24 JANUARY 1947, Page 5

The presence of two Simons among the Twelve Apostles must

occasionally have caused confusion, but at least they both had secondary names (or in one case a principal name) to distinguish them. The two Simons in the House of Lords—for I understand that Sir Ernest Simon has decided, in spite of the consequences, to remain Simon still—will not have that advantage. No doubt the friends of the ex-Lord Chancellor will take to calling him Viscount Simon, leaving the new Baron to be " Lord," but there will be plenty of mix-up of correspondence all the same. However, the House of Lords is used to these things. It possesses, for example, at present three Balfours of one kind and another.