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List of honorary British knights and dames

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This is an incomplete list of people who have been created Honorary Knights (or Dames) by the British crown, as well as those who have been raised to the two comparable Orders of Chivalry (Order of Merit and Order of the Companions of Honour) and the Royal Victorian Chain, which do not carry titles.

Honorary awards are made to people who are not citizens of countries that acknowledge the British Sovereign as their head of state. They cannot use the titles of "Sir" or "Dame", but can use the initials of the awards after their names. If such people later become naturalised subjects, then their awards are usually made substantive, and they can begin to use the titles.

In recent years, the following numbers of Honorary Knights and Dames have been created (other than RVOs, which are the Queen's personal prerogative)

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
8 9 23 7 12 18 22 21 18 6 29 13

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