Re: Rec.Heraldry

Knights of St ColumBanus are not Knights it is not a chivalric order,
they are perhaps similar to masonic Knights with the one exception
that is the masoNic Knightly order granted by HM The King of Sweden so
I have been informed. An organisation called Knights of the Road does
not make its members Knights.

I suppose I am trying to say that the word "knight" is not a
restrictive term.
An organisation can create such a grade without breaking any laws.
It is a convention in Britain that only knights in the recogniseed
State orders use "Sir" - plus baronets and knights bachelor of
course. And excepting the knights of St John.

I wonder what the position would be if one registered a new-born son
as, for example, "Sir Richard Brown".

Just joking.

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