NOTES. AND QUERIES.
twentieth
be ^made .and the ^ alterationg>
titles which the past year has seen extinguished is
that of the Duke of Edinburgh, which expired with
the decease of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Our royal family has also, it is shown, contributed
to the y Moloch of South Africa Prince Christian
Victor, while among the illustrious dead figure
names such as those of the Dikes of Argyll Wei- , Whitaker's Almanack for 1901.
T^*^^^^ of SloVen! I N common with other annuals, Whitaker's Alma- tis not however, with these that Mr. Ash worth nack' has to chronicle many changes. A new Burke specially concerns himself, though their dis- House of Commons renders, as is said, certain pages anDearanc^ even when so recent as that of the a i mO st unrecognizable, and the sections devoted to
appall ctllV-C, c veil T>-_i__K~4- io ^i . , <-K^ U^JrvUfarro onrl t.h SftrviPP. lists
anDearanc
Saris of Donoughmore and Portarlington, is the peerage, the knightage and the service lists
necessarily chronicled. It is in dealing with have been greatly disturbed by the war. A sad
the erowth of the peerage, especially during the feature, which appears for the first time, is the
century which has this week expired, that matter casu alty list in South Africa, occupying, with
of greatest interest and moment is opened out. A commissioned officers only, sixteen closely printed
century all but a few days has elapsed since, on columns. An epitomized history of the last cen-
< January, 1801, the meeting took place of the tury appears in an appendix, and miscellaneous
first Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great statistical tables, many of high value, are given for
Britain and Ireland. At that time to deal the first time. Not here, even, does change end.
with temporal and excluding spiritual peers Our readers will, however, be in a condition to
there were in Garter's roll only 266 peers with judge of the novelties introduced, since the work
seats in the House, as against the 523 which now rnus t forthwith be in every hand. A correspondent
it comprises. Among those in the former list which points out that the information on * Time is not
have now disappeared Mr. Burke mentions the quite accurate, and complains about the index. four royal dukedoms and the historic titles of
Ancaster, Dorset, Bridge water, Buckingham, Corn- >f fa Englishwoman's Year- Book and JJireclory, 1W2.
wallis, Oxford, Chatham, Liverpool, St. Vincent, By Emily Janes. (Black.)
Sackville, and Sydney. It is pointed out that THE tn j r( j year o f the new issue and the twenty-
some of the titles which now appear in the roll ftrst year o f t h e general issue of this publication
were in 1801 under attainder, and that others have nave ^ een rea ched. Few alterations in construction
merged in higher titles. In addition to these, two eas ii y to be distinguished are apparent, but every
titles have in the course of the century fallen into ar ti c le has undergone revision by competent hands,
abeyance and seventy more have become extinct. and the w h o le appeals directly to the class for
Five titles are held by peeresses in their own right. w hi c h it is intended. The definite result, when all allowances have been made, is that, of the 266 peers on the roll of 1801, 155 remain the same in 1901. Once more it is pointed out how much of the story of England is told in names such as Wellington, Seaton, Gough, Raglan, Napier, Wolseley, Roberts, Nelson, St. Vin-
t0
We must call special attention to the following
cent, Exmouth, Hood, Erskine, Brougham, Sid- \notices :
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Fife, with its remainder, in case of default of male
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