§ MR. LEAI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether his attention has been drawn to page 53 of the Finance Accounts of the United Kingdom for the year ended 31st March, 1907, wherein it is stated that Charlotte Paley, Sophia M. Poussett, and Maria R. and George T. S. Winthrop are drawing pensions of £200, £25, and £-200, respectively, under 1 and 2 Vic., c 95, on the ground that these pensions were formerly on the Civil List of William IV.; and, considering the latter died in 1837, will he give the present ages of these pensioners and state what was the office formerly held by each, its duties, and their length of service to the deceased monarch.
§ SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANThese are pensions which were granted by King William IV. to the children or grandchildren of persons whose services the Crown desired to recognise The 1846 present ages of three of the recipients are recorded as seventy-seven, eighty-five, and eighty-eight. In the other ease there is no record. For particulars of the services rendered in these cases the hon. Member may like to refer to the Report of the Select Committee on Pensions in 1838.