What is Post-nominal letters?
'''Post-nominal letters''' are letters after a person's name. They are used most in the [[United Kingdom]] and other [[Commonwealth realm]]s to show that the person has a certain: * job (e.g. JP for a [[magistrate]] (Justice of the Peace), or * title (Kt for a [[Knight Bachelor]] or Bt for a [[Baronet]], [[QC]] for a Queen's Counselor * is a member of an [[order of chivalry]] e.g. [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]. Academic degrees (qualifications from a university) can also be shown as postnominal letters, as can military awards (medals and decorations) [[Category:Titles]]