Suggestions arc being made for suitably rewarding Mr. Bulfour for his services i.t Palis. He has more tjuin once declined v peerage; ho has already the 0.M., so what is there to oITlh- him? One authority thinks that we should sec him become ihti first untitlod Knight of the Garter, -'.i/id to do this a certain modification of tho Charter of the Order would be necessary." Undoubtedly, for a man can scarcely W como a Knight of tho Garter without adopting the title of "Sir." But there aro at least tuo precedents for a commoner receiving the Garter. Sir Robert Walpole was K.G. in 1726, sixteen years before ho became a poor, and iv our own time tho honour was bestowed upon lir Edward Grey when iia ww, (l jawukv oi the Lower House.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 134, 4 December 1919, Page 13
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