Culture, Commoners Titles, Baronetcies of England Alphabetically, Baronet Hulton of Downside

The London Gazette 31316. [29th April 1919]. The King has been graciously pleased to .signify His Majesty's intention of conferring Baronetcies of the United Kingdom on the following:—

Sir Kenneth Skelton Anderson, K.C.M.G. Manager of the Orient Steam Navigation Company. Member of the Shipping Con trol Committee. Has undertaken executive responsibility for the organisation and direc tion of the British Liner Services under the special scheme of requisition, which, on his advice, was applied to those services early in 1917.

James Herbert Cory, Esq. M.P. for Cardiff, 1915-18. High Sheriff, 1913. Public and Parliamentary services.

Colonel George Dixon. J.P. and D.L. for Cheshire. High Sheriff for Cheshire, 1881. County Commandant, Cheshire Volunteer Regiment, which was inaugurated by him in 1915. Chairman, Cheshire War Pensions Committee, War Agricultural Committee, and several other local War Committees. Public and local services.

Colonel George Augustus Duncombe. Senior Partner in Beckett & Co., York and E. Riding Bank. Chairman of the Bench of Magistrates. Public and local services.

John Samuel Fletcher, Esq. M.P. for Hampstead, 1905-18. Member of L.C.C., 1889-1904; Deputy Chairman, 1900. Chairman of Hampstead Board of Guardians, 1880-98. Public and Parliamentary services.

William Garthwaite, Esq. Public services in developing relations be tween Canada and France, and inaugurating direct line of shipping between these countries. Special war services to the Admiralty.

Charles Greenway, Esq. Chairman and Managing Director of Angloi-Persian Oil Company, Ltd. Important national service during the War.

Captain Sir Charles Edward Heley Chadwyck Healey, K.C.B., K.C., R.N.V.R. Intimately connected with the history of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Equipment and administration of the Hospital Ship "Queen Alexandra" for the: Navy. Valuable service on the Admiralty Trans port Arbitration Board.

Sir Henry Fleming Hibbert. Chairman of Lancashire Education Com mittee from its inception. Chairman of the Education Committee of the County Coun cils' Association. Public and county ser vices.

Edward Hulton (age 50), Esq. Newspaper proprietor. Public services during the War [Baronet Hulton of Downside. Fanny Elizabeth Warriss aka Millie Lindon Lady Hulton (age 50) by marriage Lady Hulton of Downside.].

Ernest Jardine, Esq. M.P. for East Somerset, 1910-18. Par liamentary and local services.

Frederick John Jones, Esq. Three times President of Mining Association of Great Britain. Twenty-one years Chairman of South Yorkshire Coal Trade Association. Seven years Chairman of Miners' Conciliation Board. Public ser vices.

Thomas Paul Latham, Esq. Deputy Chairman of Courtaulds, Ltd. Public and local services, particularly to the Ministry of Pensions. William Thomas Madge, Esq. Managing Director of " The People," Ltd. Formerly Manager of the " Globe " Newspaper, with which he was connected for forty-two years. Public services.

James Marr, Esq., C.B.E. Member of Shipping Controller's Advi sory 'Committee, and of the Shipbuilding Council. J.P. for County of Durham. Public services in connection with the Ship ping Control.

John. Throgmorton Middlemore, Esq. M.P. for North Birmingham, 1899-1918. J.P. for Birmingham and Worcestershire. Generous supporter of the Birmingham Art Gallery. Founded and managed for forty years the Middlemore Children's Emigration Homes for the training of destitute children in Agriculture in Canada. Parliamentary and local services.

Norman Moore, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P. President of the Royal College of Physicians. Consulting Physician and Emeritus Lecturer on the Principles and Practice of Medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, University of London. Repre sentative of the Royal College of Physi cians of London on the General Medical Council.

Sir John David Rees, K.C.I.E., O.V.O., M.P. Under-Secretary to Madras Government; Civil and Sessions Judge; Deputy Regis trar. Additional Member of Governor General's Council, 1895-97 and 1898-1900. M.P. for Montgomery District, 1906-10, and East Nottingham, 1912-18. mentary and public, services.

George Rhodes, Esq., J.P., D.L. Deputy-Lieutenant -for Cheshire, and County Magistrate for twenty-one years. Public and local services.

George Augustus Button, Esq. Director of Publicity, National War- Bonds Campaign, 1917, for which he raised more than one thousand million pounds sterling. Public services.

Sir William James Thomas, J.P. Public and local services, more particu larly in connection with the Welsh University.

Samuel James Waring, Esq. High Sheriff of Denbighshire. and local services.