He was also well known for his charitable work, having raised millions of pounds, and was awarded a knighthood.

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China may have had misgivings about Mr Tsang's closeness to the British in colonial days (he was awarded a knighthood).

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In June Sir Matt was awarded a knighthood.

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In January 2012, a month after the FSA report, Mr Goodwin was stripped of the knighthood he was awarded for services to banking.

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In a piece of research for which he was awarded both a Nobel prize and a knighthood, John Vane, who was then employed by the Royal College of Surgeons in London, showed that aspirin suppresses the production of local hormones known as prostoglandins.

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He was awarded a CBE in 1966, later turned down a knighthood and became a Companion of Honour, an exclusive award in the gift of the Sovereign, in 2002.

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