3 JANUARY 1920, Page 11

The first list of New Year Honours was published on

Thursday. Lord Midleton, who was a Viscount in the Irish Peerage and a Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, becomes an Earl. There are • three new Berens, Sir Bertrand Dawson, the well- known physician, Sir George Riddell, and Sir Albert Stanley, recently President of the Board of Trade. There are nineteen new Baronets and forty-five new Knights. Among the Baronets is Sir Henry Birehenough, who is honoured for " valuable services rendered to the Ministry of Reconstruction and the Board of Trade."