Record

Performance TitlePrimrose League Grand Habitation
Performance Date1 May 1914
Performance DayFriday
Main PerformersLord Lansdowne,
Lord Curzon (Grand Master),
A D Steel Maitland,
Walter Long,
Harry Samuel - speakers
Secondary PerformersLady Lansdowne - speaker
ChoirsChoir of 350 Children
Set ListMusic Recital:
Organ Solo: 'Jubilant March', Sir John Strainer,
Two Choruses: 'The Empire Flag', Sir A C Mackenzie,
'Hurrah for England', Sir F J Bridge,
Organ Solo: 'Triumphal March', W S Hoyte,
Two Choruses: 'Sons of Britain', Tisdale and Facer,
'The Call of the Bugle', Percy Godfrey,
National Songs: England, 'Fairest Isle', Purcell,
Scotland, 'Loch Lomond',
Ireland, 'Killarney', M W Belfe,
Wales, 'The Ash Grove',
Organ Solo: March, 'Pomp and Circumstance', Elgar,
Chorus: 'Viking Song', S Coleridge-Taylor,
National Song: 'Rule Britannia', Dr Arne

Procession of Grand Council and Speakers,
Banner Prizegiving (Lady Lansdowne),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Address (Lord Curzon),
Speech (Lord Lansdowne),
Rsolution,
Resolution Seconded,
Vote of Thanks
Performance NotesHabitation banners were displayed around the Hall. The Champion banner was won by the Bournemouth Habitation.

Lord Lansdowne's speech touched upon the Effects of the Parliament Act; the Problem of Ireland; the Shadow of Civil War; Liberals and the Nationalists; the Plot Against Ulster; Naval and Military Plans; The Landing of Arms; A Chastened Spirit; A Dishonest Offer; the Plan of Exclusion; Grotesque Time-Limit Proposal; and the Unionist Position.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1914/21)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1914/21Grand Habitation [Primrose League] - Souvenir of Albert Hall Demonstration1 May 1914
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OkokefeditadPrimrose League Grand Habitation1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1729Curzon; Sir; George Nathaniel (1859-1925); 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston; British Conservative statesman
DS/UK/3719Maitland; Sir; Arthur Herbert Drummond Ramsay Steel- (1876-1935); 1st Baronet of Sauchie; British Conservative politician
DS/UK/4459Long; Walter Hume (1854-1924); 1st Viscount Long; British Unionist politician
DS/UK/4786Samuel; Sir; Harry Simon (1853-1934); English Member of Parliament
DS/UK/4484Fitzmaurice; Lord; Henry Charles Keith Petty- (1845-1927); 5th Marquess of Lansdowne; British politician, Irish peer
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