THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 19, 1937.
BRITAIN'S SENIOR
BARONETCIES
Nine Of First Creation
BRITISH FLIERS
DETAINED:
Landed: In Germany
Four British fliers; Mr. A. H. The official Roll of the Baronets Abbott, an instructor employed by for 1937, just issued by the Stand-Air Service Training Ltd., a civil ing Council of the Baronetage, flying school - at Hamble, near shows that of the original Baronet-Southampton, and three of his cies created by James I. on May 22, pupils, Mr. A. G. Nicholson, Mr. T. 1611, no fewer than nine were ex- M. Walters and Mr. J. H. White, tant on Feb. 28 this year. Of those were detained at Frankfurt by the created on June 29, 1611, there airport police. were at the same date 11 in exis- tence, though in the case of one of these the holder of the title died in 1936, and no person had proved his succession to the Baronetcy.
Their machine, in which they were making a short air tour of Europe, has been temporarily im- pounded.
The reason for this action seems While 10 Baronetcies are believed to be that they landed at the Frank- to have become extinct in the past furt military air port, mistaking it year, two of them dating back to for the civil air port. They were the 17th century and one being a courteously received by a German creation of less than two years ago, |Air Force Officer, who asked them there are 25 cases in which the hold- to hand over any films they had er has died and no person has prov- taken and then permitted them to ed his succession. Of these 11 re-proceed to the civil air port. late to Baronetcies created between There one of the party found 1611 and 1688, the last holders
of that he had omitted to give the film which have died in the
past few from his camera to the officer and years, five since Jan. 1 last. In all handed it accordingly to the police. there are 21 Baronetcies of 1611 They were then told that it was too still surviving, for in addition to late to fly to England. those of May and June there is one of November, 1611.
to
They were told that they could not leave Frankfurt until the films had been developed.
Mr. R. T. Smallbones, the British Consul, is doing his best to per- suade the authorities to allow the party to proceed as they are already two days overdue in Southampton.
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ancestor
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