Kentucky Colonel Title
The Kentucky Colonel Title
The Kentucky Colonel title and the associated state titles determine the commissioned officer's powers, role and part in the state's progress and prosperity, in English Customs they would call the Commonwealth itself the "Fount of Honour" in lieu of the King or Queen, which is conferred by the "Head of State" based on the correlative history of the title in common-law to its first recipient (tradition).
A legitimate fons honorum in law is a person or entity who holds sovereignty when the order (commission) is awarded; ultimately, it is the authority of the state, whether exercised by a reigning monarch or the president of a republic, that distinguishes orders of chivalry.Because modern civilian colonelcy emerges from Colonial America (specifically used in colonies) the procedure, method and the purposes of empowerment, the commission status remains basically the same today as it did in 1651 with the one exception of the State (Colony) establishing in law its separation from the Realm of the Monarchy. The colonels and their colonists on January 1, 1775 enacted new patriot laws in the colonies removing the British Crown as the sovereign, months later the Revolution had officially begun under the direction of the colonels.
The dominion model of the empire influenced subsequent American thinking about their federal system. Not only did American Colonists conceive of the Confederation Congress as a substitute for the British Crown (which is why it lacked the powers to tax and regulate trade); later (Col.) James Madison came to believe that the national government he proposed in 1787, with its negative over all state laws, might play the same super-political role the British king ideally was supposed to have played in the empire, that of a “disinterested and dispassionate umpire in disputes between different passions & interests.
The patent method of creating a colonel by the head of state is to take and formally document the deeds of the individual being recognized for the commonwealth of the state by exchanging them for the honorable title. The estimated modern value of a single honorable title can only be determined by the title holder, although it is not openly discussed from 1792 until 2020, colonels and state governors have required a contribution of up to $10,000 and have received contributions to the Commonwealth of up to $50,000 as early as 1933. Prior to Governor Ruby Laffoon using his powers as the governor to raise funds for the state during the depression, Kentucky Colonel Commissions starting in 1896 varied greatly in legal letter style and were not suitable for framing and they were generally only granted to the friends of the governor and the state.