New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-04
Waldorf Astor
Named Viscount
BY King George
Baron Among Those Hon,
ored in British Rulers
Birthday List

London, June Baron Aston. OF
liever Castle. formerly William Wal
dorf Aston, Of New York. is ono Of three
upon whom the title Of yiscount is con
ferred in the Kings birthday list, made
public to-day. The list, which is for
mjdable in length. grants recognition
for services given In all fields Of en-
deavor in connection with tho war,
rather than for tho peaceful arts. al
though William Watson, the poet, is
one Of the forty-six admitted to
knighthood. Mr.. Watson brought much
criticism on himself by his poem "Thc
Woman with the Serpent's Tongue"
The title Of baron was conferred on
William Waldorf Astor by King George
on New Years Day, 1916. mainly, it was
thought, because Of mis- large contrbu-
tions TO the war funds Mr. Aston took
up his residence in England more than
seventeen years ago. He still has large
property holdings in New York. His
son, Captain John Jacob Aston. OF the
LIST Life Guards. was wounded in the
campaign Of 1914. His daughter-in-law.
one Of the famous Lanehorne sisters,
well known in America for their
beauty, has been an active worker
among the wounded during the war.
Long List of Honors
The birthday list is an extremely
long one Of diplomatic. colonial and
Indian honors, as well as the service
promotions. in addition to what is
known as the Premier's list. Besides
the viscounts and knights it eleyates
five to the peerage, twenty-five to the
title Of baronet and eight Englishmen
and two Irishmen to the Offices Of
Privy Councillors Forty-six were
knighted
The Earl of Rosebery - given the
Royal Victorian Chain. Among the mil
i.ary promotions are those Of Major
General r. II. II. Allenbv and Lieu
tenant General Sir Charles c. Monro,
who are made generals. Field Marshal
Niscount French receives the rare dis
tinction Of being appointed Knight of
the Most lllustrlous Order of St. Pat
rick. The other new viscounts are
Baron Deyonport who resigned last
week as Food Controller. aud Baron
Farquhar, Lord Steward. The Right
Hon. Amelius Richard Mark Lock
wood, Colonel Richard Godolphin
Walmesley Chaloner, Major General Sir
lyor Herbert, the Right Hon. Sir Fred
erick Henry Smith, banker. and Sir
William Heskith Lever are created
barons.
Canadian Made Baronet
Among the new baronets are Sir
Thomas X. Dewar, Sir Robert A. Had
field. Sir William Henry Dunn, Lord
Mayor of London. and J. ". tlavelle,
Canadian Minister Of Munitions.
The new knights include John Foster
Fraser, traveller and lecturer; Hamo
Thorneycroft, sculptor; Arthur Stock
dale Cope, painter; Greenwood Mears,
secretary to the Dardanelles Commits
sion; a. X. Roberts, journalist George
Bury, vice-president Of the Canadian
Pacific Railway; Thomas Erskine Hol-
land, lawyer; John Arid. manager Of
the Canadian Bank of Commerce. and
George Burn, manager of the Bank of
Ottawa.
James Henry Thomas, Labor member
of Parliament for Derby and assistant
general secretary of the Amalgamated
Society of Railway Servants. is made
a Privy Councillor. Mr.. Thomas was
recently selected 70 represent the
British trades unions in the United
States at the invitation of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor and is now
in America.