The Achilles and the nestor of the press: Lord Northcliffe and Lord Burnham (on the right) after the presentation to the latter in honour of his eightieth birthday Lord Burnham the veteran proprietor of the Daily Telegraph celebrated his eightieth birthday on December 28 at Hall Barn, his Buckinghamshire seat, where her recently entertained the King. On the 27th a deputation, headed by Lord Northcliffe chief proprietor of the Daily Mail presented Lord Burnham with a illuminated address "from the representatives of the newspaper Press at home and abroad." 3 January 1914