BEAVER

(Castor fiber), largest European aquatic rodent, closely related to er. b. (C. can a dens is), valued for fur and as food. Fo il remains found in superficial deposits; Trogonthertum cuvieri a giant Pleistocene genus. ON (1879); son of Rev. William and Jean Noble Aitken. Educated at Public Board School, New Castle, New Brunswick, Canada. With Canadian Expeditionary Force, (1915); Canadian Government Representative at the Front, (1916); Officer in Charge of Canadian War Records, (1917). Member of Parliament for Ashton-upon-Lyne, (1910-17). Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister of Information, - (1918). Hon. LL.D. New Brunswick University. Created Ist Baron Beaver brook of New Brunswick and Cherkley, Surrey, in 1916. Author Caneda in Flanders, (1916-17); Suece , (1921).