Peter Blake led New Zealand to two Americas Cup victories and was knighted in 1995 for his services to yachting. He was later killed by pirates.
He won many medals and got knighted by the queen on 1988
Captain Henry Morgan
tom Jones
The Barbary Pirates or the Ottoman Corsairs
pirates was on that
scurvy !
no you cannot get your surname knighted. but if you gt knighted you probably have your whole name knighted just your name not your families
He didn't get knighted
He was knighted in 1786.
Because some of the pirates were famous, so they pat their picture on stamps.
Tom Jones -happy oodling :)