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Performance Title	Public Demonstration in Support of the 'Government Local Option Bill'
Performance Date	25 May 1895
Performance Day	Saturday
Performance Time	17:30
Main Performers	Sir Wilfred Lawson MP (Chair), Rev. Canon Wilberforce, Rev. Canon Baker, Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, Lloyd George MP - speakers
Secondary Performers	Lady Henry Somerset, Mr W S Caine MP, Mr T Burt MP, Mr J W Benn MP, Mr E H Pickersgill MP, Mr T Lough MP, Mr H J Wilson MP, Mr John Wilson MP, Mr C Diamond MP, Mr T P Whittaker MP, Rev F B Meyer, Canon Barker, Miss F Balgarnie, Rev. J Tolfree Parr, Mr J Malins, Mr J R Raper, Mr J Lee, Mr S Hawley, Mr J Nix, Mr J Kempster, Mrs H J Wilson, Colonel Bolland
Choirs	Choir of 1,500
Conductors	Mr S W Williams
Set List	Organ recital, Glees and songs, Speech (Sir Wilfred Lawson MP), Resolution (Mr J W Benn MP, seconded - Mr E H Pickersgill MP), Speech (Mr T Lough MP), Speech (Mr C Diamond MP, seconded - Canon Murnane, Rev F B Meyer, Mrs H J Wilson, Canon Wilberforce, Canon Barker), Speech (Lady Henry Somerset), Speech (Mr W S Caine MP), Speech (Mr T P Whittaker MP), Speech (Mr T Burt MP, seconded - Miss F Balgarnie, Mr J H Raper, Rev J Tolefree-Parr, Mr J Malins), Vote of Thanks to Sir Wilfred Lawson (Mr J Lee, seconded - Mr S Hawley)
Performance Notes	The 1895 General Election was a disastrous defeat for the Liberal Party with the number of seats they held in the House of Commons falling from 272 to 177. No defeat during the election was more shocking than that of Sir William Harcourt, leader of the Liberals in the House of Commons and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Harcourt's defeat was overwhelmingly blamed by contemporaries, and subsequently by historians, on his support for temperance legislation. This was specifically a piece of legislation called the Local Option which would have allowed for local prohibition'. The Times (27 May 1895) reported that upwards of 90,000 people had applied for tickets and that just over 10,000 were admitted into the Hall. An overflow meeting was held in Hyde Park. Large contingents of various London-based temperance organisations assembled at different points in the Capital and marched in a procession to the Hall which began at 17:00 and ended at 22:00.

Work

Ref No	Title	No of Performances
Work9060	Public Demonstration in Support of the 'Government Local Option Bill'	1

Performers

Code	Name of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1370	George; David Lloyd (1863-1945); 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor; British Liberal politician Prime Minster of the UK

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