Word: knighthood
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stood for Parliament as the "Purity Candidate" against a man who had been divorced. His defeat was so disastrous that he never dabbled in politics again. In 1923 he "took silk," i.e., became a King's Counsel. The next 20 years brought him a succession of judgeships, a knighthood and a lifetime peerage. In 1946 he was appointed Lord Chief Justice, the senior criminal judge of the land (salary: ?10,000, and the "perk" of receiving 4½ yds. of cloth from the City of London Corporation each year...
...some 2,200 subjects of the British Commonwealth for tribute. Elevated to the baronage, Field Marshal Sir John Harding, former governor of strife-torn Cyprus. As Commander Order of the British Empire, London-born (as Alice Marks) Prima Ballerina Alicia Markova, 47, long renowned for her Giselle; to the knighthood, Author-Biologist Julian Huxley, onetime director-general of UNESCO. The world featherweight boxing champion, Nigeria's Hogan ("Kid") Bassey, 25, learned that he had flailed his way to another laurel-Member of the Order of the British Empire...
...finding themselves most difficult to place. In factories and firms they find themselves regarded, and resented, as Colonel Blimps. Private companies, however, are delighted to pick up ex-field marshals at fancy prices for their boards of directors. Too many honors without enough rank can also be bad. "A knighthood," observed the London Economist, "is fatal; it often confines a man to running a charity...
...influence in the direction of British authority. When the Germans tried to win over Islam in World War I, the Aga Khan did much to keep his followers steadfast beside the British. A grateful Britain in return heaped him with imperial honors that ran all the way from a knighthood to membership in the exclusive Jockey Club, to which no Asian had ever been admitted. They were also behind his being named President of the League of Nations in 1937. Rich beyond calculating (or telling), conscientious enough to perform the duties he was born to without stinting, eager enough...
Withering Knighthood. In Buffalo, Judge Michael Zimmer fined Store Manager Eugene Cyr $50 for slapping a woman with "too much force," although he agreed there was "no doubt some provocation" when the woman called him a "stupid jerk...