The five new Peers include:
Sir Arthur Brooke, Chairman of the Northants County Council.
Major Sir Herbert Cayzer, Chairman of the House of Commons Shipping Committee since 1982 and director of several large steamship companies, He was Chairman of the House of Commons Naval Committee in 1996 and member of the House of Commons Select Committee on Estimates from 1934 to 1936, Sir Frederick Marquis, Member of the Committee of Enquiry into Civil Aviation 1937-38 and Chairman of Lewis's Limited, well-known general providers of clothing and personal and household requisites. During the Great War, he held various Posts in the War Office, Allies Commission and Raw Materials sections efter having been medically rejected for military service.
Captain Herbert Dixon, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Finance of Northern Ireland. He has been Conservative M.P. for East Belfast since 1922.
(Major Sir Henry Edward Lyons, Bart, formerly Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster - General, Southern Command. He saw service in both the South African and Great wars.
Queen.
School children were given a holiday to be able to attend the parade and 120000 Government employees were given four hours free to view the ceremonies.
With army and navy planes man-"euvring overhead, the parade proceeded to the White House where the King and Queen and members of the royal party will be guests of the Roosevelts during their 36% hours stay in Washington.
(Members of the royal party staying at the White House include Lady Katherine Seymour, Lady in Waiting, Sir Allan Lascelles, the King's acting private secretary, Lieut.-Col. Pierson Leigh and Commander EME. Abel-Smith, equerries.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.