User:Bozzio/List of Test cricketers who were knighted

This is a list of cricketers who were also knighted. The list is divided into two separate categories, one for those who were knighted for their services to cricket, and one for Test cricketers who were knighted for other reasons. The third category consists of Test cricketers who hold or have held other notable titles, including baronetcys and Indian princely titles.

Knighted for services to cricket
This section includes all players, coaches, umpires and administrators who were knighted for their services to the game.

Australia

 * Sir Donald George Bradman, KB; knighted in 1949 for services to cricket; also received the Order of Australia.

England

 * Sir George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen, CBE (born in Australia); knighted for services to cricket in 1986.
 * Sir Alec Victor Bedser, CBE; knighted for services to cricket in 1996.
 * Sir John Frederick Neville Cardus, CBE; awarded CBE in 1964 and knighted in 1967 for services to music and cricket journalism. Did not play cricket at any level past school-boy.
 * Sir Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Towbridge, CBE (born in India); received a CBE in 1972, was knighted in 1992 for services to cricket and became a Life Peer in 1997, receiving the title Baron of Towbridge, making him the second cricketer to receive a Life Peerage for services to the game after Learie Constantine (see below).
 * Sir John Berry "Jack" Hobbs; knighted for services to cricket in 1953.
 * Sir Leonard "Len" Hutton; knighted for services to cricket in 1956.
 * Sir Francis Eden Lacey; the first person to be knighted for services to cricket, in 1926, for his role as the Secretary of the MCC from 1898 to 1926. Also played 50 first-class games, mainly for Cambridge University and Hampshire.
 * Sir Henry Dudley Gresham "Shrimp" Leveson-Gower; knighted in 1953 for services to cricket.
 * Sir Frederick Charles Toone; knighted in 1929 for services to cricket. Served as Secretary of Leicestershire (1897-1902) and Yorkshire (1903-30) as well as managing three English tours to Australia in the 1920s.
 * Sir Pelham Francis "Plum" Warner, MBE (born in Trinidad); knighted in 1937 for services to cricket.

West Indies

 * Sir Learie Nicholas Constantine, Baron of Maraval and Nelson, MBE (born in Trinidad; received the MBE in 1947. Was later made a Life Peer (the Baron of Maraval and Nelson) in 1969, becoming the first person of African descent to be awarded one.
 * '''Sir Conrad Cleophas Hunte, KA; was made a Knight of St. Andrew (Barbados) for services to cricket.
 * Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander "Viv" Richards, OBE; made a knight of the Order of the National Hero in 1999 by the Antiguan government.
 * Sir Garfield St Aubrun "Garry" Sobers, KB (born in Barbados); knighted in 1975 for services to cricket, also received the Order of Australia medal and the Order of the Caribbean Community.
 * Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott, OBE, KA (born in Barbados); received the OBE in 1966 for services to cricket. Received the Barbados Gold Crown of Merit in 1991 and was awarded the KA in 1993.
 * Sir Everton de Courcy Weekes, KCMG, OBE (born in Barbados); received the KCMG in 1995 for services to cricket. Also received the Barbados Gold Crown of Merit.
 * Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell (born in Barbados); knighted for services to cricket in 1964.

New Zealand

 * Sir Richard John Hadlee, MBE; received MBE in 1980 for services to cricket, knighted in 1990 for services to cricket.

Knighted for other reasons
This list only includes Test cricketers; there are many others who played cricket at a variety of other levels, from school cricket to first-class cricket.

England

 * Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE; received the OBE in 1992, knighted in 2007 for services to charity.
 * The Hon. Sir Francis Stanley Jackson, GCSI, GCIE, PC, KStJ; knighted in 1927 with the GCIE after becoming Governor of Bengaland made a member of the Privy Council. Received the KStJ and the GCSI in 1932 after an assassination attempt.
 * Sir Timothy Carew "Tim" O'Brien, 3rd Baronet (born in Ireland); hereditary baronet.
 * Sir Charles Aubrey Smith, KBE, CBE; knighted in 1944 for services to the theatre.

South Africa

 * Sir Murray Bissett; knighted in 1928 for services to the Commonwealth after serving as Governor of Southern Rhodesia.
 * Sir William Henry Milton (born in England; served as Administrator of Mashonaland and later as Administrator of Southern Rhodesia.

New Zealand

 * Sir Jack Newman, KBE; knighted in 1977 for services to the transportation industry.

India

 * Liutenant-Colonel Sir Vijayananda Gajapathi Raju, the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram; knighted in 1936 by Edward VIII, the first cricketer to be knighted while still playing Test cricket. Renounced his knighthood in 1947 after India gained independence.

Other titles

 * (Bill Woodfull was offered a knighthood in 1934, also for services to cricket, but turned it down, making Don Bradman the only Australian cricketer to be knighted . He later received an OBE for services to education).
 * Learie Constantine and Colin Cowdrey both received Life Peerages for their services to cricket, becoming the Barons of Maraval & Nelson and Towbridge respectively. David Sheppard, later Bishop of Liverpool, received a Life Peerage in 1997 for services to the church, becoming Baron of Liverpool. Lord Harris and Lord Hawke both inherited hereditary peerages, becoming the 4th Baron Harris and the 7th Baron Hawke of Towton respectively.
 * Five other Test cricketers had Indian princely titles: Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji Jadeja, Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar (England; commonly known as "Ranji"); Iftikhar Ali Khan, the 8th Nawab of Pataudi (England and India]; commonly known as the Nawab of Pataudi, snr.); his son, [[Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi|Mansoor Ali Khan, the 9th and last Nawab of Pataudi (India; commonly known as the Nawab of Pataudi, jnr.); Sir Vijayananda Gajapathi Raju, the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram (India; commonly known as "Vizzy"): and Bhupinder Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala (India; commonly known as the Maharaj or Yuvaraj of Patiala).
 * Notably, in 2005, the entire English team that played in the 2005 Ashes series were awarded MBEs for regaining the Ashes, with captain Michael Vaughan and coach Duncan Fletcher (who also played for Ziimbabwe) being awarded OBEs.