§ Sir JOHN JARDINEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any of the kings, grand dukes, dukes, or other sovereign princes of the German Empire, or any of their relations, being subjects of the German Emperor, are in receipt of pensions, allowances, or other money payments out of the public funds of the United Kingdom?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEParticulars of certain annuities to persons of the class indicated are to be found on page 44 of the Finance Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 1914. As stated in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Gateshead on the 18th September last, the annuity to the Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz has been suspended. The annuities to Princess Christian and Princess Henry of Battenberg are being paid, these princesses being British subjects resident in the United Kingdom. In the case of the 439W Duchess of Edinburgh, it was held, as stated in 1893 by the then Solicitor-General in the House of Commons, that the late duke did not lose his British nationality by taking the Oath of Allegiance as Duke of Saxe-Coburg, and the payment of the annuity to the duchess is being continued in view of this fact and of the terms of the Treaty between Great Britain and Russia of 22nd January, 1874.