Lord President of Council—Viscount Cranbrook.

Abercorn, Duke of K.G.; cr. 1846.

Aberdare, Baron; cr. 1864.

Acland, Sir T. D., Bart.; cr. 1883.

Ailesbury, Marquess of; cr. 1841.

Argyli, Duke of, K.T.; cr. 1853.

^†Armagh, Archbishop of; cr. 1862.

^*Ashbourne, Baron; cr. 1877.

Aveland, Baron; cr. 1880.

Ayrton, Acton Smee, son of the late Frederick Ayrton, Esq., of Gray's Inn, and formerly of Bombay; b. 1816; ed. at Ealing School; Bar. Middle Temple 1853; was a Joint Sec. to Treasury 1868-9, First Commr. of Works and Public Buildings 1869-73, and Judge Advocate- Gen. 1873-4; sat as M.P. for the Tower Hamlets (Z) 1857-74, and was defeated there 1852 and 1874; cr. 1869. I, Court-field Gardens, S. W.; Reform Club.

Baggallay, Sir Richard; cr. 1875.

Baillie, Henry James, el. son of the late Col. Hugh Baillie, of Redcastle, Ross-shire; b. 1804; ed. at Eton and at Ch. Ch., Oxford; was a Joint Sec. to Board of Control 1852 and 1858, and Under-Sec. for India 1858-9; sat as M.P. for co. Inverness (C) 1840-68 : m. 1st, 1840, the Hon. Philippa Eliza Sydney Smythe, who d. 1854, da. of 6th Viscount Strang-, ford; 2ndly, 1857, Clarissa, who d. 1875, da. of the late George Rush, Esq., of Elsen- ham Hall, Essex; cr. 1866. Redcastle, Killearnan, Inverness; Carlton Club.

Balfour, Arthur James, M.P., LL.D,. son of the late James Maitland Balfour Esq., of Whittinghame, N.B.; b.1848; ed. at Eton and at Trin. Coll., Camb. (M.A. 1873, Hon. LL.D. Edinburgh 1881); is a D.L. for E. Lothian and co. Ross; was Assist. Private Sec. to Sec. of State for Foreign Affairs (M. Salisbury 1878-80; employed on Special Mission Lords Beaconsfield and Salisbury Berlin 1878; has sat as M.P. for Hert- ford (C) since 1874, and been. Pres. of Local Govt Board since June, 1865; cr. 1885. Whittinghame, Prestonkirk, E. Lothian; Strathconan, Muir of Ord, N.B.; 4, Carlton Gardens, S. W.; Travellers'. St. Stephen's, Bachelors', and Scottish Conservative Clubs.