Knight Bachelor is the oldest and lowest-ranking form of knighthood in the British honours system; it is the rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised

orders of chivalry An order of chivalry, order of knighthood, chivalric order, or equestrian order is an order of knights, typically founded during or inspired by the original Catholic military orders of the Crusades ( 1099–1291) and paired with medieval concep ...

."Knight Bachelor"
'' Encyclopedia Britannica''. Retrieved 5 April 2020. Women are not knighted; in practice, the equivalent award for a woman is appointment as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (founded in 1917). In 1902, 100 people were appointed Knights Bachelor.

Knights Bachelor appointed in 1902

Source: William A. Shaw, '' The Knights of England'', vol. 2 (London: Sherratt and Hughes, 1906), pp. 410–414.

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