A Baronetcy is conferred upon Sir Archibald Birkmyre, c.B.z., late member of the Viceroy of India's Legislative Council, and of the Bengal Legislative Council; Vice-President of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce. He comes of a Port Glasgow family identified with sailcloth and cordage manufacture, which has branches all over the world, andi is himself head of Birkmyre Brothers, of Catcutta.
Commander A. B. T. Cayser, chairman of the Clan Line, also received a Baronetcy.
Ann tHe Knicuts, Among the new Knights are Mr. Archibald Blair, m.rz. for Bow and' Bromley, a native of Glasgow. Mr. Andrew Rae Duncan, a native of Irvine and the son of a Free Church Minister; he was for some time Coal Controller, and as such was prominent in the recent coal crisis. Mr, Alexander M'Ausland Kennedy, President of the Shipbuilding Employers' Federation of Great. Britain, a native of Dumbarton. Professor P. R. Scott Long, for over 40 y Professor in &t. Andrew's_ University. Mr. John Mitchell, Provost of Ayr during the war. Major Win. Reid, 4.B.£., Chairman of the Board of Management of the Royal Glasgow Asylum for the Blind. Mr. John Ross, LL.D., Treasurer of the Carnegie University Trust in Scotland. And Professor James Walker, Professor of Chemistry in Edinburgh University.
Lady Mitchell, the wife of Sir John Mitchell, died on the day following the announcement of the honour to her husband.
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