The Archive · 1936

THE PEERAGE Mr, A. V. Alexander, former First

Lord' of the Admiralty' and Member of Parliament on a Ca-operative Heket for the Hillsborough Division of Sheield, should feel that his ser-Vices to his country have been gracefully recognized by the con Unental news agency which obliging-

of the younger son of a Duke oF bestows on him the courtesy tue Marquis. Mr. Alexander is attending the Institute of Pacific: Relations Conference at Yosemite as a member of the British delegation. The reference to him as "Lord Albert V.

ers, especially at Brightside, that mis-Alexander" will delight his support: hamed district of steelworks and soot, Where the local ce-operative headquarters are established. People on the continent never did appreciate the niceties of British titles as instanced by their frequent references "Sir Chamberlain" when he was Foreign Secretary. Perhaps, this. duo to the witty sallies in, "Punch, which never falls to use this topic a source of good-natured fun as witnessed in the series of articles some months ago of, English lessons for 'TFoutonies in which those estim~ fable characters, Viscount Brown, Earl Smith and Lord Robinson were the mouthpieces.

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