The dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granted unto the undermentioned Gentlemen, and the respective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, namely:Thomas Bazley, of Tolmers, in the county of Hertford, and of Hatherop House, in the county of Gloucester, Esq.; Francis Seymour, Esq., C.B., Major-General in Her Majesty's Army; James O'Connell, of Lakeview, Killarney, and of Ballybeggan, Tralee, both in the county of Kerry, Esq.; Titus Salt, of Saltaire, and of Crow Nest, in the parish of Halifax, both in the West Riding of the county of York, Esq.; Joseph Whitworth, of The Firs, in the parish of Rusholme, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and of Stancliffe, in the parish of Darley, in the county of Derby, Esq.; William Fairbairn, of Ardwick, in the parish of Manchester, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, Esq.; Hardman Earle, of Allerton Tower, Woolton, in the parish of Childwall, near Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, Esq.; and William Jackson, of Birkenhead, in the County Palatine of Chester, Esq. 9. The dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granted unto Sydney Smith Bell, Esq., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. John Robert Seeley, Esq., to be Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge, in the room of the Rev. Charles Kingsley, resigned. 11. Alfred Austin, Esq., late Secretary to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. 12. The Rev. Francis Synge, of Trinity College, Cambridge, M.A., to be one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools; and Andrew E. Scougal, Esq., of Aberdeen, to be one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in Scotland. 14. The Right Hon. James Moncrieff, Her Majesty's Advocate for Scotland, to be Her Majesty's Justice Clerk and President of the Second Division of the Court of Session in Scotland, and also one of the Senators of the College of Justice there. The office of Her Majesty's Advocate for Scotland granted to George Young, Esq., Her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Scotland, in the room of the Right Hon. James Moncrieff, appointed Her Majesty's Justice Clerk and President of the Second Division of the Court of Session in Scotland. The office of Solicitor-General for Scotland granted to Andrew Rutherfurd Clark, Esq., Advocate (now Sheriff of Haddington and Berwick). 23. The Right Hon. Austen Henry Layard to be Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Madrid. 25. The Queen has been pleased to order a congé d'elire to the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Exeter, empowering them to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the death of Henry Phillpotts, D.D., late Bishop thereof; and Her Majesty has also been pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the Reverend Frederick Temple, D.D., to be by them elected Bishop of the said See. Letters Patent granting unto Albert William Woods, Esq., Lancaster Herald, the office of Garter Principal King of Arms, with the name of Garter, and the style, liberties, and pre-eminences belonging to the said office, the same having become vacant by the decease of Sir Charles George Young, Knight, late Garter. Alexander Wilson Moir, Esq., to be President and Senior Member of the Executive Council of the Virgin Islands; Edward John Cloke, David Cowie, David Kennedy Porter, and Archibald Gerard, Esqs., to be Members of the Executive Council of the Island of St. Vincent; Joseph Gibson Gordon, Esq., to be a Member of the Executive Council of the Virgin Islands; and George Campbell Anderson, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Bahama Islands. 26. Acton Smee Ayrton, Esq., to be First Commissioner of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings. 28. The Queen has been pleased to order a congé d'élire to the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Carlisle, empowering them to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the death of Samuel Waldegrave, D.D., late Bishop thereof; and Her Majesty has also been pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the Very Reverend Harvey Goodwin, D.D., Dean of Ely, to be by them elected Bishop of the said See. 29. Charles Watson Townley, Esq., to be Custos Rotulorum of the Isle of Ely, in the room of Henry John Adeane, Esq., resigned. Nov. 4. The Rev. Charles Kingsley, M.A., to be Canon of the Cathedral Church of Chester, vice the Rev. George Moberly, D.C.L., promoted to the Sce of Salisbury. -6. Joseph Dalton Hooker, Esq., M.D., Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. 8. Anthony Musgrave, Esq., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of British Columbia and its dependencies. - 22. The Right Hon. Henry George Elliot, Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Sublime Ottoman Porte, to be an Extra Member of the Civil Division of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. - 26. The dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granted to the following persons and the respective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten : James, Earl of Southesk, in that part of the United Kingdom called Scotland, K.T., by the name, style, and title of Baron Balinhard, of Farnell, in the county of Forfar. William, Earl of Listowel, in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, by the name, style, and title of Baron Hare, of Connamore, in the county of Cork. The Right Hon. Edward George Fitzalan Howard (commonly called Lord Edward George Fitzalan Howard) by the name, style, and title of Baron Howard, of Glossop, in the county of Derby. The Right Hon. John Wilson Fitzpatrick, of Granstown Manor and Lisduff, in Queen's County, by the name, style, and title of Baron Castletown, of Upper Ossory, in Queen's County. Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, of Aldenham, in the county of Salop, Bart., by the name, style, and title of Baron Acton, of Aldenham, in the said county of Salop. Thomas James Agar Robartes, of Lanhydrock, in the county of Cornwall, Esq., by the name, style, and title of Baron Robartes, of Lanhydrock, and of Truro, in the said county of Cornwall. George Carr Glyn, of Stanmore-park, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., by the name, style, and title of Baron Wol verton, of Wolverton, in the county of Buckingham. Fulke Southwell Greville-Nugent, of Clonyn Castle, in the county of Westmeath, Esq., by the name, style, and title of Baron Greville, of Clonyn, in the said county of Westmeath. 29. Colonel James Fraser, Commissioner of the Police of the City of London, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. John Lucie Smith, Esq., C.M.G., to be Chief Justice of the Island of Jamaica. Dec. 11.-At the Court at Windsor, the Queen, as Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, was graciously pleased, by Letters Patent under her Royal Sign Manual and the Great Seal of the Order, bearing date respectively this day, to dispense with all the statutes and regulations usually observed in regard to installation, and to give and grant unto Stratford, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and George Frederick Samuel, Earl de Grey and Earl of Ripon, Lord President of the Council, Knights of the said Most Noble Order of the Garter, and duly invested with the ensigns thereof, full power and authority to exercise respectively all rights and privileges belonging to a Knight Companion of the said Most Noble Order, in as full and ample a manner as if they had been formally installed, any decree, rule or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. The honour of Knighthood conferred on Joseph Causton, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of the City of London and Sheriff of the county of Middlesex. The honour of Knighthood conferred on James Vallentin, Esq., Sheriff of the City of London and county of Middlesex. The Rev. Charles Merivale, D.C.L., to be Dean of the Cathedral Church of Ely, vice Dr. Harvey Goodwin, promoted to the Bishopric of Carlisle. 13. William Henry Simpson, Esq., to be Collector of Customs for Her Majesty's Settlement on the Gambia, on the Western Coast of Africa. HER MAJESTY'S MINISTERS AND CHIEF OFFICERS OF STATE. THE CABINET. First Lord of the Treasury, Right Hon. Lord President of the Council, Right Chancellor of the Exchequer, Right Hon. Secretary of State, Home Department, President of the Board of Trade, Right Chief Secretary for Ireland, Right Hon. President of Poor Law Board, Right Hon. Commander-in-Chief, Field-Marshal His Royal Highness Duke of Cambridge. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Right Hon. Lord Dufferin and Clandeboye. Works and Public Buildings, Right Hon. Acton S. Ayrton. Vice-President of Committee of Council of Education, Right Hon. William E. Forster. Junior Lords of Her Majesty's Treasury, W. Patrick Adam, Esq., Capt. Hon. J. Vivian, Marquis of Lansdowne, William Henry Gladstone, Esq. Joint Secretaries to the Treasury, George Grenfell Glyn, Esq., Right Hon. James Stansfeld. Judge Advocate-General and Judge Marshall, Right Hon. Sir Colman O'Loghlen. Junior Lords of the Admiralty, ViceAdmiral Sir S. C. Dacres, Vice-Admiral Sir R. S. Robinson, Capt. Lord John Hay, G. Otto Trevelyan, Esq. Secretary to the Admiralty, W. E. Baxter, Esq. Parliamentary Secretary to Poor Law Board, Arthur Wellesley Peel, Esq. Under Secretary of State, Home Department, E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen, Esq. Under Secretary of State, Foreign Depart- Under Secretary of State, Indian Depart- Solicitor-General, Sir John Duke Coleridge. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Earl Spencer, K.G. Viceroy of India, Earl of Mayo. Earl Marshal, Duke of Norfolk. Lord Great Chamberlain, Lord Willoughby D'Eresby. Lord Steward of the Household, Earl of Bessborough. Lord Chamberlain of the Household, Viscount Sydney. Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Right Hon. T. O'Hagan. Lord Advocate for Scotland, Right Hon. George Young. HIGH SHERIFFS FOR 1869. ENGLAND. BEDFORDSHIRE.-Henry Francis Cockayne Cust, of Cockayne Hatley, Esq. BUCKS.-Abraham John Robarts, of Lillingston Dayrell, Esq. CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE.-George Thornhill, of Diddington, Esq. CHESHIRE.-Samuel Woodhouse, of Norley Hall, Frodsham, Esq. CORNWALL.-John Whitehead Peard, of Trenython, Esq. CUMBERLAND.-John Ewart of Kingfield House, Esq. DERBYSHIRE.-George Henry Strutt, of Bridge-hill, Belper, Esq. DEVONSHIRE.-John Garratt, of Bishop's-court, Esq. DORSETSHIRE.-Sir Richard George Glyn, of Gauntz House, Bart. GLOUCESTERSHIRE.-James Fenton, of Norton Hall, Mickleton, near Chipping HEREFORDSHIRE.-John Morley, of Moreton Jeffries, near Bromyard, Esq. HERTFORDSHIRE.-Robert Smith, of Goldings, Hertford, Esq. KENT.-Joseph Ridgway, of Fairlawn, Shipbourne, Esq. LANCASHIRE.-Benjamin Heywood Jones, of Lark-hill, Esq. LEICESTERSHIRE.-Thomas Tertius Paget, of Humberstone, Esq. LINCOLNSHIRE.-Augustus Charles Johnson, of Ryhall, Stamford, Esq. MONMOUTHSHIRE.-John Lawrence, of Crick House, near Chepstow, Esq. NORFOLK.-Sir Thomas William Brograve Proctor Beauchamp, of Langley. park, Bart. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.-Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Frederick William Child NORTHUMBERLAND.-Matthew Tewart Culley, of Coupland Castle, Esq. OXFORDSHIRE.-James Mason, of Eynsham Hall, Esq. RUTLAND.-Richard Septimus Wilkinson, of Manton, Esq. SHROPSHIRE.John Rocke, of Clungunford, Esq. SOMERSETSHIRE.-William Blake, of Bridge House, Esq. COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON.-John Morant, of Brockenhurst-park, near Lymington, Esq. STAFFORDSHIRE.-Colin Minton Campbell, of Wood Seat, Uttoxeter, Esq. SURREY. Robert Hay Murray, of West End Lodge, Byfleet, Esq. WARWICKSHIRE.-Edward Wood, of Newbold Revel, near Rugby, Esq. WESTMORELAND.-James Christopher Wilson, of Low Nook, Ambleside, Esq. WILTSHIRE. Ralph Ludlow Lopes, of Sandridge-park, Melksham, Esq. WORCESTERSHIRE.-John Vincent Hornyold, of Blackmore-park, Úpton-onSevern, Esq. YORKSHIRE. Sir Tatton Sykes, of Sledmere, near York, Bart. WALES (NORTH AND SOUTH). ANGLESEY.-Thomas Lewis Hampton, of Henlyss, Esq. BRECONSHIRE.-William Powell, of Chapel House, Alltmawr, Esq. CARDIGANSHIRE.-Caulfield Tynte Lloyd Williams, of Gwernant-park, Esq. CARMARTHENSHIRE.-Henry James Bath, of Altyferin, Esq. CARNARVONSHIRE.-Rice William Thomas, of Coed Helen, Esq. DENBIGHSHIRE.-Charles Winne-Finch, of Voelas, Esq. FLINTSHIRE. John Scott Bankes, of Soughton-hall, Esq. |