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", brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and wh
Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet, whose entitlement to use 'Sir' derived from his position as baronet
Emperor Taishō, a Stranger Knight of the Order of the Garter, who, as a foreign national, was not entitled to use the prefix 'Sir' (which as a sovereign monarch he would not have used in any case) but was permitted to post-nominally use KG
Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma was the last surviving Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India.
Centennial stamp celebrating the Knights of Rizal released by PhilPost with a profile of Jose Rizal and the badge of the Order visible.
A courtesy title is a title that does not have legal significance but is rather used by custom or courtesy, particularly, in the context of nobility, the titles used by children of members of the nobi
Polish szlachta in Gdańsk, by Wilhelm August Stryowski