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Performance TitleFreemasons Special Meeting, in aid of the Masonic Girls' School, the Boys' School, Institution for Aged Masons and Widows of Freemasons, and Prince of Wales's Hospital Fund [Private]
Performance Date14 June 1897
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time16:00
Main PerformersHRH The Prince of Wales (Presiding),
The Duke of Connaught
Secondary PerformersTrumpeters,
Dr G F Smith - organ
Set ListProcession to dais and Fanfare (Most Worshipful Grand Master, Grand Officers, Trumpeters),
Grand March (organist),
Royal Arrival of The Prince of Wales seated next to the Earl of Lathom and the Earl of Amherst,
Address (Prince of Wales),
Moved and seconded (Earl of Lathom, Earl of Amherst),
Adress signed (Prince of Wales),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem) (Audience, Dr G F Smith),
Past Grand Rank conferred to bethren,
Procession
Royal PresenceHRH The Prince of Wales,
The Duke of Connaught
Performance NotesA meeting presided over by The Prince of Wales, as Grand Master, to enable Freemasons to give expression to their feelings of loyalty and devotion towards HM Queen Victoria. There is a full report of this meeting attended by over 7,000 Freemasons from around the world in The Times, 15 June 1897.

Tickets issued to Freemasons only. Dress code black morning coats, black ies, white gloves and Masonic craft regalia. 8,000 tickets were sold for a guinea each.
Related Archival MaterialMedal with Case
Ticket Prices1d
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/8/3/28Freemason's Sixtieth Anniversary Medal14 June 1897
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work9126Freemasons Special Meeting, in aid of the Masonic Girls' School, the Boys' School, Institution for Aged Masons and Widows of Freemasons, and Prince of Wales's Hospital Fund [Private]1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/254Freemasons; late 1500s-
DS/UK/4046Edward VII (1841-1910); King; British King, Emperor of India (1901-1910). First British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
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