New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-01
British New Years HonorS
List Contains 5 PeerageS
and 6 BarOnetCies.
KNIGHTHOOD GOES TO
EDITOR OF "PUNCH"
Sir II. Harmsworth to Sit Oppo-
site Brother. Baron Northcliffe,.
i'm House of Lords.

London, Jan. lin the list of New
Year honors there is no material varia-
ton from ordinary precedents, except
with regard TO the number Of new peers,
which is larger than IL has been for the
last two years. In ell seventy seven
men receive titles. or honors. from the
government for services of one kind or
another. These men are for the most
part successful business personages,
Liberal members of Parliament and
others whose distinguished services TO
the public might never have become
known had they not been dragged from
their obscurity into the New Year
hcnors list
y bright spot in a somewhat dreary
picture is the name of owen Seaman,
editor of Punch" James Bryce, the
first man without a title TO represent
Great Britain as Ambassador to the
United States, receives a belated Wis
county for his services. Sir Rufus
lgascs. of course. takes a peerage as
Lord Chief Justice. and Of the other
new peers the best known is Sir Har-
CID Harmsworth, a Liberal in politics
and a brother of the Unionist Lord
Northcliffe owner of "The Times" and
The Daily Mail" II will be some
what piquant to see the brothers fac
ing each other as political opponents in
the House of Lords
The peerage bestowed on Sir Alfred
Grips is a tribute to a determined po-
litical opponent.
Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther, re-
Gently Ambassador in ConstantinopIe,
Is created a baronet.
Knighthoods have been conferred
upon Courtenay Walter Bennett, Brit
ish Consul General at New York; Chief
Justice Horace Archambault, Of QUE
bee, and Henry Kelly Egan, of Ottawa.
Sir Francois Charles Stanislas Ian
gelier. Lieutenant Governor OF Quebec.
and Douglas Colin Cameron. Lieu
tenant Governor of Manitoba, are made
Knights Commander of the Order of
st. Michael and ST. George.
London. Dec. 31.-The New Years hon
ors list is an unusually long one. 1t
comprises five peerages, five privy
councillorships. six baronetcies, twenty
two knighthoods and an enormous num-
Der of decorations and promotions TO
the various orders in the Home. Indian,
Colonial and Civil Services.
The single appointment to the Order Of
Merit goes 10 Sir Archibald Geikie, ex-
President Of the Royal Society Litera-
ture and the arts are rather conspicu-
ously neglected. the only noticeable
British Ambassador at Washington, who
becomes a Niscount: Sir Archibald
Geikie, Owen Seaman, editor of Punch"
who is knighted. and Ernest Rutherford.
Director OF the Physical Laboratories of
the University Of Manchester and a
writer on physical and philosophical sub
jects, who is also knighted.
Commerce is largely represented. and
there are rewards for political services,
as well as numerous distinctions for
naval and military men.
In addition 20 Mr.. Bryce four poll
ticians have been raised to the peerage.
These are Sir Rufus Daniel Isaacs, for
merly Attorney General, and now Lord
Chief Justice: Alexander IRE, Lord Pres
ident Of the Scottish Court of Session;
Sir Charles Grips. Unionist NJ p. for
Ruckinghams hire and Sir Harold Harms
worth.