(appointed 1901), following the start of World War I. 1915: Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (appointed 1878), following the start of World War I; also stripped of his British titles of Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Earl of Armagh and Prince of the United Kingdom. 1915: Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (appointed 1902), following the start of World War I; also stripped of his British titles of Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, Baron Arklow and Prince of the United Kingdom. 1915: Wilhelm II of Württemberg (appointed 1904), following the start of World War I; also stripped of his GCB and Royal Victorian Chain. 1941: Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (appointed 1891), expelled when Italy declared war on the United Kingdom during World War II. 1941: Hirohito (appointed 1929), revoked during World War II, restored in 1971. Order of the Bath KB 1814: Thomas Cochrane, Lord Cochrane (appointed 1809; later appointed a GCB in 1847 after the 1815 reforms) due to fraud conviction in the Great Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814 GCB 1816: Eyre Coote (appointed 1815) "due to conduct unworthy of an officer and a gentleman" 1940: Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) (appointed 1923), stripped of his honorary GCB after Italy's declaration of war against the Allies. 1989: Nicolae Ceauşescu (stripped of his honorary GCB by Queen Elizabeth II on the day before Ceauşescu's execution) 2008: Robert Gabriel Mugabe (appointed 1994, but on 25 June 2008, Queen Elizabeth II cancelled and annulled the honorary GCB after advice from the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom) CB 1918: Colonel Percy Holland (appointed 1913) 1975: William George Pottinger (appointed 1972), following his conviction for corruptly receiving gifts from architect John Poulson; Pottinger's CVO was also revoked. 2013: Vicky Pryce (appointed 2009), following her conviction for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Order of St Michael and St George GCMG 1931: Owen Philipps, 1st Baron Kylsant, for fraud for issuing a misleading stock prospectus; also stripped of his KStJ. CMG 1880: James Craig Loggie following his conviction for "embezzlement and misappropriation of money" 1916: Roger Casement, following his conviction for high treason and prior to his execution; also stripped of his Kt. Royal Victorian Order GCVO 1915: Franz Joseph I of Austria, following the start of WW1; also stripped of his KG. 1915: Prince Leopold of Bavaria, following the start of WW1. KCVO 1979: Anthony Blunt (1956), following his exposure as a