* The Coat of Arms of Colin Powell was granted by the Lord Lyon in Edinburgh on February 4, 2004.

Just after that patrol he left the Navy, wrote his MD thesis on venereal diseases, and was granted a license to practice in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Prince Philip, husband of the present Queen, was created Duke of Edinburgh and granted the style Royal Highness the day before his wedding ( which occurred prior to her accession ).

Among the dukedoms granted to still younger sons of the Sovereign are Cambridge, Connaught, Cumberland, Edinburgh, Gloucester, Kent and Sussex — others in the Scottish peerage have included Ross and Kintyre.

It has been suggested that the Dukedom of Edinburgh will eventually be granted to The Earl of Wessex.

On his marriage, he was granted the style of His Royal Highness and the title of Duke of Edinburgh by the King.

In the Queen's Birthday Honours on 24 May 1866, the Prince was created Duke of Edinburgh and Earl of Ulster and Kent, with an annuity of £ 15, 000 granted by Parliament.

Titles are traditionally given on marriage and if Harry's marriage predated Andrew's death, another title would presumably be awarded instead ( following the precedent of the Earldom of Wessex being awarded to the current Duke of York's brother, Prince Edward, with the promise of the Dukedom of Edinburgh being granted to him at a later date, Prince Harry may be created an Earl with the expectation of being created Duke of York on his uncle's death ).

In 1999, during the time leading up to the wedding of The Prince Edward, the youngest son of Elizabeth II, experts had suggested the Dukedom of Sussex or Cambridge as the most likely to be granted to him Instead, Prince Edward was created Earl of Wessex, and it was announced that he would eventually succeed to the title Duke of Edinburgh, currently held by his father.

The monarch's title is set out by the Royal Style and Titles Act, passed by the Canadian parliament in 1953, a year following the accession of Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, to the throne as Queen Elizabeth II, and granted Royal Assent the day before her coronation.

Bright then continued his medical studies at Guy's Hospital in London and in September 1813 returned to Edinburgh to be granted his medical doctorate.

For example, Elizabeth II granted her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, precedence immediately following her ; otherwise, he would have ranked along with the other dukes of the peerage of the United Kingdom.

Following his retirement from the army in 1956, when he was granted the honorary rank of brigadier, he became the first Director of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, a post he held for ten years.

The Regiment was judged to have performed well and was granted the privilege of recruiting by beat of drum in the City of Edinburgh without prior permission of the provost.

The Edinburgh Society of Accountants ( formed 1854 ), the Glasgow Institute of Accountants and Actuaries ( 1854 ) and the Aberdeen Society of Accountants ( 1867 ) were each granted a royal charter almost from their inception.

In March 2006, Mitchell was granted leave to appeal against his conviction ( and his length of sentence ) at the High Court of Justiciary sitting as the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh, on the grounds of the trial judge's refusal to hear the original case outside of the city.

In 1456, James II granted land to Edinburgh by charter wherein Calton Hill is referred to as " Cragingalt " from the Gaelic for " rock or hill of the hazel ".

By his charter of 1456, James II granted the community of Edinburgh the valley and the low ground between Calton Hill and Greenside for performing tournaments, sports and other warlike deeds.

After the engagement announcement, the couple were congratulated by Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, indicating that consent had been granted under the Royal Marriages Act 1772.

Two years later a new coat of arms was granted to the School and it was visited by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh.

The Admiralty Court in Edinburgh was abolished in 1830 and the Court of Session granted subject-matter jurisdiction.

During the same year, Mahfouz was also granted the Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Edinburgh.

On 10 May 1666, land was similarly granted to John Boyd, merchant burgess of Edinburgh.

In 1974, Acadia was granted a coat of arms designed by the College of Arms in London, England.

The same Pope also granted many privileges to the College of Abbreviators, but especially to the members of the greater presidency.

The College granted its first degrees in 1771.

It is often pointed out that the charter of Dartmouth College, granted to Eleazar Wheelock in 1769, proclaims that the institution was created " for the education and instruction of Youth of the Indian Tribes in this Land in reading, writing and all parts of Learning ... as well as in all liberal Arts and Sciences ; and also of English Youth and any others.

Smith was not among those granted annuities by the 16th Earl, but Edward's tutor, Thomas Fowle, a former fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, was rewarded with one in 1558.

* 1693 – The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.

The lecturers of Shrewsbury College are veterans of the prolonged struggle for academic degrees to women, which Oxford granted only reluctantly ( Sayers herself took part in this struggle ).

In 1692, as a result of the inheritance of the Palatinate by a Catholic branch of the Wittelsbach family, which threatened to upset the religious balance of the College of Electors, the number of electors was increased to nine, with a seat being granted to the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who became known as the Elector of Hanover ( the Reichstag officially confirmed the creation in 1708 ).

A new charter was granted in 1966 and the College became Mount Saint Vincent University, bringing forth the establishment of a Board of Governors and Senate.

Henry VIII granted a charter to the London Royal College of Physicians in 1518.

It was not until 1540 that he granted the Company of Barber / Surgeons ( ancestor of the Royal College of Surgeons ) its separate charter.

Clement X confirmed the exemptions granted by Pope Gregory XIII ( 1572 – 85 ) to the German College at Rome in 1671 ; and then, on 16 October 1672, he ordered the pupils to swear that at the close of their studies they would set out for Germany without a day's delay.

Alterations during this period included minor changes, such as extending the legal deposit system to cover Sion College and the Faculty of Advocates, but also major ones, including the introduction of a limit on the length of time for which copyright would be granted.

In 1898, the school was named Seattle College after both the city and Chief Seattle, and it granted its first bachelor's degrees 11 years later.

At its founding on March 24, 1870, the state of New York granted the University its charter independent of Genesee College.

In turn, the Trustees of the Contra Costa Academy were granted a charter on April 13, 1855 for a College of California.

In February 2007, the University agreed to acquire a portion of the land granted to St John's College to develop the Sydney Institute of Health and Medical Research.

Kendall College, while still in Muskogee, granted the first post-secondary degree in Oklahoma in June 1898.

The Government of Nova Scotia granted CCB a charter for granting university degrees in 1982 which saw the institution rename itself as the University College of Cape Breton ( UCCB ).

The College was succeeded by King's College, which was granted by royal charter in December 1827.

When Sophie, Countess of Wessex was granted arms, the sinister supporter assigned was a blue wyvern, described by the College of Arms as " an heraldic beast which has long been associated with Wessex ".

First diploma awarded by Yale College, granted to Nathaniel Chauncey, 1702.

** Middlebury College is granted its charter by the Vermont General Assembly.

Gibbs was also granted honorary doctorates from Princeton University and Williams College in the US, and from the universities of Erlangen and Christiania ( now Oslo ) in Europe.