Record

Performance TitlePrimrose League Grand Habitation
Performance Date1 May 1959
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersRt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill,
Earl Bathurst,
Lord Chesham,
Rt. Hon. Viscount Hailsham - speakers
Secondary PerformersDudley Moore - organ
Set List'Land of Hope and Glory', E Elgar,
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)

Speeches
Performance NotesThis was the last ever Primrose League event held at the Royal Albert Hall. The League was finally disbanded in 2004 after 121 years.

This was the last ever appearance by Sir Winston Churchill at the Royal Albert Hall.

Guests on the stage were Sir Alfred Bossom, Colonel Sir Leonard Ropner, Michael Underhill, Lady Gammans, Sir Hamilton Kerr, Rt. Hon. Derek Heathcoat Amory, Lady Churchill, Countess Bathurst, Lady Chesham, Lady Mancroft, Lady Fairfax, Dowager Lady Ebbisham, Lady Ropner, Mrs Underhill, Miss Rycroft, Mrs Martinsmith, and Robert Beldam.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1959/50)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1959/50Grand Habitation Demonstration1 May 1959
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Iosazealev_SypPrimrose League Grand Habitation1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2028Churchill; Sir; Winston (30 November 1874-24 January 1965); KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA; British politician, army officer, and writer
DS/UK/107Moore; Dudley (19 April 1935-27 March 2002); CBE; English actor, comedian
DS/UK/11685Bathurst; Lord; Henry Allen John (1 May 1927-16 October 2011); 8th Earl Bathurst, DL; British peer, soldier and Conservative politician
DS/UK/11687Cavendish; Lord; John Charles Compton (1916-1989); 5th Baron Chesham; British Conservative politician
DS/UK/9915Hogg; Quintin McGarel (1907-2001); Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone; British Conservative Party politician
DS/UK/11689Bossom; Alfred Charles (1881-1965); Baron Bossom; English Conservative politician, architect
DS/UK/11691Ropner; Sir; Leonard (1895-1977); 1st Baronet; British Conservative politician
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