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Sir Francis Drake
No
Year 1581.
He was made a knight by the Queen (Elizabeth I).
in 1998, Queen Elizabeth II made him a knight
No, only the sovereign him or herself can grant titles.
Because he captured Spanish treasure ships.
Neither Elizabeth I or II put a sister in jail. I wonder if you are thinking of the imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots by Elizabeth I ...
Queen Elizabeth II is not. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was.
Honorary Knight of the British Empire, Queen Elizabeth II, 2001.
He was made a knight of the realm by Queen Elizabeth II in 1953
On his arrival from a three-year voyage in 1580, Queen Elizabeth I made him a knight.