HC Deb 20 June 1917 vol 94 c1798
Mr. SWIFT MacNEILL

(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the conferring of Peerages of the United Kingdom by His Majesty the King on members of the Royal Family in lieu of German names and titles, the Cabinet will advise His Majesty, in the exercise of his Royal prerogative, immediately to remove from the roll of the honorary Knights of the Bath eight Princes at war against the people of these countries, including the King of Bulgaria, Prince Albert William of Germany and Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein, and from the roll of the Victorian Order with the Victorian Chain the Princes in arms against the people of this country, including the German Emperor, the German Crown Prince, Prince Henry of Prussia, and His Royal Highness the Duke of Albany?

Mr. BONAR LAW

Orders have been given that henceforward all alien enemies shall cease to be members of any British Order of Chivalry to which they belonged before the outbreak of war.