Honor List

The January Honor List was a disappointing affair. It had been prophesied that the Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, would receive a dukedom, but nothing of the sort occurred.

The following are the most conspicuous of the men who were honored:

Baron Inchcape became a viscount. Lord Inchcape is Chairman of the Peninsula and Oriental, and the British India Steam Navigation Companies. He has considerable interests in India and is a well known banker. He is 71 years of age.

Sir Charles John Darling became a baron. He is 74 years of age and resigned a few weeks ago after 26 years' service as a Judge of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. He is celebrated for his wit, which very often can turn to biting sarcasm. He is also a poet.

Sir Herbert Merton Jessel was made a baron. He served in the Ministry of Supply during the War and can be termed a soldier-politician, having joined the 17th Lancers, one of Britain's crack regiments, when 20 years of age. Aged 57, he has been an M.P. several times. It was he who carried the Old Age Pensions Act through the House of Commons in 1911.

Sir Frederick George Banbury likewise became a baron. He is 73 years of age, has been Conservative M. P. for over 17 years and is Chairman of the Great Northern Railway.

The remaining feature of the Honor List was the award of the First Class Kaiser-i-Hind* medal to two Americans: Sam Higginbottom and Dr. Louisa Helena Hart. Mr. Higginbottom is principal of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute, a branch concern of the Ewing Christian College of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. Dr. Hart is an American missionary at Arcat.

*The Kaisar-i-Hind medal means the medal of the Emperor of India. It is gold and is awarded for distinguished public service in or for India.