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Performance TitleThe National Playing Fields Association - Inaugural Meeting
Performance Date8 July 1925
Performance DayWednesday
Main PerformersDuke of Sutherland,
Duchess of Atholl,
J Ramsay MacDonald,
Viscountess Nancy Astor MP,
Viscount Burnham,
Margaret Bondfield,
Sir Arthur Crosfield
Dame Beatrix Hudson-Lyall
Alec Paterson,
E J Sainsbury,
A E R Gilligan,
Max Woosnam,
W W Wakefield,
H M Abrahams,
J H Bennett,
H Roper Barret,
J H Taylor,
Mrs Cambridge - speakers
Secondary PerformersHarold Williams - vocal,
H L Balfour - organ
Orchestra or BandHM Coldstream Guards
Set List'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar,
'It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo', Wendell Hall,
'The Yeoman of England', Edward German,
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Royal PresenceHRH The Duke of York,
HRH The Duchess of York
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1925/32)
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Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1925/32The National Playing Fields Association - Inaugural Meeting8 July 1925
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OwpabidoripifThe National Playing Fields Association - Inaugural Meeting1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/390Fields in Trust (FIT); 1925-; British recreational space organisation
DS/UK/1471Stewart-Murray; Katherine Marjory, Duchess of Atholl (1874-1960); DBE; British noblewoman, Scottish Unionist Party politician
DS/UK/1762Astor; Nancy (19 May 1879-2 May 1964); Viscountess Astor, CH; American-born British politician
DS/UK/1337MacDonald; James Ramsay (1866-1937); British Labour Party politician
DS/UK/2508Bondfield; Margaret Grace (1873-1953); English labour MP, first woman cabinet minister
DS/UK/3061Gower; George Granville Sutherland-Leveson- (1888-1963); 5th Duke of Sutherland; British courtier, patron of the film industry, Conservative politician
DS/UK/3063Lawson; Sir; Harry Lawson Webster Levy- (1862-1933); 1st Viscount Burnham; British newspaper proprietor, Liberal Unionist politician
DS/UK/3064Crosfield; Sir; Arthur Henry (1865-1938); 1st Baronet of Highgate; British Liberal MP
DS/UK/2240Lyall; Dame; Beatrix Margaret (1873-1948); British social reformer, London politician
DS/UK/3066Paterson; Sir; 'Alec' Alexander Henry (1884-1947); British penologist
DS/UK/3067Sainsbury; Edgar John (1863-1949); English school teacher, member of the London County Council
DS/UK/3068Gilligan; Arthur Edward Robert (1894-1976); English cricketer who captained the England cricket team in 1924 and 1925
DS/UK/3069Woosnam; Maxwell 'Max' (1892-1965); English sportsman
DS/UK/3070Wakefield; William Wavell (1898-1983); 1st Baron Wakefield of Kendal; English rugby union player, Conservative politician
DS/UK/3071Abrahams; Harold (15 December 1899-14 January 1978); CBE; British track and field athlete
DS/UK/3072Barrett; Herbert Roper (24 November 1873-27 July 1943); KC; British tennis player
DS/UK/1221Williams; Harold John (1893-1976); MBE; Australian baritone
DS/UK/1614Balfour; H L (28 October 1859-27 December 1946); British organist and teacher
DS/UK/1368Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900-2002); HM; British Queen consort of King George VI
DS/UK/1700George VI (1895-1952); British King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India (1938-1947)
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