Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor

Periodically, the society published lists of living recipients of awards, with the subtitle A list of the existing recipients of the honour of Knighthood together with a short account of the origin, objects and work of ... the society.{{Citation | author1=Wollaston, Gerald Woods Sir | title=Knights Bachelor, 1939–1946: a list of the existing recipients of the honour of knighthood, together with a short account of the origin, objects, and work of the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor | publication-date=1948 | publisher=G. Gibbons | edition=20th | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/33222417 | accessdate=15 September 2013 }}{{Citation | author1=Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor | author2=Wollaston, Gerald Woods | title=Knights Bachelor 1949–1950: a list of the existing recipients of the honour of knighthood, together with a short account of the origin, objects, and work of the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor | publication-date=1950 | publisher=G. Gibbons | edition=21st | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/180486585 | accessdate=15 September 2013 }}

The editions published by the society included the Order of General Precedence extant in England at the time, so that the 1939–1946 edition (20th edition), and the subsequent 1949–1950 edition (21st edition), indicated pre-war and post-war precedence.

1. The Rt Hon Sir Bargrave Deane (1908–1911)
2. Major-General Sir Henry Mill Pellatt, CVO (1911–1923)
3. The Rt Hon Sir William Bull, Bt, MP (1923–1931)
4. Commander Sir Arthur Trevor Dawson, Bt (1931)
5. Sir Gerald Wollaston, KCB, KCVO (1931–1957)
6. The Hon Sir George Bellew, KCB, KCVO, KStJ (1957–1962)
7. Sir Anthony Wagner, KCB, KCVO (1962–1983)
8. Sir Colin Cole, KCB, KCVO, TD (1983–1995)
9. Sir Conrad Swan, KCVO (1995–2000)
10. Sir Richard Gaskell (2000–2006)
11. The Rt Hon The Lord Lingfield, DL KStJ (2006–2012)
12. Professor Sir Colin Berry (2012–2019)
13. The Rt Hon Sir Gary Hickinbottom (2019–present)

1. Sir William Bull, Bt (1907–1920)
2. Sir Harry North (1920–1921)
3. Sir Park Goff, Bt, KC (1921–1939)
4. Sir Malcolm Fraser, Bt, GBE (1939–1941)
5. Sir Edwin Lutyens, OM, KCIE (1941–1944)
6. Sir Thomas Lumley-Smith, DSO (1944–1960)
7. Sir John Russell (1960–1978)
8. Sir Arthur Driver (1978–1986)
9. Sir Roger Falk, OBE (1986–1991)
10. Sir Kenneth Newman, GBE, KStJ, QPM (1991–1998)
11. Sir Robert Balchin, DL (1998–2006)
12. Alderman Sir Paul Judge (2006–2012)
13. His Honour Sir Gavyn Arthur KStJ (2012–2016)
14. Sir Jeremy Elwes, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep= |CBE|ACIS|OStJ|FRSA|}} (2016–2017)
15. Sir Michael Hirst (2017–present)
16. The Rt Hon Sir Tony Baldry, TD DLThe Society's website - [https://web.archive.org/web/20250207143401/https://www.iskb.co.uk/society-today The Society Today]

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|escutcheon = Gules a sword erect Proper quillons and pomel Or grip Purpure scabbard Azure garnished Or the blade part drawn the scabbard enfiled through a Saxon crown between in chief two spurs Or.

|crest = On a chapeau Gules turned up Or in front of a sun in splendour Gules the rays Or a sword erect Proper quillons and pomel Or grip Purpure scabbard Azure garnished Or the blade part drawn the scabbard enfiled through a Saxon crown Or mantled gules doubled Or.{{cite web |url=https://www.iskb.co.uk/insignia/the-armorial-bearings |title=Armorial Bearings |publisher=Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor |access-date=2024-12-28}}

|supporters = Dexter a female figure proper robed Argent purfled Azure holding in the exterior hand a palm branch Vert, sinister the figure of a knight armed in mail Proper the long surcoat Argent doubled Azure drawing his sword Proper quillons and pomel Or grip Purpure scabbard Azure garnished Or pendent by a guige Vert on the exterior arm a shield Gules charged with a sword erect Proper quillons and pomel Or grip Purpure scabbard Azure garnished Or the blade part drawn the scabbard enfiled through a Saxon crown between in chief two spurs Or.

|motto = Trouthe and Honour.

|notes = Granted 8 March 1971.{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/wiki/Imperial_Society_of_Knights_Bachelor |publisher=Heraldry of the World |access-date=3 February 2021 |title=Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor}}

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• Lists of knights bachelor
• Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom

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• {{Official|https://www.iskb.co.uk/}}
• [https://honours.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/about/orders-and-medals/#knight Knight Bachelor] – UK Honours and Appointments Secretariat

Category:1908 establishments in the United Kingdom

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