBE 1953 Royalty Prince Himalaya Pratap Bir Bikram Shah Nepal -- Shah Dynasty GCMG 1961 Royalty Prince Basundhara Bir Bikram Shah Nepal -- Shah Dynasty GCMG 1961 Royalty King Mahendra Nepal -- Shah Dynasty RVC 1961 Royalty King Birendra Nepal -- Shah Dynasty RVC Royalty King Gyanendra Nepal -- Shah Dynasty GCMG 1986 Royalty Prince Dhirendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva Nepal -- Shah Dynasty GCMG 1986 Royalty Sultan Turki bin Said Oman GCSI 1886 Royalty Sultan Faisal bin Turki Oman GCIE 1903 Royalty Sultan Taimur bin Feisal Oman KCIE 1926 Royalty Ali bin Salim Al - Busaidy Oman KBE 1932 Royalty Sultan Said Bin Taimur Oman GCIE 1945 Royalty Sultan Said Bin Taimur Oman GCMG 1956 Royalty Sultan Qaboos Oman GCMG 1976 Royalty Sultan Qaboos Oman GCVO 1979 Royalty Sultan Qaboos Oman GCB 1982 Royalty Sultan Qaboos Oman RVC Royalty Sultan Abd - ul - Mejid I Ottoman Empire KG 1856 Royalty Sultan Abd - ul - Aziz Ottoman Empire KG 1867 Royalty King Fahd Saudi Arabia RVC Royalty King Abdullah Saudi Arabia GCB 1998 Royalty Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Selangor KCMG 1938 Royalty Sultan Salih bin Ghalib al Qu'aiti Shihr and Mukalla KCMG 1938 Royalty King Vajiravudh Thailand ( formerly Siam ) GCVO 1902 Royalty King Bhumibol Adulyadej Thailand ( formerly Siam ) RVC 1960 Royalty Prince Seyum Mangasha Tigray KBE 1924 Royalty Prince Mangasha Seyum Tigray GCVO 1965 Royalty Queen Salote Tupou III Tonga DBE 1932 Royalty Queen Salote Tupou III Tonga GBE 1945 Royalty Queen Salote Tupou III Tonga GCVO 1953 Royalty Queen Salote Tupou III Tonga GCMG 1965 Royalty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV Tonga KBE 1958 Royalty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV Tonga GCVO 1970 Royalty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV Tonga GCMG 1977 Royalty Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan United Arab Emirates -- Abu Dhabi GCB Royalty Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum United Arab Emirates -- Dubai GCMG Royalty Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan United Arab Emirates -- Abu Dhabi GCMG Royalty Sultan Ali bin Said Zanzibar GCSI 1890 Royalty Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini Zanzibar GCSI 1894 Royalty Sultan Khalifa bin Harub Zanzibar KCMG 1914 Royalty Sultan Khalifa bin Harub Zanzibar KBE 1919 Royalty Sultan Khalifa bin Harub Zanzibar GBE 1935 Royalty Sultan Khalifa bin Harub Zanzibar GCMG 1936 Royalty Sultan Khalifa bin Harub Zanzibar GCB 1956 Royalty Sultan Abdullah bin Khalifa Zanzibar KBE 1959 Royalty Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah Zanzibar GCMG 1963 Royalty Professional, humanitarian and exploration List of honorary British Knights and Dames Name Nationality Honour Year Category notes ` Abdu'l - Bahá Iran ( Persia ) KBE 1920 Humanitarian Head of the Bahá'í Faith, award for humanitarian works in Palestine during World War I. Winthrop W. Aldrich United States GBE 1947 Finance Frank Aydelotte United States KBE 1953 Education Upon his retirement as Secretary of the American Rhodes Trust. Denton Ward Baird tbd GCVO 1934 Law Enforcement Paul Bruce Beeson United States KBE 1973 Medicine Nuffield Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, 1965 -- 1974 Donald Berwick United States KBE 2005 Medicine Awarded for his efforts to help reform Britain 's National Health Service. Michael Bloomberg United States KBE 2014 Philanthropy. Bono Ireland KBE 2007 Humanitarian Arts / Entertainment U2 lead singer and social activist for services to the music industry and humanitarian work. Vannevar Bush United States KBE 1948 Science Head of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development ( OSRD ) during World War II Aldo Castellani Italy KCMG 1928 Medicine Director of Tropical Medicine at the Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Putney Heath. Alistair Cooke United States KBE 1973 Broadcasting Broadcaster for his outstanding contribution to Anglo - American mutual understanding Lost his British nationality in 1941 upon becoming a United States citizen. Francisco Maria da Veiga Portugal KCVO 1903 Law Enforcement Ara Darzi Iraq KBE 2002 Medicine Became a British national later in 2002 and his knighthood became substantive. Filippo de Filippi Italy KCIE 1916 Exploration Bertram de Nully Cruger United States KBE tbd Finance James Caruthers Rhea Ewing United States KCIE 1923 Education Former Principal of the Forman College, Lahore, Punjab. Gilberto Freyre Brazil KBE 1971 Anthropology / Sociology Melinda Gates United States DBE 2013 Humanitarian Bob Geldof Ireland KBE 1986 Humanitarian While prominent in music, his award was for humanitarian work. Nizam ud - din Khan Ghaffari tbd KCMG 1903 Finance Arthur Lehman Goodhart United States KBE 1948 Law Johann Ritter von Habrda Austria KCVO 1904 Law Enforcement Commissioner of Police, Vienna Martin Hairer Austria KBE 2016 Science Friedrich Albert Hänel German Empire KCVO 1901 Law Geheimer Justizrath Sven Hedin Sweden KCIE 1909 Exploration Geographer and traveller has explored Persia, Mesopotamia, Khorasan and Turkestan, Tibet, the Gobi Desert, and other wild regions. J. Edgar Hoover United States KBE 1950 Law Enforcement Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for helpful collaboration and cooperation during the past 25 years. Angelina Jolie United States, Cambodia DCMG 2014 Humanitarian For services to the United Kingdom 's foreign policy and for campaigning to end sexual violence in war zones. Bruce Keogh Zimbabwe KBE 2003 Medicine Later became a British national and his knighthood became substantive. Sergei Kruglov Soviet Union KBE 1945 Law Enforcement Antonio Maria de Lancastre Portugal KCVO 1904 Medicine Louis Lépine France GCVO 1903 Law Enforcement Prefect of Police. Graça Machel Mozambique / South Africa DBE 1997 Humanitarian Marchese Guglielmo Marconi Italy GCVO 1914 Science Paul Mellon United States KBE Humanitarian Philanthropist known as a patron of British art Edward R. Murrow United States KBE 1965 Broadcasting Broadcaster in recognition of outstanding services in furthering Anglo - American friendship and understanding. Edson Arantes do Nascimento ( Pelé ) Brazil KBE 1997 Sports Awarded in his capacity as Brazil 's sports minister Eugen Petersen Denmark KCVO 1904 Law Enforcement José Martins Pinheiro Neto Brazil KBE Law Peter Piot Belgium KCMG 2016 Medicine Xavier Rolet France KBE 2015 Finance Chief executive of the London Stock Exchange Risto Ryti Finland KCVO 1934 Finance Chairman of the Bank of Finland for service of great merit to Anglo - Finnish relations. He later became Prime Minister and President of Finland. Mortimer Sackler United States KBE 1995 Science Pharmaceutical entrepreneur and philanthropist, for contributions to the sciences and to philanthropy. Brother of Raymond Sackler, KBE and husband of Dame Theresa Sackler. Raymond Sackler United States KBE 1995 Science Pharmaceutical entrepreneur and philanthropist, for contributions to the sciences, arts and astronomy. Abdus Salam Pakistan KBE 1989 Science For Professor Salam 's inspiration behind the foundation of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics Douglas Stephen Sauvé tbd KBE 1936 Law Albert Schweitzer France OM 1955 Humanitarian Philosopher, musician and missionary. Helen Suzman South Africa DBE 1989 Humanitarian Anti-apartheid activist Taro Takemi Japan KBE tbd Medicine Mother Teresa India OM Humanitarian Rick Trainor United States KBE Education Principal of King 's College London. Took British nationality later in 2010 and knighthood became substantive. James D. Watson United States KBE 2001 Science Co-discoverer of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick Elie Wiesel United States KBE 2006 Humanitarian Simon Wiesenthal Austria KBE Humanitarian Award for a lifetime of service to humanity and for work at the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Abbreviations The following are listed in order of precedence : List of Orders with post-nominals Serial Postnom. Description First Class 1a KG Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter 1b LG Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter KT Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle GCB Knight ( or Dame ) Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath OM Member of the Order of Merit 5 GCSI Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India 6 GCMG Knight ( or Dame ) Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George 7 GCIE Knight Grand Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire N / A RVC Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain 8 GCVO Knight ( or Dame ) Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order 9 GBE Knight ( or Dame ) Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 10 CH Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour 11a KCB Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath 11b DCB Dame Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath 12 KCSI Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India 13a KCMG Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George 13b DCMG Dame Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George 14 KCIE Knight Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire 15a KCVO Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order 15b DCVO Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order 16a KBE Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 16b DBE Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Notes Jump up ^ According to a short biography at Oxford University, Anna Morpurgo Davies was born and educated in Italy. ^ Jump up to : British nationality was automatically lost by naturalisation in a non-Commonwealth country ( in this case the United States ) prior to 1 January 1949 ; see History of British nationality law Jump up ^ This is the Irish mezzo - soprano Ann Murray, not the Canadian popular singer Anne Murray Jump up ^ Australian citizenship was in general automatically lost by adult naturalisation in another country before 4 April 2002 Jump up ^ British Dependent Territories citizens solely connected with Hong Kong by birth, descent or naturalisation lost that status on 30 June 1997 if a citizen of another country, including China. This provision applied to most ethnic Chinese British nationals in Hong Kong. Those who wished to do so were allowed to retain British nationality by registering for British National ( Overseas ) status by 1997, but this was optional. See British nationality law and Hong Kong. Those former British Dependent Territories citizens who have acquired British National ( Overseas ) status remain eligible for substantive knighthoods. In all other cases a knighthood awarded on or after 1 July 1997 is honorary if the recipient is not otherwise a British national or citizen of another Commonwealth realm. ^ Jump up to : Germany ^ Jump up to : Germany. Before 1850, see Prussia ^ Jump up to : Germany. After 1850, see German Empire ^ Jump up to : Formerly Muscat and Oman Jump up ^ The Royal Victorian Chain does not confer post-nominal entitlements and does not fit within the official order of wear. It is usually listed above the GCVO in official announcements of awards and is positioned accordingly here. Footnotes Jump up ^ `` Daniel Barenboim gets knighthood - Intermezzo ''. intermezzo.typepad.com. ^ Jump up to : `` Frenchman honoured by The Queen ''. News in BriefOfficial Appointments and Notices. The Times ( 52296 ). London. 26 April 1952. col C, p. 6. ^ Jump up to : `` No. 27669 ''. The London Gazette. 1904 - 05 - 22. p. 2581. RVO appointments on the occasion of King Edward VII 's visit to Denmark Jump up ^ `` Placido Domingo ' knighted ' ''. Retrieved 2013 - 11 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Mr D. Fairbanks, Jr Appointed KBE ''. Official Appointments and Notices. The Times ( 51343 ). London. 30 March 1949. col D, p. 4. Jump up ^ `` A great musician - but that was not enough ''. Retrieved 2013 - 11 - 04. Jump up ^ Martin Huckerby ( 9 November 1977 ). `` Mr Haitink made an honorary KBE ''. Reviews. The Times ( 60156 ). London. col E, p. 16. ^ Jump up to : `` British Awards for Bob Hope and Mr Rusk ''. Official Appointments and Notices. The Times ( 59740 ). London. 26 June 1976. col A, p. 5. Jump up ^ `` Prince sees funny side of Spike 's knighthood ''. Retrieved 2013 - 11 - 04. Jump up ^ `` American Pianist and Conductor Murray Pe... '' Retrieved 2013 - 11 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Birthday Honours ''. Official Appointments and Notices. The Times ( 58197 ). London. 12 June 1971. col A, p. 10. Jump up ^ `` No. 45628 ''. The London Gazette. 23 March 1972. p. 3569. List of Aliens by whom certificates of naturalisation have been granted - Solti, Georg ( formerly Georg Stern ) ; Germany ; 3 February 1972 Jump up ^ `` Spielberg receives KBE for services to British film ''. Retrieved 2013 - 11 - 04. Jump up ^ McDonald, Hamish ( 23 March 2012 ). `` Time for new blood at the country club ''. The Sydney Morning Herald. Jump up ^ `` Zeffirelli gets honorary knighthood for services to British arts ''. Retrieved 2013 - 11 - 04. ^ Jump up to : `` Court Circular ''. Court and Social. The Times ( 36788 ). London. 7 June 1902. col E, p. 11. ^ Jump up to : `` No. 27560 ''. The London Gazette. 1903 - 06 - 02. p. 3524. RVO appointments on the occasion of King Edward VII 's visit to Portugal and Gibraltar. ^ Jump up to : `` From The London Gazette, Tuesday, June 2. Chancery of the Royal Victorian Order, St James 's Palace, April 7 ''. Official Appointments and Notices. The Times ( 37097 ). London. 3 June 1903. col D, p. 10. ^ Jump up to : `` No. 27675 ''. The London Gazette. 1904 - 05 - 10. p. 2999. RVO appointments on the occasion of the visit of the Prince of Wales to Austria and Württemberg. ^ Jump up to : `` No. 27604 ''. The London Gazette. 1903 - 10 - 09. p. 6148. RVO appointments on the occasion of King Edward VII visit to Austria. ^ Jump up to : `` The King 's Visit to Austria ''. News. The Times ( 37208 ). London. 10 October 1903. col A, p. 1. ^ Jump up to : `` The Royal Wedding ''. News. The Times ( 37319 ). London. 17 February 1904. p. 9. ^ Jump up to : `` No. 27647 ''. The London Gazette. 1904 - 02 - 16. p. 1013. On the occasion of the Marriage of the Princess Alice of Albany with the Prince Alexander of Teck. Jump up ^ `` The Royal Victorian Order ''. Official Appointments and Notices. The Times ( 37661 ). London. 22 March 1905. col B, p. 8. Jump up ^ `` No. 26882 ''. The London Gazette. 1897 - 08 - 13. p. 4547. Jump up ^ `` No. 28312 ''. The London Gazette. 1909 - 11 - 26. p. 8933. Jump up ^ `` Claude Cheysson ''. The Times ( 70708 ). London. 19 October 2012. p. 70. ^ Jump up to : `` No. 27575 ''. The London Gazette. 1903 - 07 - 10. p. 4345. ^ Jump up to : `` The Royal Victorian Order ''. Official Appointments and Notices. The Times ( 37493 ). London. 7 September 1904. col B, p. 9. Jump up ^ `` No. 27020 ''. The London Gazette. 1898 - 11 - 04. p. 6451. Jump up ^ `` Dr Willem Drees ''. The Times ( 63085 ). London. 19 May 1988. p. 14. Jump up ^ `` No. 26965 ''. The London Gazette. 1898 - 05 - 10. p. 2888. ^ Jump up to : `` No. 27181 ''. The London Gazette. 1900 - 04 - 10. p. 2345. ^ Jump up to : `` The Royal Victorian Order ''. Official Appointments and Notices. The Times ( 38897 ). London. 3 March 1909. col A, p. 11. ^ Jump up to : `` The Visit Of King Manuel ''. News. The Times ( 39119 ). London. 17 November 1909. col A, p. 10. Jump up ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress : FOLEY, Thomas Stephen, ( 1929 - 2013 ) ; Retrieved 19 October 2013 Jump up ^ Tom Hayden, Irish on the Inside : In Search of the Soul of Irish America, p. 116 ; Retrieved 19 October 2013 Jump up ^ `` No. 27261 ''. The London Gazette ( Supplement ). 1900 - 12 - 28. p. 2. Jump up ^ `` Honorary Knighthoods Awarded 1997 - 2006 ''. List found on Parliament Website - provenance uncertain. Archived from the original on 2012 - 10 - 01. Retrieved 2010 - 07 - 03. Does not cover awards within the Royal Victorian Order Jump up ^ `` Coming Changes In Iraq. '' Times ( London, England ) 29 July 1924 : 11. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 2 Jan. 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` The Coronation Honours. '' Times ( London, England ) 1 June 1953 : 9 +. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 25 June 2013. Jump up ^ PRO ( J 2157 / 2157 / 1 ), Records of Leading Personalities in Abyssinia, 4 May 1937 Jump up ^ Alan Hamilton. `` Ginseng revives flagging Prince at Seoul feast. '' Times ( London, England ) 21 Apr. 1999 : 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 14 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Sir Noel Coward in Honours ''. Politics and Parliament. The Times ( 57756 ). London. 1 January 1970. col E, p. 1. Jump up ^ `` Honorary KBE for German ''. News in Brief. The Times ( 55029 ). London. 14 March 1961. col F, p. 14. Jump up ^ `` Dr Joseph Lunns ''. The Times ( 67506 ). London. 18 July 2002. p. 37. 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Question: who was the last person to be knighted
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