Debasement (knighthood)
Debasement is the formal term for removal of a knighthood or other honour. The last knight to be publicly debased was Sir Francis Mitchell.[1][2] More recent examples include Sir Roger Casement, whose knighthood was canceled for treason during the First World War,[3] and Sir Anthony Blunt, whose knighthood was withdrawn in 1979.[4] The most recent debasements centre on the fallout from the banking crisis at the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century. Examples include Sir Fred Goodwin, the former Chief Executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, who lost his knighthood in 2012 over his role in the bank's near-collapse in 2008[5] and Sir James Crosby, the former Chief Executive of HBOS.[6]
Notes
- ↑ Chronological Tables of the Private and Personal Acts.Part 2 (1603-1627). Legislation.gov.uk. Accessed on 4 May 2012. See note 4.
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 29651. p. 6596. 4 July 1916. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
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