Knight Bachelor is the oldest and lowest-ranking form of knighthood in the British honours system; it is the rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry."Knight Bachelor", Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 5 April 2020. Women are not eligible for knighthood; in practice, the equivalent, but higher, award for a woman is appointment as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (founded in 1917).

Knights bachelor by year of appointment

Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

1900

1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 2000

Twenty-first Century

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

See also

Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom

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