Dukes in the United Kingdom
Duke, in the United Kingdom, is the highest-ranking hereditary title in all four peerages of the British Isles. A duke thus outranks all other holders of titles of nobility (marquess, earl, viscount and baron).
1999 New Year Honours
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is the fourth-most senior of the British Orders of Chivalry with three classes of member.
Lieutenant General Scott Carnegie Grant, C.B. (479236), late Corps of Royal Engineers
Air Marshal John Romney Day, O.B.E., Royal Air Force.
The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George is an order of chivalry used to honour individuals who have rendered important services in relation to Commonwealth or foreign nations;.The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms; admission remains in the personal gift of the monarch.
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry comprising five classes in civil and military divisions. It is the junior of the British orders of chivalry, and the largest, with over 100,000 living members worldwide. The highest two ranks of the order, the Knight/Dame Grand Cross and Knight/Dame Commander, admit an individual into knighthood or damehood allowing the recipient to use the title Sir or Dame.
The Royal Red Cross is a military decoration awarded for exceptional services in military nursing.