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 [log in to unmask]