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Formerly, a knight's wife was given the title of Dame before her name, but this usage was replaced by Lady during the 17th century. The title of Dame as the official equivalent of a knight was introduced in 1917 with the introduction of the Order of the British Empire, and was subsequently extended to the Royal Victorian Order in 1936, the ...
This category pertains to women entitled to the courtesy title of Lady through marriage to a British knight. (Substantive knighthoods, not honorary.) (Substantive knighthoods, not honorary.) Wives of men who were already British peers when they received knighthoods should not be included.
On 12 October 1946, she married the then Earl of Euston – later the 11th Duke of Grafton – at St Mary's Church, Slaugham. [4] The couple had first met at a ball at Euston Hall. [2] [3] They had five children: James Oliver Charles FitzRoy, Earl of Euston (13 December 1947 – 1 October 2009). [5]
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.
A strange beast quested after by many knights associated with Pellinore and Palamedes (Lady) Ragnell Sir Gawain's wife, in some legends mother of Percival: Red Knight: Perceval, the Story of the Grail, c. 1181 Le Morte d'Arthur: Appears in many tales, usually as an antagonist Rience: Ritho, Ryence, Ryons, and Rion Historia Regum Britanniae, c. 1136
Knights Bachelor are the most ancient sort of British knight [2] (the rank existed during the 13th-century reign of King Henry III), but Knights Bachelor rank below knights of chivalric orders. A man who is knighted is formally addressed as "Sir [First Name] [Surname]" or "Sir [First Name]" and his wife as "Lady [Surname]".
In 1815, the order was split into military and civil divisions and the number of grades was expanded, with the most senior being Knight Grand Cross, the next being Knight Commander, and the lowest grade being Companion; this structure has remained largely unmodified, although in 1971 women were admitted to the order (those appointed to the ...
Sir Herbert Wilberforce (1931, Knight Bachelor, 1864-1941); [83] Wilberforce was vice-president of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club from 1911 to 1921, and president from 1921 to 1936. [84] Sir Norman Brookes (1939, Knight Bachelor, [85] 1877–1968) Sir Andy Murray (2017, Knight Bachelor, [15] [16] born 1987)