| Main Performers | Miss Clara Butt - vocal,
Sir E Clarke,
Countess of Jersey,
Mr Arthur J Balfour MP (First Lord of the Treasury, Primrose League Vice-Grand Master) - speaker |
| Secondary Performers | Mr Ian Malcolm MP - speaker,
Miss Edith Clegg,
Miss Esmee Woodford,
Mr Henry Franchiss,
Mr F Bernard Streatfeild - vocals,
Mr H L Balfour - organ |
| Set List | Music Recital (Miss Edith Clegg, Miss Esmee Woodford, Mr Henry Franchiss, Mr F Bernard Streatfeild, Mr H L Balfour),
'See the Conquering Hero Comes' (Mr H L Balfour),
Procession,
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem) (Clara Butt - first two verses),
Presentation of Champion Banners (Countess of Jersey)
Address (Mr Arthur Balfour),
Resolution - 'That this meeting of the Primrose League in Grand Habitation assembled declares its faithful adherence to the princples of the Primrose League, and its conviction that the maintenance of those principles is essential to the prosperity of the Empire, and the freedom and happiness of the people.' (Sir E Clarke),
Resolution Seconded (Mr Ian Malcolm MP),
Speech and Vote of Thanks (Sir Stafford Northcote, Viscount Folkestone),
Thanks (Mr Arthur Balfour) |
| Performance Notes | The event was held on 'Primrose Day', which was the anniversary of the death of British statesman and prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, on 19 April 1881.
Guests on the stage were Sir E Clarke MP, Sir Stafford Northcote MP, Lord Willoughby de Eresby MP, Viscount Folkestone MP, Mr W F D Smith MP, Sir F Dixon-Hartland MP, Captain Chaloner MP, Sir E S Hill MP, Admiral Sir J Dalrymple Hay, Sir Ernest Flower MP, Mr Griffith Boscawen MP, Mr Gerald Loder MP, Mr Guy Pym MP, Mr H M Stanley MP, Colonel Wyndham Murray MP, Mr W Emden LCC, Sir R Penrose Fitzgerald MP, Sir Howard Vincent MP, Mr Lane Fox (Primrose League Vice-Chancellor), Countess Jersey, Miss Balfour, Lady Cranbourne, Lady Emma Talbot, Lady Dimsdale, Viscountess Esher, Countess of Romney, Dowager Lady Westbury, Lady Northcote, Lady Hardman, Viscountess Knutsford, Lady Knightley of Pewsley, Lady Beaumont, Lady Dodsworth, Lady Penrose Fitzgerald, Lady Willoughby de Eresby, Lady Ellis, and Mrs Shepherd Cross.
The Countess of Jersey presented the Champion Banner from the Bolton Habitation (Lancashire).
The Address touched upon the House of Lords and the Union; the Cause of Religion; the Foundatios of Empire; Finance; the Sinking Fund; A Comparison and a Contrast |