30 DECEMBER 1916, Page 3

Five new peerages (" resignation honours "), made on the

advice of the outgoing Prime Minister, were announced on Thursday Week. Lord Sandhurst and Lord Cowdray are advanced to be Viscounts, while Mr. Lewis Harcourt receives by creation similar rank in the Peerage. Baronies are conferred upon Mr. J. A. Pease ; Sir John Dewar, the chairman of the well-known firm of distillers ; Sir Thomas Roe, Liberal M.P. for Derby ; and Sir Edward Parting- ton, chairman of Messrs. Olive and Partington. Mr. Gulland, M.P., Mr. Thomas Wiles, M.P., and Mr. Leif Jones, M.P., become Privy Councillors; while Mr. James Campbell, K.C., M.P., Mr. Ainsworth, 11-P., Mr. James Hill, M.P., and Sir Jesse Boot are made Baronets.