Mr John, Late Artist

[ystap]

Mr John, late artist who turned down a knighthood

[ducksie]

I think it is Augustus - only one I could find for the YOU magazine

[ducksie]

Hard to find as it goes as Gus John

[Mamyalynne]

//Sometimes a potential recipient will refuse a knighthood or peerage, but will accept an honour that does not bestow a title (or precedence), such as the Order of Merit (OM) or the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH); E. M. Forster, Paul Scofield, Doris Lessing, Harold Pinter (although Pinter's widow, Lady Antonia Fraser, was later appointed a DBE), David Hockney, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Augustus John, V. S. Srinivasa Sastri, Francis Crick and Paul Dirac are examples.//


Well done Ducksie.

[ducksie]

Thanks Mamya (and Patsy :) )