How is the process to become "Sir"?

Question

How is the process to become "Sir"?

Answer 1

You could be a teacher and be called 'Sir' in the classroom. But if you are thinking of a knighthood, it is even quicker than teacher training, as long as you have the dosh.

Answer 2

You need to perform some sort of service to the people and be nominated. And you need to recieve an honor that entitles you to the honorific of "Sir."There are knighthoods and other orders that are awarded.Occasionally,one can be made a baronet(higher than a knight but lower than the lowest ranking peerage title of "baron."

From http://honours.gov/uk

"The Honours system is a way to recognise outstanding merit and service to the nation. It's been around for centuries but only since 1993 has the public been able to make nominations themselves. That's where you come in.

Step by step guide to making a nomination: a guide to the process of nominating someone to receive an honour.

Checklist: check that your nomination is likely to result in an honour.

Nomination forms: download all the forms you need to make a nomination.

Nomination process: a guide to what happens once you've made your nomination.

How decisions are made: describes how decisions to award honours are made.

Honours committees: the composition and coverage of the committees that take decisions about honours.

Types of Award

A Quick Guide to the Awards

Companion of Honour

Awarded for a pre-eminent and sustained contribution in the arts, science, medicine, or government.

Knight/Dame

Awarded for a pre-eminent contribution in any field of activity, through achievement or service to the community, usually, but not exclusively at national level, or in a capacity which will be recognised by peer groups as inspirational and significant nationally, and which demonstrates sustained commitment.

CBE

Awarded for a prominent national role of a lesser degree, or a conspicuous leading role in regional affairs, through achievement or service to the community, or making a highly distinguished, innovative contribution in his or her area of activity.

OBE

Awarded for a distinguished regional or country-wide role in any field, through achievement or service to the community, including notable practitioners known nationally.

MBE

Awarded for achievement or service in and to the community of a responsible kind which is outstanding in its field; or very local 'hands-on' service which stands out as an example to others. In both cases awards illuminate areas of dedicated service which merit public recognition..."

The above site also gives you a link to download nomination forms.

And from http://www.royal.gov.uk

the official site of Buckingham Palace:

"Honours are granted to deserving and high-achieving people from every section of the community, from school crossing officials and charity workers to leaders of industry.

The UK honours system rewards people for merit, service or bravery.

An honour, decoration or medal is a public way of illustrating that the recipient has done something worthy of recognition.

As the 'fountain of honour' in the United Kingdom, The Queen has the sole right of conferring all titles of honour, including life peerages, knighthoods and gallantry awards.

Anybody can make a recommendation for a British national to receive an honour.

And awards can be made to deserving and high-achieving people from every section of the community, from school crossing officials and charity workers to leaders of industry.

Since The Queen confers honours mostly on the advice of the Cabinet Office, recommendations for honours must be sent to the Ceremonial Secretariat of the Cabinet Office, not Buckingham Palace.

While most honours are awarded on the advice of the Government, there are still certain honours in the United Kingdom that the Sovereign confers at his or her own discretion.

The only honours for which the Sovereign personally selects recipients are: the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Thistle, the Order of Merit, the Royal Victorian Order and the Royal Victorian Chain, Royal Medals of Honour and Medals for Long Service.

Honorary decorations and awards are occasionally granted to people from other countries who have made a significant contribution to relations between the United Kingdom and their own country. These awards are granted on the advice of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Recipients of honours receive their awards from The Queen or The Prince of Wales at a ceremony known as an Investiture.

Orders are also sometimes exchanged between the Sovereign and overseas heads of state.

Since the mid-twentieth century, the exchange of Orders has become less personal and more formal and diplomatic. The award, return or removal of Orders can still be highly symbolic.

Examples are The Queen's conferring the Order of Merit on President Mandela, or her return of the Romanian Order received from President Ceausescu and her instruction to erase the President's name from the Register of the Order of the Bath.

Today, Orders bestowed on The Queen, and reciprocal awards to foreign heads of state, can be seen as formal and official awards by which one nation honours another."

There's more at the site;they explain the different honors given.

Answer 3

Being a friend of Cilia Black works all her mates seem to be sir

Answer 4

Bung Gordan Brown and the Labour party a few quid.. then hey  you will be a 'Sir'  be fore you know it.

Answer 5

Depends on the money!

Answer 6

You either have to be a do-gooder for about 20 years, working in the community and raising millions of pounds for charity.

OR

Be really good army general for 20 years.

OR

Save the life of a member of the Royal Family.

Answer 7

i dont know. sorry i cant help.

Answer 8

A knighthood (or a damehood, its female equivalent) is one of the highest honours an individual in the United Kingdom can achieve.



While in past centuries knighthood used to be awarded solely for military merit, today it recognises significant contributions to national life.

Recipients today range from actors to scientists, and from school head teachers to industrialists.

A knighthood cannot be bought and it carries no military obligations to the Sovereign.

The Queen (or a member of the Royal Family acting on her behalf) confers knighthood in Britain, either at a public Investiture or privately.

The ceremony involves the ceremonial dubbing of the knight by The Queen, and the presentation of insignia.

Answer 9

Since being called "Sir" is a perk of knighthood, please review the following steps:

1) Candidates for twice-yearly Honours lists are identified by public and private organizations, government departments, or else nominated by members of the public. These honours, including knighthood, recognize merit "in terms of achievement and service."

2)  Those selected by committee are further vetted by the Prime Minister and possibly either the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, or the Secretary of State for Defense before being submitted to the Queen for final approval: 1350 names appear on the biannual Honours List issued at New Year's and the Sovereign's official birthday.

3) Regular recipients for knighthood include High Court judges and senior civil servants. Honorary knighthoods are also conferred on non-British and non-Commonwealth citizens.  For example, Bill Gates and Ruddy Giuliani have both received this distinction.  Americans must receive permission from Congress before accepting a knighthood, however.

4) Candidates for knighthood attend one of 22 investitures  held annually at either Buckingham Palace, Holyroodhouse, or in Cardiff.  As an Honours list recipient, they first are presented with the Victorian Cross before kneeling on an investiture stool.  The Queen uses the sword used by her father, George VI, to bestow this award.

Of course, one can always slay a dragon and rescue a damsel in distress or give a hefty donation to the Labor Party.