Knighthood for Bruce Forsyth

Bruce Forsyth has given immense pleasure to millions of people for over 50 years.

He already has a CBE. He works extremely hard and has an incredible knack of making everyone he meets feel good about themselves.

Bio:

Bruce Joseph Forsyth Johnson, CBE (born 22 February 1928), known as Bruce Forsyth, is a British showman and entertainer. He became well-known through the series Sunday Night at the London Palladium, and became a household name in the UK, going on to present television series such as The Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right, The Price Is Right and Strictly Come Dancing.

Forsyth was born in Edmonton, North London, the son of Florence Ada (née Pocknell) and John Thomas Forsyth Johnson. His family owned a car repair garage in Victoria Road, Edmonton, and as members of the Salvation Army his parents played brass instruments and his mother was a singer. His great grandfather Joseph Forsyth Johnson (1840–1906) was a landscape architect who worked in Russia, Ireland and the United States. His great-great-great-great grandfather William Forsyth (1737–1804) was a founder of the Royal Horticultural Society and the namesake of the plant genus Forsythia.