But it was for his successful plundering of Spanish merchant ships that he was knighted. |
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The tycoon, who was knighted in December 2006, revolutionised the domestic appliances market with the bagless vacuum cleaner. |
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She consulted the astrologer to find out whether her husband would be knighted. |
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He was knighted, given the estates of the abbey of Wilton, and appointed a gentleman of the bedchamber. |
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He was knighted for services to nursing and the NHS in the Queen's Birthday Honours last year. |
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A squire could also be knighted on the battlefield, in which a lord simply performed the accolade. |
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A Pembrokeshire man, he established his reputation as a jouster and was knighted at Edward VI's coronation. |
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Rudolph Giuliani, who will soon be knighted by the Queen, is a man who bends the knee to nobody. |
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Norman Wisdom proved he had earned a place in the nation's heart after being knighted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace. |
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He was knighted for this work in 1911, but was forced to retire from foreign service due to adverse affects of the tropics on his health. |
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Lean was nominated for Oscars for directing, adapting and editing the film, and in June 1984 he was knighted. |
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Sir Howard was knighted last year, largely for helping bring the Commonwealth Games to Manchester. |
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He has the distinction of being the only Cook Islander to have been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. |
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He would go on to be knighted and become a celebrated portraitist, the darling of society and a very rich man. |
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In 1608 he was knighted, and was created a baronet in 1611, two years before his death. |
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In 1942 he was knighted, no doubt partly due to his heroic service to his country during both wars. |
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He was knighted in 1671 by Charles II, and lies buried in the church of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich. |
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In 1521 he was made the Kingdom's Undertreasurer and knighted, and in 1523 he became the Speaker of the House of Commons. |
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She turned the school around and in 2001 she was knighted for her services to education. |
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He's big in Norway because he won two Olympic medals for that country and was knighted several years ago. |
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In 1916 he was knighted on the stage of Drury Lane at the conclusion of a special, tercentenary performance of Julius Caesar. |
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James Dyson, the man who invented the bagless vacuum cleaner, is knighted today for his services to business. |
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The first Jew to be knighted, he was also a close and trusted friend of Edward IV, as well as of Richard. |
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However, it was probably his religious credentials that led to him becoming the only Tory MP to have been both knighted and created a life peer by Labour. |
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He was knighted in 2003 for services to public life in Scotland. |
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The Queen knighted him in 1988 as a reward for his long service to her. |
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His many supporters cannot understand why he has not been knighted. |
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Over the mantelpiece, that was Henry Irving, the 19th-century actor-manager who was the first English actor to be knighted. |
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Both Hillary and Hunt were knighted by the queen following the expedition. |
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My experience of the NHS, from the superb and knighted surgeon who operated on me to the Indian tea lady with her endless cups, was one of kindness, courtesy and concern. |
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He is the only Australian to have been knighted for services to cricket. |
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He became physician general to the Army in the Austrian war of succession, was appointed physician to King George III, was knighted in 1762 and later received a baronetcy. |
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Around forty five English soldiers were knighted by the Earl of Surrey after the battle. |
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For his work on the transatlantic telegraph project he was knighted in 1866 by Queen Victoria, becoming Sir William Thomson. |
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Diamond was knighted in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to social science and higher education. |
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In 1846 he was knighted, and in the same year he presided over the meeting of the British Association at Southampton. |
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He was knighted in 2003, and in 2006 he took a seat in the House of Lords as a working life peer, Baron Morris of Handsworth. |
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Jones was awarded an OBE in 1999 and in 2006 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to music. |
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This was an astonishing feat for that day and age, and McClure was knighted and promoted in rank. |
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He was knighted, elected to Parliament, and appointed a vice admiral of the Royal Navy. |
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Ulf threw his lot in with Robert Curthose, who knighted him, and then disappeared from history. |
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There he was knighted, and given a personal coat of arms, becoming the first conquistador to receive these honors. |
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As a reward for his services he was first knighted and then made Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. |
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Of them who have not breathed corflu, never was one knighted to St. Fanthony. |
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In 1812, Davy was knighted and gave up his lecturing position at the Royal Institution. |
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Coke attended divine service with the new king on 22 May, who, following the service, took a sword from his bodyguard and knighted Coke. |
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Louis gave his support to the three sons and even knighted Richard, tying them together through vassalage. |
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Ridgeon's benightedness is of less interest in this context, however, than the fact that he has been knighted. |
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Henry was knighted in 1330, represented his father in parliament and fought in Edward's Scottish campaign. |
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She knighted Francis Drake after his circumnavigation of the globe from 1577 to 1580, and he won fame for his raids on Spanish ports and fleets. |
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In April 1705, Queen Anne knighted Newton during a royal visit to Trinity College, Cambridge. |
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After the war, he was knighted and made permanent secretary to the Ministry of Food. |
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Paxton was acclaimed worldwide for his achievement, and was knighted by Queen Victoria in recognition of his work. |
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He then gathered followers and went to Peterborough Abbey to be knighted by his uncle Abbot Brand. |
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In 1769, he was knighted by George III, only the second artist to be so honored. |
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Bacon was generally neglected at court by Queen Elizabeth, but after the accession of King James I in 1603, Bacon was knighted. |
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In 1993 he was elected to a fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts, and in 1999 he was knighted. |
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It is likely that the child would have been knighted before the start of the ceremony. |
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Elgar was knighted in 1904, and in 1911 he was appointed a member of the Order of Merit. |
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He was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to music and charity. |
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Prior to 1980, there had long been talk of Hitchcock being knighted for his contribution to film. |
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During the run of Cyrano, Richardson was knighted, to Olivier's undisguised envy. |
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In 1947 Olivier was knighted and Leigh accompanied him to Buckingham Palace for the investiture. |
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Among his honours, he was knighted in 1953 and the Gielgud Theatre was named after him. |
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In 2000, Caine was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his contribution to cinema. |
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It had been suggested that he would be knighted in the 2015 New Year Honours, but this was revealed to be false. |
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On 21 March 2000, he was knighted by Prince Charles, standing in for the Queen, who was on an official visit to Australia. |
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Nash, nicknamed 'Nasty' also has the honour of being knighted by His Majesty King Leo 1st of Redonda in the West Indies. |
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In 1904 he was knighted, awarded the Royal Society's Hughes Medal, and made an honorary member of the Pharmaceutical Society. |
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Alan Ayckbourn received the CBE in 1987 and was knighted in the 1997 New Year Honours. |
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In June 2007, Queen Elizabeth II knighted him for his services to literature. |
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Gilbert was knighted on 15 July 1907 in recognition of his contributions to drama. |
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In 1984, Hodgkin represented Britain at the Venice Biennale, in 1985 he won the Turner Prize, and in 1992 he was knighted. |
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Gormley was knighted in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to the arts. |
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In 1953, he became only the second British film director to be knighted for his craft. |
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Connery was knighted by Elizabeth II in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to Film Drama. |
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It is also around this time that Robert would have been knighted, and he began to appear on the political stage in the Bruce dynastic interest. |
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It was the first time I came face to face with Sir Conrad Hunte, even though he had not been knighted at the time. |
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On 24 March 1841 Brunel was knighted by the young Queen Victoria. |
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After the battle, Commodore John Ashby and Shovell were knighted. |
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It was there that Edward III knighted his son Edward, the Black Prince. |
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Terfel was knighted in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to music. |
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He received a gold medal in Paris in 1901, was made a Royal Academician in 1909, was knighted in 1911, and became corresponding member of the French Institute. |
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Beginning in 1300, Edward accompanied his father on campaigns to pacify Scotland, and in 1306 he was knighted in a grand ceremony at Westminster Abbey. |
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Smith was knighted in 1999, appointed to the House of Lords as an independent crossbench peer in 2008, and appointed Knight of the Thistle in the 2014 New Year Honours. |
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Lady Ursula Burman was the widow of Sir Charles Burman, who dedicated most of his life to serving Birmingham and was knighted in 1961 for his political and industrial career. |
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King Robert III knighted Malcolm and granted Sir Malcolm Fleming and his heirs the charter to Cumbernauld Castle on 2 April 1406, just two days before the king's death. |
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Only once Wallace was knighted and appointed as Guardian of Scotland some time prior to March 1298, did it become unnecessary to issue letters jointly with Moray. |
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In 1993, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts. |
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In 2002 he was knighted at Buckingham Palace for his services to art. |
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In 1904 Swan was knighted by King Edward VII, awarded the Royal Society's Hughes Medal, and was made an honorary member of the Pharmaceutical Society. |
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Hurst is also one of the few footballers who have been knighted. |
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During the season Gielgud was knighted in the 1953 Coronation honours. |
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On 24 January 1619 King James I knighted Filmer at Newmarket. |
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He was knighted in England in 1945 for his achievements in physics. |
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A man appeared in fisherman's oilskins and made us repeat a couple of phrases in a Newfie accent, swig some Screech, eat some hard bread, and knighted us with an oar. |
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Newton was the second scientist to be knighted, after Sir Francis Bacon. |
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Since by convention they are knighted upon appointment, socially they are addressed as Sir Forename or Dame Forename, without the prefix, The Hon. |
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Henry knighted thirty Lancastrian soldiers immediately after the battle. |
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William knighted the boy, and Cardinal Guala Bicchieri, the papal legate to England, then oversaw his coronation at Gloucester Cathedral on 28 October. |
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Bessemer was knighted by Queen Victoria for his contribution to science on 26 June 1879, and in the same year was made a fellow of the Royal Society. |
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