GROWTH OF PEERAGE
Creation of New Titles FOUR HUNDRED SINCE 1900 LONDON, Dec. 14. As nearly 400 peers have been created since 1900, the editor of Burke's Peerage suggests that an early extension of the House of Lords may be necessary. However, the extinction of titles helps to avoid overcrowding. Seven were extinguished during 1937, including those of Kylsant, Snowden and Rutherford. Eighteen peerages have been created since Their Majesties' aecession. Burke's points out that the Duke of Windsor takes preeendence after the Duke of Kent as the youngest Prince. The Duchess of Windsor ranks last. When Gerald Lascelles, the Princess Royal's youngest son, marries, his children will have no title, not even "the Honourable." Unless a title is specially bestowed on them, they will be plain "Mr" or "Miss" Windsor." Burke's mentions that William, the Master of Drummond, an ancestor of the Earl of Perth — forruerly Secretary of the League of Nations— was executed in 1490 for burning 150 people in a church. William had six sisters, three of whom were poisoned.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 79, 27 December 1937, Page 11
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173GROWTH OF PEERAGE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 79, 27 December 1937, Page 11
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