MADE VISCOUNT

Taranaki Daily News, 4 June 1935, Page 5

MADE VISCOUNT

BLEDISLOE’S TITLE BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST CREATION OF SIX BARONS SEYMOUR HICKS A KNIGHT MR. JOHN MASEFIELD O-M. Rec. 6.30 p.m. London, June 3. The silver jubilee year of the King’s reign also holds His Majesty’s 70th birthday, and on this occasion the list of birthday honours conferred is more comprehensive than usual. It contains the names of persons who have rendered eminent service in Britain and throughout the Empire in politics, industry, pro-, fessions, arts, sciences, the fighting and civil services and social work. Leading members of the Labour and Liberal Opposition and of the trade union movement figure in the list. Lord Bledisloe, former Governor-Gen-eral of New Zealand, becomes a viscount and six barons are created, namely, Sir Arthur Balfour, Mr. E. C. Grenfell, Sir William Peake Mason, Sir George May (chairman of the Import Duties and Advisory Committee) and Sir Frederick Ponsonby and Sir Clive Wigram, treasurer and private secretary respectively to the King. Newspapers welcome the inclusion of Lord Bledisloe in the honours. The Express adds that apart from a distinguished Governorship of New Zealand he has a fine reputation as a progressive landlord and farmer. / z Major C. R, Atlee, deputy leader of the Labour Party in the House of Commons, Mr. L. Hore Belisha and Captain Bourne (deputy-chairman of the House of Commons)) become members of the Privy Council. Baronetcies are conferred on Sir Burton Chadwick (founder of the company of master mariners), Colonel Morley Headlam, Sir Henry Jackson, Sir Crawford McCullagh (Lord Mayor of Belfast), Mr. William Mollison, Mr. Walter Russell Rea (chief whip of the Opposition Liberal Party), Sir Arthur Rose, Mr. J. R. Starkey and Mr. Evan'Williams (president of the Mining Association). LONG LIST OF KNIGHTHOODS. Among the long list of Knights Bachelor are Mr. Noel Ashbridge (chief engineer to the Broadcasting Corporation), Mr. Charles, Edwards (chief Labour whip), Mr. Seymour (Hicks (well-known actor-manager), Mr. Arthur Pugh, Mr. Harold Harmsworth, Professor Laidjaw (the pathologist), Mr. Brupe Richmond (editor of The Times Literary Supplement), Mr. W. Russell (Keeper of the Royal Academy) and Mr. Charles Leonard Woolley (distinguished archaeologist). There ar® also lists' for the Dominions, India and Colonies and Protectorates. In the Order of the Bath Admiral Sir J. D. Kelly and Sir William Fisher, Generals Sir J. Gathorne-Hardy and Air Chief Marshal Sir E. Ellington become Knights Grand Cross. Among the Knights Commander is Sir Edward Harding (permanent undersecretary of the Dominions office). The Order of Merit is conferred on three notable men, Mr. John Masefield (the poet laureate), Dr. Vaughan Williams ’ (the distinguished British composer) and Sir F. Gowland Hopkins (the discoverer of vitamins). In the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George the Knights of the Grand Cross include Sir Henry Birchenough (South Africa), Sir W. T. White (Canada), Sir John Maffey (permanent undersecretary for the Colonies), Sir J. H. R;eed and Viscount Chilston (British Ambassador at Moscow). Among the Knights Commander are Mr.' Stephen Jaselee (librarian at the Foreign Office), Mr. Hugh Gurney (British Minister at Copenhagen), Mr. S. P. Waterlow (British Minister at Athens), Mr. H. E. Fass (Public Trustee to the Sudan dovermnent) and Mr. G. B. Sanfeom (commercial counsellor to the British Embassy at Tokio). Mr. Crutchley, British Government representative at Canberra, has been given a C.B. and Dr. Defoe, who has tended the Dionne quintuplets, an 0.8. E.