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The Sim-ple life Star of stage and screen Alastair Sim (1900-76) was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen’s coronation honours list in 1953. But, two decades later, the character actor turned down a knighthood, arguing he was a ‘lifelong socialist’ and believed that ‘everyone is equal’.
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LIFE IN THE FAST LANE John Crichton-Stuart (b1958), 7th Marquess of Bute, chose not to use his hereditary title when he became a racing driver, instead opting for the name Johnny Dumfries. He won the 1984 British Formula 3 Championship before becoming an F1 test driver for Ferrari. In 1986, he joined Lotus and raced alongside Ayrton Senna, finishing 13th in the championship. He
won the Le Mans 24-hour race as part of the Jaguar team in 1988 and, since retiring, has gone under the name Johnny Bute.
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Field Marshal Douglas Haig (1861-1928) led the British Army through some of the darkest days of the First World War, from the battles of the Somme (1916) and Passchendaele (1917) through to the Hundred Days’ Offensive. Following the Armistice, Haig was offered a viscountcy by Prime Minister David Lloyd-George, but turned down the honour, partly because it was the same rank given to his predecessor Sir John French and partly to bargain for better treatment for former servicemen. He went on to set up the Earl Haig Fund and the famous Poppy appeal, and later accepted an earldom.
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ORDER OF MERIT Despite being lauded for his work as director of the National Gallery, Neil MacGregor (b1946) turned down a knighthood in 1999. After becoming director of the British Museum in 2002, MacGregor, from Glasgow, accepted an appointment in 2010 to the exclusive Order of Merit, which has only 24 members.
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DON ‘ROBERTO’ Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1852-1936) left his family’s estates in Scotland at 17 to become a cowboy in Argentina. His adventures took him to Morocco, where he travelled disguised as a sheikh, to Spain where he panned for gold, to Texas where he befriended Buffalo Bill and to Mexico City, where he taught fencing. Back in the UK in 1883 he took up politics and helped to found both the Labour Party and the SNP.
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