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1925 Birthday Honours
The 1925 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, and were published in ''The London Gazette'' on 3 June 1925. 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 * Marcus Samuel, Baron Bearsted Privy Councillor The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council: *Colonel William Graham Nicholson Member of Parliament for the Petersfield Division since 1897. Chairman of the Selection Committee of the House of Commons and of the Chairman's Panel Baronetcies *Lieutenant-Colonel George Loyd Courthope Member of Parliament for the Rye Division of Suss ... [...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 Bland-Sutton
Sir John Bland-Sutton, 1st Baronet (21 April 1855 – 20 December 1936), was a British surgeon. Biography He was the son of Enfield Highway farmer Charles William Sutton and was educated at the local school. From there, he entered a private anatomy school run by Thomas Cooke, teaching anatomy to earn money so he could study at the Middlesex Hospital. There, he became a lecturer. He did this job from 1886 to 1896. In 1886, he also became an Assistant Surgeon, specializing in pelvic operations on women. In 1889, he changed his name from John Bland Sutton to John Bland-Sutton. In 1896, he was replaced as Lecturer in Anatomy at Middlesex Hospital by Arthur Robinson. In 1905, he was appointed Surgeon at the Middlesex Hospital, resigning in 1920 to become Consulting Surgeon. Knighted on 1 July 1912, Bland-Sutton was President of the Royal Society of Medicine between 1920 and 1922 and of the Royal College of Surgeons of England from 1923 to 1925. He delivered the Bradshaw lecture at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David William Evans
Sir David William Evans (4 November 1866 – 17 March 1926) was a Welsh people, Welsh lawyer and public servant, who played a leading role in the fight against tuberculosis in Wales. In his early adult life, Evans was a very keen sportsman and played rugby union for Oxford University RFC, Oxford University and Cardiff RFC, Cardiff. He played five international matches for Wales national rugby union team between 1889 and 1891. Life Evans was born at Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, his father (Thomas Evans) being a merchant and musician. Evans was educated at Llandovery School and Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating in 1885. He won his "Oxford Blue, Blue" at rugby football, rugby in 1887 and 1888, but the Cambridge University R.U.F.C., Cambridge University team won on both occasions. He played for the Wales national rugby union team against the Ireland national rugby union team, Irish and Scotland national rugby union team, Scottish teams in 1889, and against the England nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd's Of London
Lloyd's of London, generally known simply as Lloyd's, is an insurance and reinsurance market located in London, England. Unlike most of its competitors in the industry, it is not an insurance company; rather, Lloyd's is a corporate body governed by the Lloyd's Act 1871 and subsequent Acts of Parliament. It operates as a partially-mutualised marketplace within which multiple financial backers, grouped in syndicates, come together to pool and spread risk. These underwriters, or "members", are a collection of both corporations and private individuals, the latter being traditionally known as "Names". The business underwritten at Lloyd's is predominantly general insurance and reinsurance, although a small number of syndicates write term life insurance. The market has its roots in marine insurance and was founded by Edward Lloyd at his coffee house on Tower Street in 1688. Today, it has a dedicated building on Lime Street which is Grade I listed. Traditionally business is tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London General Omnibus Company
The London General Omnibus Company or LGOC, was the principal bus operator in London between 1855 and 1933. It was also, for a short period between 1909 and 1912, a motor bus manufacturer. Overview The London General Omnibus Company was founded in 1855 to amalgamate and regulate the many independent horse-drawn omnibus services then operating in London. Originally an Anglo-French enterprise, also known as the Compagnie Generale des Omnibus de Londres, the LGOC soon became the largest omnibus operator in London. It bought out hundreds of independently owned buses and established a consistent level of service for its fleet. Within a year, the LGOC controlled 600 of London's 810 omnibuses. Under its chairman Sir John Pound, in 1902 it looked at an option to purchase a competitor, the Star Omnibus Company, but it was unable to complete negotiations. LGOC began using motor omnibuses in 1902, and the last LGOC horse-drawn bus ran on 25 October 1911. In 1908 the LGOC bought the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent ceremonial counties of England, counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England. The Underground has its origins in the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground passenger railway. Opened on 10 January 1863, it is now part of the Circle line (London Underground), Circle, District line, District, Hammersmith & City line, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. The first line to operate underground electric locomotive, electric traction trains, the City & South London Railway in 1890, is now part of the Northern line. The network has expanded to 11 lines, and in 2020/21 was used for 296 million passenger journeys, making it List of metro systems, one of the world's busiest metro systems. The 11 lines collectively handle up to 5 million passenger journeys a day and serve 272 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Edwin Blain
Sir Herbert Edwin Blain (14 May 1870 – 16 December 1942) was a British trade unionist and political activist. Blain was educated at Liverpool Technical School, then began his career as a clerk working for Liverpool Corporation.Blain, Sir Herbert Edwin , '' Who Was Who'' In 1896, he formed the Liverpool Municipal Officers' Guild, an association which opened its membership to all local government officers in the city, regardless of grade. In order to cement its position, he appointed prominent local officials and politicians to honorary positions in the guild, and organising a wide range of social and sporting activities for members. Over the next few years, he worked with staff at other a ... [...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] |
Royal Free Hospital
The Royal Free Hospital (also known simply as the Royal Free) is a major teaching hospital in the Hampstead area of the London Borough of Camden. The hospital is part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which also runs services at Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital and a number of other sites. The trust is a founder member of the UCLPartners academic health science centre. History Early history What became the Royal Free Hospital was founded in 1828 by the surgeon William Marsden to provide free care to those of little means. It is said that one evening, Marsden found a young girl lying on the steps of St. Andrew Church, Holborn, dying from disease and hunger and sought help for her from one of the nearby hospitals. However, none would take the girl in and she died two days later. After this experience Marsden set up a small dispensary at 16 Greville Street, Holborn, called the London General Institution for the Gratuitous Care of Malignant Diseases. The hospita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Berry (surgeon)
Sir James Berry FRCS Society of Antiquaries of London, FSA (1860-17 March 1946) was a Canadian-born British surgeon. Berry was born in Kingston, Ontario, to English solicitor Edward Berry of Croydon, Croydon, London and was educated at Whitgift School, Croydon and St Bartholomew's Hospital. He then served as house surgeon at St Bartholomew's to Sir Thomas Smith, and was demonstrator of anatomy. In 1885 he became surgeon to the Alexandra Hospital for Diseases of the Hip, in Queen Square but in 1891 was elected consulting surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital. There he established a reputation for surgery of cleft palates, a condition from which he himself suffered, and the treatment of goitre. During the First World War he and his wife Frances established six hospitals in Serbia for the treatment of wounded soldiers and refugees. He was with the Serbian army at Odessa in Russia from 1916 to 1917. For his efforts here, he was awarded the Order of the Star of Romania (4th class), Order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Barnett (politician)
Major Sir Richard Whieldon Barnett (6 December 1863 – 17 October 1930) was an Irish barrister, sportsman, volunteer officer and freemason who sat as a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom House of Commons. He also competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Early life and education He was the eldest son of Richard Barnett, a doctor of medicine of Ardmore, Holywood, County Down and his wife Adela ''née'' Whieldon. He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, where he studied classics and law. He graduated with a BA Honours in jurisprudence in 1887 and an MA and Bachelor of Civil Law in 1889. While at university he joined the Oxford University Volunteers, a volunteer unit of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry, obtaining the rank of captain. From 1889 to 1897 he held a commission in the 22nd Middlesex Rifle Volunteers (The Rangers), acting as musketry instructor. Career In 1889 he moved to London where he was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1889 and practiced on the South- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llewellyn William Atcherley
Major-General Sir Llewellyn William Atcherley, (1 March 1871 – 17 February 1954) was a Canadian-born officer in the British Army and Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Constabulary. He was born in Elizabethtown, now Brockville, Ontario to Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Topping Atcherley and educated in England at Oundle School. He joined the British Army and after training at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (RMCS) became a junior officer in the East Lancashire Regiment. In 1894 he transferred to the Army Service Corps, with which he took part in the Ashanti Campaign of 1895. He was promoted to captain on 13 August 1898, and the following year went to South Africa for service in the Second Boer War from 1899 to 1902. For his service in this war, he received a brevet rank of major on 20 November 1900, and was noted for future staff employment. In 1905 he was promoted to the substantive rank of major, but left the Army in 1906 to become Chief Constable of Shropshire Constabu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
