PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Feb. 27. W. R. Grove; Knight. The Earl of Kenmare; Lord in Waiting to her Majesty. Lord R. Grosvenor; Vice-Chamberlain of her Majesty's household. F. O. Adams; Secretary of Embassy at Berlin. March 1. C. J. Calvert; Consul at Naples. S. E. Blunt; Consul at Monastir. 5. Hon. S. Ponsonby; Companion of the Bath. Lord Poltimore; Treasurer of her Majesty's household. Major-General D. M. Probyn; Equerry to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Sir Hercules Robinson; Governor of New South Wales. Sir Philip Wodehouse; Governor of Bombay. 8. Edward Smallwood; Consul for the Azores. 12. Right Hon. S. J. Gibbons (Lord Mayor); Baronet. 15. J. Coode, J. Cowen, P. Spokes, J. R. Cormack, J. Gilbert, A.R.A., F. W. Truscott, J. Bennett, and T. Chambers, Q.C.; Knights. Lord Northbrook; Governor-General of India. Lord Hobart; 'Governor of Madras. A. Hobhouse, Q.C.; Legislative Member of Council of Governor-General of India. 19. R. G. Watson; Secretary of Legation at Japan. 22. Lord R. Grosvenor, Lord Poltimore, and Sir W. T. Knollys; Privy Councillors. 29. Earl of Belmore; Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George. April 5. H. P. Fenton; Secretary of Legation at Athens. M. J. Barrington-Ward; Inspector of Schools. 28. Sir C. Straubenzee; Governor of Malta. A. Musgrave; Lieut.-Governor of Natal. 31. The Nawab Shah Tehan Begum of Bhopal; Knight Grand Commander of Star of India. J. Strachey and J. C. Wilson; K.C. of Star of India. O. T. Burne, G. B. Malleson, Mahomed Hyat Khan, and A. T. Etheridge; Companions of Star of India. June 4. The Earl of Dufferin; Governor-General of Canada. J. P. Hennessy, H. J. Ussher; Companions of St. Michael and St. George. 7. D.B. Robertson; Knight. A. Rogers; Member of Bombay Council. 14. Earl of Brownlow; Ecclesiastical Commissioner. 20. J. Le Couteur; Knight. 23. J. E. Blunt; Consul for Salo 27. Hon. F. Ponsonby; C.B., Civil Division. Sept. 3. R. R. Torrens; Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George. 6. R. A. Gilvie ; C.B., Civil Division. 10. Sir J. H. Drummond-Hay; Minister Plenipotentiary at Morocco. G. Bourchier, C. H. Brownlow; K.C.B., Military Division. W. J. F. Stafford, T. Rattray, J. M. Nuttall, J. Doran, F. S. Roberts, J. Hills, J. A. Tytler, F. F. Allen; C.B., Military Division. S. I. Tucker; Rouge Croix, Pursuivant of Arms. 13. R. W. Harley; Administrator of Gold Coast Settlement. H. T. Ussher; Lieutenant-Governor of Tobago. S. Leech; Commissioner of High Court of Chancery. - 17. Rev. G. Rawlinson; Canon of Canterbury. 1 20. R. F. Burton; Consul at Trieste. 24. Hon. L. S. Sackville-West; Envoy Extraordinary to Argentine Republic. Sir J. Hanmer, Bart.; Baron (Hanmer). 27. Hon. W. Stuart; Envoy Extraordinary to the King of the Hellenes. Oct. 1. H. L. Gardiner; Equerry in Ordinary. Hon. H. W. J. Byng; Groom in Waiting. 11. Rev. Stopford A. Brooke; Chaplain in Ordinary. Rev. G. H.Connor; Honorary Chaplain. Sir J. D. Wauchope, Bart., Sir W. S. Maxwell, Bart., J. Ramsay, Sir A. Grant, Bart., J. Tulloch, D.D.; Members of Scotch Board of Education. Oct. 18. Sir R. Palmer; Lord Chancellor and Privy Councillor. F. W. H. Myers; Inspector of Schools. 29. H. Rumbold; Minister Resident at Chile. Nov. 1. Sir W. M. Gomm, G.C.B.; Constable of the Tower. Hon. E. R. Lytton; Secretary of Embassy at Paris. F. Clare Ford; Secretary of Embassy at Vienna. S. Locock; Secretary of Embassy at Constantinople. R. P. Ffrench; Secretary of Embassy at St. Petersburg. H. P. Fenton; Secretary of Legation at the Hague. H. G. Macdonell; Secretary of Legation at Madrid. F. R. St. John; Secretary of Legation at Buenos Ayres. J. F. Leith and Alfred Wills; Queen's Counsel. 5. R. S. Ellis; Member of Madras Council. - 15. C. B. Smith; Companion of the Star of India. Gersai von Bleichröder; Consul-General at Berlin. Sir James Hannen; Judge of Court of Probate. Rev. J. Bramston; Dean of Winchester. - 22. T. D. Archibald; Justice of the Common Pleas. 29. P. Erle and Sir J. Hannen; Privy Councillors. Dec. 3. Josiah Mason; Knight. H. Ayers; Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George. F. S. Dutton and C. Todd; Companions of St. Michael and St. George. R. W. Keate; Governor of West African Settlements. -10. R. Southey, E. E. Rushworth, W. Porter, A. G. Archibald, and H. Bernard; Companions of St. Michael and St George. J. Hill; Chief Charity Commissioner. F. O. Martin; Second Charity Commissioner. A. B. Shand; Lord of Session (Scotland). 24. H Thring, C.B., Civil Division. E. W. Cope; Second Secretary in Diplomatic Service. Hon. H. Wodehouse; Secretary of Legation at Athens. J. C. Dundas; Lieut. of Orkney and Zetland. J. P. Green; Judge of Bombay High Court. - 27. Hon. and Rev. G. T. O. Bridgeman; Chaplain in Ordinary. Rev. J. S. B. Monsell; Honorary Chaplain. THE CABINET. First Lord of the Treasury (Prime Minister), Right Hon. W. Ewart Gladstone. Lord High Chancellor, Lord Selborne. Lord President of the Council, Marquess of Ripon, K.G. Lord Privy Seal, Viscount Halifax, G.C.B. Secretary of State, Home Department, Right Hon. Henry Austin Bruce. Secretary of State, Foreign Department, Earl Granville, K.G. Secretary of State, Colonial Department, Earl of Kimberley. Secretary of State, War Department, Right Hon. Edw. Cardwell. Secretary of State, Indian Department, Duke of Argyll, K.T. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Right Hon. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, President of the Board of Trade, Right Vice-President of Council of Education, Right Hon. W. E. Forster. SHERIFFS FOR 1872. ENGLAND. BEDFORDSHIRE.-W. F. Higgins, Turvey House. BERKSHIRE.-Sir N. W. Throckmorton, Bart., Buckland House. BUCKS.-R. Rose, The Chesnuts, Aylesbury. CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE.-Hon. G. Fitzwilliam, Milton Park, Northamptonshire. CHESHIRE. Egerton Leigh, Jodrell Hall. CUMBERLAND.-G. Moore, Whitehall. DERBYSHIRE.-T. W. Evans, Allertree Hall. DEVONSHIRE.-J. G. Johnson, Cross. DORSETSHIRE.-E. S. Weld, Lulworth Castle. DURHAM.-R. Burdon, Castle Eden. ESSEX.-T. Kemble, Runwell Hall. GLOUCESTERSHIRE.-Sir W. V. Guise, Bart., Elmore Court. HERTFORDSHIRE.-T. Curtis, The Hall, Great Berkhampstead. KENT.-Sir J. F. Croft, Bart., Doddington. LEICESTERSHIRE.- Sir H. St. J. Halford, Bart., Wistow Hall. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.-H. O. Nethercote, Moulton Grange. NORTHUMBERLAND.-R. J. Roddam, Roddam. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.--G. W. Mason, Morton Hall. OXFORDSHIRE.-C. Sartoris, Nilcote House. RUTLAND.-C. C. J. Orme, Oakham. SHROPSHIRE.-J. H. Lovett, Fern Hill. SOMERSETSHIRE.-M. Fenwick-Bisset, Bagborough. SOUTHAMPTON.-J. B. W. Fleming, Chilworth House; afterwards Hon. R. H. Dutton, Timsbury. STAFFORDSHIRE.-H. Ward, Oaklands. SUFFOLK.-H. A. Starkie Bence, Thorington Hall. SURREY.-A. G. Sandeman, The Hollies, Weybridge. WILTSHIRE.-Sir J. Neeld, Bart., Grittleton. WORCESTERSHIRE.-H. S. Scobell, The Abbey, Pershore. WALES. NORTH AND SOUTH. ANGLESEY.-W. Williams, Tyddyn Mawr. BRECONSHIRE.-J. Jayne, Panty bailey. CARDIGANSHIRE.-J. E. Rogers, Abermeirig. CARMARTHENSHIRE.-A. Thompson, Glyn Abbey. CARNARVONSHIRE.-O. Evans, Broom Hall. DENBIGHSHIRE.-W. C. West, Ruthin Castle. FLINTSHIRE.-E. W. Philips, Rhual. GLAMORGANSHIRE.-C. H. Williams, Roath Court. MERIONETHSHIRE.-E. F. Coulson, Corsygedol. |