B. of B. K

Some mysterious initials applied to himself in his diary by Arthur Orton, “the Tichborne Claimant.” Supposed to denote “Baronet of British Kingdom.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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