Grandfather's and or Uncle's that was Knighted are they a symbol I can put on my profile above their profile ID's

Question

Symbols to add to my profile to list my family under, Thanks

 

I NEED HELP GETTING THINGS IN ORDER SO IT LOOKS BETTER THEN THIS DON'T YOU AGREE

Answer 1

You don't need to put any symbol on for that.  A person who has been knighted has earned the title of Sir for a man or Dame for a woman.  The title should go in the Prefix Box.

Examples: Sir Frances Drake, Dame Judith Anderson, Admiral Sir John Hawkins (obviously, the last one has two titles, Admiral and Sir)

Comments

Thanks,  David Hughey

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The title "Sir or Dame" only applies to those knight/dame hoods awarded by the British monarch (in most cases).  There are numerous knight/dame hoods awarded by other than the British monarch and they (again, in most cases) will come with the language equivalent of knight - German=Ritter, French=Chevalier/Dame, Italian=Cavaliere, Danish=Ridder/Dame, Spanish=Caballero/Dama, Republic of Georgia=Raindi, Portugese=Cavaleiro, Russian=Vityaz'.  Chev. (for Chevalier) is used more frequently than any other.

This is the simple explanation as there are several ranks of Knighthood within the various Orders and also several grades of Knighthood.  All Knighthoods do not "enoble" the recipient and some are only valid while a member of the Order, some are for life and some are hereditary

Admiral is not actually a "title" in this sense as it is a military (naval) rank but it would still be listed in the Prefix Box.

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Thanks, Jeffrey Mickelson I will keep this information for a reference.