Order_of_the_British_Empire

qas: question: How were the appointments to the Order of the British Empire made?
answers: text: nomination of the self-governing Dominions of the Empire, the Viceroy of India, and the colonial governors

question: What evolved as the Commonwealth nominations continued?
answers: text: Empire

question: What remained the head of state of the British Empire?
answers: text: the monarch

question: Why did the oversea nominations discontinue?
answers: text: established their own Orders

question: What countries established new orders?
answers: text: Order of Australia, the Order of Canada, and the New Zealand Order of Merit
context: Appointments to the Order of the British Empire were at first made on the nomination of the self-governing Dominions of the Empire, the Viceroy of India, and the colonial governors, as well as on nominations from within the United Kingdom. As the Empire evolved into the Commonwealth, nominations continued to come from the Commonwealth realms, in which the monarch remained head of state. These overseas nominations have been discontinued in realms that have established their own Orders—such as the Order of Australia, the Order of Canada, and the New Zealand Order of Merit—but members of the Order are still appointed in the British Overseas Territories.

qas: question: Who could wear a emblem of two crossed silver oak leaves?
answers: text: Any individual made a member of the Order for gallantry

question: What was the emblem?
answers: text: two crossed silver oak leaves on the same riband, ribbon or bow as the badge

question: What year was it replaced?
answers: text: 1974

question: What kind of medal was replaced in 1974?
answers: text: Queen's Gallantry Medal

question: They continued to wear what the insignia of what?
answers: text: lower grade with the oak leaves
context: Any individual made a member of the Order for gallantry could wear an emblem of two crossed silver oak leaves on the same riband, ribbon or bow as the badge. It could not be awarded posthumously and was effectively replaced in 1974 with the Queen's Gallantry Medal. If recipients of the Order of the British Empire for Gallantry received promotion within the Order, whether for gallantry or otherwise, they continued to wear also the insignia of the lower grade with the oak leaves. However, they only used the post-nominal letters of the higher grade.

qas: question: Who are appointed to citizens of nations?
answers: text: Honorary knighthoods

question: Where was Queen Elizabeth ll not Head of State?
answers: text: citizens of nations

question: What is honorary appointees are incorrectly referred to?
answers: text: Sir or Dame

question: Who are examples of Sir of Dame?
answers: text: Bill Gates or Bob Geldof

question: What is an example of irish broadcaster?
answers: text: Terry Wogan
context: Honorary knighthoods are appointed to citizens of nations where Queen Elizabeth II is not Head of State, and may permit use of post-nominal letters but not the title of Sir or Dame. Occasionally honorary appointees are, incorrectly, referred to as Sir or Dame - Bill Gates or Bob Geldof, for example. Honorary appointees who later become a citizen of a Commonwealth realm can convert their appointment from honorary to substantive, then enjoy all privileges of membership of the order including use of the title of Sir and Dame for the senior two ranks of the Order. An example is Irish broadcaster Terry Wogan, who was appointed an honorary Knight Commander of the Order in 2005 and on successful application for dual British and Irish citizenship was made a substantive member and subsequently styled as "Sir Terry Wogan KBE".

qas: question: Who are the six officials of The Order?
answers: text: Prelate; the Dean; the Secretary; the Registrar; the King of Arms; and the Usher

question: Who serves as the Order's Prelate?
answers: text: The Bishop of London, a senior bishop in the Church of England

question: Who was The Dean of St. Paul?
answers: text: ex officio the Dean of the Order

question: Who is not a member of the College of Arms?
answers: text: The Order's King of Arms

question: What is the Usher of the Order?
answers: text: Gentleman Usher of the Purple Rod
context: The Order has six officials: the Prelate; the Dean; the Secretary; the Registrar; the King of Arms; and the Usher. The Bishop of London, a senior bishop in the Church of England, serves as the Order's Prelate. The Dean of St Paul's is ex officio the Dean of the Order. The Order's King of Arms is not a member of the College of Arms, as are many other heraldic officers. The Usher of the Order is known as the Gentleman Usher of the Purple Rod; he does not – unlike his Order of the Garter equivalent, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod – perform any duties related to the House of Lords.

qas: question: Who was discontinued in the Commonwealth realms?
answers: text: Appointments to the Order of the British Empire

question: Who established a national system of honours and awards?
answers: text: Order of Australia, the Order of Canada, and the New Zealand Order of Merit

question: How were the different levels of award and honour reflected the imperial system?
answers: text: Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

question: What were the highest class?
answers: text: Knights and Dames
context: Appointments to the Order of the British Empire were discontinued in those Commonwealth realms that established a national system of honours and awards such as the Order of Australia, the Order of Canada, and the New Zealand Order of Merit. In many of these systems, the different levels of award and honour reflect the Imperial system they replaced. Canada, Australia, and New Zealand all have (in increasing level of precedence) Members of, Officers of, and Companions to (rather than Commanders of) their respective orders, with both Australia and New Zealand having Knights and Dames as their highest classes.

qas: question: Who were MBE'S?
answers: text: The members of The Beatles

question: In what year was the Beatles made MBE's?
answers: text: 1965

question: Who compared military membership in the Order?
answers: text: John Lennon

question: Who said "lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received thris for heroism in the war.
answers: text: John Lennon

question: When did John Lennon return his MBE insignia?
answers: text: 25 November 1969
context: The members of The Beatles were made MBEs in 1965. John Lennon justified the comparative merits of his investiture by comparing military membership in the Order: "Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE [status] received theirs for heroism in the war – for killing people… We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more." Lennon later returned his MBE insignia on 25 November 1969 as part of his ongoing peace protests. Other criticism centres on the claim that many recipients of the Order are being rewarded with honours for simply doing their jobs; critics claim that the civil service and judiciary receive far more orders and honours than leaders of other professions.

qas: question: Who was the most excellent Order of the British Empire?
answers: text: order of chivalry of British constitutional monarchy

question: Who rewarded contributions to the arts and sciences?
answers: text: "order of chivalry of British constitutional monarchy

question: When was the order of chivalry of British constitutional monarchy established?
answers: text: 4 June 1917

question: Who established the chivalry of british constiutional monarchy?
answers: text: King George V

question: Who is the recipient?
answers: text: knight if male, or dame if female
context: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is the "order of chivalry of British constitutional monarchy", rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations and public service outside the Civil Service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V, and comprises five classes, in civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male, or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order.

qas: question: What was instituted to serve as a lower award granting recipients affiliation?
answers: text: Medal of the Order of the British Empire

question: In what year was the Medal of the Order of the British Empire established?
answers: text: 1922

question: What was the medal renamed as?
answers: text: British Empire Medal

question: When was it stopped being rewarded?
answers: text: 1993

question: How many BEM's were awarded for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee?
answers: text: 293
context: At the foundation of the Order, the "Medal of the Order of the British Empire" was instituted, to serve as a lower award granting recipients affiliation but not membership. In 1922, this was renamed the "British Empire Medal". It stopped being awarded by the United Kingdom as part of the 1993 reforms to the honours system, but was again awarded beginning in 2012, starting with 293 BEMs awarded for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. In addition, the BEM is awarded by the Cook Islands and by some other Commonwealth nations. In 2004, a report entitled "A Matter of Honour: Reforming Our Honours System" by a Commons committee recommended to phase out the Order of the British Empire, as its title was "now considered to be unacceptable, being thought to embody values that are no longer shared by many of the country’s population".

qas: question: From what year could the Sovereign appoint a person as Commander, Officer or Member of the Order of the British Empire?
answers: text: 1940

question: Of what acts did the Members of the Order of the British Empire appoint?
answers: text: below the level required for the George Medal

question: What grade was determined?
answers: text: same criteria as usual, and not by the level of gallantry

question: When was the awards designated the Order of the British Empire for Gallantry?
answers: text: 14 January 1958
context: From 1940, the Sovereign could appoint a person as a Commander, Officer or Member of the Order of the British Empire for gallantry for acts of bravery (not in the face of the enemy) below the level required for the George Medal. The grade was determined by the same criteria as usual, and not by the level of gallantry (and with more junior people instead receiving the British Empire Medal). Oddly, this meant that it was awarded for lesser acts of gallantry than the George Medal, but, as an Order, was worn before it and listed before it in post-nominal initials. From 14 January 1958, these awards were designated the Order of the British Empire for Gallantry.

qas: question: Who would prefix Sir, and Dames Grand Cross?
answers: text: Knights Grand Cross and Knights Commander

question: Who would prefix Dame, to their forenames?
answers: text: Dames Grand Cross

question: Who would prefix Lady to their surnames?
answers: text: Wives of Knights

question: Such forms are not used by whom?
answers: text: peers and princes

question: Who wouldn't use the title Sir of Dame?
answers: text: Clergy of the Church of England or the Church of Scotland
context: Knights Grand Cross and Knights Commander prefix Sir, and Dames Grand Cross and Dames Commander prefix Dame, to their forenames.[b] Wives of Knights may prefix Lady to their surnames, but no equivalent privilege exists for husbands of Knights or spouses of Dames. Such forms are not used by peers and princes, except when the names of the former are written out in their fullest forms. Clergy of the Church of England or the Church of Scotland do not use the title Sir or Dame as they do not receive the accolade (i.e., they are not dubbed "knight" with a sword), although they do append the post-nominal letters.

qas: question: Who has set honours awarded by the President of India?
answers: text: India

question: Who holds a republican position some consider to monarch of Britain?
answers: text: President of India

question: What is referred to as the Padma Awards?
answers: text: President of India who holds a republican position some consider similar to that of the monarch in Britain

question: What does the Padma Awards consist of?
answers: text: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri

question: What does not carry any decoration or insignia that can be worn on the person?
answers: text: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri
context: India, while remaining an active member of the Commonwealth, chose as a republic to institute its own set of honours awarded by the President of India who holds a republican position some consider similar to that of the monarch in Britain. These are commonly referred to as the Padma Awards and consist of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri in descending order. These do not carry any decoration or insignia that can be worn on the person and may not be used as titles along with individuals' names.

qas: question: How many Knights are in The Order?
answers: text: 300 Knights and Dames Grand Cross

question: How many Knights and Dames Commander?
answers: text: 845

question: How many commanders are in The Order?
answers: text: 8,960

question: How many officers and members maybe be appointed per year?
answers: text: 858 Officers and 1,464 Members

question: Who has the highest numbers of the British Orders of Chivalry?
answers: text: Order of the British Empire
context: The Order is limited to 300 Knights and Dames Grand Cross, 845 Knights and Dames Commander, and 8,960 Commanders. There are no limits applied to the total number of members of the fourth and fifth classes, but no more than 858 Officers and 1,464 Members may be appointed per year. Foreign recipients, as honorary members, do not contribute to the numbers restricted to the Order as full members do. Although the Order of the British Empire has by far the highest number of members of the British Orders of Chivalry, with over 100,000 living members worldwide, there are fewer appointments to knighthoods than in other orders.

qas: question: What are the Members of classes of the Order assigned to?
answers: text: positions in the order of precedence

question: Who of the male members feature on the order?
answers: text: Wives of male members of all classes also feature on the order of precedence, as do sons, daughters and daughters-in-law

question: Who are not assigned any special precedence?
answers: text: relatives of Ladies of the Order

question: Who can individuals derive precedence from?
answers: text: fathers or husbands

question: Who can individuals can not derive precedence from?
answers: text: mothers or wives
context: Members of all classes of the Order are assigned positions in the order of precedence. Wives of male members of all classes also feature on the order of precedence, as do sons, daughters and daughters-in-law of Knights Grand Cross and Knights Commander; relatives of Ladies of the Order, however, are not assigned any special precedence. As a general rule, individuals can derive precedence from their fathers or husbands, but not from their mothers or wives (see order of precedence in England and Wales for the exact positions).