Forgive my ignorance, but what is the difference between a Lord and a Knight?

Question

I am in Califonia, and am wondering. Mick Jager is a Knight, correct?

Andrew Lloyd Weber is Lord if I am not mistaken. Please explain the difference.

Thanks.

Answer 1

if your a knight you get to run around in a cute little suit of armour! ;-P

just teasing, the queen can knight someone (anyone) but Lord is passed down generations (eg through being a landholder etc) though of course you can now buy the title of Lord, but then you are just being a twit.

Answer 2

Dave B is wholly incorrect on one point; the title of "Lord" cannot be bought. No British title can. There are loads of websites offering you "Titles for sale! Become a Lord or Lady!" and they are all lying, basically. (You can buy the title "lord of the manor", but this is no more a "title of honour" than the title "slum landlord" is, and precisely because it is something that can be bought it is socially incorrect - and deeply naff - to call yourself by it.)

You can, of course, suck up to the Prime Minister and make lots of donations to his political party, and promise him that when he resigns you'll give him lots of lucrative non-executive directorships, till he thinks you're so wonderful he recommends to the Queen that she makes you a Lord. This of course is what happened in Conrad Black's case.

Answer 3

Lord is the nobility someone is BORN into.

Knighthood is a nobility anyone can have by issuing of the queen.

Lord is higher than a knight.

Answer 4

Hi PARKERD,

A Lordship is hereditary ( in the family ) and a Knighthood is given by the Queen.Thus making the Knight a higher status because originally it meant you were a protector of the queen and all her kingdom and realm whereas a Lord has only a small

piece of realm within her kingdom    

Regards....

RobboOne

Answer 5

a lord was higher in the feudalism pyramid than a knight

it went     Monarchy

                Lord

                Knight

                Serfs

the king gave orders to the lords who gave orders to the knights, lords had their own houses called manors

Answer 6

Any difference?

With "The king and I"?

Like senoriity and junior?

Luke 8.10-17

What do you think?

Answer 7

A Lord is a person who has power and authority. Five ranks of peer exist in the UK, namely Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron. All male peers except dukes use the style "Lord X". The title "Lord" also applies by courtesy to certain of their children, e.g. the younger sons of dukes and marquesses can use the style "Lord (firstname) (lastname)". Many Marquesses, Earls, Viscounts and Barons use the style "Lord (title)." Barons, in particular, are almost never referred to as anything but "Lord X". In feudalism, a Lord (French: seigneur) has aristocratic rank and has control over a portion of land and the produce and labor of the serfs living thereon. The serf would swear the oath of fealty to the Lord, and would now become a vassal.

A knight is designated by the title "Sir" in the United Kingdom. Knights were the warrior class defending the people of feudal Christianity and bound by a code of chivalry. Chivalry was a set of customs that governed the knights' behavior. Knights served mightier lords, usually as vassals, or were hired by them. Some had their own castles, while others joined a military order or a crusade. In times of war or national disorder the monarch would typically call all the knights together to do their annual service of fighting. This could be against threats to the nation or in defensive and offensive wars against other nations. Sometimes the knights responding to the call were the nobles themselves, and sometimes these men were hired by nobles to fight in their stead; some noblemen were disinclined or unable to fight.

Answer 8

Andrew Lloyd Webber is a knight AND a lord! He was a knight first.

In the modern age, knighthoods are given as honours to people with outstanding achievements in their field of expertise, or to ordinary members of the public to acknowledge their services.

The Lord title is a little more complicated.

Some lords inherit the title. Most today are given the title as an honour, and it will die with them (a life peerage)

All life peers (lords), along with 92 hereditaries, may sit in the House of Lords, the upper house of the UK parliament. All the peers, bishops, law lords and hereditaries who sit there are unelected, so they must only revise law, and can be forced to submit to the will of the elected House of Commons.

Earls, Dukes, Barons, Marquisses and Viscounts may call themselves "Lord"

Life peers are usually made a baron or baroness (eg Baroness Thatcher) (baronesses would use "lady" as their title)

Answer 9

A knighthood is a rank of chivalry that is bestowed upon an individual by the sovereign, and entitles the bearer to be known as "Sir" (eg Sir Mick Jagger, Sir Sean Connery, etc). It is not hereditary, although the wife of a knight has the title 'Lady'. The equivalent for a woman is "Dame" (eg Dame Judi Dench, Dame Julie Andrews).

It is junior to the ranks of the peerage (the Lords). Traditionally, these ranks were hereditary, and entitled the bearers to sit in the House of Lords (part of the British parliament). The peerage was further divided: Barons, Earls, Marquesses, Viscounts, Dukes.

However, from the early 60s, the Queen and government instituted life peers, who would sit in the Lords, but whose title would not be hereditary. Lord Lloyd Webber is an example of this; Lady (Margaret) Thatcher is another.

A few years ago, almost all the hereditary peers (Dukes, etc) lost their right to sit in the House of Lords. However, they can still pass on their titles to their heirs.

Sorry, it's very confusing, even to most Brits, and has no sensible place in the 21st century. But, basically, a Lord of any kind is higher than a knight, so someone somewhere prefers Lloyd Webber's music to Jagger's.

Answer 10

A Lord is a member of The House of Lords,an hereditary title that can be passed down to the next generation.That means the Lord is either a Baron,Viscount,Earl,Marquess;

Dukes are called "My Lord Duke." These titles have been held by families for generations;these titles were given along with lands,a generated income,and political power for helping the monarch in battle,in business and political dealings.A Lord has a place in the Parliament,in The House of Lords. See http://www.lordsappointments.gov  and http://users.chinet.com/~laura/html/titl...

Mick Jagger is an honorary knight,not a lord.He is Sir Mick Jagger.The honor was given to him because of his extraordinarily successful career.See http://www.honours.gov/uk for who is eligible.

Andrew Lloyd Webber is a Baron; he was made a Life Peer in 1996.That required an Act of Parliament;Sir Andrew is eligible to sit in The House of Lords.His honor was the greater one than Jagger's.Jagger cannot sit in The House.

I am a native Californian.Royalty,and The Peerage is interesting and sometimes confusing but the information is readily available!

Answer 11

A "Knighthood" is like a reward for doing something good to promote the United Kingdom on the world stage. The title "Sir" for a man and "Dame" for a woman is bestowed on you when you recieve an "Order of the British Empire" or O.B.E. An O.B.E. has two more levels..."Officer" and "Commander" which are awarded subsequently. "Sir" Paul McArtney..."Sir" Elton John..."Sir" Mick Jagger..."Dame" Judith Dench. A Lord is a title used in the British version of the United States Senate. The "House of Lords" is the upper house in Parliment...The House of Commons is like the U.S. Congress. A Lord is someone who has been appointed by the Queen to represent an area of the

U.K. Unlike the U.S. Senate they are not elected by the voters. A Lordship can be passed down from one generation to another. A Lordship can even be bought. A vacant Lordship was bought by a Canadian business tycoon named Conrad Black a few years ago. He had to become a British Subject (citizen) and drop his Canadian citizenship. I hope this clears things up for you.

Answer 12

I forgive your ignorance and have starred your question as I didn't know either until reading the answers.