[GHWB cannot be a Knight of Malta]
Bush Is Knighted in Queen Elizabeth’s Court
December 01, 1993| From Associated Press
LONDON — Former President George Bush, a Texas Yankee in Queen Elizabeth’s court, was knighted at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.
Bush joined a select group of American presidents, all Republicans, who have been knighted. Because he’s an American, he didn’t have to kneel like an English knight. For the same reason, he is not entitled to call himself “Sir.”
Like Ronald Reagan, Bush was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath—or GCB—the highest honorary rank Britain can give a foreigner.
Dwight D. Eisenhower already had his knighthood when he moved into the White House in 1952. Eisenhower was honored during World War II when he was running the Allied campaign against Adolf Hitler.
http://articles.latimes.com/1993-12-01/news/mn-62855_1_queen-elizabeth-s-court
New Q post 1015
Being a Knight of the Grand Cross, etc. in Britain is not the same as being a Knight of Malta. The Order of Malta is for Roman Catholic laymen.
John Bolton is a Lutheran, Oliver North is an evangelical, Henry Kissinger is of Jewish descent, and Prescott Bush and his son are Skull and Bones, despite their all being SMOM.