He was knighted in 1913, the same year he become the Chancellor for the Diocese of London.
This was the gift of Maud de Roos or latterly de Ros, née de Vaux, wife of William de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros who distinguished himself in the Crusades, was knighted and granted land at Cley and Blakeney.
Hall was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2001, and in 2003 he was appointed a Knight of the Order of St. Sylvester (KSS) by Pope John Paul II.
Four of their sons were knighted, including Field Marshal Sir Charles Egerton, Sir Reginald Egerton (Private Secretary to the Postmaster-General), Admiral Sir George Egerton, and Sir Brian Egerton (tutor to Ganga Singh, the Maharaja of Bikaner).
In 2000, Judge Byron was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and he was appointed a member of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council in 2004, making him only the second national of St. Kitts and Nevis to be appointed, following the appointment of the country's first Prime Minister Dr. Kennedy Simmonds in 1984.
Edwin Rich (1561–1600), of the Rich family, son of Robert Rich, 2nd Baron Rich, knighted on an expedition to Cadiz in 1596
He was made an official in the Order of the Crown of Italy, Knight of the Order of Saints Maurizio e Lazzaro, knighted by King Leopold of Belgium, and knighted with the Legion d'Onore, and as a Commendatore of the Order of the Medjidie by the Ottoman rulers of Egypt.
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1975 and was knighted in 1981.
He was knighted in the Order of the Crown of Italy, and in 1868, he was awarded the Order of Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro; and finally in 1876, became honorary professor at the Institute of Fine Arts of Naples.
He was knighted in July 1603 and, in September, accompanied the new ambassador, Lord Spencer, to the court of the Duke of Württemberg, now part of Germany.
The original owner of the farm was Francis Goring, who arrived at Fort Niagara in August 1776 at the age of 21 years, lived there during the American Revolution, and who was consequently knighted for starting one of the first schools in the Niagara area.
On 6 November 1998 the Sobranie (Sofia's Parliament) knighted him Sir of Madera, the highest cultural honor in Bulgaria, for discovering Dimitar Peshev, the saviour of the Bulgarian Jews.
In recognition of his charitable work, he was knighted by Pope John XXIII in 1962, received the Order of St. Gregory and was later named a Knight of Malta.
In 1591, he became a Knight of the Shire of Huntingdonshire, settled in Leighton Bromswold and married Katherine, a daughter of Sir Henry Darcy (a previous Knight of the Shire) that year and was knighted by 1597.
He led a Nigerian delegation to the Economic Council at the United Nations in 1964, and in September 1974 Chief H.O. Davies was knighted by the French Government Chevelier de l' Ordre national du Mérite (Industrial) for his significant contributions in energizing Total Fina Oil and the Elf Petroleum companies of which he was a Director and for promoting French-Nigerian relations.
In March 1657 he was knighted, and the same year was sent as Charles's agent to Madrid, where he remained, endeavouring to obtain assistance for the royal cause, till after the Restoration.
He was appointed medical director of the General League of Red Cross Societies at Geneva in 1920 and was knighted by the King of Spain for services in preventive medicine.
Vincent's younger brother, William Henry Hoare Vincent, was a civil servant who represented India at the League of Nations, and was himself knighted, in 1913.
His wife’s cousin, Sir Rhys ap Thomas, played an important role in the battle, which led to him being knighted on the field.
For the next ten years he relentlessly demanded further promotion, provoking Lord Grafton to fury in the process, but did not receive anything further until 1778 when he was knighted and made the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, responsible for naval and maritime cases.
He was knighted by King Peter the Ceremonious and in 1393 was charged with the direction of a poetical institute—the Consistory of Barcelona—founded by King John.
Edward Holt was knighted and was a Lord Mayor of Manchester in 1908.
He was appointed CMG in 1953 and was knighted in 1966.
Just prior to marrying Hefner, Conrad was knighted by his Highness Prince Frederick von Anhalt also known as Robert Hans Lichtenberg, the adult adopted son of Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt who was daughter-in-law of German Emperor Wilhelm II.
Kingcome Inlet was named for Captain John Kingcome of the troopship HMS Simoom, later knighted, who was Rear Admiral in charge of the Pacific Station of the Royal Navy from 1863 to 1864 and whose flagship was HMS Sutlej.
It is recorded that the great mercenary captain Sir John Hawkwood knighted a number of his followers, as many as twenty on one occasion, though he could reasonably be expected to provide the income his created knights required to maintain their new status.
He had business interests in the City of London and was knighted by King William.
In December 1944 he and his fellow corps commanders Christison and Scoones were knighted and invested as KBE by the viceroy Lord Wavell at a ceremony at Imphal in front of the Scottish, Gurkha and Punjab regiments.
Completed in the 1860s, its owner Sir William Doyle was Chief Justice of the Bahamas and the first Bahamian to be knighted.
Sir Paul was knighted in the 2012 New Year’s Honours List for Services to the Arts and Philanthropy.
In 1993 he was made a fellow of UCL and in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours was knighted, served as a founding member of the Academy of Medical Sciences and was made an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists.
Tancredi became professor to Academy of Fine Arts and was knighted into the Order of the Crown of Italy.
He was knighted on 3 June 1978, for his services to the Tasmanian Parliament.
Queen Elizabeth I knighted Francis Drake on board the Golden Hind in Deptford Creek on Drake's return from his circumnavigation of the globe in 1580.
Murray was knighted in the 2011 New Year Honours for his services to medicine.
Dame Rosalinde Hurley, Mrs. Gortvai, DBE, FRC, FRCPath, FRCOG (30 December 1929 – 30 June 2004) was knighted by the British government for her services to medicine, science and law.
He gained conspicuous success in this branch of the profession, was knighted on 6 February 1809, and was appointed, on 1 March 1809, to succeed Sir John Nicholl as king's advocate.
MacPhail wrote (p. 65): “…(Dugald) was by King’s Charter 1st created Knight Baronet of Nova Scotia... (He received a charter wherein there are many privileges) “…dated at Whitehall, London 12 January 1628. He seems to have been knighted at an earlier date.” He married first, in 1590, and twice thereafter.
He was admitted to the Middle Temple on 19 July 1628, was knighted on 3 October 1629, and sat in the Parliament of Ireland of 1634–35 as MP either for Tuam or Galway county.
He was knighted with the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit for his contribution to Norway, the highest honor that the Norwegian government can give to people living outside Norway.
Formally adding Stephen as a forename by deed poll in 1960, he was knighted following the completion of his CGS term.
In 1360, he was fighting in France in the campaign led by Edward III, who also knighted at Bourg-la-Reine.
He is said to have sat in the parliament of 1556, and in March 1567 he was knighted by Sir Henry Sidney.
Wade was knighted in 1875, and participated in the Chefoo Convention (1876).
He was a protégé of the Howard family and became a favourite of James, who appointed him Secretary of the Latin Tongue and Keeper of the Records and then knighted him in 1603.
Thomas Stanley (died 1674) of Grangegorman, Dublin, was knighted by Henry Cromwell Lord Deputy of Ireland on 24 January 1659 at Dublin Castle.
Bucknill was born at Exminster in 1845, the second son of Sir John Charles Bucknill FRS, a famous mental health specialist who was knighted in 1894 in recognition of his services as one of the founders of the Volunteer Movement.
He was knighted for his work organizing relief efforts after the 1937 volcanic eruption that nearly destroyed the territory's capital, Rabaul.
He received gold medals from Pope Leo XII, the University of Pennsylvania, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, and was knighted in 1906.