Rejected petition Allow posthumous knighthoods

More details

I believe the law should be changed so as to allow posthumous knighthoods in recognition of great service to the country that, owing to the prevailing culture at the time was not recognised, or that could not be conferred in life owing to sudden death. Worthy recipients should include Alan Turing, Bob Paisley, and Horatio Nelson.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about honours or appointments.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 31 August 2013
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.