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.
Sir James Alan Noel Barlow, 2nd Baronet was a British civil servant and collector of Islamic and Chinese art. He was Principal Private Secretary to Ramsay MacDonald, 1933–1934, and later Under-secretary at HM Treasury.
Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon, was a British politician, diplomat, art collector and author.
Sir Sydney Hedley Waterlow, 1st Baronet, was a British philanthropist and Liberal Party politician, principally remembered for donating Waterlow Park to the public as "a garden for the gardenless".
There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Bowater family, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extant as of 2010.
Major Sir Frank Henry Bowater, 1st Baronet, TD, CStJ was Lord Mayor of London from 1938 to 1939, son of William Vansittart Bowater and his wife Eliza Jane née Davey.
Waterlow and Sons Limited was a major worldwide engraver of currency, postage stamps, stocks and bond certificates based in London, Watford and Dunstable in England. The company was founded as a family business in 1810. It was acquired in 1961 by De La Rue.
There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Waterlow family, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both titles are extant as of 2010.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick Henry Hall, 1st Baronet, was a British businessman and politician. During World War I he was active in recruiting men for 'Kitchener's Army'.
Sir Harold Leslie Boyce, 1st Baronet KBE, KStJ was an Australian-born British Conservative Party politician.
Sir Robert Bland Bird, 2nd Baronet KBE was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Stubbington House School was founded in 1841 as a boys' preparatory school, originally located in the Hampshire village of Stubbington, around 1 mile (1.6 km) from the Solent. Stubbington House School was known by the sobriquet "the cradle of the Navy". The school was relocated to Ascot in 1962, merging with Earleywood School, and it closed in 1997.
Sir Alfred Hamilton Grant, 12th Baronet, known as Hamilton Grant, and from 1918 as Sir Hamilton Grant, was a British diplomat who served primarily in India. He was also briefly a Liberal Party politician.
Sir Alfred Jodrell, 4th Baronet (1847-1929) was the fourth and last of the Jodrell Baronets, assuming the title in 1882. The title became extinct on his death. Jodrell married Jane Grimston, daughter of James Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam.
Sir Edward Hussey Packe KBE DL JP was a British civil servant.
Sir Edward Penton KBE was a British Clothing administrator and Liberal Party politician who was Mayor of St Marylebone.
Sir Maurice Jenks, 1st Baronet, was the 604th Lord Mayor of London from 1931–1932.
Sir John Norris Nicholson, 2nd Baronet, KBE, CIE, MA, JP was Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight from 1980 to 1985.
Sir Charles Albert Batho, 1st Baronet was Lord Mayor of London from 1927 to 1928.
Sir William Anthony Bowater Russell is a British financier who served as the 692nd Lord Mayor of the City of London from 2019 to 2021.
