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1918 Birthday Honours
The 1918 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King, 3 June and were published in ''The London Gazette'' on the same day, followed by a supplement. 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. United Kingdom and British Empire Viscount *The Rt. Hon. Sir John Wynford Philipps, Baron St Davids. For continuous public services in the following capacities: Lord Lieutenant of Pembroke; President of the Pembrokeshire Territorial Force Association; First Chairman of the Flour Mills Control Committee; President of the Organisation for the Employment of Retired Officers. *The Rt. Hon. David Alfred Thomas, Baron Rhondda. Fo ... [...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] |
John Butcher, 1st Baron Danesfort
John George Butcher, 1st Baron Danesfort, KC (15 November 1853 – 30 June 1935), known as Sir John Butcher, Bt, between 1918 and 1924, was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. Background and education Butcher was the second son of the Most Reverend Samuel Butcher, Bishop of Meath, the grandson of Vice-Admiral Samuel Butcher (1770–1849), and the younger brother of Samuel Henry Butcher. His mother was Mary, daughter of John Leahy. He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, in 1878. Political career Butcher was Member of Parliament for York from 1892 to 1906 and from 1910 to 1923, in 1918 becoming the first Member of Parliament for York to be the sole parliamentary representative, as the constituency had previously had two MPs. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1897, awarded the honorary freedom of the City of York in 1906 and created a baronet, of Danesfort in the County of Kerry, in 1918. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Baines
Sir Frank Baines, KCVO, CBE, FRIBA (1877–1933) was chief architect at the British Office of Works from 1920 to 1927. His most famous work was Thames House and its neighbour Imperial Chemical House (1929–30) in London. Thames House is currently the headquarters of the British Security Service (MI5) and Imperial Chemical House was built as the headquarters for Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI). Much of his work involved the conservation and preservation of old buildings, on which he had a worldwide reputation, including Tintern Abbey, Bylands Abbey, Huntingtower Castle, Jedburgh Abbey, Melrose Abbey, and Dryburgh Abbey. He was also adviser on the restoration of Westminster Hall, Eltham Palace Hall, and Caernarfon Castle in connection with the investiture of the Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII. However, he is also known for perpetuating the arts and crafts style into the mid-20th century, particularly by his large estates at ElthamRoe Green Kingsbury, and Camber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Rhys-Williams
Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams, 1st Baronet, (20 October 1865 – 29 January 1955), born Rhys Williams, was a British Liberal Party politician from Wales. He later left the Liberal Party for the Conservatives.''The Times'', 31 January 1955 Family Rhys-Williams was the son of Judge Gwilym Williams and Emma Eleanor Williams JP. His wife Juliet Rhys-Williams (née Glyn) was a writer and prominent Liberal politician who, like her husband, later joined the Conservative Party via the Liberal Nationals. They met in 1919 when Juliet Glyn began working for Rhys-Williams as his private secretary during his period of office as parliamentary secretary at the Ministry of Transport. They married on 24 February 1921. They had two sons and two daughters. Their son, Sir Brandon Rhys-Williams became a Conservative MP and Member of the European Parliament.''Who was Who'', OUP 2007 Education Rhys-Williams was educated at Eton College, which he entered in 1880, and Oriel College, Oxford. Military service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangor University
, former_names = University College of North Wales (1884–1996) University of Wales, Bangor (1996–2007) , image = File:Arms_of_Bangor_University.svg , image_size = 250px , caption = Arms Flag , motto = cy, Gorau Dawn Deall , mottoeng = "The Best Gift is Knowledge" , established = 1884 , type = Public , administrative_staff = , chancellor = George Meyrick , vice_chancellor = Edmund Burke , students = () , undergrad = () , postgrad = () , city = Bangor , state = , country = Wales , coordinates = , campus = Bangor , colours = , other_name = cy, Y Coleg ar y Bryn ("The College on the Hill") , affiliations = EUAUniversities UKUniversity of Wales ACUHEA EIBFS , website bangor.ac.uk, logo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British And Foreign Sailors Society
Sailors’ Society is an international Christian charity working in ports across the world. The organisation has chaplains and ship visitors in 91 global ports, who help seafarers and their families, from all faiths and none, with welfare and practical support. The charity has projects and services covering 30 countries. History In 1817, George Charles ‘Bosun’ Smith called a meeting at the City of London Tavern in Bishopsgate. The meeting led to the charity's formation on 18 March 1818, as the Port of London Society. An estimated 45,000 seafarers were visiting the port of London annually and the Society moored a former sloop of war on the River Thames, the ''Mars'', renaming it the ''Ark'', and repurposing it as a floating chapel where seafarers could congregate and pray. Social reformer Elizabeth Fry asked the charity to send books for her to pass on to men posted at coastguard stations and the First Lord of the Treasury Robert Peel made a grant of £500 to help the organi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Thomas, 1st Baronet
Sir Robert John Thomas, 1st Baronet (23 April 1873 – 27 September 1951) was a Welsh businessman and Liberal Party politician, who was twice elected to Parliament. Thomas was a ship and insurance broker. In 1918 he was created a Baronet, of Garreglwyd in the County of Anglesey. Politics He was elected at the 1918 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the new constituency of Wrexham. Standing as a Liberal, with the official backing of the David Lloyd George led Coalition Government, he faced only a Labour Party opponent and won 76% of the votes. At the 1922 general election he stood as a National Liberal Party candidate for Anglesey Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ..., losing by a margin of 9% to the sitting Labour MP Sir Owen Thomas. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Edward Pryce-Jones, 1st Baronet
Sir Pryce Edward Pryce-Jones, 1st Baronet TD (6 February 1861–22 May 1926) was Conservative MP for Montgomery Boroughs. Early life Pryce Edward Pryce-Jones was born on 6 February 1861, the eldest son of Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones (1834–1920) of Dolerw, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, who established the mail-order clothing firm of Pryce-Jones Ltd and served as MP for Montgomery Boroughs in 1884–5 and 1892–5.''Burke's'': Pryce-Jones. He qualified as a Barrister-at-Law at the Inner Temple in 1892 and received his MA from Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1893. He later served as chairman of Pryce-Jones Ltd. Political career He won his father's old seat of Montgomery Boroughs in 1895 and held it at the 1900 election. He lost to the Liberals in 1906 and failed to win the seat back in January 1910. However, he did win it at the second election that year, in December. He stood down in 1918 when the constituency was abolished. He was created a baronet on 4 July 1918. Military career He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Charles Petrie, 1st Baronet
Sir Charles Petrie, 1st Baronet DL (1853 – 8 July 1920) was a Scottish businessman and local politician, Lord Mayor of Liverpool in 1901–2. Life Petrie was born near Newburgh, Fife, the son of Alexander Petrie of Carrowcarden, and went into the family fishery business; from 1855 his father was based in Sligo, Ireland, with a fishery on the River Moy, which Petrie joined after education at Wesley College, Dublin. In 1876 he set up on his own in Manchester, subsequently moving to Liverpool. Petrie had salmon fisheries in Scotland and Ireland, and oyster fisheries in Ireland, at Fleetwood, and in Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea .... He was leader of the Liverpool Conservatives, knighted in 1903 after his term as Lord Mayor, and created a baronet in 1918. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Herbert Parsons, 1st Baronet
Sir Herbert James Francis Parsons, 1st Baronet (9 September 1870 – 2 February 1940) was a British businessman and politician. Parsons was the son of George Henry Parsons and Ruth Bridges. In 1892 he inherited his father's manufacturing chemist and pharmaceutical business, Ashton & Parsons. He was also an underwriter at Lloyd's of London. He was honorary colonel of the 3rd City of London Regiment between 1911 and 1923. Parsons was appointed a Knight Bachelor on 1 January 1912. In July 1912 he was elected to fill a vacancy as a Municipal Reform Party alderman on the London County Council. During the First World War, he helped to raise two volunteer battalions and volunteered with the Red Cross. On 24 June 1918, Parsons was created a baronet, of Winton Lodge in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom "for public and patriotic services" in the 1918 Birthday Honours The 1918 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Mason, 1st Baron Blackford
William James Peake Mason, 1st Baron Blackford JP (11 November 1862 – 21 July 1947), known as Sir William Mason, Bt, between 1918 and 1935, was a British politician and public servant. Mason was the son of George Holt Mason, of Broadwater, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and Laura Mary, daughter of Charles John Moakes. He was called to the Bar, Middle Temple, in 1891. In 1910 he unsuccessfully contested Finsbury East as a Conservative in both general elections of that year. During the First World War he was Chairman of Executive of the British Ambulance Committee and was created a Baronet in 1918 for "public and local services". Mason was also a Justice of the Peace for Somerset and served as High Sheriff of Somerset in 1928. In 1935 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Blackford, of Compton Pauncefoot in the County of Somerset, for "political and public services in the County of Somerset". There is no record of him having ever spoken in the House of Lords The House of Lords, al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet
Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet (13 February 1847 – 3 November 1934) was a Scottish businessman who founded the British construction firm which is now known as Sir Robert McAlpine. Career He left school at the age of 10 to work in a coal mine, but became an apprentice bricklayer. He was involved in the building of roads, public buildings and other works, some of the tunnelling for the Glasgow Subway and the Singer Sewing Machine factory in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire. Overseas, in 1918 McAlpine was contracted to expand the harbour in Heraklion, Crete. The power station built for the purpose was later used to provide the town's electricity. Construction company McAlpine built up the large building and civil engineering firm that bears his name. He was also a pioneer in the use of concrete and labour-saving machinery. See also Glenfinnan Viaduct. Baronet He was made a baronet in June 1918, the first of the McAlpine baronets. Family Robert McAlpine was married twice. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
