HONOURS LIST

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20694, 3 January 1939, Page 7

HONOURS LIST

AWARDS IN BRITAIN FOUR NEW PEERAGES NEW YEAR ANNOUNCEMENTS ( United Press Assn—Elec. Tel. copyrig-ht) LONDON, Jail. 1 tour new peerages are created in the New Year Honours list, which is as follows: BARONS Colonel Sir Maurice Hankey, who was secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence from 1912 and to Die Cabinet from 1919 until May last, when be resigned both positions to become a director of the Suez Canal Company. He was also secretary to the War Cabinet in 1916 and the Im-

perial War Cabinet in 1917, and secretary to the General Imperial Conferences of 1921, 1923, 1926, 1930 and 1937. He visited New Zealand in the course of an Empire tour in 1934. Mr Cecil B. Harmsworth, a younger brother of the late Lord Northcliffe and of Lord Rothermere. Born in 1869, Mr Harmsworth entered politics in 1906. He was Under-Secretary for Home Affairs in 1915, a member of the Prime Minister's secretariat, 1917-19, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1919-22, and Acting-Minister of Blockade, 1919. Lord Justice Greer, Kt., who has been Lord Justice of Appeal since 1927. He was born in 1863, and became a Justice of the High Court in 1919. Sir Laurence Philipps, Bt., a member of Lloyd’s and chairman of several companies, lie is also a member of Tattersall’s Committee and of the Jockey Club, and of the Air Registration Board under the Air Ministry. P.C. Privy Counsellor Mr R. A. Butler, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Captain H. F. C. Crookshank, Parliamentary Secretary for Mines. BARONET Sir Peter Rylands, president of the Iron and Steel Wire Manufacturers’ Association since 1930, and a former president of the Federation of British Industries, the Iron and Steel Institute, and the National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers. G.C.B. Knight Grand Cross of the Bath * Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, com-mander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet. G.C.M.G. Knight Grand Cross, St. Michael and 81. George The Hon Sir Alexander Cadogan, permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Sir Neville Henderson, British Ambassador to Berlin. G.C.V.O. Knight Grand Cross of the Victorian Order Blr John Reith, former DirectorGeneral of the British Broadcasting Corporation and now full-time chairman of Imperial Airways, Limited. K.C.B. Knight Commander of the Bath Vice-Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham, Deputy-Chief of the Naval Staff. Mr Edward E. Bridges, secretary to the Cabinet and the Committee of Imperial Defence. K.C.M.G. Knjght Commander, St. Michael and St. George Mr Erlo Gustav Machtig, assistant Under-Secretary of Slate, Dominions Office, vice-chairman of ihe Oversea Settlement Committee, and a member of the Oversea Settlement Board. Captain Cecil George Graves, De-puty-Director of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Mr Basil Cochrane Newton, British Minister to Czechoslovakia. K.B. Knight Bachelor Mr J. G. Hay, a member of the International 'Rubber Regulation Committee. Mr Adam Maitland, Conservative member of the House of Commons for the Faversham division of Kent since 1928, and chairman of several important companies. Mr F. J. Pearce, a past-president of the British Dental Association. Mr 8. J. Plgott, managing director of the shipbuilding firm of John Brown and Company, builders of the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. Lieutenant-Colonel Heaton Forbes Robinson, Director of Works, Imperial War Graves Commission. Mr J. B. F. Watson, Director of the National Confederation of Employers’ Organisations and a member of the governing body of the International Labour Office. C.B. Companion of the Order of the Bath Mr F. T. A. Ashton-Gwatkin, Counsellor at. the Foreign Office and a member uf Lord Runeiman’s staff on his visit to Czechoslovakia last year. Mr William Strang, Counsellor at the Foreign Office and also a member of Lord Runciman's staff. O.M. Order of Merit Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield,

until recently First Sea' Lord and Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet.

Sip James Jeans, the noted scientist and astronomer.