NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 8 February 1923

8 FEBRUARY 1923

The birth of George Henry Hubert Lascelles was announced, the son of Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood and Mary, Princess Royal. At the time of his birth he was sixth in the line of succession.

It was confirmed that the wedding of the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon would take place on 26 April 1923.

Warren Harding, the President of the United States, said that the debt repayment agreement with the UK was “a covenant of peace, recuperation, of respect and co-operation”.

The first Prime Minister’s Honours List to have been viewed by an independent committee before being confirmed was announced, including the creation of one Viscount, two Barons, a Privy Councillor, four Baronets, one Knight Grand Cross of the British Empire and five Knights. Sir George Younger was elevated to Viscount and the new Barons were Sir Owen Philipps and Pike Pease.