| Main Performers | Mr A J Balfour MP (Primrose League Grand Master),
Mr George Wyndham MP,
Earl Howe (Primrose League Chancellor) - speakers |
| Secondary Performers | Esmee Woodford,
Henry Franckiss,
Noonn Macquois,
Janiss Brown,
Master Bernard Crook - vocals,
Mr H L Balfour - organ |
| Set List | Organ Recital (Mr H L Balfour),
Procession and Presentation of Champion Banners,
'Rule Britannia' (Audience),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem), (Master Bernard Crook - first verse, Esmee Woodford, Henry Franckiss, Noonn Macquois, Janiss Brown - second verse, Audience),
Presentation of Certificates to Champion Banner Winners (Duchess of Marlborough),
Address (Mr A J Balfour MP),
Thanks, Election Announcement and Annual Report (Mr Howe),
Speech and Resolution - 'This meeting of members of the Primrose League, in Grand habitation assembled, recognises with the higest satisfaction the growth of Imperial sentiment, as exemplified by the assertion of British supremacy in South Africa, the federation of Australia, and the unanimous support afforded to the mother country by the colonies and outlying portions of the Empire.' (Mr George Wyndham MP),
Resolution Seconded (Sir J Dimsdale MP),
Vote of Thanks (Duke of Marlborough),
Resolution Seconded (Mr R Greville MP),
Thanks (Mr H L Balfour) |
| Performance Notes | "In front of the organ, which was draped with huge Union Jacks, the motto of the league, Imperium et Libertas, was conspiciously displayed; and from the galleries depended banners of various habitations in many shades and various designs, the semi-circular front of the platform being tastefully marked out by a band of flowers and ferns."
(The Times, 9 May 1901)
Guests seated on the stage were Earl Howe (Primrose League Chancellor), Countess Howe, Duke and Duches of Marlborough, Countess of Jersey, Suchess of Buckingham, Countess of Romney, Countess of Ancaster, Marchioness of Headfort, Mrs Bischoffsheim, Lady Llangattock, Lady Maud Wilbraham, Lady Hardman, Lady Dorothy Nevill, Lady Ellis, Dowager Viscountess Esher, Lady Beatrice Villiers, Countess Grovesnor, Mrs George Cornwallis West, Miss Balfour, Hon. Mrs Evelyn Cecil, Mr George Wyndham MP, Earl Amherst, Viscount St Vincent, Sir J Rolleston MP, Sir F Milner MP, Sir H Vincent MP, Mr Hayes Fisher MP, Mr W F D Smith MP, Sir J Dimsdale MP, Mr G Lane Fox (Primrose League Vice-Chancellor), and Mr Lennox Irwin.
Champion Banners winners were Elliston (Sleaford Division of Lincolnshire) Habitation; Waterloo (Southport Division) Habitation, and London, Bayswater Habitation.
The address by Mr A J Balfour MP focused on the death of Queen Victoria earlier the same year; Home Rule; and the South African War. |