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1923 Birthday Honours
The King's Birthday Honours 1923 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King. They were published on 1 and 29 June 1923. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, ''etc.'') and then divisions (Military, Civil, ''etc.'') as appropriate. British Empire Baron * The Honourable Charles Napier Lawrence, Chairman, London, Midland and Scottish Railway. * The Honourable Herbert Cokayne Gibbs, , Chairman of the City of London Unionist Association. For public and political services. Privy Councillor * Montagu Collet Norman, , Governor of the Bank of England. * The Honourable Stanley Melbourne Bruce, , Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia. * The Honourable William Steve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Realm
A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state in the Commonwealth of Nations whose monarch and head of state is shared among the other realms. Each realm functions as an independent state, equal with the other realms and nations of the Commonwealth. King Charles III succeeded his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, as monarch of each Commonwealth realm following her death on 8 September 2022. He simultaneously became Head of the Commonwealth. there are 15 Commonwealth realms: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and the United Kingdom. All are members of the Commonwealth, an intergovernmental organisation of 56 independent member states, 52 of which were formerly part of the British Empire. All Commonwealth members are independent sovereign states, regardless of whether they are Commonwealth realms. At her accession i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evesham (UK Parliament Constituency)
Evesham was a parliamentary constituency in Worcestershire which was represented in the British House of Commons. Originally a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Evesham, it was first represented in 1295. After this its franchise lapsed for several centuries, but it then returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1604 until 1868, when its representation was reduced to one member under the Representation of the People Act 1867. From the 1885 general election, Evesham was abolished as a borough but the name was transferred to a larger county constituency electing one MP. This constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, with the town of Evesham itself being transferred to the new seat of South Worcestershire. Between 1885 and 1918 the constituency had the full name of the Southern, or Evesham, Division of Worcestershire (not to be confused with the 1950 seat). Boundaries * 1604–1885: The parishes of All Saints, Evesham, St Lawrence, Evesham and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Arthur Dorman, 1st Baronet
Sir Arthur John Dorman, 1st Baronet, (8 August 1848 – 12 February 1931) was an important British . Early life He was born at Ashford in Kent the son of Charles Dorman and Emma Page and educated at Christ's Hospital, then situated in Newgate, London. Career He was sent, at the age of 22, by his family to work at a Stockton-on-Tees ironworks where a relative was a partner. Dorman started as a puddler and rapidly progressed in his career. In 1875, he went into partnership with Albert de Lande Long to acquire the ''West Marsh'' Ironworks in Middlesbrough. During the 1880s they exploited the new steelmaking technologies being introduced at that time including the use of Open hearth furnaces. Together they built a large industrial concern, Dorman Long, which by 1914 employed 20,000 people and during the World War I was a major supplier of shells. In 1892 he stood his only time for Parliament, as the Conservative candidate for Cleveland, losing by 4.2% of the vote to Henry Fel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honiton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Honiton was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Honiton in east Devon, formerly represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It sent members intermittently from 1300, consistently from 1640. It elected two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament (MPs) until it was abolished in 1868. It was recreated in 1885 as a single-member constituency. For the 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 general election, the town of Honiton was added to the neighbouring constituency of Tiverton (UK Parliament constituency), Tiverton to form the Tiverton and Honiton (UK Parliament constituency), Tiverton & Honiton constituency. The remainder continued as the East Devon (UK Parliament constituency), East Devon constituency. Honiton was regarded as a potwalloper borough by the time of Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane. It was notorious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Clive Morrison-Bell, 1st Baronet
Sir Arthur Clive Morrison-Bell, 1st Baronet (19 April 1871 – 16 April 1956), known as Clive Morrison-Bell, was a British soldier and Conservative Party parliamentarian. Biography Arthur was the son of Sir Charles Morrison-Bell, 1st Baronet and Louisa Maria Dawes. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned in the Scots Guards in 1890. He served in the Boer War. In 1905, his father was created a Baronet. That same year the family assumed by Royal licence the additional surname and arms of Morrison in 1905, for Charles' mother, Mary Wilhelmina Morrison, the daughter and heiress of Royal Navy officer John Morrison. Arthur was promoted Major in 1908, and retired from the army the same year. At the general election of January 1910, Morrison-Bell was elected member of parliament (MP) for Honiton. In 1914, he rejoined the army at the beginning of the First World War, was captured in 1915 and returned to England in 1918. Morrison-Bell he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool Edge Hill (UK Parliament Constituency)
Liverpool Edge Hill was a borough constituency within the city and metropolitan borough of Liverpool, in the English county of Merseyside, centred on Edge Hill. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system. The constituency was created in 1918 and abolished in 1983. History There were two by-elections in Liverpool Edge Hill, following the deaths of its incumbent Members of Parliament. At the 1947 by-election, Labour held the seat with a reduced majority, but the 1979 by-election saw a large swing against Labour who lost the seat to the Liberal David Alton — a defeat which foreshadowed Labour's national loss in the 1979 general election. When the constituency disappeared for the 1983 general election, 59.85% of its territory was transferred to the new constituency of Liverpool Mossley Hill, where David Alton was re-elected. The remaining 40.15% of the seat fel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Rutherford, 1st Baronet
Sir William Watson Rutherford, 1st Baronet (1853 – 3 December 1927) was a Conservative party politician in the United Kingdom who was Member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of Liverpool. Rutherford was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1900 general election for the Liverpool Scotland constituency. He was elected Lord Mayor of Liverpool in November 1902, but resigned in early January 1903 to be the candidate in a by-election for parliament. After he was elected to parliament on 20 January 1903, he was also re-elected as mayor on 4 February 1903 and served the remainder of the term until November 1903. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool West Derby from the January 1903 by-election until 1918, and for Liverpool Edge Hill from 1918 to 1923. He was knighted in the 1918 New Year Honours and made a baronet on 24 July 1923. He developed the Rutherford Code for transmitting chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Alfred Wills
Sir George Alfred Wills, 1st Baronet of Blagdon (3 June 1854 – 11 July 1928) was a President of Imperial Tobacco and the head of an eminent Bristol family. He was the son of Henry Overton Wills III and Alice Hopkinson and was educated at Mill Hill School before joining his father’s business; he eventually became the managing director. He was responsible for the giving of £110,000 and £25,000 for the creation of a hall of residence for Bristol University students. Many of the boarding houses at Mill Hill School are located on Wills Grove, named after George Alfred Wills. George Alfred Wills was created a Baronet in 1923 Birthday Honours. He was responsible, with his brother Henry Herbert Wills, for the building of the Wills Memorial Building in memory of his father Henry Overton Wills III. Another brother was Walter Melville Wills, who was also involved with the family tobacco business.(WD & HO Wills) Wills was a nephew of Sir Edward Payson Wills Bt, Sir Frederick Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lesser Rothband
Sir Henry Lesser Rothband, 1st Baronet (died 1 November 1940), was a British public servant. Rothband was the author of ''The Rothband employment scheme for sailors and soldiers disabled in the war'', published in 1917. He was created a baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ..., of Higher Broughton, Salford, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, in 1923, in recognition of his "public services". Rothband died in November 1940 when the baronetcy became extinct. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rothband, Henry Lesser 1940 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Year of birth missing British non-fiction writers British male writers Male non-fiction writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Plender, 1st Baron Plender
William Plender, 1st Baron Plender, (20 August 1861 – 19 January 1946), known as Sir William Plender between 1911 and 1923 and as Sir William Plender, Bt, between 1923 and 1931, was a British chartered accountant and public servant. Background Plender was born at Felling, County Durham, the son of William Plender, of The Oaks, Dalston, Northumberland, by Elizabeth Agnes Smallpiece Vardy. Public life Plender was a partner in Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths and Company, chartered accountants, and served as President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants between 1910 and 1912. He was knighted in 1911. During the First World War he served as Treasury controller of German, Austrian and Turkish banks confiscated during the conflict from 1914 to 1918 and as financial advisor to the Board of Trade in 1918. He was made a Knight of Grace of the Venerable Order of Saint John (KStJ) and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1918. He was further honoured in 1923 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Provost Of Edinburgh
The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Edinburgh is the convener of the City of Edinburgh local authority, who is elected by City_of_Edinburgh_Council, the city council and serves not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city, ex officio the Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh. It is the equivalent in many ways to the institution of Mayor that exists in many other countries. While some of Scotland's subdivisions of Scotland, local authorities elect a Provost (civil), Provost, only the four main cities (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Scotland, Aberdeen and Dundee, Scotland, Dundee) have a Lord Provost. In Edinburgh this position dates from 1667, when Charles II of England, Charles II elevated the Provost to the status of Lord Provost, with the same rank and precedence as the Lord Mayor of London. The title of Lord Provost is enshrined in the ''Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994''. Roles and Traditions Prior to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal College Of Surgeons Of England
The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) is an independent professional body and registered charity that promotes and advances standards of surgical care for patients, and regulates surgery and dentistry in England and Wales. The College is located at Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. It publishes multiple medical journals including the ''Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England'', the '' Faculty Dental Journal'', and the '' Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England''. History The origins of the college date to the fourteenth century with the foundation of the "Guild of Surgeons Within the City of London". Certain sources date this as occurring in 1368. There was ongoing dispute between the surgeons and barber surgeons until an agreement was signed between them in 1493, giving the fellowship of surgeons the power of incorporation. This union was formalised further in 1540 by Henry VIII between the Worshipful Company of Barbers (incorporated 14 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
