Tony Duggan wrote:

>Remember that when Knighthoods are awarded by the Queen to non-British
>citizens they cannot use the title "Sir".  So Andre Previn and Bernard
>Haitink carry just the letters KBE after their name.

However, there are non-British holders of knighthoods who do use the
title, Sir Charles Mackerras being one example.  Not to cloud the issue,
but shouldn't a list include such people as Sir Malcolm Arnold, who has
conducted a number of recordings of his own music, or are we concerned
with people who are better-known as conductors?

Richard Pennycuick
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