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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
The London Gazette 30000-34999 is in The London Gazette.
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of June, 1917.
Present, The KING's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
This day Claud John Hamilton, Esquire, M.P., commonly called Lord Claud Hamilton; the Honourable Neil James Archibald Primrose (age 34), M.C., M.P.; Henry William Forster, Esquire, M.P.; Ernest George Pretyman, Esquire, M.P.; Evelyn Cecil, Esquire, M.P.; Herbert Pike Pease, Esquire, M.P.; James Henry Thomas, Esquire, M.P.; and Thomas Ashton, Esquire, were, by His Majesty's command, sworn of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their places at the Board accordingly.
Almeric FitzRoy.
Whitehall, June 26, 1917. The King, has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bear ing date the 21st instant, to confer the dignity of a Viscount of the said United Kingdom upon the Right Honourable Horace Brand (age 73), Baron Farquhar, GCVO, Lord Steward of the Household, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Viscount Farquhar, of Saint Marylebone, in the county of London.
Whitehall, June 26, 1917. The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to confer the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom upon the Right Honourable Amelius Richard Mark Lockwood, C.V.O.,
Whitehall, June 26, 1917. The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal-of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to confer the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom upon Sir William Hesketh Lever (age 65), Baronet, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Leverhulme, of Bolton-le-Moors, in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
At the Court at BucKingham, Palace, the 2nd day of July, 1917.
Present, The King'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
This day The Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile (age 47), Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.O., Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand, was, by His Majesty's command, appointed a Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council.
Almeric FitzRoy
Downing Street, 12th July, 1917.
The King has been pleased to cause Letters Patent, dated 11th May, 1917, to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, constituting the office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand, in substitution for Letters Patent dated 18th November, 1907, constituting the office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the said Dominion.
His Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable the Earl of Liverpool (age 47), G.C.M.G., M.V.O., to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand
Whitehall, August 7, 1917. The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to confer the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom upon the undermentioned gentlemen, and the heirs male of their respective bodies lawfully begotten:
The Right Honourable Thomas Wallace Russell, of Olney, in the parish of Rathfarnham, in the County of Dublin, Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction in Ireland.
Sir Philip Magnus, of Tangley Hill, in the parish of Wonersh, in the County of Surrey, Knight.
Sir Thomas Robert Dewar, of Homestall Manor, in the parish of East Grinstead, in the County of Sussex, Knight.
Sir Robert Abbott Hadfield, F.R.S., of Sheffield, in the East Riding of the County of York, Knight.
Sir Richard Mathias, of Vaendre Hall, in the parish of St. Mellons, in the County of Moumouth, Knight.
Sir John Gordon Nairne, of Kirkcudbright, Knight.
Herbert Merton Jessel (age 50), of Westminster,. Esquire, Honorary Colonel of the 1st (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, employed with the Remount Service.
Henry Machu Imbert-Terry, of Strete Ralegh, in the parish of Whimple, in the County of Devon, Esquire.
Arthur Charles Churchman, of Abbey Oaks, in the parish of Sproughton, in the County of Suffolk, Esquire, Temporary Lieutenant- Colonel commanding a Territorial Force Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment.
James Knott, of Close House, in the parish of Heddon-on-the-Wall, in the County of Northumberland, Esquire
William Norton HicKing, of Brackenhurst, in the parish of Southwell, in the County of Nottingham, Esquire.
George Smith Clark, of Dunlambert, in the City of Belfast, Esquire.
William Cresswell Gray, of Tunstall Manor, in the parish of Hart, in the County of Durham, Esquire.
Evan Davies Jones, of Pentower, in the parish of Fishguard, in the County of Pembroke, Esquire.
Richard Vassar Vassar-Smith, of Charlton Park, in the parish of Charlton Kings, in the County of Gloucester, Esquire.
Frederick Taylor, of Kennington, in the County of London, Esquire, Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, Fellow and President of the Royal College of Physicians.
Heath Harrison, of Le Court, in the parish of Greathain, in the County of Southampton, Esquire.
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26th September 1917. Awarded the Military Cross.
2nd Lt. Walter Marsden (age 35), N. Lan. R.
26th September 1917. Awarded the Military Cross.
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Capt. (T./Maj.) Eric Paythierus Nares, Ches. B.
Lt. Arthur Mansfield Newland, C. Gds., Spec. Bes.
The Bev. Rupert Edward Gascoigne Newman, A. Chapl. Dept.
T./2nd Lt. Henry Courtenay Garnet Newton, B.E., attd. M.G.C.
T./2nd Lt. William John Nicklim, Midd'x B.
Lt. Tom Cecil Noel, K.O. Sco. Board., Spec. Bes.
T./2nd Lt. Arthur Bex Hurden Noss, Gen. List and B.F.C.
2nd Lt. (T./Lt.) William Edward Ogden, Manch. B.
2nd Lt. Conn Standish O'Grady, B.F.C., Spec. Res
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Croix de Guerre.
Captain Robert Francis Clennell Allen, Royal Field Artillery.
Lieutenant - Colonel Frederick Annesley Andrew, Indian Army
Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Leonard Joseph Bayly, Royal Garrison Artillery and Royal Flying Corps.
Captain Gerald Charles Balfour Buckland, D.S.O., Indian Army.
Major (temporary Lieutenant - Colonel) Leonard Joseph Montagu Deas, M.B., F.R.C.S., Indian Medical Service.
Major Maxwell Edward Dopping-Hepenstal, D.S.O., Indian Army.
Major James Boswell Egerton, Indian Army.
Major-General Vere Bonamy Fane, C.B., C.I.E.,-Indian Army.
Jemadar Fatteh Din, Indian Army.
Temporary Captain Archibald Louis George, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Captain Cyril Arkwright Gouldsbury, Indian Army.
Subadar-Major Gyan Singh, Indian Army.
Captain William George Harriott, Royal Field Artillery.
Captain Wellesley Cathcart Hutcheson, Indian Army.
Captain (Acting Major) Granville Henry Johnstone, Royal Field Artillery.
Captain Redmond Alexander Macausland, Indian Army.
Temporary Lieutenant (Acting Captain) Cornelius Bernard O'Connor, D.S.O., M.C., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Major Sidney Bernard Orton, Indian Army.
Captain (Acting Lieutenant - Colonel) Theophilus John Ponting, Indian Army.
Jemadar Pur an Singh, Indian Army.
Major Digby Inglis Shuttleworth, Indian Army.
Temporary Lieutenant Percy William Turner, Royal Engineers.
Major Charles Fleetwood Mant Wprsley, Indian Army.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry George Young. Indian Army.
1543 Serjeant Charles Easton, Royal Highlanders (Edinburgh).
15289 Serjeant (Acting Staff Serjeant) Harry
Rowland Martin Rodman, Royal Army Medical Corps (Upminster).
Staff Serjeant Charles Alexander Lodwick Simpson, Indian Army.
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The London Gazette 30901. 13th September 1918. Lt. Tom Cecil Noel (deceased), M.C.. K.O.S.B., Spec. Res., attd. R.A.F. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. In four days he and his pilot destroyed seven enemy machines and drove down three out of control. His courage and skill are of the first order, and of inestimable value to his squadron. (M.C. gazetted 26th September, 1917.)
Third Supplement. War Office. Monday 26th November 1917.
Awarded a Bar to the Military Cross.
2nd Lt. Walter Marsden (age 35), M.C., N. Lan. R. (M.C. gazetted 26th September, 1917.)
9th January 1918. Lt. Tom Cecil Noel (age 20), K.O.S.B., Spec. Res. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Previous to laying a forming-up tape for his battalion he reconnoitred the ground under exceptionally difficult circumstances, under heavy hostile fire. Later, he successfully and accurately laid the tape, and throughout the action of the following day led his men with the utmost ability and contempt of danger, setting a splendid example to all.
Whitehall, February 14, 1918.
Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of i the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland conferring the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom upon the undermentioned gentlemen and the heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten:
Sir Francis William Lowe, of Edgbaston, in the City of Birmingham, Knight.
Sir George Allardice Riddell (age 52), of Walton Heath, in the County of Surrey, Knight.
James Craig, of Craigavon, in the County of Down, Esquire.
Thomas Cope, of Osbaston Hall, in the parish of Market Bosworth, in the County of Leicester, Esquire.
23rd April 1918. Lt. T. C. Noel, M.C., K.O. Sco. Bord., Spec. Res., with seniority from 4th Jan. 1918, and to be seed.
India Office, 5th July, 1918.
The King has approved the appointment of Major-Genl. Sir V. B. Fane (age 55), K.C.I.E., C.B., Indian Army, as Colonel of the 21st Punjabis.
8th May 1918. War Office.
His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned Officers, Non-Commissioned Officer and Men:
Maj (A /Lt -Col) Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson. D S O (R of O ), late K O Yorks LI
For most conspicuous bravery, self-sacrificing devotion to duty, and exceptionally gallant leading during a critical period of operations. [On 28th March 1918]
His command was at a point where continual attacks were made by the enemy in order to pierce the line, and an intricate system of old trenches in front, coupled with the fact that his position was under constant rifle and machine-gun fire, rendered the situation still more dangerous.
A counter-attack had been made against the enemy position, which at first achieved its object, but as they were holding out in two improvised strong points, Lt-Col Watson saw that immediate action was necessary, and he led his remaining small reserve to the attack, organising bombing parties and leading attacks under intense rifle and machine-gun fire.
Outnumbered, he finally oidered his men to retire, remaining, himself in a communication trench to cover the retirement, though he faced almost certain death by so doing.
The assault he led was at a cntical moment, and without doubt saved the line. Both in the assault and in covering his men's retirement, he held his life as nothing, and his splendid bravery inspired all troops in the vicinity to rise to the occasion and save a breach being made in a hardly tried and attenuated line.
Lt-Col Watson was killed while covering the withdrawal.
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13th September 1918. Lt. Tom Cecil Noel (deceased), M.C.. K.O.S.B., Spec. Res., attd. R.A.F. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. In four days he and his pilot destroyed seven enemy machines and drove down three out of control. His courage and skill are of the first order, and of inestimable value to his squadron. (M.C. gazetted 26th September, 1917.)
Whitehall, October 19, 1918. Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland conferring the dignity of a Viscount of the said United Kingdom upon the Right Honourable Francis Leveson (age 74), Baron Bertie of Thame, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Viscount Bertie of Thame, in the County of Oxford. [Feodorowna Cecilia Wellesley Viscountess Bertie Thame (age 80) by marriage Viscountess Bertie Thame.]
War Office, 15th November, 1918.
His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned Officers, Noncommissioned Officers and Men.
Lt.-Col. Cyrus Wesley Peck, D.S.O., Manitoba R. [Awarded the Victoria Cross]
For most conspicuous bravery and skilful leading when in attack under intense fire. His command quickly captured the first objective, but progress to the further objective was held up by enemy machine-gun fire on his right flank.
The situation being critical in the extreme, Colonel Peck pushed forward and made a personal reconnaissance under heavy machine-gun and sniping fire, across a stretch of ground which was heavily swept by fire.
Having reconnoitred the position he returned, reorganised his battalion, and, acting upon the knowledge personally gained; pushed them forward and arranged to protect his flanks. He then went out under the most intense artillery and machine-gun fire, intercepted the Tanks, gave them the neces sary directions, pointing out where they were to make for, and thus pave the way for a Canadian Infantry battalion to push forward. To this battalion he subsequently gave requisite support.
His magnificent display of courage and fine qualities of leadership enabled the advance to be continued, although always under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, and contributed largely to the success of the brigade attack.
T./Comdr. Daniel Marcus William Beak, D.S.O., M.C., B.N.V.R. [Awarded the Victoria Cross]
For most conspicuous bravery, courageous leadership and devotion to duty during a prolonged period of operations.
He led his men in attack, and, despite heavy machine-gun fire, four enemy positions were captured. His skilful and fearless leadership resulted in the complete success of this operation and enabled other battalions to reach-their objectives.
Four days later, though dazed by a shell fragment, in the absence of the brigade commander, he reorganised the whole brigade under.extremely heavy gun "fire and led his men with splendid courage to their objective.
An attack having been held up he rushed forward, accompanied by only one runner, and succeeded in breaKing up a nest of machine guns, personally bringing back nine or ten prisoners. His fearless example instilled courage and confidence in his men, who then quickly resumed the advance under his leadership.
On a subsequent occasion he displayed great courage and powers of leadership in attack, and his initiative, coupled with the confidence with which he inspired all ranks, not only enabled his own and a neighbouring unit to advance, but contributed very materially to the success of the Naval Division in these operations.
Lt. Charles Smith Rutherford, M.C., M.M., Quebec R. [Awarded the Victoria Cross]
For most conspicuous bravery, initiative and devotion to duty. When in command, of an assaulting party Lt. Rutherford found himself a considerable distance ahead of his men, and at the same moment observed a fully armed strong enemy party outside a "Pill Box" ahead of him. He beckoned to them with his revolver to come to him, in return they waved to him to come to them. This he boldly, did, and informed them that they were prisoners. This fact an enemy officer disputed and invited Lt. Rutherford to enter the "Pill Box," an invitation he discreetly declined. By masterly bluff, however, he persuaded the enemy that they were surrounded, and the whole party of 45, including two officers and three machine guns, surrendered to him.
Subsequently he induced the enemy officer to stop the fire of an enemy machine-gun close by, and Lt. Rutherford took advantage of the opportunity to hasten the advance of his men to his support.
Lt. Rutherford then observed that the right, assaulting party was held up by heavy "machine-gun fire from another "Pill Box." Indicating an objective to the remainder of his party he attacked the "Pill Box" with a Lewis gun section and captured a further 35 prisoners with machine guns, thus enabling the party to continue their advance. The bold and, gallant action of this officer contributed very materially to the capture of the main objective and was a wonderful inspiration to all ranks in pressing home the attack on a very strong position.
T. /2nd Lt. William Allison White, M.G. Corps. [Awarded the Victoria Cross]
For most conspicuous bravery and initiative in attack. When the advance of the infantry was being delayed by an enemy machine gun, he rushed the gun position single-handed, shot the three gunners, and captured the gun. Later, in similar circumstances, he attacked a gun accompanied by two men, but both of the latter were immediately shot down. He went on alone to the gun position and bayoneted or shot the team of five men and captured the gun. On a third occasion, when the advance was held up by hostile fire from an enemy position, he collected a small party and rushed the position, inflicting heavv losses on the garrison.
Subsequently, in consolidating the position by the skilful use of captured enemy and his own machine guns, he inflicted severe casualties on the enemy. His example of fearless and unhesitating devotion to duty under circumstances of great personal danger greatly inspired the neighbouring troops, and his action had a marked effect on the operations.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
No. 240194 Sgt. Laurence Calvert, M.M. K.O.Y.L.I. (Conisbro'). [Awarded the Victoria Cross]
For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in attack when the success of the operation was rendered doubtful owing, to severe enfilade machine-gun fire. Alone and single-handed Sjt. Calvert, rushing forward against the machine-gun team, bayoneted three and shot four.
His valour and determination in capturing single-handed two machine guns and killing the crews thereof enabled the ultimate objective to be won.. His personal gallantry inspired all ranks.
No. 24/213 fijt. Harry John Laurent, N.Z. Rif. Bde. [Awarded the Victoria Cross]
For most conspicuous bravery, skill, and enterprise when during an attack he was detailed to exploit an initial success and keep in touch with the enemy. With a party of twelve he located the enemy support line very strongly held, at once charged the position, followed by his men, and completely disorganised the enemy by his sudden onslaught.
In the subsequent hand-to-hand fighting which ensued he showed great resourcefulness in controlling and encouraging his men, and thirty of the enemy having been killed, the remainder surrendered, a total of one officer and 111 other ranks in all. The success of this daring venture, which caused his party four casualties only, was due to his gallantry and enterprise.
No. 426402 A. /Sjt. Arthur George Knight late Alberta R. [Awarded the Victoria Cross]
For most conspicuous bravery, initiative, and devotion to duty when, after an unsuccessful attack, Sjt. Knight led a bombing section forward, under very heavy fire of all descriptions, and engaged the enemy at close quarters. Seeing that his party continued to be held up, he dashed forward alone, bayoneting several of the enemy machine-gunners and trench mortar crews, and forcing the remainder to retire in confusion. He then brought forward a Lewis gun and directed his fire on the retreating enemy, inflicting many casualties.
In the subsequent advance of his platoon in pursuit, Sjt. Knight saw a party of about thirty of the enemy go into a deep tunnel which led off the trench. He again dashed forward alone, and, having killed one officer and two N.C.O.'s, captured twenty other ranks. Subsequently he routed, single-.handed, another enemy party which was opposing the advance of his platoon. On each occasion he displayed the greatest valour under fire at very close range, and by his example of courage, gallantry, and initiative was a wonderful inspiration to all.
This very gallant N.C.O. was subsequently fatally wounded
Whitehall, September 29, 1919. The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to grant unto Charles Harold Athill, Esq., M.V.O., Norroy King of Arms, the Office of Clarenceux King of Arms, and Principal Herald of the South, East and West parts of England, vacant by the death of Sir William Henry Weldon (deceased), C.V.O.
Whitehall, September 29, 1919. The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to grant unto William Alexander Lindsay (age 73), Esq., K.C., Windsor Herald, the Office of , vacant by the promotion of Charles Harold Athill, Esq., M.V.O., to be Clarenceux King, of Arms.
Whitehall, October 18, 1919. The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to confer the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom upon Field-Marshal Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer (age 62), GCB, GCMG, GCVO, and the heirs male of his body lawfully -begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Plumer of Messines and of Bilton in the County of York. [Annie Constance Goss (age 61) by marriage Baroness Plumer of Messines and Bilton in Yorkshire.]
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Decorations Conferred by HIS HIGHNESS THE SULTLAN OF EGYPT.
Order of the Nile, 2nd Class.
Major-General Sir Lo uis Jean Bols, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.S.O.
Major-General Sdr Walter Campbell, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.S.O.
Major-General Vere Bonamy Fane, K.C.I.E., C.B., Indian Army.
Major-General Sir Steuart Wellwood Hare, K.C.M.G., C.B.
Major-General Henry West Hodgson, K.C.M.G., C.B., C.V.O.
Major-General Sir Arthur Reginald Hoskins, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.IS.O.
Major-General John Raynsford Longley, K.C.M.G., C.B.
Major-General Henry John Milnes Macandrew. K.C.B.; D.S.O.
Major-General William George Balfour Western, K.C.M.G., C.B.
Miajor-Geneal Henry Brooke Hagstromer Wright, C.B., C.M.G
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Foreign Office, September 15th, 1919. The King has been graciously pleased to appoint: —
The Rt. Hon. Sir Esme William Howard (age 56), K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.V.O., to be His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Spain;
Sir Horace George Montagu Rumbold (age 50), Bart., K.C.M.G., M.V.O., to be His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Poland;
Sir Ronald William Graham, K.C.M.G., C.B., to be His Majesty'si Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Her Majesty .the Queen of the Netherlands;
The Honourable Theo William Odo Villiers Russell (age 49), C.V.O., C.B., to be His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation.
Colville Adrian de Rune Barclay, Esq., C.B.E., M.V.O., to be His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Sweden;
The Honourable William Augustus Forbes Erskine (age 47), M.V.O., to be His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cuba;
and Sir George Russell Clerk, K.C.M.G., C.B., to be His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and
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Whitehall, December 29, 1919
Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland conferring the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom upon—
Field-Marshal Sir Henrv Hughes Wilson, G.C.B., D.S.O., of Currygrane, in the County of Longford.
General Sir William Robert Robertson (age 59), G.C.B., O.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., D.S.O., of Welbourn, in the County of Lincoln, Colonel of the Second Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys).
General Sir William Riddell Birdwood, G.C.M.'G., K.C.B., K.C.S.I., C.I.E., D.S.O., of Aiizac and of Totnes, in the County of Devon.
Admiral Sir Charles Edward Madden, G.C.B., K.O.M.G., C.V.O., R.N., of Kells, in the County of Kilkenny.
Vice-Admiral Sir John Michael de Robeck, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., R.N., of Naas, in the County-of Kildare.
Air-Marshal Sir Hugh Montague Trenchard, K.C.B., D.S.O., of Wolfeton, in the County of Dorset.
Rear-Admiral Sir Roger John Brownlow Keyes, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.M.G., D.S.O., R.N., of Zeebrugge and of Dover, in the County of Kent.
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Central Chancery Of The Orders Of Knighthood. St. James's Palace, S.W., 1st January, 1920
The King has been graciously pleased to signify His Majesty's intention of conferring Peerages of the United Kingdom on the following:
To be an Earl
The Right Honourable Sir William St. John Fremantle Brodrick (age 63), Viscount Midleton, K.P.
To be Barons.
Sir Bertrand Edward Dawson, G.C.V.O., C.B., M.D., F.R.C.P., Physician-in-Ordinary to The King; Physician, London Hospital; Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Member of Senate, University of London; Chairman of Consultative Council, Ministry of Health; Public Services in connection with Health matters.
Sir George Allardice Riddell (age 54), Bart., Vice-Chairman of Newspaper Proprietors' Association, Ltd.; In charge of all the British Press and Colonial Press throughout the Peace Conference in Paris; Public Services.
The Right Honourable Sir Albert Henry Stanley, M.P., late President of the Board of Trade
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Whitehall, January 29, 1920.
The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to confer the dignity of a Baron of the said. United Kingdom upon Sir George Allardice Riddell (age 54), Baronet, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Riddell, of Walton Heath, in the county of Surrey.
His Majesty The King Has Been Graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Military Modal for bravery in the Field to the undermentioned Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers amd Men
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [Awarded the Military Medal]
62625 Coy./S.M. (A./E./S.M.) Duncan, H.G., 9th Bn. (Chelsea, S.W.).
32334 Coy./S.M. Lilley, W., 16th Bn. (Silecroft).
31782 Coy./Q.M.-,Sjt. Wood, E. S., 4th Bn. (Leeds).
240194 Sjt. Calvert, L., 5th Bn. (Conisbro').
18805 Sjt. Drage, H., 5th Bn. (Denaby Main).
25807 Sjt. Dugdale, H., 9th Bn. (Ambleside).
241146 Sjt. Fox, P., 5th Bn. (Pontefract).
241656 Sjt. Kirkham, B., 5th Bn. (Sheffield).
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Whitehall, October 6, 1919
Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland conferring the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom upon the undermentioned gentlemen and the heirs male of their respective bodies lawfull begotten:
Sir John George Blaker, of Brighton, in the County of Sussex, Knight.
Sir Arthur Norman Hill, of Green Place, in the parish of Stockbridge, in the County of Southampton, Knight.
Sir Gerald Hemmington Ryan, of Hintlesham, in the County of Suffolk, Knight.
Sir Samuel Roberts, of Ecclesall and of Queen's Tower, in the City of Sheffield and West Riding of the County of York, Knight, Representative in Parliament for the Ecclesall Division of the said City of Sheffield.
Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Gilbert Barling, C.B., O.B.E., R.A.M.C., of Newnham, in the County of Gloucester.
Colonel Charles Edward Warde, O.B.E., of Barham Court, in the parish of Teston, in the County of Kent, in the Commission of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for the said County. Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Leith, M.C., of the City and County of the City of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
John Arthur Brooke, of Almondbury, in the West Riding of the County of York, Esquire, in the Commission of Peace for the said West Riding and for the County of Ross.
Edward Clitherow Brooksbank, of Healaugh Manor, in the parish of Healaugh, in the West Riding of the County of York, Esquire, in the Commission of the Peace for the said West Riding and Vice-Chairman of the West Riding County Council.
Coles Child, of Bromley Palace, in the parish of Bromley, in the County of Kent, Esquire, in the Commission of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for the said County.
Cecil Herbert Edward Chubb (age 43), of Stonehenge, in the County of Wilts, Esquire, in the Commission of the Peace for the City of Salisbury.
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Manch. R.-Maj.-Gen. Sir Vere Bonamy Fane, K.C.I.E., C.B., Ind. Army, to be Col., in succession to the late Maj.-Gen. W. O. Barnard. 16th Jan. 1920.
[The following Notice is substituted for that published in the London Gazette of November 12, 1920, page 10953.]
At the Court at Buckingliam Palace, the 9th day of November, 1920. Present, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
This day Sir Horace George Montagu Rumbold (age 51), Bt., K.C.M.G., M.V.O., was, by His Majesty's command, appointed a Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD.
St. James's Palace, S.W. 1,
1st January, 1921.
The King has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotion in and appointments to the Most Honourable Order of the Bath -
To be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, of the said Most Honourable Order:-
Major-General Sir Vere Bonamy Fane (age 57), K.C.I.E., C.B.
7th March 1919. 3rd E. W. Fus.
Capt. N. G. C. McClellan is placed on the ret. list on .account of ill-health contracted on active service. 1919. 12th Mar. 1919.
Lt. (actg. Capt.) S. L. Sassoon (age 32), M.C., relinquishes .his actg. rank, is placed on the ret. list on account of ill-health caused by wounds, 12th Mar. 1919, and is granted the rank of Capt.
Ordre de Leopold II. (avec palme). Chevalier.
200084 Regimental Serjeant-Major Walker Alderson, M.M., 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Light Infantry (Territorial Force) (Wakefield).
1162 Company Serjeant-Major William Benneworth, D.'C.M., 18th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (Sunderland).
13693 Company Serjeant-Major William Oliver Blake, 13th Battalion, Royal Scots (Walkerburn).
6841 Company Serjeant-Major Leonard Burt, 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (Wickham, Hants.).
240194 Serjeant Laurence Calvert, 5th Battalion, Yorkshire Light Infantry (Conisborough).
67329 Serjeant William Capon, 11th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (Rochester).
Continues.
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[29th April 1919]. The King has been graciously pleased to .signify His Majesty's intention of conferring Baronetcies of the United Kingdom on the following:—
Sir Kenneth Skelton Anderson, K.C.M.G. Manager of the Orient Steam Navigation Company. Member of the Shipping Con trol Committee. Has undertaken executive responsibility for the organisation and direc tion of the British Liner Services under the special scheme of requisition, which, on his advice, was applied to those services early in 1917.
James Herbert Cory, Esq. M.P. for Cardiff, 1915-18. High Sheriff, 1913. Public and Parliamentary services.
Colonel George Dixon. J.P. and D.L. for Cheshire. High Sheriff for Cheshire, 1881. County Commandant, Cheshire Volunteer Regiment, which was inaugurated by him in 1915. Chairman, Cheshire War Pensions Committee, War Agricultural Committee, and several other local War Committees. Public and local services.
Colonel George Augustus Duncombe. Senior Partner in Beckett & Co., York and E. Riding Bank. Chairman of the Bench of Magistrates. Public and local services.
John Samuel Fletcher, Esq. M.P. for Hampstead, 1905-18. Member of L.C.C., 1889-1904; Deputy Chairman, 1900. Chairman of Hampstead Board of Guardians, 1880-98. Public and Parliamentary services.
William Garthwaite, Esq. Public services in developing relations be tween Canada and France, and inaugurating direct line of shipping between these countries. Special war services to the Admiralty.
Charles Greenway, Esq. Chairman and Managing Director of Angloi-Persian Oil Company, Ltd. Important national service during the War.
Captain Sir Charles Edward Heley Chadwyck Healey, K.C.B., K.C., R.N.V.R. Intimately connected with the history of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Equipment and administration of the Hospital Ship "Queen Alexandra" for the: Navy. Valuable service on the Admiralty Trans port Arbitration Board.
Sir Henry Fleming Hibbert. Chairman of Lancashire Education Com mittee from its inception. Chairman of the Education Committee of the County Coun cils' Association. Public and county ser vices.
Edward Hulton (age 50), Esq. Newspaper proprietor. Public services during the War [Baronet Hulton of Downside. Fanny Elizabeth Warriss aka Millie Lindon Lady Hulton (age 50) by marriage Lady Hulton of Downside.].
Ernest Jardine, Esq. M.P. for East Somerset, 1910-18. Par liamentary and local services.
Frederick John Jones, Esq. Three times President of Mining Association of Great Britain. Twenty-one years Chairman of South Yorkshire Coal Trade Association. Seven years Chairman of Miners' Conciliation Board. Public ser vices.
Thomas Paul Latham, Esq. Deputy Chairman of Courtaulds, Ltd. Public and local services, particularly to the Ministry of Pensions. William Thomas Madge, Esq. Managing Director of " The People," Ltd. Formerly Manager of the " Globe " Newspaper, with which he was connected for forty-two years. Public services.
James Marr, Esq., C.B.E. Member of Shipping Controller's Advi sory 'Committee, and of the Shipbuilding Council. J.P. for County of Durham. Public services in connection with the Ship ping Control.
John. Throgmorton Middlemore, Esq. M.P. for North Birmingham, 1899-1918. J.P. for Birmingham and Worcestershire. Generous supporter of the Birmingham Art Gallery. Founded and managed for forty years the Middlemore Children's Emigration Homes for the training of destitute children in Agriculture in Canada. Parliamentary and local services.
Norman Moore, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P. President of the Royal College of Physicians. Consulting Physician and Emeritus Lecturer on the Principles and Practice of Medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, University of London. Repre sentative of the Royal College of Physi cians of London on the General Medical Council.
Sir John David Rees, K.C.I.E., O.V.O., M.P. Under-Secretary to Madras Government; Civil and Sessions Judge; Deputy Regis trar. Additional Member of Governor General's Council, 1895-97 and 1898-1900. M.P. for Montgomery District, 1906-10, and East Nottingham, 1912-18. mentary and public, services.
George Rhodes, Esq., J.P., D.L. Deputy-Lieutenant -for Cheshire, and County Magistrate for twenty-one years. Public and local services.
George Augustus Button, Esq. Director of Publicity, National War- Bonds Campaign, 1917, for which he raised more than one thousand million pounds sterling. Public services.
Sir William James Thomas, J.P. Public and local services, more particu larly in connection with the Welsh University.
Samuel James Waring, Esq. High Sheriff of Denbighshire. and local services.
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Territorial Force Reserve.
Yeomanry. — Lit. E.-V.,Slade, from the Hampshire Yeo., to be Lt. 24th May 1919.
Artillery.— Lt. R. A. Dyott, from "B" Bty., H.A.C., to be^Maj. 24th May 1919.
Infantry.— Lt.-Col. (Hon. Lt. in the Army) C. R. PilKington, C.MIG., from the 6th Bn., Manch. Regt., to be Lt.-Col. 24th May 1919.
Capt. J. H. M. the Marquis of Granby (age 32), from the 4th Bn., Leicester Regt., to be Capt. 20th Apr. 1919.
Whitehall, March 7, 1921.
The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date the 7th instant, to declare that Edith Maud, Countess of Loudoun, is and shall be Baroness Botreaux and Baroness Hastings; and to give, grant and confirm the Baronies of Botreaux and Hastings which fell into abeyance on the death of Charles Edward Hastings, Earl of Loudoun, on the 17th day of May, 1920, to the said Edith Maud (age 37), Countess of Loudoun: To have and to hold the said Baronies, together with all the rights, privileges, pre-eminences, immunities and advantages, and the place and precedence due and (belonging thereto to her and to the heirs of her body lawfully begotten and to be begotten in as full and ample a manner as the said Charles Edward Hastings; Earl of Loudoun, or any of his ancestors held and enjoyed the same.
And also to declare that the said Edith Maud, Countess of Loudoun, is and shall be Baroness Stanley; and: to give, grant and confirm, the Barony of Stanley which, fell into abeyance on the death of Ferdinando, 5th Earl of Derby, in the year 1594, to the said Edith Maud, Countess of Loudoun: To have and to hold the said Barony, together with, all the rights, privileges, pre-eminences, immunities and advantages, and the place and precedence due and belonging thereto to her and to the heirs of her body lawfully (begotten and to be begotten in as full and ample a manner as the said Ferdinando, 5th Earl of Derby, or any of ihis ancestors held and enjoyed the same.
Note. Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 12th Countess Loudon abeyance terminated 23rd Baroness Botreaux, 7th Baroness Stanley and 20th Baroness Hastings. She and her sister Elizabeth Frances Abney-Hastings Viscountess St Davids (age 36) had petitioned the Committee for Privileges for six titles Baron Strange Knockin, Baron Botreaux, Baron Hungerford, Baron Moleyns, Baron Stanley and Baron Hastings. The titles were shared three each between them.
St. James's Palace, S.W.1, 4th June, 1921.
Baronets
The King has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday, to signify his intention of conferring Baronetcies of the United Kingdom on the following:—
Douglas Alexander, Esq., President of the Singer Manufacturing Company. Has performed important work in the development of welfare schemes for industrial workers. For public and national services.
The Hon. William Gervase Beckett (age 55), M.P., M.P. for Whitby since 1906.
William Swart Berry, Esq., Editor-in-Chief, Sunday Times.
Charles Alexander Cain, Esq., J.P., for public services. Has devoted large sums of money to hospital work in addition to other charities. Trustee and Governor of Blue Coat Hospital, Liverpool; the Royal Southern Hospital, Liverpool; and Chairman of Samaritan Hospital.
Thomas Sievewright Catto, Esq., for public services, particularly in connection with the transport of food and munitions from the United States to Great Britain and allied countries.
John Bryn Edwards, Esq., for social and philanthropic work in East Glamorgan.
Captain Sir John Malcolm Fraser, R.N.V.R., for public services. Rendered valuable assistance in the Queen's Devonshire House Fund and in the Royal Naval Air Service during the war.
Joseph William Isherwood, Esq., Inventor of Isherwood System of Longitudinal Construction of Ships. Member of Institute of Naval Architects. For public services.
Pierce Lacy, Esq., Founder and Chairman of Advisory Committee of British Shareholders Trust, Limited, which Company has financed many of the most important Industrial Companies in England.
William Arthur Mount, Esq., C.B.E., M.P., M.P. for New buryDivision of Berkshire, 1900 to 1906, and since 1910.
Sir Percy Wilson Newson, President of Bank of Bengal, 1920. Governor of Imperial Bank of India, 1921. For public services.
William Joseph Noble, Esq., J.P., President of Chamber of Shipping, 1920, and of the Baltic and White Sea Conference, 1913-21. For services rendered to the Ministry of Shipping.
George Henwick, Esq., M.P., M.P. for Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1900-1906, 1908-10, and since 1918.
Sir Arthur Munro Sutherland, K.B.E., Chairman of the Sutherland and a number of other Steamship Companies. Director of the Blyth Shipbuilding. 'Company, and Mercantile Dry Docks. Sheriff of Newcastle,. 1917; Lord Mayor of 'Newcastle during 1919. For public and national services.
Sir Charles Sykes, K.B.E., M.P., M.P. for Huddersfield since 1918; director of Wool Textile Production and Chairman of the Board of Control of the Worsted Woollen Trades.
Edmund Hoyle Vestey, Esq., for public services. Rendered great assistance in feeding the troops during the war.
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CENTRAL CHANlCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD.
St. James's Palace, S.W. 1, 4th June, 1921.
The King has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday, to make the folloiwing appointments to the Order, of the Companions of Honour:—
To be Members of the Order:—
Harold Arthur (age 77), Viscount Dillon, Chairman of Trustees, National Portrait Gallery, since 1894.
The Reverend Arthur Cayley Headlam, M.A., D.D., Regius Professor of Divinity, Oxford University, and Canon of Christchurch, Oxford, since 1918.
Sir William Robertson Nicoll, M.A., LL.D., Editor of the "British Weekly" since 1886.
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Whitehall, June 4, 1921. The King ihas 'been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to confer the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom upon, the Right Honourable Albert Holden Illingworth (age 56), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Illingworth of Denton in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
The K1NG has been graciously pleased to signify His Majesty's intention of conferring Baronetcies of the United Kingdom on the following:
Sir Robert William Aske, LL.D., J.P. For public services.
Sir Alfred Frederick Bird, D.L., J P., M.P. Member for Wolverhampton. Patron of art and donor of historic pictures to the Houses of Parliament.
Sir George Rowland Blades, M.P. Member for Epson, Division of Surrey since 1918. Senior Sheriff, City of London, 1917-18.
Robert Reginald Frederick Butler, Esq. Chairman of United Dairies, Ltd. For valuable services to agriculture and the Ministry of Food during the war.
Sir Alfred Lassam Goodson, J.P. Member Chesihire County Cbunoil, 1904-7, 1915-19. President of the O.T.C. Selection Board. President of Overseas Civilian Advisory Boards G.H.Q. (France).
Lt.Col. Sir Henry Mulleneux Grayson, K.B..E, M.P. Member for Birkenhead. High Sheriff of Anglesey, 1917-18. Director of Ship Repairs (Admiralty) during the war. [Baronet Grayson of Ravenspoint in Anglesey]
Joseph Hood, Esq., M.P. Member for Wimbledon. For public services.
Robert Paterson Houston, Esq., J.P., M.P. Member for the West Toxteth Division of Liverpooi for 30 years. J.P. for Liverpool. Took an active part in raising and equipping troops during the early days of the war.
Charles Hyde, Esq., O.B.E. Proprietor of the "Birmingham Daily Post" and of the "Birmingham Mail."
Joseph John Jarvis, Esq. Director of the "Financial News" and the Argus Printing Co.
David Ricihard Llewellyn, Esq., J.P. Chairman of the Llewellyn Shipping Co. and Chief Partner of Llewellyn, Merratt and Price Ltd. Chairman of many colliery companies. For public services.
Sir E'dward Mortimer Mountain. Chairman, Eagle, Star and British Dominions Insurance Co. For public services.
James Readhead, Esq., J.P. Chairman and Managing Director of the firm of John Read head and Sons, Ltd., Shipbuilders. Formerly a member of the Board of Trade Committee on Shipping and Shipbuilding. Meanber of the London Committee of Lloyds Register of Shipping. President of many local charitable institutions.
Hugh Reid, Esq., C.B..E., LL.D., D.L., J.P., D.L. and J.P. for Glasgow. Chief Managing Director and Deputy Chairman of the North British Locomotive Co., Ltd.
Sir Matthew Gemmill Wallace. For services rendered to the Defence of the Realm Losses Commission and War Compensiation Court.
Sir David Yule. Head of the firm of Yule, Catto. and Co., East India Merchants, Calcutta, and throughout India. Director of London City aud Midland Bank and of the Mercantile Bank of India. For public services.
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THE GRAND PRIORY OF THE ORDER OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM IN ENGLAND.
Chancery of the Order,
St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, London, E.G. 1,
8th February, 1922.
The King has been graciously pleased to sanction the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England: --
Knight of Justice.
The Earl of Onslow (age 45), O.B.E.
Lady of Justice.
The Countess of Onslow, C.B.E.
Knights of Grace.
Lionel Henry Oust, C.V.O., Litt.D.
Major-General Sir Vere Bonamy Fane, K.C.B., K.JO.I.K.
Colonel George Abraham Moore, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.D.
Alexander Gordon Paterson, M.D.
Honorary Knight of Grace.
Major Roger de la Harpe, M.D.
Ladies of Grace.
Marietta, Mrs. RaJli, Alicia Frances Jane, Miss Lloyd Still, C.B.E., Margaret Miss Cudrarth.
Esquire.
Captain Lionel George Archer Cust (age 25), R.A.
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Whitehall, December 9, 1922. Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland creating the undermentioned Earldoms, Viscountcies and Baronies:
The Right Honourable Frederick Edwin (age 50), Viscount Birkenhead, to be Viscount Furneaux, of Charlton, in the County of Northampton, and Earl Of Birkenhead. [Margaret Eleanor Furneaux Countess of Birkenhead (age 44) by marriage Countess Birkenhead.]
The Right Honourable Horace Brand (age 78), Viscount Farquhar, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., late Lord Steward of the Household, to be Earl Farquhar.
The Right Honourable Arthur Hamilton, Baron Lee of Fareham, G.B.E., K.C.B., to be Viscount Lee of Fareham, of Bridport, in the County of Dorset.
William Hesketh (age 71), Baron Leverhulme, to be Viscount Leverhulme, of The Western Isles, in the Counties of Inverness and Ross and Cromarty.
The Right Honourable Francis Bingham Mildmay to be Baron Mildmay Of Flete, of Totnes, in the County of Devon.
The Right Honourable Sir Joseph Paton Maclay, Baronet, to be Baron Maclay, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark.
The Right Honourable Sir Edward Alfred Goulding, Baronet, to be Baron Wargrave, of Wargrave Hall, in the County of Berks. Sir John Henry Bethell, Baronet, to be BARON BETHELL, of Romford, in the County of Essex.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Whitehall, December 28, 1922. The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date the 12th December, 1922, to grant unto William Alexander Lindsay (age 76), Esquire, K.C., Norroy King of Arms, the Office of Clarenceux King of Arms, and Principal Herald of the South, East and West parts of England, vacant by the death of Charles Harold Athill, Esquire.
Whitehall, January 15, 1924. Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland conferring the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom upon the Eight Honourable Sir Charles John Darling (age 74), Knight, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Darling, of Langham, in the county of Essex.
Whitehall, January 15, 1924. Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland conferring the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom upon Sir Herbert Merton Jessel (age 57), Bt., C.B., C.M.G., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Jessel, of Westminster, in the county of London.
Central Chancery Of The Orders Of Knighthood. St. James's Palace; S.W.1, 8th February, 1924
The King has been, graciously pleased to signify His Majesty's intention of conferring a Peerage of the United Kingdom on the following:
To be Baron.
Sir John George Butcher, Bart., K.C., J.P., Member of Parliament for the City of York, 1892-1906, 1910-23. Served on many Select and other Committees of the House of Commons.
Pricy Councellors.
The King has been graciously pleased to declare that the following shall be sworn of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council:
Sir James Tynte Agg-Gardner, M'.P., Member of Parliament for Cheltenham 1874-80, 1885-95, 1900-06, and since April, 1911. Chairman of House of Commons Kitchen Committee.
Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfrid William Ashley, J.P., D.L., M.P., Member of Parliament since 1906, for Blackpool 1906-18, for Fylde 1918-22, for New Forest and Christchurch since November, 1922. Unionist Whip 1911-13. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Transport, 1922-23. Under Secretary of State for War, 1923 to January, 1924.
Captain the Honourable Edward Algernon Fitzroy, J.P., D.L., M.P., Member of Parlia ment for South Northamptonshire, now the Daventry Division.;-1900-06 and since 1910. Deputy Chairman of .Committees, House of Commons, 1922-23.
Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Walter Edward Guinness, D.S.O., M.P., Member of Parliament for Bury St. Edmunds since August, 1907. Under Secretary of State for War, 1922-23. Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1923 to January, 1924.
Sir Herbert Nield, K.C., J.P., D.L., M.P., Member of Parliament for Baling since 1906. Member of the Council of the National Unionist Association and Chairman, 1923-24. Chairman of the Association of Conservative Clubs. Recorder of York since 1917. Deputy Chairman, Middlesex Magistrates.
Baronets
The King has been graciously pleased to signify His Majesty's intention of conferring Baronetcies of the United Kingdom on the following:
William Henry Barber, Esq. For political services in Birmingham. A generbus benefactor to the University of Birmingham.
The Right Honourable Sir Clement Anderson Montague Barlow, K.B.E-., LL.D., Member of Parliament for South Salford, December, 1910-23. Minister of Labour, October. 1922 to January 1924. Parliamentary Secre tary to Ministry of Labour, April, 1920 to October, 1922. Senior .Government- Dele-, gate at the International Labour .Confer-, ences, Genoa, 1920 and'Geneva, 1921 and. 1922.
Major Harry Barnston, M.A., J.P., D.L., M.P., Member of Parliament for Eddisbury Division of Cheshire since 1910. Comptroller of His Majesty's Household, 1921 to January, 1924.
Sir Otto John Beit, K.C.M.G., LL.D. (Hon.). For services rendered to the Imperial College of Science and Technology at South Kensington.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Page Croft (age 42) C.M.G., T.D., J.P., D.L., M.P., Member of Parliament for Christchurch Division, January, 1910-18, for Bournemouth since 1918.
Sir Herbert Hambling, J.P. For important services rendered to the Air Ministry on financial and commercial matters.'
Sir John Sutherland Harmood-Banner, J.P., D.L., M.P., Member of Parliament for Everton Division of Liverpool since 1905.
John Mackintosh MacLeod, Esq., LL.D., D.L., Member, of Parliament for Central Division of Glasgow, 1915-18, for Kelvingrove Division, 1918-22. Honorary Treasurer of the Western Divisional Council of the Scottish Unionist Association since 1893, and of Glasgow Conservative Club since 1895. Member of General Assembly Church of Scotland and of Committee on Union of Scottish Presbyterian Churches.
John Denton Marsden, Esq., J.P., For public and political services in Grimsby. Principal of the Consolidated Steam Fishing and Ice Cpmpany, Limited. A large supporter of charities in Great Grimsby and District.
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Whitehall, April 19, 1924.
Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom to the undermentioned gentlemen, and the heirs male of their respective bodies lawfully begotten:
Sir Otto John Beit, K.C.M.G.,of Tewin Water m the Parish of Tewin, in the County of Hertford.
Sir John Sutherland Harmood-Banner, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster Knight.
Sir Henry Herbert Hambling, of Yoxford, in the County of Suffolk, Knight
Brigadier-General Henry Page Croft (age 42), C.M.G., T.D., of Knole, in the Borough of Bournemouth and County of Southampton.
William Henry Barber, of Culham Court in the Parish of Remenham and County of Berks, Esquire.
Major Harry Barnston, of Ghurton, in the County of Chester.
John Mackintosh MacLeod,LL.D.,of Fuinary, Morven, in the County of Argyll, Esquire.
John Denton Marsden, of Gxunsby, in the County of Lincoln, Esquire.
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The following officers have relinquished appointments, as stated, in India:-
COMMANDS & STAFF.
Dist. Comdr.
Burma Dist.-Maj.-Gen. Sir Vere B. Fane (age 60), K.C.B., K.G.I.E. (since deceased), I.A. 2nd Apr. 1924.
Crown Office, House of Lords, S:W. 1, 6th October, 1924.
A Writ dated the 30th day of September, 1924, directed to Henry FitzWalter Plumptre (age 10), summoning him to the Upper House of Parliament by the name, style and title of Henry FitzWalter Plumptre de FitzWalter, Chevalier, has been passed under the Great Seal, pursuant to Warrant under His Majesty's Royal Sign Manual
Whitehall, July 5, 1927. The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 4th instant, to confer the dignity of a Baron of the'United Kingdom upon Sir Davison Alexander Dalziel. Baronet, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Dalziel of Wooler, of Wooler in the County of Northumberland
Whitehall, July 5, 1927. Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the Realm granting the Dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom to the undermentioned, gentlemen, and the heirs male of their respective bodies lawfully begotten:—
Sir Harry William Henry Neville Goschen, K.B.E., of Durrington House in the Parish* of Sheering and County of Essex.
Sir Harry Benedetto Renwick (age 66), K.B.E., of Coombe in the County of Surrey.
Sir John Brickwood, Knight, of Portsmouth.
Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Cecili Congreve, R.N., of Congreve in the County of Stafford.
Ernest Craig, of Alsagar in the County of Chester, Esquire.
Reginald James Neville Neville, of Sloley in, the County of Norfolk, Esquire.
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Supplement to The London Gazette 33501 of Friday, the 31 May 1929.
Monday, 3 June, 1929.
CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD.
St. James's Palace, S.W. 1, 3rd June, 1929.
The King has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday, to signify his intention of conferring Peerages of the United Kingdom on the following:
To be an Earl.
James Lyle, Viscount Inchcape, G. C.S.I., G.C.M.G., K.C.I.E. For public services.
To be Viscounts.
The Right Honourable William Clive Bridgeman, J.P., D.L., First Lord of the Admiralty. Member of Parliament for the Oswestry Division 1906-29. For many years of public and political services.
The Right Honourable Douglas McGarel, Baron Hailsham, K.C., J.P., Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Field-Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow (age 72)was created, Baron Plumer, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE. For long and distinguished public services. [Annie Constance Goss (age 71) by marriage Viscountess Plumer.]
To be Barons.
Sir William Ewert Berry, Bt., Chairman of Allied Newspapers Limited. For political and public services
Colonel Sir Edward Allen Brotherton, Bt., J.P., D.L., Member of Parliament for Wakefield, 1902-10 and 1918-22. For political, public and charitable services.
The Right Honourable Sir Robert Arthur Sanders, Bt., J.P., D.L., Member of Parliament for Bridgewater Division, 1910-23) and for the Wells Division, 1924-29. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1922-24. For political and public services.
The Right Honourable Sir William George Tyrrell, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., K.C.V.O., His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Paris.
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The King has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday, to declare the undermentioned shall be sworn of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council:-
Bertrand Edward, Baron Dawson of Penn, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., M.D., B.Sc., F.R.C.P., Physician in Ordinary to His Majesty The King.
Major John Waller Hills, D.C.L., J.P., Member of Parliament for Durham, 1906-18, for the Durham Division, 1918-22, and for Ripon, December, 1925, to May, 1929. Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1922-23. For political and public services.
Sir Ellis William Hume-Williams, Bt., K.B.E., K.C., Member of Parliament for Bassetlaw, January, 1910, to May, 1929. Recorder of Bury St. Edmunds, 1901-5, and of Norwich since, 1905. For political and public services.
The Honourable Earle Christmas Grafton Page, M.B., Ch.M., Treasurer, Commonwealth of Australia.
Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Henry SpenderClay, C.M.G., M.C., J.P., D.L., Member of Parliament for Tonbridge, January, 1910, to May, 1929. Temporary Chairman of Committees. Parliamentary Charity Commissioner, 1923, to January, 1924, and since December, 1924. For political and public services.
The King has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday, to signify his intention of conferring Baronetcies of the United Kingdom on the following:-
Sir Arthur Balfour, K.B.E., J.P., Chairman of the Committee on Industry and Trade.
Sir Edward Farquhar Buzzard, K.C.V.O., M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P., Physician Extraordinary to His Majesty The King. Honorary Colonel R.A.M.C (T.F.).
Captain Fitzroy Hamilton Anstruther-GoughCalthorpe. Has given generous gifts of land to Birmingham City and University.
Benjamin Dawson, Esq., J.P., Chairman of the Central Division, Bradford Conservative Association. For political and public services.
John Wells Wainwright Hopkins, Esq., Member of Parliament for South East St. Pancras, 1918-23, and October, 1924, to May, 1929. For political and public services.
Sir Philip Edward Pilditeh, J.P., Member of Parliament for Spelthorne Division, December, 1918, to May, 1929. For political and public services.
Frederick Henry Richmond, Esq., Chairman of Debenham Limited. Governor of Middlesex Hospital.
Colonel Sir Hugh Mallinson Rigby, K.C.V.O., M.S., F.R.C.S., Sergeant Surgeon to His Majesty The King.
Alexander Nairne, Stewart Sandeman, Esq., Member of Parliament for Middleton and Prestwich, 1923-29. For political services.
Sir Charles Leolin Forestier-Walker, K.B.E., J.P., 'Member of Parliament for the Monmouth Division, 1918-29. Forestry Commissioner (unpaid), 1920, to January, 1929. For political and public services.
Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Lambert Ward, D.S.O., T.D., Member of Parliament for North West Hull, December, 1918, to May, 1929. For political services.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
The King, has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday, to signify his intention of conferring the Honour of Knighthood on the following: -
Major John Dearman Birchall, T.D., J.P., Member of Parliament for North East Leeds, December, 1918, to May, 1929. Second Church Estates Commissioner (unpaid), 1923, and since 1924. For political and public services.
Alderman Charles Hay ward Bird, C.B.E., J.P., Chairman, Cardiff Local Employment Committee.
Captain William Brass, Member of Parliament for Clitheroe, November, 1922, to May, 1929. For political services.
Professor Henry Cort Harold,Carpenter, M.A., F.R.S., Professor of Metallurgy in the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College of Science and Technology.
Benjamin Arthur Cohen, Esq., K.C., Senior Referee under the Contributory Pensions Act.
Ernest Gordon Craig, Esq., Chairman and Managing Director of the New Era National Pictures Limited, Portable TalKing Pictures Limited, etc.
Matthew Pollock Fraser, Esq., K.C., M.A., LL.B. For political services in Scotland.
Joseph Crosland Graham (age 63), Esq., J.P. For public, political and charitable services in Denbighshire.
(Philip Barling) Ben Greet, Esq., Actor and Producer of Shakespearean plays.
William High, Esq., J.P., Lord Provost of Dundee, 1923-29. For public services.
John Plowright Houfton, Esq., J.P. For public and political services
Alexander Wilson Hungerford, Esq. For political services in Northern Ireland.
James Ralph Jackson, Esq., M.R.C.V.S., Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
William Smith Jarratt, Esq., Comptroller General of the Patent Office.
Walter George Kent, Esq., C.B.E., Chairman of the Luton Division Conservative Association. For political services.
William Oliver Evelyn Meade-King, Esq., J.P., President of the Taunton Division Conservative Association. For political services.
Joseph Quinton Lamb, Esq., J.P., Member of Parliament for the Stone Division, November, 1922, to May, 1929. For political and public services.
Andrew Jopp Williams Lewis, Esq., LL.D., J.P., Lord Provost of Aberdeen since 1925. For public services.
Thomas Wallace McMullan, Esq., lately Member of Parliament for County Down, Northern Ireland Parliament. For political and public services.
John Edwin Mitchell, Esq., O.B.E., J.P., late President of Smethwick Unionist Association. For public and political services.
Peter Chalmers Mitchell, Esq., C.B.E., M.A., LL.D., D.Sc., F.R.S., Secretary of the Zoological Society.
William Foot Mitchell, Esq., J:P., Member of Parliament for Dartford, January to December, 1910, and for Saffron Walden, 1922-29. For political and public services.
James Wycliffe Headlam-Morley, Esq., C.B.E., lately Historical Adviser, Foreign Office.
Roland Thomas Nugent, Esq., Director of the Federation of British Industries.
Alexander Pengilly, Esq., Chairman of the South Dorset Conservative Association. Chairman of the South Western Area of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations. For political and public services.
William Ray, Esq., J.P., Chairman of the Central Hackney Conservative Association. For political and public services.
Henry Sutcliffe Smith, Esq., a director of the Bradford Dyers' Association.
Major Charles Wentworth Stanley, J.P., D.L., Chairman of the Cambridgeshire Conservative and Unionist Association. For publicand political services.
Robert Mills Welsford, Esq., M.A., LL.B., President of the Law Society.
Roderick Roy Wilson, Esq., Member of Parliament for Lichfield, October, 1924, to May, 1929. Chairman of the British Guiana Parliamentary Commission, 1926. For political and public services.
Robert Stanton Woods, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., Honorary Physician and Honorary Surgeon, London Hospital. For services during His Majesty's illness.
Francis James Wylie, Esq., M.A., Oxford Secretary to the Rhodes Trust.
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Whitehall, June 30, 1928. Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the Realm granting the Dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom to the undermentioned gentlemen, and the heirs male of their respecttive bodies lawfully begotten:
The Right Honourable Edward Mervyn Archdale, of Riversdale. in the County of Fermanagh.
Sir Havilland Walter de Sausmarez, of Jerburg, in the Island of Guernsey.
William Walter Carlile (age 66), of Gayhurst, in the County of BucKingham, Esquire, O.B.E.
Major William Cope, of St. Mellons, in the County of Monmouth.
Robert Williams, of Park, in the County of Aberdeen and of Livingstone, in the Territory of Northern Rhodesia, Esquire
Foreign Office, August 1, 1928. The King has been graciously pleased to appoint:—
The Right Honourable Earl Granville (age 56), G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., to be His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Belgians, and to be also His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Luxemburg; and
The Right Honourable Sir Horace George Montagu Rumbold (age 59), Bart., G.C.M.G., M.V.O., to be His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the German Reich
Foreign Office, August 9, 1928. The King has been graciously pleased to appoint The Honourable Sir Odo William Theophilus Villiers Russell (age 58), K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., C.B., to be His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands.
Notice is hereby given that WILLIAM MORGAN FLETCHER-VANE (age 21), of Staindrop House, in the parish of Staindrop and county of Durham, Gentleman (a natural-born British subject), formerly called William Morgan Vane, has by deed poll, dated the 2nd day of April, 1931, and duly enrolled in His Majesty's College of Arms. London, the 9th day of the same month, adopted the surname of Fletcher-Vane, in lieu of and in substitution for the surname of Vane.
AUBREY JOHN TOPPIN, Bluemantle, The (088) College of Arms, London.
Whitehall, July 25, 1933
The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 24th instant, to confer the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingclom upon the Right Honourable George Richard Lane Fox (age 62), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Bingley of Bramham in the County of York.
Whitehall, June 26, 1935. The King has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 24th instant, to confer the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom upon The Right Honourable Sir Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby (age 67), GCB, GOVO, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Sysonby, of Wonersh in the County of Surrey.
Whitehall, July 19, 1935. The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 15th instant, to confer the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom upon The Right Honourable Sir Edward Hilton Young (age 56), GBE, DSO, DSC, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Kennet, of the Dene in the County of Wilts.
Whitehall, June 11, 1937.
The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 22nd ultimo, to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom upon the Right Honourable Christopher Addison (age 68), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Addison, of Stallingborough in the County of Lincoln.
Whitehall, May 31, 1940
The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 28th instant, to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom upon Brigadier-General Sir Henry Page Croft (age 58), Baronet, C.M.G., T.D., and the heirs male oi his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Croft, of Bournemouth, in the County of Southampton. [Note Nancy Beatrice Borwick Baroness Croft (age 55) by marriage Baroness Croft of Bournemouth in Hampshire.]
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
The undermentioned Pilot Officers are promoted to the rank of. Flying Officer: 3rd Sept. 1940.
Donald George JOHNSON (72996).
Douglas Aubrey CRACKNELL (72985).
Eric John MARTIN (73004).
Alan Robert Adair FORBES (72989). •
Kenneth Norman Thomson LEE (72998).
The Hon. David Arthur COKE (age 24) (73042).
Ralph Campbell CHOPPING (70126).
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