COLONEL THE HON. HAROLD ROBSON has been elected a vice-president of the Royal National Life-boat Institution.

Colonel Robson has been a member of the Committee of Management since 1933. He became vice-chairman of the General Purposes and Publicity Committee in 1949 and has served on a number of other committees. Before becoming a member of the Committee of Management he was chairman of A* the Alnmouth and Boulmer branch.

Colonel Robson was Secretary of Commissions in the Lord Chancellor's department, and commanded the 7th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, T.A., after serving with the Northumberland Hussars in the war of 1914-18. He was formerly Vice- Chairman of the Northumberland County Council and Vice-Lieutenant for Northumberland..