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THE STANDING COUNCIL OF THE BARONETAGE. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. SiE James de Hoghton, Bt. Sib Robert Gresley, Bt. Sir Boubchier Wrey, Bt., R.N. ' Sir Francis Osborne, Bt. {Vice-Chamnan). Sir James Turing, Bt. Sir Spencer P. M.ryon-Wilson, Bt. {Treasurer). Major Sir Simeon Stuart, Bt. Sir William Fr-^ncis Clerke, Bt. Sir Bruce Maxwell Seton, Bt. Sir Robert M. Filmer, Bt. Col. Sir Herbert C. Perrott, Bt., C.B. Sir Christopher W. B.ynes, Bt. Col. Sir Howland Roberts, Bt. Sir G. Ralph L. Hare, Bt. Sir Offley Wakeman, Bt. Col. Sir Richard Caknac Temple, Bt., CLE. [Chairman). Sir Kenneth Matheson, Bt. Sir Richard Douglas Powell, Bt., K.C.V.O. Sir Herbert Mackworth-Praed, Bt. Sir George A. Cooper, Bt. Sir Dyce Duckworth, Bt. TREASURER. Sir Spencer P. Maryon-Wilson, Bt. REGISTRAR. Francis W. Pixley, Esq., F.S.A. AUDITOR. Sir Walpole L. Greenwell, Bt. hoxorary standing council. R. J. QuiN, Esq., LL.B. P. H. Pridiiam-Wippell, Esq., LL.M. James Howard Lindsay, Esq., LL.B. BANKERS. Lloyds B. k, Limited, l(i, St. James's Street, S.W. OFFICES. 58, Coleman Street, E.C. This Association, originally known as " The Honourable Society of the Baronetage," was formed at a Meeting to which the whole of the Baronetage were invited, on January 20, 1898 : the Society was dissolved on February 20, 1903, and re-constituted under its present title. The Standing Council was established as an organization of a permanent character to deal with all affairs connected with the hereditary Degree, and afford to the members thereof means of inter- communication. Its principal objects are : — 1. To obtain tlie preparation of an accurate Roll of the Baronetage, and to see that the same is properly kept. 2. To take such action in the interests of the Baronetage, or of any individual Baronet, and of the privileges of Baronets and members of their families as from time to time may be decided. The Standing Council consists of — (a) Members : who must be persons, either Peers or Baronets, in actual lawful possession of a Baronetcjs or the Wives of such persons, or the ^'idows of persons who liave been in lawful possession of a Baronetcy. (b) Associates : who must be heirs apparent or presumptive to any lawful Baronetcy, or the Sons and Daughters of a lawful Baronet, or honorarj' officers of the Council for the time being. Since the formation of the Standing Council and its predecessor, it has been successful in obtain- ing the restoration of several privileges which, owing partly to the apathy of the members of the Degree for many generations past, and probably owing to the fact that since the erection of the Degree in 1611 there has not been any central office or committee representing the Degree, have been allowed to lapse. Although it had been the practice to invite representatives of the Baronetage to the coronations of the Kings and Queens of England, invitations were not extended to the Baronet- age for the coronations of George IV, William IV, and Victoria : but owing to the energetic repre- sentations made by the Executive Committee of the Honourable Society of the Baronetage, invi- tations to the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, and to the Coronation of King, George V and Queen Mary, were issued to representative Baronets of the five creations, namely D.P. 609 X