LORD CURZON ELECTED A PEER.
' > ■ . LONDON, January 21. .I/ord^, Curzon has been elected an Irish • representative peer. j .•Under the Act of Union between Ireland 1 " aaid Britain the former is entitled to be re1" presented in the House of Lords by 28 peers. Lord Ourzon's Baronage of Kidle- , stone did not entitle him to the privilege of sitting, and the Government would not give him a peerage conferring it. Room, £as now been found for him by other means. January 22. The question has been left to the House of Lords as to whether Lord Curzon is entitled to a seat, as, technically, he has failed to establish a right *to vote - at the election of representative peers . far the House of Lords. \ Lord Ashtown has the next highest . list of votes.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 29 January 1908, Page 19
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133LORD CURZON ELECTED A PEER. Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 29 January 1908, Page 19
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