North American Steve Schwartz responded to Deryk Barker concerning
knighthood:

>>... Britten, who died something like Lord Britten of Aldeburgh.
>
>Unless, of course, a Lordship is fundamentally different from a knighthood.

Yes, it is.  It has been said that the granting of a Lordship by her
Majesty to Britten in his last, rather feeble year, was something of
a sop.

Screaming Anglophile Jane Erb