Talk:Alexander Stanier

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Question reference to father's Baronetcy (section Early life)

Latest comment: 10 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I question the correctness of this statement, although it may have been given in Alexander Stanier's obituary, that his father

was created a Baronet by David Lloyd George in 1917 for organising Sugar beet production during the First World War.

Do Prime Ministers (as Lloyd George was that year) have power to award baronetcies, I thought the Sovereign (at the time George V) was the fount of honours and that Prime Ministers had a recommendationary role? I am aware Lloyd George pursued an honours selling racket in aid of his election funding.Cloptonson (talk) 13:03, 14 September 2025 (UTC)Reply