Sir is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "Monsieur", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men who are knights and belong to certain orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the suo jure female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist.
The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, or New Zealand monarch, members of the monarch's family, or to any viceroy or senior representative of the monarch. The present monarch, King Charles III, is the sovereign of the order. The order's motto is Victoria. The order's official day is 20 June. The order's chapel is the Savoy Chapel in London.
Henry George Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland,, styled Lord Warkworth between 1865 and 1867 and Earl Percy between 1867 and 1899, was a British Conservative politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household under Benjamin Disraeli between 1874 and 1875 and was Chairman of the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations from 1879 to 1883.
Hodnet is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The town of Market Drayton lies 5.7 miles (9.2 km) north-east of the village.
Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland, styled Lord Hugh Percy between 1918 and 1940, was a British landowner, soldier and peer. He was the son of Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland, and Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox. He succeeded to the dukedom of Northumberland in 1940 when his brother, the 9th Duke, was killed in action in World War II.
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Andrew Charles Ford, GCVO is a retired British Army officer, and current member of the Royal Households of the United Kingdom. From 6 January 2006 to December 2018, he served as Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Hugh Malcolm Ross, was a member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, and from 2006 to 2008, master of the household to then Prince Charles.
Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia, was a British soldier, courtier and Conservative Party politician. He notably served as Comptroller of the Household between 1898 and 1905.
Sir Norman Lloyd-Edwards served as the Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan from 1990 to 2008.
Philip William Bryce Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme was a British peer and racehorse owner.
Hon. Hugh Percy was an Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Rochester (1827) and Bishop of Carlisle (1827–56).
The 1902 Birthday Honours were announced on 10 November 1902, to celebrate the birthday of Edward VII the previous day. The list included appointments to various orders and honours of the United Kingdom and the British Empire.
The 1902 Coronation Honours were announced on 26 June 1902, the date originally set for the coronation of King Edward VII. The coronation was postponed because the King had been taken ill two days before, but he ordered that the honours list should be published on that day anyway.
Robert Vernon Heber-Percy, known for much of his life as "the Mad Boy", was "an English eccentric in the grand tradition".
Sir James Hugh Neill, was a British businessman, public servant, and British Army officer. Described as a "doyen of the Sheffield steel industry", he worked for his family's tool manufacturing firm, James Neill & Co, following leaving school, until retirement ; he served as the firms chairman between 1963 and 1989, and then its honorary president. He served as Master Cutler for 1958.
Sir Simon Hugh Patrick Boyle, KCVO, JP, DL was a British business executive who was Lord Lieutenant of Gwent from 2001 to 2016.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Stirling of Garden, is a retired Scottish army officer and chartered surveyor, who served as Lord Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk from 1983 to 2005.
Colonel Raymond Arthur Clanaboy O'Neill, 4th Baron O'Neill,, is a Northern Irish peer, retired reservist officer and public administrator. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Antrim between 1994 and 2008.
Colonel Sir Robert "Bobby" Christie Stewart KCVO CBE TD was a Scottish landowner who had a military career in the British Army and was a Lord Lieutenant of two counties in Scotland. He was generally referred to in the community as R. C. Stewart.
Thomas David Briggs is a British businessman based in Cheshire, England. He served as the Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire until August 2021.
He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Royal Victorian Order on 31 December 2013 by HM Queen Elizabeth II. This allowed him the title "Sir" and the Post Nominal Letters "KCVO" for Life.
He was made a Knight of Justice of the Order of St John. Within the Order this allowed him the post nominal letters "KStJ" for life. Awarded upon taking office as Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire.
