knighthood
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The inventor James Dyson has a winery, a knighthood, an English country pile, and an estimated net worth of more than $15 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Also a knighthood and a castle and certainly social status that ensures he won’t be treated like scum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
On Thursday a notice was published in The Gazette, external - one of the UK's official journals of record - stating that Charles III had directed the cancellation of Donaldson's knighthood.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
That changed last summer with a knighthood for Sir Billy Boston.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
"It is not the custom of knights in armor to carry money with them. No book about knighthood I ever read mentions it."
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
The move follows growing frustration over the lack of rugby league knighthoods or damehoods, with a group of cross-party MPs suggesting the lack of top honours was linked to snobbery.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2025
There is an independent honours committee that considers who should get awards such as knighthoods, rather than the royals.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2025
The analysis of those awarded the 142 most senior honours at New Year - CBEs, Order of the Bath, Companion of Honour, knighthoods and damehoods - reveals a significant regional and social divide:
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2025
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and former West Midlands mayor Andy Street are also awarded knighthoods, while Labour MP Emily Thornberry is made a dame.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2024
Now they came forward dressed in shifts of undyed wool to receive their knighthoods from the Kingsguard.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
