At the end of every year, it is the custom of British Prime Ministers to recommend to the Sovereign those of his subjects worthy of special recognition.
At the birth of each year, it is customary for the Court Circular to record a list of those subjects whom the King has been "graciously pleased" to honor.
The list was made by Premier Baldwin and the Court Circular duly gazetted the King's pleasure:
¶Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa, who recently relinquished the Governor-Generalship of New Zealand, was raised to an Earldom. Sir J. S. Bradbury, who gave his name during...
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