Knight Bachelor

Knight Bachelor
Knight Bachelor insignia
Knight Bachelor's badge
Awarded by
Monarch of the United Kingdom
Awarded forPublic service
SovereignCharles III
Knight PrincipalSir Gary Hickinbottom
Knight Bachelor ribbon
Ribbon bar

In the British honours system, the title of Knight Bachelor is the basic 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.

Knights Bachelor are the most ancient sort of British knight (the rank existed during the 13th-century reign of King Henry III), but Knights Bachelor rank below knights of chivalric orders. A man who is knighted is formally addressed as "Sir [First Name] [Surname]" or "Sir [First Name]" and his wife as "Lady [Surname]".

Awards of the knighthood are announced in The Gazette.

Bachelor in heraldic context means junior in rank.

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