Removal of a knighthood or other honour
Degradation is the formal term for removal of a knighthood or other honour.
The last knight to be publicly degraded was Sir Francis Mitchell in 1621.[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whose knighthood was canceled for treason during the First World War,[3] and Sir Anthony Blunt, whose knighthood was withdrawn in 1979.[4]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 degradations 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]
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