The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-12
LORD COLEBROOKF
GETS APPOINTMENT

cional al gI Slst OF veteran non-comrnis-
| Siphed otlcers. the gentlemen-at-arms
VINO rank eX-ofiicio as CAPTAINS NJ ,hs
a[Hv. are all veteran commissioned or
,aiz ranging from the grade OF cap
'aIn 10 mat of full colonel Arrayed in
scarlet, gold aced tail coats win o'oid
epauiettes and aiguiliettcs. piumed
slii helmets. and armed with swords
d imroe no ioerds; they present a most pic
.IIafue ana imposing appearance Mt
those court and State functions a.
winch their services are alone re-
CURED In fact. they are the prinei-
pal bodyguard of the sovereign
Godfrey Rathbone Benson. who wac
created peer the other dav IN vas
nec'ion with King Georges corona
,ion' Is probably the least known 81
the Mn IIn VINO nave just been raised to
name Is far more familiar. to Tho nh
nc, me brother being +. r. Benson the
n nrn5 ana theatrical manager. who has
ana am uI haH many many OF shakespeare's plays.
anu mas been responsible for twenty
siA OIL the annual Shakespeare Festivals
az otratford -on-Avon. He is also caIe
winner IN tne rowing world. and is the
between his own university, oxf ford'
and that OF Cambridge u'
Like him. Godfrey Benson is a. SON
land Inc lown rate W William Benson. large
ilerited from his father Iangton park
IN mat county. He took honors a.
tmrer and noi for two years was a lee
college. resigning the lectureshin in
order TO successfully contest, in isa5 ~
sne T9Iodstock division of Oxfordshire.
actHd i-speral. While in Parliament. he
atted as unpaid private secretary 10
h L.oIa Hurghciere. who was then presI-
ueht OF the Board Of Agriculture God
b ITGy Benson since then has devoted
In the East End of London esneciaIIr
IN connection with Toynbee Hall +
may add that he favors home rule for
! Ireland. 'ie ior
APropos of the honors conferred at
me time of King Georges coronation
II may be added that Lord RoscberH
, Wiid continue 20 bear the name and
titIe under which he has become 60
miueiy known. as former Prime Minis
Yer OF England. and as winner on two
occasion OF the Derby. 1t is under
S Zoo mar the Earldom of Midlothian
WIS bestowed upon MIN. not only TO
give him n place bcftting his rank as
u statesman, in the House of Lords
IN which he has hitherto sat only as
an English baron, (his Scotch Earidon,
Of Rosebery carrying with il no ' scat
thcrc,) but also to prevent the seIcc
non or the name of Midlothian at
some future time, by any newly created
peer with small territorial associa
| non with the great district CONTAINING
INC scottish metropolis.
New peers are free to choose the
| s'N''' ny NHICH lHey Wish to be known
! IN connection with their freshly con,
! ierred title, and the only restrictIon
placed upon them Is that they should
m9t pitch upon some name identi6ed
win the honors, or with the family
associations. OF some other peer Of the
realm 1t is felt. however. that the
names OF counties should be restricted
| 70 peers who are among their largest
| lana owners. or else associated there
win In particularly illustrious man
her. and that tho same rules should
prevail also with regard to the bigger
| cities OF the United Kingdom
Until now there has been no Lord
Midlothian. and there would have been
really no way OF preventing any new
peer, auch az. for instance, Godfrey
Henson whom have Just referred to
| above, from choosing the name Of
midlothian for his title. although he
! mas no connection with Scotland. and
no estates there. had not Lord Rose
| berry stepped in, and as one of the great
| land owners Of Midlothian, pre-empt-
| cd the name. Lord Dalmeny the eldest
| son OF Lord Rosebery. has intimate ed
that when he succeeds to the family
honors, he will insist on being known.
not as Lord Midlothian. but by the
name ef Rosepery under which his
| father has won international fame MS
a statesman.
| Copyright. 1911, by the Brentwood
accompany