Editing Thomas Beecham (section)

==Honours and commemorations==
Beecham was knighted in 1916 and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father later that year. In 1938 the President of France, [[Albert François Lebrun|Albert Lebrun]], invested him with the [[Legion of Honour|Légion d'honneur]].<ref>Russell, p. 52</ref> In 1955, Beecham was presented with the [[Order of the White Rose of Finland]].<ref>Lucas, p. 330</ref> He was a Commendatore of the Order of the Crown of Italy and was made a [[Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour]] in the 1957 [[Queen's Birthday Honours]].<ref name=jefferson101/><ref>"Sir T. Beecham made C.H.", ''The Times'', 13 June 1957, p. 10</ref> He was an honorary [[Doctor of Music]] of the universities of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], [[University of London|London]], [[University of Manchester|Manchester]] and [[Université de Montréal|Montreal]].<ref name=jefferson101>Jefferson, p. 101</ref>

''Beecham'', by [[Caryl Brahms]] and [[Ned Sherrin]], is a play celebrating the conductor and drawing on a large number of Beecham stories for its material. Its first production, in 1979, starred [[Timothy West]] in the title role. It was later adapted for television, starring West, with members of the Hallé Orchestra taking part in the action and playing pieces associated with Beecham.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080503162316/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/370535 ''Timothy West as Beecham''], BBC TV film, 1979, British Film Institute Film and TV database. Retrieved 26 July 2007</ref>

In 1980 the [[Royal Mail]] put Beecham's image on the 13½p postage stamp in a series portraying British conductors; the other three in the series depicted Wood, Sargent and Barbirolli.<ref>"Conductors on Stamps", ''The Times'', 17 July 1980, p. 18</ref> The Sir Thomas Beecham Society preserves Beecham's legacy through its website and release of historic recordings.<ref>[http://reocities.com/paris/1947/society.html "Membership information"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405190239/http://reocities.com/paris/1947/society.html |date=5 April 2012 }}, Sir Thomas Beecham Society. Retrieved 30 March 2011</ref>

In 2012, Beecham was voted into the inaugural ''Gramophone'' magazine "Hall of Fame".<ref>[http://www.gramophone.co.uk/HallofFame/ArtistPage/Beecham "Sir Thomas Beecham"] ''Gramophone''. Retrieved 10 April 2012</ref>