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He has been knighted on Wednesday March 29,2006. Tom Jones received his knighthood at Buckingham Palace for services to music. The singer was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II under his birth name, Thomas Woodward
Corrie ten Boom was knighted by the Queen of the Netherlands in 1962. As Queen Juliana was the reigning monarch of the Netherlands at this time, it was most probably her.
discovery of a northwest passage
Elton John was knighted by Her Majesty The Queen in 1997.
He was Knighted by the Queen of England on Feb 24th 1998 who then honored him by giving him the title Sir. Answer Strictly speaking, "Sir" is the honorific associated with the specific award conferred on Elton John, which was Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE). There are other awards such as KBE and OBE which also confer the honorific "Sir".
He has been knighted on Wednesday March 29,2006. Tom Jones received his knighthood at Buckingham Palace for services to music. The singer was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II under his birth name, Thomas Woodward
Isaac Newton was knighted in April 1705 by Queen Anne
Edmund Hillary was knighted by the Queen in London 1953.
queen Victoria knighted J.J. Thompson
He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 1988
The Queen of England knighted Edmund Hillary in June 1953.
Bob Geldof was knighted in 1986 by Queen Elizabeth II
Winston Spencer Churchill was knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on April 24th 1953 at Windsor Castle.
he was knighted
Queen Elizabeth 1
He was knighted, probably because Queen Elizabeth 1, the queen of England, had a crush on Sir Walter Raleigh. (Or at the time Walter Raleigh!)
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