The Birthday Honour list issued on Thursday proved more than
usually uninteresting. A peerage has been conferred on Mr. Alexander Forbes-Leith, who showed great enterprise and liberality in raising and equipping Volunteers in Scotland during the Boer War ; Lord Windsor has been created an Earl, Lord Iveagh a Viscount, and Sir Frederick Matthew Darley, Chief Justice of New South Wales, and Mr. Arthur Cohen, K.C., have been sworn of the Privy Council. Of the remaining honours, excluding the official promotions, the only one of interest is the K.C.B. conferred on Professor G. H. Darwin, the President of the British Association, who with his brothers has added fresh distinction to an honoured name. A special announcement is made that the Duchess of Fife, the King's eldest daughter, will henceforth bear the style and title of Princess Royal.
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