THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY. GEORGE V., by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominious Beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India," was bern June 3, 1365, and succeeded his father, Edward VII., May 6, 1910. He was married to the Princess Victoria Mary of Teck (born May 26, 1867), July 6, 1893. In the first table following are the names of their children: First cousins of the late Queen Victoria in the paternal line were the Duke of Cambridge, born 1819, died 1904: Augusta, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, born 1822, and Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck, born 1822. died 1897. Whitaker's Peerage has a list of over 320 living blood relatives of the late Queen. * Children in SMALL CAPS. Their children follow. + Marriage dissolved, 1901. She married second Grand Duke Cvr 1 of Russia, and has by him two daughters. Grand Duke Ernest married, second, Princess Elenore of Solms- Hohensolms and has by her two sons. + Marriage dissolved in 1900, The British Government. NOTICE-Eract information concerning the European Governments was not obtainable (because of the The data herein printed is believed, however, to be approximately war) at time ALMANAC went to press. correct. THE PRESENT LIBERAL MINISTRY. THE Sir Edward Grey, K. G., Bart... Earl Beauchamp, K. G. Lewis Vernon Harcourt.... Winston Spencer Churchill. H. Webb.. Hon. E. S. Montagu. W. H. Illingworth Lord Strachie...... E. J. Griffith Francis Dyke Acland. Lord Islington..... C. H. Roberts........... H. J. Tennant......... (In the Cabinet). Sir Stanley Buckmaster, K. C... Earl of Aberdeen... Ignatius J. O'Brien........ J. F. Moriarty, K. C................ BRITISH GOVERNMENT. THE MINISTRY. (Last General Election, December, 1910.) First Lord of the Treasury. Lord President of the Council, Postmaster-General. Chief Secretary for Ireland, Lords Commissioners of the Joint Secs. Treasury. Paymaster-General. Political Secretary Home Office. Attorney-General HOUSEHOLD OFFICIALS. Lord Steward. Lord Chamberlain, SCOTLAND. THE LATE UNIONIST MINISTRY. Marquis of Salisbury. (Hon. Edmund Talbot. (Sir A. Acland Hood. Duke of Marlborough. Earl of Donoughmore. Secretary and Keeper of Great Seal. Marquis of Linlithgow. Lord Justice- General, Lord Advocate. Keeper of the Privy Seal IRELAND. COURTS OF LAW. Lord Kinross. Charles Scott Dickson, K. C. Lord Kingsburgh (Macdonald). James Avon Clyde, K. C. (Earl Dudley. In the Cabinet.) John Atkinson, K. C. HOUSE OF LORDS-Lord High Chancellor, Viscount Haldane, and such peers of Parliament as are hold- COURT OF APPEAL-Ex-Officio Judges, The Lord High Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Master of the Rolls, and the President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division. Master of the Rolls, Lord Cozens-Hardy. Lords Justices, Sir H. Burton Buckley, Sir Wm. Raun Kennedy, Sir C. Swinfen Eady, Sir Walter Philimore, Bart., Sir William Pickford. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, CHANCERY DIVISION-President, The Lord High Chancellor. Justices, Sir Matthew Ingle Joyce, Sir T. Rolls Warrington, Sir Ralph Neville, Sir Harry Trelawny Eve, Sir C. H. Sargant, Sir J. M. Astbury, HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, KING'S BENCH DIVISION-Lord Chief Justice of England, Lord Reading. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, PROBATE, DIVORCE, AND ADMIRALTY DIVISION-President, Sir Samuel COURT OF ARCHES-Judge, Sir Lewis Tonna Dibdin. BANKRUPTCY COURT-Judge, bert J. Hope, Henry J. Hood, E. W. Dmanson. Registrars, John E. Linklater, Her THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT-Continued. NAVY. LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY.-First Lord, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer Churchill, M. P.; Senior Naval Lord, Admiral Lord Fisher. Second Naval Lord, Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick "Tower Hamilton, K. C. B. Third Naval Lord, Rear-Admiral F. C. T. Tudor, C. B.; Junior Naval Lord, Capt. Cecil F. Lambert; Civil Lords, Rt. Hon. George Lambert, Rt. Hon. Sir F. J. S. Hopwood, G. C. M. G. ADMIRALS OF THE FLEET. -Sir G. H. U. Noel, G. C. B., Sir A. D. Fanshawe, G. C. B., Sir W. H. May, G. C. B. Honorary Admiral of the Fleet-H. I. M. Nicholas II., Emperor of Russia. ADMIRALS.-Hon. Sir H. Meux, Sir R. Poore, Sir Archibald B. Milne, Bt., Lord Fisher, Sir G. Le C. Egerton, Sir F. W. Fisher, Sir G. A. Callaghan, Sir F. S. Inglefield, Sir R. S. Lowry, K. C. B., Sir H. B. Jackson, K. C. B. Honorary Admirals-H. M. King of Norway, H. M. King of Sweden. VICE-ADMIRALS, -Hon. Sir S. C. J. Colville, A. M. Farquhar, E. A. Simons, Sir John R. Jellicoe, P. W. Bush, Sir C. J. Briggs, Sir F. T. Hamilton, Sir C. Burney, F. 8. Pelham, Hon. Sir A. E. Bethell, F. E. E. Brock, H. P. Williams, Sir C. H. Coke, T. H. M. Jerram, Sir G. J. S. Warrender, Bart., Sir D. A. Gamble, Sir F. C. D), Sturdee, R. N. Ommanney, E. E. Bradford, Sir E. J. W. Slade, S. H. Carden, R. B. Farquhar, Sir L. Bayly. Secretary of State for War.......... ARMY. .Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, K. P., G. C. B. Master-General of the Ordnance-Maj.-Gen. Sir S. 13. von Donop, K. C. R. Civil Member-H. J. Tennant. Finance Member-H T. Baker. Secretary-Sir Reginald Brade, K, C. B. FIELD MARSHALS. Sir Evelyn Wood, V. C., Col. Royal Horse Guards. Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, K.P. Lord Methuen, G. C. B., Col. Scots Guards. Sir J. D. P. French, G. C. B., Col. 19th Hussars GENERALS-ACTIVE LIST. H. R. H. Prince Christian of Sir E. G. Barrow, G. C. B. H. R. H. Duke of Cumberland. Sir Archibald Hunter, G. C. B. App. Sir C. W. H. Douglas, G. C. B. J. B. Leefe. Sir W. T. Adair, K. C. B. Sir H. L. Smith-Dorrlen, G.C.B THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF ENGLAND. 1903. Canterbury, Randall T. Davidson, b. 1848. App. 1901. London, Arthur Foley W. Ingram, b. 1858. † 1903. Manchester, Edmund A. Knox, b. 1847. 1897. Peterborough, Hon, Edw. CarrGlyn,b,1843, | 1911. Ripon, Thos. Wortley Drury, b. 1848. 1914. Chelmsford, John Edwin Watts-Ditchfield, b. 1889. St. Asaph, Alfred George Edwards, 1866. 1889. Chester, Francis John Jayne, b. 1845. d. 1848. 1897. St. David's, John Owen, b, 1854. nard Hodgson, b. 1854. 1911. Salisbury, F. E. Ridgeway, b. 1848. GOVERNORS OF BRITISH DOMINIONS. Commonwealth of Australia. -Sir R. Munro- New South Wales.-Sir Gerald Strickland. South Australia.-Sir H. L. Galway. West Australia.-Maj.-Gen. Sir Harry Barron. South Africa.--Viscount Buxion, High Com'r. Canada.-H. R. H. Duke of Connaught, K. G. Barbados. -Sir Leslie Probyn. Bahamas.-G. B. Haddon Smith, Bermuda.-Lieut.-Gen. Sir G. M. Bullock. Trinidad. Sir G. Ruthven Le Hunte. Leeward Islands.-Sir H. Bell. Fiji. Sir G. B. Sweet-Escott. Sierra Leone.-Sir E. M. Merewether. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT-Continued. British Representatives Abroad, Viceroy and Governor-General........ Governor of Madras...... Governor of Bombay.. Governor of Bengal.. SECRETARIES TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. LEGISLATIVE, -Sir W. H. H. Vincent. HOME.-H. Wheeler. REVENUE AND AGRICULTURE. -Sir E. D. Maclagan. FINANCE-R. W. Gillan, FOREIGN.-Sir A. H. McMahon. ARMY DEPARTMENT.-Major-Gen. W. R. Birdwood. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.-R. E. Enthoven, Central India, A. L. P. Tucker; Rajputana, Sir E. G. Colvin; Baluchistan, Lt.-Col. J. Ramsay. Residents: Hyderabad, Lt.-Col. A. F. Pinhey; Mysore, Lt. Col. H. Daly; Cashmere, Lt. Col. S. M. The information about the British Empire has the Editor of Whitaker's Almanack, London. Lord Mayor. Foreign Representatives in England. V. L. Dominguez. (Vacant.) Comte de Lalaing. Eduardo Lisboa. A. Edwards. Sao Ke Alfred Sze. G. Castenskjold. (Vacant.) (None.) M. Paul Cambon. (Vacant.) Jean Gennadius. Marq. Imperiali. Jonkheer van Swinderen. Mirza Medhi Khan. Count Benckendorff Merry del Val. Count H. Wrangel. Lord Hardinge of Penshurst. ...Lord Pentland. Lord Willingdon. Lord Carmichael. Fraser: Baroda, H. V. Cobb; Nepal, Lt. Col. J. M. Smith, V. C.; Gwalior, W. E. Jardine: Jaipur, Lt. Col S. F. Bayley; Udaipur, Lt.-Col. J. L. Kaye; Waziristan, J. S. Donald. MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN INDIA. Gen. Sir Beauchamp Duff, G. C. B., K. C. S. I. Chief of Staff, Lt. -Gen. Sir P. H. N. Lake. Adjutant-General, Major-Gen. F. J. Aylmer, V. C. Quartermaster-General, Major-Gen. W. E. Bun bury. GENERAL OFFICERS COMMANDING THE FORCES. NORTHERN ARMY.-Lt.-Gen. Sir J. Willcocks. Sir Charles Johnston.................................. 1907 1910 Aldermen, Aldermen. 1914 Sir Henry Edmund Knight, Kt... 1874 1875 1882 1890 Ald. Shf. Mayor Sir William Purdie Treloar, Bart.. 1892 1899 1906 Sir John Charles Bell, Bart.... 1894 1901 1907 Sir George Wyatt Truscott, Bart.. 1895 1902 Sir John C. Knill, Bart.... 1897 1903 1908 1909 1895 1899 Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Vesey Strong, Kt.... Sir John Pound, Bart... 1891 1894 1892 1895 1902 1904 Sir Thomas Boor Crosby, Kt., M.D. 1898 1906 Sir David Burnett, Bart 1911 1902 1907 1912 Sir Walter Vaughan Morgan, Bart. 1892 1900 1905 Sir T. Vansittart Bowater, Bart... 1907 1906 All the above have passed the Civic Chair. 1913 THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.-(See foot pote.) THE supreme legislative power of the British Empire is, by its Constitution, vested in Parliament. This body consists of two houses, the Lords and the Commons. THE HOUSE OF LORDS. The House of Lords is composed of the whole Peerage of England and of the United Kingdom, and of certain representative Peers of Scotland and Ireland, but many members of these latter have also English titles which give them seats in the House. The Duke of Buccleuch sits as Earl of Doncaster, and the Duke of Leinster as Viscount Leinster. The House at present consists of 3 Princes of the Blood, 2 Archbishops, 21 Dukes, 25 Marquesses 122 Earls, 45 Viscounts, 24 Bishops, 353 Barons, 16 Scottish Representative Peers elected for each Parliament, and 27 Irish Representative Peers elected for life-in all, 638 members, The Lord Chancellor of England is the Speaker of the House of Lords, ...... James Hamilton, 3d Duke... Wm. H. W. Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 6th 1869 1913 Marq. of Hamilton, s 1884 1884 H. R. H. Prince Johann of Saxe-Coburg, s 1872 1914 Dong. W. Campbell, c. 1840 1864 Marq. Tullibardine, s 1847 1899 Marq. of Worcester, s. 1858 1895 Marq. of Tavistock, s. 1831 1884 Earl of Dalkeith, s. Prince Arthur, s. 1894 1910 H. R. H. Arthur William Patrick, 1st Duke 1850 Alfred D. Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke.. Henry Fitzalan Howard, 15th Duke (g)..... 1868 1908 Marq. of Hartington, s 1891 1912 Prin. Alastair Arthur. 1821 1882 Earl of Euston, s. 1862 1895 Marq. of Douglas, s. 1847 1860 Earl of Arundel, s Charles H. Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke (h).. 1845 1903 Earl of March, s. 1879 1899 8, son; b, brother; c, cousin; n, nephew; u, uncle. Irish Dukes. † Royal Dukes. ‡ Scottish Dukes. (a) Eighth Duke of Queensberry, descendant of the Duke of Monmouth, son of King Charles II. (b) Son of King George V., of Hanover. (c) Daughter of the Princess Louise, eldest daughter of King Edward. (d) Descendant of Henry Fitzroy, first Duke, son of King Charles II. and Barbara Villiers. (e) His mother was Miss Yznaga, of New York. His wife (whom he married November 14, 1900) was Miss Helena Zimmerman, of Cincinnati, Ohio. () His wife was Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, daughter of William K. Vanderbilt, of New York. (g) Premier Duke. (h) Descendant of Charles Lennox, first Duke, son of King Charles II. and LouiseRenée de Queronailles. (i) Descendant of Charles Beanclerk, first Duke, son of King Charles II. and Nell Gwynne. (5) Grandson of the great Duke of Wellington, the victor of Waterloo. (k) Husband of Princess Louise, sixth child of Queen Victoria. (1) Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. (m) His wife (1903) was Miss Goelet, of New York. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House of Commons consists of 670 members-465 for England, 30 for Wales, 72 for Scotland, and 103 for Ireland. The division of parties in the House of Commons, after the General Election in December, 1910, was as follows: Liberals, 272; Nationalists, 76; Independent Nationalists, 8, and 42 Labor members: Unionists, 272; the ministerial majority being 126; the majority on November 1, 1914, was 96. The Speaker of the House is the Rt. Hon. James William Lowther, M. P. for Penrith. NOTE-The last General Election in Great Britain was held in December, 1910, and the next will, in ordinary circumstances, take place not later than December, 1915, Parliament being elected for a maximum period of five years. |