Diamond Jubilee Honours

[Guru]

I beleive that is traditional on Jubilees and Coronotions to award
enhanced honours lists.

In this the Diamond Jubilee year do you think any special honours will
be awarded?

A Marquessate to Margarat Thatcher for instance?

Maybe a Earldom or two to worthies

Perhaps a peerage for Princess Anne?

[Raveem Ismail]

It's virtually certain no hereditary titles will be handed out. Maybe to the royal family at most, but certainly not to anyone else.

Raveem.

[marquess]

It would be wonderful if such honours were awarded and were it HM's wish I am sure it could happen, afteral such honours are in keeping with the very principal of the monarchy itself; but sadly there is just too much opposition to hereditary honours these days. As to Thatcher, she  would have to be given a marquisate  with a special remainder to the issue of her son, as he is such an obnoxious character. 

[hopewell]

Princess Anne is already "Princess Royal" and a KNIGHT, not a Lady of the Garter. Would she really gain anything with a a Peerage?

Maybe Peter Phillips would accept one if Granny really, really wanted it? [My guess is no--not in this day and age.]

[Jonathan]

The honours weren't particularly enhanced even for Victoria's Diamond
Jubilee. In terms of peerages, I think there was just one earldom and
a few baronies, which given that they were still routinely created
back then wasn't too out of the ordinary.

[marquess]

If we have a few baronies and an earldom I would be quite happy about that, the Diamond Jubilee should be marked with some special honours, rather than just the usual KCVO's  and other related orders.

[Richard R]

We may not get a special list. Debrett's 2011 included a special article on Jubilees with emphasis on the honours created:

 

LONG TO REIGN OVER US (extract)

 

The Queen had a combined Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours list in 1977 which included five barons for life. There were no special honours to mark the Golden Jubilee in 2002.

 

There were no honours to mark the first ‘official’ Jubilee, that of King George III in 1810.

 

There were peerages to mark Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887. She created nine baronies and promoted Baron Londesborough to the Earldom of Londesborough and Viscountcy of Raincliffe. The article quotes Debrett’s editor of the 1888 edition: “The bestowal by Her Majesty on the occasion of Her Jubilee of an unprecedented number of titles and companionships… and the creation of a new Order of Knighthood [Royal Victorian], have necessitated a very large number of alterations in the present volume, and a substantial addition to the bulk of the book.”

 

And Debrett’s edition covering the Diamond Jubilee: Ten years on and the workload at Debrett’s took another huge upswing: “For the second time Jubilation, long-sustained, loud, and unanimous, has resounded throughout the length and breadth of the British Dominions, to commemorate the completion of the 60th year of Her Majesty Queen Victoria’s reign, and the Colonies have one and all vied with their Mother country on this very special occasion, in testifying to our Most Gracious and Well-Beloved Queen, the loyalty and devotion of her subjects in this the year of her Diamond Jubilee.” A pause for breath and then the editor continues: “In view of the exceptional nature of the year now drawing to a close, it is not surprising to find that the record of honours bestowed has been quite phenomenal, the names of upwards of 530 new Peers, Privy Councillors, Baronets, Knights and Companions and or Members of the various Orders having been added to ‘Debrett.’ This number exceeds that gazetted in 1887 by over 100.”  This time, the Queen-Empress was less generous with peerages. She created six Baronies and promoted the 2nd Baron Egerton of Tatton to the earldom of that name and the viscountcy of Salford.

 

George V did not mark his Silver Jubilee in May 1935 with any special honours.

[marquess]

I think that some special honours are more important than in the past, when such honours were being given out anyway. If you can't create a few hereditary peerages to mark a 60 year reign, then it is likely there will never be any more hereditary given out--ever!

On Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:30:31 PM UTC+7, Guru wrote:

[Richard R]

don't hold your breath!