Talk:Barney Hayhoe

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Acceptance of Peerage, renouncing of Knighthood:[edit]

I have come to believe that once one is offered a peerage whether it be a Life Peerage or a Hereditary Peerage, if one already holds an honour i.e a Knighthood, they have to renounce this before they're elevated into the House of Lords, with their peerage, I may be wrong but I am quite sure, as it's unlikely that you would be called "Sir Baron/Earl X of X" as Bernard holds, Sir Bernard John Hayoe, Baron Hayoe of Isleworth in the London Borough of Hounslow. This is evidenced when Harold Macmillan got his peerage in 1983 and had to renounce his knighthood to become "Lord Wilson of Rievaulx" from "Sir Harold Wilson". PoliceChief 18:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Came to own conclusion, one has to convert the knighthood prefix 'Sir' to post-nominals after name, either KBE, KG etc, depending on whether one possesses a Knight Commander or Knight Grand Cross status rank. So Bernard is "Bernard John Hayhoe, Baron Hayhoe KBE/KG PC PoliceChief 17:31, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, afraid your wrong. They continue to hold the knighthood, but will not use it. If the knighthood as post-noms then they will be used, but a Knight Bachelor does not have any post-noms, but is still a knight. --UpDown 18:53, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]