"SILLY STORIES"
ROYALTY OF PRINCE LOUIS OF BATTENBURG. (Rec. October 27, 9.35 p.m.) London, Ootober 20. Silly stories have been current for Beveral weeks discrediting Prince Louis of Battenburg's loyalty. The "Globe" discusses the subject apologetically, justifying the step by the stream of editorial letters, and asks for an authoritative statement to clear away the accusation, Vice-Admiral H.S.H. Prince Louis Alexander of BattenbeTg, First Sea Lord at tho Admiralty since 1912, and personal A.D.C. to the King, was bom at Gratz (Austria), on May 24, 1854. He is tho eldest son of Prince Alex.awler of Hesse; he married, in 1884, his cousin Princess Victoria, daughter of Princess Alice, ' Queen Victoria's daughter, and has two sons and. two daughters. He was naturalised a British subject, and entered tho Royal Navy as a naval cadet in 1868; became sub-lieutenant in 1874; -Lieutenant, 1876; Commander, 1885; Captain, 1891. He served in'the Egyptian War; Director of Naval Intelligence, 1902-1904; Rear-Admiral, 1904; Commanding Sec- \ ond Cruiser Squadron,, 1904-6; Second in Command Mediterranean, 1906-8; Commander-in-Chief Atlantic, 190S-10; Commanding 3rd and 4th Divisions Home Fleet, 1911; Second Sea Lord of the Admiralty, 1911.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2292, 28 October 1914, Page 5
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186"SILLY STORIES" Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2292, 28 October 1914, Page 5
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