HORTHY RETIRING
HUNGARIAN REGENT
i(Rec. 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 16. The Hungarian Regent, Admiral Horthy, is retiring, and Parliament is to meet on February 19 to elect a successor. Nicolas Horthy de Nagybanya was born in 1868 and educated at the Fiume Naval Academy. He joined the Austro-Hungarian fleet in 1886 and was A.D.C. to the Emperor Francis Joseph
in 1914. Later he. was promoted Admiral and Commander of the Fleet. He was Commander-in-Chief of the national • army occupying the capital after the breakdown of the Communist dictatorship in 1919 and the Rumanian occupation. He became Regent in March, 1920, with sovereign rights, subject to certain restrictions.
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 40, 17 February 1942, Page 6
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