New-York tribune., 1912-01-01
'S|R RIDER HAGGARD NOW
Baronetcy Conferred on Novelist
Three New Peerages Created.
HONOR CANADIAN PREMIER
King Georges New Year LAST In.
cludes Men of Distinction
in Many Fields.

London, Dec. 31-The New Years
honor list this year is short one, as,
result of the honors conferred recently
by the King in connection with the Dur
bar, but the selection covers wide
range Of civil servants, politicians ana
men of distinction, the various profess
sons and commerce being included. 80
Canada is we'll represented in the
Colonial list, which is headed by Robert
Laird Borden, the Canadian Premier,
who becomes Privy Councillor.
Only three peerages are conferred, the
new barons being Sir Thomas Gibson
Carmichael Bart, &c Jernor of Madras;
Sir Alfred Thomas, for many years
leader OF the Welsh party in the House
of Commons, and Samuel Hope Morley,
ex-governor of the Bank Of England and
elder brother of the Right. Hon. Arnold
Morley.
among the new DdEOneIS are w l,ildtIt
Nelson, chairman Of the Nelson Steam
ship Line; Thomas Skinner. a director
of the Canadian-Pacific Railway and
deputy governor of the Hudson's Bay
Company; Joseph Beecham, Valentine
Chirol director Of the foreign depart
ment Of The Times: II. Rider Hag-
gard, the novelist, and S. j. Pocock.
large land owner of England and Can
ada.
The Canadians honored, besides Pre-
mier Borden, are Colonel John Morrison
Gibson. Lieutenant Governor Of On
tario. and Joseph Pope, Under Secretary
for External Affairs, who are made
knights Commander of st. Michael and
st. George; Thomas Cooper Boville, Dep
uty Minister Of Finance, Companion OF
st. Michael and st. George, and Lieu
tenant Colonel Rodolphe Forget, of Mon
treal and Edmund b. Osler. Of Toronto,
both members Of the Canadian Parlia
ment knights Bachelor.
The most widely known name in ths
UOUOT IlSt DuDilSHSO dDONS 10
that of Henry Rider Haggard. known for
the last quarter Of century AS the author
Of she" and king Solomon's Mines" The
new baronet was born in June, 1885. His
connection with Africa, the setting for his
most successful novels, dates from 1878,
when he was secretary 10 Sir Henry Bul-
wer, Governor Of Natal Two years later
he was on the staff Of Sir Theophilus shep-
stone, special commissioner to the Trans
vaal, and with Colonel Brooke he formally
hoisted the British flag over the Transyasl
on Queen V!ctorias birthday In 1877. In
the following year he was appointed master
Of the High Court Of the Transvaal, and on
the outbreak Of the Zulu war, In 1879, he
was gazetted lieutenant and adjutapt Of the
Pretoria horse.
II was in Rider Hasgards house that the
convention with the Beers, after their vic
tory at Majuba, was signed. Il myself"
he said afterward, "was so overcome With
the disgrace Of the situation that l absn-
doned South Africa and returned to Eng
land. / felt ! could no longer live there
as an Englishman; In those days Natal was
no longer a country for Engiishmen TO
live In"
He returned to England and studied for
the bar. writing in the mean time "Cete-
wayo and His White Neighbors" and
Dawn" In 1884 he was called to the bar
and practised law for about year. Then
came king Solomon's Mines" which laid
the foundation OF his fame. and in 1856
"She." In the following year Jess and
Allan Quatermain" were published, and In
1891 Eric Brighteyes." "Ayesha; or,'The
Return OF She" came In 1905. His latest
novel is Queen sheba's Ring" published in
1910