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I dont think the link to "list of people who have declined a British honour" is appropriate for this article, in Britain people tend to refuse honours that are givin by the goverment of the day like OBE, MBE and the like, but the Companion of Honour is givin by the monarch without ministerial advice and people like Harold Pinter and Paul Scofield who refuse goverment awards have taken the CH. Also the link to "list of people who have declined a British honour" is not included in the OM, KG, KT articles but it is in the CH. Here is a link to a BBC report about Pinter being awarded with the CH, Pinter given royal honour

The upshot of all this is that I have taken the link out. Stevenscollege 8/7/05

Im wondering if we need the links mentioned under the "See Also" heading, that are also mentioned in the "Table of the British honours system" box, I dont think we need two seperate links to the same page. Stevenscollege 10/7/05

Who is Sir John Smith in the list???--218.103.208.130 07:45, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Canadian quota?

What's the reason behind the lack of a Canadian quota? (I am not Canadian.) 202.89.159.211 09:28, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Quotas in general

Not sure if there is any quota. I have researched this pretty extensively on the web and the only references are to Wikipedia. I do know, however, that New Zealanders are no longer eligible for the Companion of Honour. http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/overview/history.html

BreadbakerWA (talk) 08:29, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You know, if you dispute something you are well within your rights to delete it (WP:BURDEN). I too have only seen references to WP. 118.90.44.104 (talk) 11:10, 21 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Postnominals

Instead of directing to list of post nominal letters why not use the post-nominals template - such as CH

Onora O'Neill

I do know Onora but I hope people won't think it a CoI if I change her from "author" to "philosopher" which is what she is known for (as per her Wikipedia Article) and give her FRS as well as FBA. I've also added Peter Higgs's FRS. NBeale (talk) 16:01, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Sir"

Hi

Can someone explain to me why Ian McKellen is referred to as "Sir"? According to his page he is only a CBE, and according to Order of the British Empire only GBE and KBE are entitled to be named "Sir". --Mokagi (talk) 06:16, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

He is a Knight Bachelor. Proteus (Talk) 09:47, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Mokagi (talk) 22:52, 20 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Tunku Abdul Rahman - Honorary or Not?

Posting it for greater visibility, but on the List of Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour article I couldn't help but note that Tunku Abdul Rahman is not listed as an honorary member, even though Malaysia had ceased to be one of the Queen's realms by the time he was appointed. However, the London Gazette (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/42231/data.pdf) (p. 8913) seems to bear this out. Is the Gazette's lack of mention of an honorary status dispotive? Also, if one is appointed CH but then ceases to be one of the Queen's subjects, does the appointment become honorary?

Atchom 02:12, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Quotas ceased to be in use?

The article says that 47 places were reserved for the United Kingdom in 1970. There is no mention that the UK quota would have changed since then. But at this moment, there are 58 members of the Order who are from the UK. Have quotas or at least the UK quota ceased to be in use? When that has happened? --Editor FIN (talk) 04:30, 19 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sir Paul Smith

I think the link goes to the wrong Paul Smith. Should it be this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Smith_(fashion_designer)?wprov=sfti1. Oohmango (talk) 07:11, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sir Paul

Sir Paul was appointed a Companion, wasn't he?^[1]

References

^ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/paul-mccartney-beatles-companion-of-honour-services-music-queen-buckingham-palace-a8337231.html

Which is why he is already on the list. MilborneOne (talk) 11:00, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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