Debasement (knighthood)

Debasement (knighthood)

Debasement is the formal term for removal of a knighthood or other honour. The last knight to be publicly debased was Sir Francis Mitchell.[1][2] More recent examples include Sir Roger Casement, whose knighthood was canceled for treason during the First World War[3] and Sir Anthony Blunt, whose knighthood was withdrawn in 1979.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ "Chronological Table of the Private and Personal Acts". OPSI (UK Government). http://www.opsi.gov.uk/chron-tables/private/p-chron02.htm. Retrieved 3 January 2007.  (see note 4)
  2. ^ Lee, Sidney and Sean Kelsy (2004). "Giles Mompesson". The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography vol. 38. London: Oxford University Press. pp. 569–572. 
  3. ^ London Gazette: no. 29651. p. 6596. 4 July 1916. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
  4. ^ "On This Day: 16 November". BBC. 16 November 1979. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/16/newsid_3907000/3907233.stm. Retrieved 18 February 2010. 
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