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Rh years. It is worthy of remark that of these five peers none have issue save Lord Bramwell, who has an only daughter.

Sir Harcourt Johnstone, Sir Henry Tufton, and Sir Dudley Coutta Marjoribanks, disappear from the Baronetage on their promotion to the Peerage, under their respective titles of Lord Derwent, Lord Hothfield, and Lord Tweedmouth; the famiily of the last-named, it will be remembered, was represented in the Peerage for the brief term of seven days by the first cousin of the present Peer, David Robert son (born Marjoribanks), who was created Baron Marjoribanks 12 June, 1873, and died on the 19th of the same month. On the other hand, the title of Lord Hanmer has expired, and his pedigree reverts to the Baronetage; so in the case of Lord Hatherley, whose name now appears under the baronetcy conferred upon his father Sir Matthew Wood.

The remaining extinctions in the Peerage are the titles of Lord Airey, a Crimean hero, and of Earl of Beaeonsfield, the late Premier; these pedigrees will disappear from the next edition of the Peerage; and I may hero remark that the Diraeli pedigree, to which considerable interest must always attach, is very compleate, being reprinted from my CoLlectanca Genealogica.

The ranks of the Baronetage have acquired accessions from the army and the bar, and now include our Afghan heroes, Gen. Stewart. G.C.B. and Gen. Roberts, who received their well meritce honours during the present year, as well as Admiralty judge, Sir R. J. Phillimore, D.C.L. whose services cover a long range years, and lastly the Master of the Rolls of Ireland, Sir Edward Sullivan, who like his predecessors (since the Union), Sir Michael Smith, Sir William MacMahon, and Sir Michael O'Loghlen, has also been honoured with the badge of the red-hand of Ulster. The extinctions are those of Chichester (1840) and Musgrove (1851).

As many of these now creations are in the nature of promotions, the number of pedigrees has not therefore increased in proportion; but every care has been taken to test the additions that have been offered, not only by scrupulous revision of details, but also by actual reference, where it appeared necessary, to the official documents on which they are alleged to be founded; the result is, as was the case in the second edition of this work, that the pedigrees being faithfully set forth, many of them will be found on comparison to differ radically from those which appear in kindred works. The additions to and the alterations in coat armour have also been made with considerable care, e.g., the armorial bearings of the Earl of Home will be found to differ from those of the late Lord, and are in agreement with the matriculation in the Lyon Office, &c.

The present year has witnessed the completion of the distribution of honours—a multitude indeed—consequent upon the wars in South Africa and Afghanistan, and upon the enlargement of the Order of the Bath in favour of the leading spirits in the auxiliary forces. The names of the warriors and the officers in the militia and volunteers thus distinguished will be found, accompanied by an account of their services, in the Knightage, and the Companions of the several Orders, at the end of the Baronetage.