Record

Performance TitlePrimrose League Grand Habitation
Performance Date4 May 1898
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersLady Blythswood,
Duke of Leeds,
Sir Jospeh Dimsdale,
Hon. Ivor Guest,
Marquis of Salisbury (Primrose League Grand Master),
Duke of Marlborough (Primrose League Chancellor) - speakers
Secondary PerformersMr Andrew Black - vocal,
Organist
Set ListMusic Recital (Andrew Black, Organist),
Welcome Speech (Duke of Marlborough),
Presentation of Certificate sto Champion Banners (Lady Blythswood),
Address (Marquis of Salisbury),
Speech and Resolution - 'That this meeting of the Primrose League, in grand habitation assembled, places upon record its confidence in Lord Saisbury and her Majesty's Government, and declare its gratitude to them for upholding the honour of Great Britain abroad, not only in the face of unexemplified difficulties, but also at a time of a great Imperial crisis; and it further desires to record its thanks to the Government for their efforts to promote the social reform of our people at home.' (Duke of Leeds),
Resolution Seconded (Earl of Hardwicke),
Vote of Thanks (Sir Jospeh Dimsdale, Hon. Ivor Guest),
Thanks (Marquis of Salisbury)
Performance NotesGuests of the stage were the Duke of Marlborough (Primrose League Chancellor), Mr eorge Lane-Fox (Primrose League Vice-Chancellor), Sir W T Marriott, Lord Harris, Sir F Dixon-Hartland MP, Lord Poltimore, Earl of Hardwicke, Sir Massey Lopes, Duke of Leeds, Earl of Powis, Earl of Pemrboke, Sir Jospeh Dimsdale, Sir H Vincent MP, Lord C Beresford MP, Mr G Loder MP, Sir G Baden-Powell MP, Major H P Bowles MP, Sir J Rolleston, Mr Guy Pym MP, Mr E H Hulse, Colonel Eyre, Mr Agg Gardner, Mr Ernest Flower MP, Hon. Ivor Guest, Sir F Milner MP, Sir E S Hill MP, Sir S Northcote MP, Mr W Emden, Mr W Hayes Fisher MP, Captain James, Mr W H Frith, Mr Hiley, Mr Lennox Irwin, Captain Chaloner MP, hON. Sydney Greville, Master Corpus the Hon. S M Donnell, Lady Blythswood, Duchess of Marlborough, Countess of Ancaster, Countess of Jersey, Lady Randolph Churchill, Countess of Romney, Dowager Countess of Mayo, Dowager Lady Westbury, Lady Knutsford, Lady Ellis, Lady Ridley, Mrs Bischoffsheim, Miss Nevill, Lady Poltimore, Mrs Shepherd Cross, Miss Balfour, Lady Pender, Countess Waldegrave, Mrs Murdoch, Lady Milner, Lady Macgregor, Mrs Curzon and Mrs Louis Sinclair.

The Marquis of Salisbury's speech focused upon the United States and Spain; the Work of the Primrose League; the Sudan Campaign; the Far East; Fort Arthur and Wei-Hai-Wei; Ta-Lien-Wan; British Prestige; and Living and Dying Nations.
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work10848Primrose League Grand Habitation1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/174Primrose League; 1883-2004; British organisation for spreading Conservative principles in UK
DS/UK/13021Cecil KG; Lord; Robert Arthur James Gascoyne- (1893-1972); 5th Marquess of Salisbury; British Conservative politician
DS/UK/3878Black; Andrew (1859-1920); British opera singer
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