The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-01
KING i ClONFERS TEN
new YEARS HONORS
Two Earls Get the Garter and
one Is Elevated to
Marquisatc.
AUTHOR Is MADE KNIGHT
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Io>poN. Dec. 3l--The following New
Y,u'. no ors conferred by the King
were announced to-day: The Earl of
Il rpy aud th, Earl Of Chesterfield re-
,rf,c the order II the Garter. lie Earl
o. Nbcrdccu is elevated to q Marquisate,
IIamar Greenwood, NJ. T.. for Sunder-
.ald. IT, elevated to BaIonctcy and
Henry John Ncwbolt. barrister and
author. is elevated to the knighthood.
\iscuuut s.. Aidwyn formerly Sir MI
CuJrl Hicks Bc1ch) IL created an Earl.
\. nur Henderson. NJ. T., leader or the
Labor party. is made a Privy Councillor.
Prince Louis ui Battenberg. who re-
sgucd as First Sea Lord OF the Admiralty
because OF the criticism Of his German
descent. receives the decoration of * q.
{ V. o., and the Hon. clifford Sifton, for
ncr Speaker OF the Manitoba Assembly. Is
decorated X G. VI. g. Frank Watson BY
son. the royal astronomer. is knighted.
The King has instituted n new military
decoration called the Military Cross,
which is to be awarded for distinguished
aud nreritorous services II consists of a
silver cross having on each arm an impe-
rial crown and IN the centre the letters
q. r. !. Those eligible 20 this decoration
are limited to grades between captain and
u warrant officer inclusive. one hundred
recipients OF the decoration are gazetted
tonight.
Edward George Villiers Stanley, seven-
-ecnth Earl OF Derby. comes OF distin-
Euish"d line, the earldom having been
created in 1855, the first Earl having
taken part i'm the battle or BoswOrth.
The fourth Earl was peer AT the trial
OF Mary. Queen OF Scots. The present
Earl was born IN lN65 and has had
distinguished career In both military aud
civil life. lie was Lieutenan Colonel
In, N t,ra7u1isY Guards I'm 1NNb a ID. &
to the aforementioned Of Canada in
1889. served as chief censor in the Boer
war. and was later private secretary 10
Field Marshal Lord Roberts
lie was one OF the Lords of the Treas
ury from 1895 10 1900. Financial Sccre-
tary to tho War Office from 1900 to 1903
Postmaster-Genera from 1903 to 1905.
end Was Member ~ Parliament from
1892 to 1905. He owns about $1,000
acres iu Lancashire aud Derby Hous" In
London. and * Knight Of Grace.
ST John OF Jerusalem. His wife was the
,ldcs; daughter Of the seventh Duke OF
Manchester"
Tho Ear. or chesterfield. Edwin Francis
scudaluoro- stanley. IS the tenth Earl the
s.i'e having been created IN ICES. lie was
bonn m 1881 and married the second
daughter Of tho first Baron Nuuburu-
hume. lie was treasurer of the Queens
household from 1893 to 1894. Captain Of
the CORPS OF t'ntenleO, lN"A-"J, q ~ since
1910 has been Lord Steward Of IFS
NaJcSty's Household.
Sir John Campbell Gordon. seventh Earl
Of Aberdeen. the title having been created
I'm 1852. has been Lord Lieutenant ~ Ire
land since 1905 He offered hi resignd-
ton from the post recently but strong
pressure was brought to bear by Irish in
rucuccs to have him withdraw Il. and he
has agreed to reconsider. lie was born
bon 1875 and married the youngest daugh-
ter of the first Baron Twcedmouth. lie
WITS Lord Lieutenant Of ireland from Jan
1856: aforementioned OF Canada, 1893
lS9N has been Lord-Lieutenant of Aber-
,c,uyhire since 1850 and s honorary
member Of a number OF learned orgauiza-
tons, including Princeton University, from
njch he received the honorary degree oi
LII -. in 1897. He owns $4,000 acres and
nts Iltddp House in Aberdeen and Tar
lnl Lodge in Aberdeenshire.
Utmir Green wood was born in Whitby
ontario, in 1870. He was IN the Depart
u"ut br Agriculture OF Ontario and
senior NJ. r. for York from 1906 TO 1910
Since which time he has represented Sun.
deriand
Horny John Newbolt. born In 1853. was
graduated from oxford and practlsed Ia "
until 1893. lie was editor OF the Month";
PcrtcIr, l900-l904, and has written eN,
tensivcly both In prose and poetry espe,
chly on naval subjects Among hi.
works are the following Songs OF tn,
fleet stories from Froissart" "The
Took OF Cupid" Poems Old and New"
'Admirals AL" The Island Race" and
''The Twymans."