The fact that in the House of Lords debate on
India on Monday Lord Middleton was immediately succeeded by Lord Midleton may help to dispel some confusion regarding one of the signatories of the minority report. Lord Middleton, who thus figures among the opponents of the Government's India policy, is still under fifty ; he served in the 10th Lancers in India and now holds several directorships in this country. The Earl of Midleton, who spoke on Monday in favour of the Select Committee's recommendations, is getting near eighty and through most of his long political career was Mr. St. John Brodrick. A speech of his got the Liberal Government out of office in 1895, and under Mr. Balfour's Conservative Government he was successively Secretary for War and Secretary for India. His support of the Indian reforms is a by no means negligible asset. * * * *
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