<Table> List of honorary British Knights and Dames <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Nationality </Th> <Th> Honour </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Category </Th> <Th> notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Abderrahman bin Abdelsadok </Td> <Td> Morocco </Td> <Td> KCVO </Td> <Td> 1903 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> Governor of Fez, Special Envoy from the Sultan of Morocco . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Princess Lalla Aicha </Td> <Td> Morocco </Td> <Td> DCVO </Td> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> Ambassador of Morocco to the United Kingdom from 1965 to 1969, for her contributions to Anglo - Moroccan relations . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Henry Angst </Td> <Td> Switzerland </Td> <Td> KCMG </Td> <Td> 1906 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> British Consul - General in Zurich . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Walter Annenberg </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> KBE </Td> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1969--1974, for contribution to Anglo - American friendship . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jacques Arnavon </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> KBE </Td> <Td> 1938 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Frants Ernst Bille </Td> <Td> Denmark </Td> <Td> GCVO </Td> <Td> 1904 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> Danish Minister in London </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Antonio Chiaramonte Bordonaro </Td> <Td> Italy </Td> <Td> GBE </Td> <Td> 1930 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hugh Bullock </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> KBE </Td> <Td> 1957 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> President, Pilgrims of the United States, 1955--1996; previously appointed Honorary OBE in 1946 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hugh Bullock </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> GBE </Td> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paul Cambon </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> GCVO </Td> <Td> 1903 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> French Ambassador in London . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> André Clasen </Td> <Td> Luxembourg </Td> <Td> GCVO </Td> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> Luxembourg Ambassador </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Timoor al - Daghistani </Td> <Td> tbd </Td> <Td> GCVO </Td> <Td> 2001 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John W. Davis </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> GBE </Td> <Td> 1953 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> Former Ambassador to the Court of Saint James and President of the Pilgrims of the United States . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hermann von Eckhardtstein </Td> <Td> German Empire </Td> <Td> KCVO </Td> <Td> 1902 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> First Secretary German Embassy in London </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Aimé - Joseph de Fleuriau </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> GCVO </Td> <Td> 1921 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> French Ambassador to the Court of Saint James . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Léon Geoffray </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> GCVO </Td> <Td> 1908 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Diego Gómez Pickering </Td> <Td> Mexico </Td> <Td> KCVO </Td> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lloyd Carpenter Griscom </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> KCMG </Td> <Td> 1919 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Slavko Grouitch </Td> <Td> Serbia </Td> <Td> KBE </Td> <Td> tbd </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gunnar Hägglöf </Td> <Td> Sweden </Td> <Td> GCVO </Td> <Td> tbd </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hayashi Tadasu </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> GCVO </Td> <Td> 1905 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pedro Felipe Iñiguez </Td> <Td> Chile </Td> <Td> KCVO </Td> <Td> 1919 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> Chilean Special Mission </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Louis Joxe </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> KBE </Td> <Td> 1952 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> Head of the cultural relations department of the Foreign Ministry for services to British cultural issues . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Count de Lalaing </Td> <Td> Belgium </Td> <Td> GCVO </Td> <Td> 1915 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> Belgium Minister in London . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ferdinand de Lesseps </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> GCSI </Td> <Td> 1870 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Li Ching Fong </Td> <Td> tbd </Td> <Td> KCVO </Td> <Td> 1896 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1909 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Li Ching Fong </Td> <Td> tbd </Td> <Td> GCVO </Td> <Td> 1909 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Li Hung Chang </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td> GCVO </Td> <Td> 1896 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dimitry Metaxas </Td> <Td> tbd </Td> <Td> GCVO </Td> <Td> 1905 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Armand Mollard </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> KCVO </Td> <Td> 1903 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> Director of Protocole </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nazir ul Mulk </Td> <Td> Persia </Td> <Td> GCMG </Td> <Td> 1897 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Willem J. Oudendyk </Td> <Td> Netherlands </Td> <Td> KCMG </Td> <Td> tbd </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> Netherlands Minister in Russia and China </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alberto Pansa </Td> <Td> Italy </Td> <Td> GCVO </Td> <Td> 1903 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> Italian Ambassador to London </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wilfried Platzer </Td> <Td> Austria </Td> <Td> GCVO </Td> <Td> tbd </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Luis Polo de Bernabé </Td> <Td> Spain </Td> <Td> GCVO </Td> <Td> 1905 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> Spanish Ambassador to the Court of Saint James . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Muhsin Rais </Td> <Td> Iran </Td> <Td> GCVO </Td> <Td> 1948 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> Iranian Ambassador </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rodrigo Saavedra y Vinent, 2nd Marques de Villalobar </Td> <Td> Spain </Td> <Td> KCVO </Td> <Td> tbd </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> Spanish minister in Brussels 1913 - 1921 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sergey Sazonov </Td> <Td> Russia </Td> <Td> GCB </Td> <Td> 1916 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Comte de Serionne </Td> <Td> tbd </Td> <Td> KCMG </Td> <Td> 1917 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marquis de Soveral </Td> <Td> Portugal </Td> <Td> GCMG </Td> <Td> 1897 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marquis de Soveral </Td> <Td> Portugal </Td> <Td> GCVO </Td> <Td> 1902 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ismael Tocornal </Td> <Td> Chile </Td> <Td> GCVO </Td> <Td> 1919 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> Head of the Chilean Special Mission </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dimitri Tzokoff </Td> <Td> Bulgaria </Td> <Td> KCVO </Td> <Td> 1905 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Nationality </Th> <Th> Honour </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Category </Th> <Th> notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Abderrahman bin Abdelsadok </Td> <Td> Morocco </Td> <Td> KCVO </Td> <Td> 1903 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> Governor of Fez, Special Envoy from the Sultan of Morocco . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Princess Lalla Aicha </Td> <Td> Morocco </Td> <Td> DCVO </Td> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> Diplomatic </Td> <Td> Ambassador of Morocco to the United Kingdom from 1965 to 1969, for her contributions to Anglo - Moroccan relations . </Td> </Tr>

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