page_title: Peter Stothard
section_title: Honours
hierarchical_section_title: Peter Stothard / Honours
caption_attribution_description: English: The badge of a British knight bachelor, created in 1926 on the orders of H.M. King George. The badge was created on the orders of HM King George in 1926. Upon an oval medallion of vermilion, enclosed by a scroll a cross-hilted sword belted and sheathed, pommel upwards, between two spurs, rowels upwards, the whole set about with the sword belt, all gilt.
context_page_description: Sir Peter Stothard is a British author, journalist and critic. From 1992 to 2002 he was editor of The Times and from 2002 to 2016 editor of The Times Literary Supplement, the only journalist to have held both roles. His four books of diaries cover both political and classical themes.
context_section_description: He was knighted for services to the newspaper industry in 2003.
  In 2013, he was awarded the President's Medal by the British Academy.
caption: Insignia of Knight Bachelor
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