BRITISH TITLES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22726, 12 May 1937, Page 11

BRITISH TITLES

CORONATION LIST TWO NEW VISCOUNTS PRIVY COUNSELLORS FOUR GOVERNORS-GENERAL By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received May 11, 0.5 p.m.) LONDON, May 10 The Coronation honours list includes two new Viscounts, nine new Barons, J 2 appointments to the Privy Council, seven baronetcies and 54 knighthoods in Britain, 10 in the Dominions, 21 in India and seven in the colonies and protectorates. Following are the principal recipients : ROYAL VICTORIAN CHAIN Queen Elizabeth. Queen Mary. Lord Wigram, Permanent Lord-in-Waitiiig to the King. VISCOUNTS Sir Robert Home, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, now Conservative member of Parliament for Hillliead, Glasgow. Sir Herbert Samuel, former Home Secretary and Liberal leader. BARONS Sir John Cadman, oil millionaire, vicechairman of the Television Committee. J, C. Denlson-Pender, head of the Marconi Company, Cables and Wireless, Limited, and Imperial and International Communications. Limited. Dr. Christopher Addison, who was Minister of Agriculture in the last Labour Government. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Ernie Chatfield. PRIVY COUNSELLORS H.R.H. the Duke of Kent. Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada. Lord Cowrie, Governor-General of Australia. Viscount Galway, Governor-General of New Zealand. Sir Patrick Duncan, Governor-Genoral of South Africa. Dr. E. Leslie Burgin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade. Lord Snell, chairman of the London County Council, and member of the Imperial Economic Committee. BARONETS Sir Cuthbert Wallace, president of the Royal College of Surgeons. Sir David Milne Watson, president of the National Gas Council. KNIGHTS K.G. Knights of the Order of the Garter. Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England, in charge of the Coronation. Earl of Strathmore, premier Scottish earl and father of the Queen. G.C.B. i Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath. Sir Horace Wilson, chief industrial adviser to the Government. Sir Hubert Gough, who was Commander of the Fifth Army in the retreat of 1918. G.C.V.O. Knight Grand Cross, Ro.val Victorian Order. Air Vice-Marshal Sir Philip Game, former Governor of New South Wales. Sir John Simon, Secretary of State for Home Affairs. Sir Walford Davies, Master of the King's Musick. KNIGHTS BACHELOR Mr. R. W. Dalton, former British Trade Commissioner in New Zealand and later in Australia, Mr. P. F. ("Plum") Warner, chairman of the Marylebone Cricket Club's Selection Committee, former captain and manager of English Test teams in Australia. Mr. Hugh Walpole, famous novelist, who was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Commodore Charles George Mathieson, Commodore Orient Company. O.M. Order of Merit. Lord Baden-Powell, Chief Scout. G.B.E. Dame Grand Cross, Order of the British Km pi re. Mrs. J. A. Lyons, wife of the Prime Minister of Australia. D.B.E. Dame Commander. Order of the British Empire. Miss Marie Tempest, famous English actress. C.H. Companion of Honour. Viscountess Astor, first woman member to sit in the British Parliament. Mr. J. Alfred Spender, eminent Liberal publicist and journalist.