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Show LORDS IN MAJORITY IN THE PARLIAMENT For Tirst Time in History Members of Upper House Outnumber Those in Commons. LONDON, Jan. 27. The house of lords this year, for the first time in history, has more members than the commons. The membership of the lower house is fixed at 670, while the roll of the upper house has Increased during the past year by nineteen, to 673. The house of lords would have been still larger but for the fact that minors succeeded to several peerages, while three peerages became extinct through lack of heirs the baronies of Fltzhardinge, Llangattock and Somerhill. Twentj'-one new peerages were created cre-ated during- the year, including Lords i Astor, Beresford, Rhondda, Shaughnessy ' and Viscounts Grey and French. There are five new peers, whose choice of titles ti-tles has not yet , been announced Max Aitken, John Pewar, J. A. Pease, Stuart Wortley and Edward Partington. Six titles have been temporarily removed re-moved from the roll of the house by the succession of minors to the earldoms of Feversham, Longford, Kinnoull and St. Aldwyn, and to the viscounty of Ridley,-and Ridley,-and a lady to the barony of Lucas. The barony of Scarsdale has lapsed because the heir already held a higher grade in the peerage, Earl Curzon of Kedleston. Three peers who were "infants" at the opening .of hist year the Barls of Car- i lisle and Le thorn and Viscount' "Gage ' have since come of age. In addition to ! the four peers whose death led to the extinction ex-tinction of titles and to the six who were foil owed by children or-women, sixteen died during the year. The Earls of Longford Long-ford and Feversham and Lord Lucas were killed in action and Barl Kitchener died on war servi.e Other deaths Include Lord Burnham, the Earl of Sa nd wich. Lord -'Redesdale and the Earl of Essex. Five old baronies were revived during the year and another old title was restored re-stored in the granting of a viscounty to Lewis Ha rcourt.-K, |