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1924 New Year Honours
The 1924 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom, various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were published in ''The London Gazette'' on 1 January 1924. 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 Viscount * James Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape, James Lyle, Baron Inchcape, . Baron * The Right Honourable Sir Frederick Banbury, 1st Baron Banbury of Southam, Frederick George Banbury, . * The Right Honourable Sir Charles Darling, 1st Baron Darling, Charles John Darling. * Colonel Sir Herbert Jessel, 1st Baron Jessel, Herbert Merton Jessel, . Privy Councillor * The Honourable Henry Burton (South African politician), Henry Burton, , Minister of Finance, Union of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Queen Victoria, George was the second son of Edward VII, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and was third in the line of succession to the British throne behind his father and his elder brother, Prince Albert Victor. From 1877 to 1892, George served in the Royal Navy, until the unexpected death of his elder brother in early 1892 put him directly in line for the throne. On Victoria's death in 1901, George's father ascended the throne as Edward VII, and George was created Prince of Wales. He became King-Emperor, king-emperor on his father's death in 1910. George's reign saw the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, and the Indian independence movement, all of which radically changed the poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Cayzer, 1st Baron Rotherwick
Herbert Robin Cayzer, 1st Baron Rotherwick DL (23 July 1881 – 16 March 1958), known as Sir Herbert Cayzer, 1st Baronet, from 1924 to 1939, was a British shipping magnate and Conservative Party politician. Cayzer was the fifth son of Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet, and his wife Agnes Elisabeth (née Trickey). Sir August Bernard Tellefsen Cayzer, 1st Baronet, was his elder brother. Cayzer was Chairman of the British & Commonwealth Steamship Company Ltd, of Clan Line Steamers Ltd and of the Union Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd and also sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Portsmouth South from 1918 to 1922. Shortly after the 1922 general election, he stood down in order that Leslie Wilson, the Chief Whip, could take the seat – Wilson had been defeated in his own constituency. Cayzer stood for Portsmouth South again at the 1923 general election and was returned to Parliament, holding the seat until 1939. He was created a Baronet, of Tylney in the County of Southampton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Worsfold
Sir Thomas Cato Worsfold, 1st Baronet DL JP (14 February 1861 – 11 July 1936) was a British baronet and politician. He gained an LLD from Trinity College Dublin and in 1918 he was elected as a Coalition Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Mitcham Mitcham is an area within the London Borough of Merton in South London, England. It is centred southwest of Charing Cross. Originally a village in the county of Surrey, today it is mainly a residential suburb, and includes Mitcham Common. It h .... He resigned from the House of Commons on 13 February 1923 by appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. The following year he was created a baronet, of The Hall Place in the Parish of Mitcham in the County of Surrey. References 1861 births 1936 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Deputy Lieutenants of Surrey Knights of Grace of the Order of St John UK MPs 1918–1922 UK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Lewis Richardson, 1st Baronet
Sir Lewis Richardson, 1st Baronet, CBE (2 February 1873 – 2 April 1934) was a British-born South African businessman. Born in Birmingham, he went to Cape Colony in 1881. He was head of the firm L. Richardson & Co.{{Cite news , date=3 April 1934 , title=Sir Lewis Richardson , pages=12 , work=The Times He was created a CBE in 1919, knighted in 1921, and a baronet, of Yellow Woods in the Province of the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, in 1924. See also * Richardson baronets There have been five baronetcies created for persons with the surname Richardson, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and three in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The Richardson Baronetcy, of Pencaithland ... References 1873 births 1934 deaths British emigrants to the Cape Colony 20th-century South African businesspeople South African Commanders of the Order of the British Empire South African Knights Bachelor Baronets in the Baronetage of the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Power, 1st Baronet
Sir John Cecil Power, 1st Baronet, (21 December 1870 – 5 June 1950) was a British export merchant, developer and Conservative politician at national level for 21 years then choosing not to seek re-election at the age of 74. Working life and legacies Born at Eldon, County Down, he was the son of William Taylor Power by his wife, Cecilia ''née'' Burgoyne. The family moved to London when he was aged 10. With his brother, Frederick, he entered the family business of Power, Power and Company export merchants. As a young man he travelled much in Europe and North America. In 1902 he married Mabel Perks, with whom he had five children. Power started his own real estate business, becoming a wealthy developer owning prime property in central London including Adastral House in the redeveloped Kingsway. Power became known for his generous financial gifts to various institutions. Of £24,000 collected to allow the construction of the Institute of Historical Research in 1921, Power gave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Pennefather, 1st Baronet
Sir John de Fonblanque Pennefather, 1st Baronet, Justice of the Peace, JP (29 March 1856 – 8 August 1933), was a British cotton merchant and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. Pennefather was born at Perth, Western Australia, the son of Kingsmill Pennefather by his second wife Jane Catherine Patricia de Grenier de Fonblanque, eldest daughter of Thomas de Grenier de Fonblanque, British Consul-General and chargé d'affaires in Serbia and Joan Catherine Barrington, and granddaughter of Jonah Barrington (judge), Sir Jonah Barrington. He was returned to Parliament for Kirkdale (UK Parliament constituency), Kirkdale division of Liverpool at a 1915 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election, by-election in February 1915, and held the seat until he stood down from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons at the 1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929 general election. In 1923 he adopted the first name of John, and in 1924 he was created a Baronet, of Golden, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HM Procurator General And Treasury Solicitor
The Government Legal Department (previously called the Treasury Solicitor's Department) is the largest in-house legal organisation in the United Kingdom's Government Legal Service. The department is headed by the Treasury Solicitor. This office goes back several centuries. The office was enshrined in law by the Treasury Solicitor Act 1876, which established the Treasury Solicitor as a corporation sole (an office with perpetual succession). Employees of the department exercise legal powers which are vested in the corporation sole. The department is a non-ministerial government department and executive agency. The Treasury Solicitor reports to the Attorney General for England and Wales. The department employs more than 1,900 solicitors and barristers to provide advice and legal representation on a huge range of issues to many government departments. History The department was historically known as the Treasury Solicitor's Department, but changed name to the Government Legal Depa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Mellor, 1st Baronet
Sir John Paget Mellor, 1st Baronet, (13 March 1862 – 4 February 1929) was an English lawyer and U.K. Treasury Solicitor. He was a talented amateur artist who contributed caricatures to ''Vanity Fair'' as ''Quiz''. Biography Eldest son of John William Mellor and his wife Caroline, John Paget Mellor was educated at Cheltenham and Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. and LL.B. 1884). He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1883 and called to the bar in 1886, practising on the Midland Circuit. Mellor was Assistant Solicitor to the Treasury in 1894–1899 and Solicitor to the Treasury, King's Proctor, and Procurator General between 1909 and 1923. After being made C.B. in 1905 and K.C.B. in 1911, he was created Baronet in 1924. He was a director of the Prudential Assurance Company Prudential plc is a British multinational insurance company headquartered in London, England. It was founded in London in May 1848 to provide loans to professional and working people. Prudential has du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Medical Council
The General Medical Council (GMC) is a public body that maintains the official register of medical practitioners within the United Kingdom. Its chief responsibility is to "protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public" by controlling entry to the register, and suspending or removing members when necessary. It also sets the standards for medical schools in the UK. Membership of the register confers substantial privileges under Part VI of the Medical Act 1983. It is a criminal offence to make a false claim of membership. The GMC is supported by fees paid by its members, and it became a registered charity in 2001. History The Medical Act 1858 established the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom as a statutory body. Initially its members were elected by the members of the profession, and enjoyed widespread confidence from the profession. Purpose All the GMC's functions derive from a statutory requirement for the establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald MacAlister
Sir Donald MacAlister, 1st Baronet of Tarbet (17 May 1854 – 15 January 1934) was a Scottish physician who was Principal and Vice-Chancellor and, later, Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. He was a member of the Cambridge Apostles intellectual secret society, from 1876. From 1904 to 1931 he was President of the General Medical Council. Early life Donald MacAlister was born in Perth, on 17 May 1854, the son of Daniel MacAlister (also spelt MacAllister), a publisher's agent and book-deliverer, living at 2 Earls Dykes in Perth who later went to live in Liverpool to work for Blackie and Son. His mother was Euphemia Kennedy and his younger brother, born in 1856, was Sir John MacAlister. He was cousin to Hugh Macalister. He rose in life from humble beginnings via school at the Liverpool Institute for Boys (founded 1825, closed 1985) to achieve the highest score in the final mathematics examinations at the University of Cambridge in 1877. In November 1877, he was elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Gilbert Wheaton Fox, 1st Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "Monsieur", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men titled as knights, often as members of orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms or Miss. Etymo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's Remembrancer
The King's Remembrancer (or Queen's Remembrancer) is an ancient judicial post in the legal system of England and Wales. Since the Lord Chancellor no longer sits as a judge, the Remembrancer is the oldest judicial position in continual existence. The post was created in 1154 by King Henry II as the chief official in the Exchequer Court, whose purpose was "to put the Lord Treasurer and the Barons of Court in remembrance of such things as were to be called upon and dealt with for the benefit of the Crown", a primary duty being to keep records of the taxes, paid and unpaid. The first King's Remembrancer was Richard of Ilchester, a senior servant of the Crown and later Bishop of Winchester. The King's Remembrancer continued to sit in the Court of the Exchequer until its abolition in 1882. The post of King's Remembrancer is held by the Senior Master of the King's Bench Division of the High Court. Quit Rents ceremonies The Exchequer Court is reconstituted every year for the three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
