Record

Performance TitlePrimrose League Grand Habitation
Performance Date26 April 1910
Performance DayTuesday
Main PerformersMr Balfour (Grand Master),
Mr Walter Long MP,
Lord Desborough (Chancellor of the League - speakers,
Lady Maud Warrender - vocal
Secondary PerformersH L Balfour - organ
ChoirsLondon College of Choristers
Set ListOrgan Recital (H L Balfour),
Patriotic Songs (London College of Choristers),
Procession of banners,
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem) (Lady Maud Warrender),
Presnetation of champion banners to Lady Warrender,
Speech (Mr Balfour),
Resolution - 'That the meeting of the Primrose League in Grand Habitation assembled desires to record its emphatic condemnation of the tactics by which the Government have purchased support for the Budget by the sacrifice of the Constitution' (Mr Walter Long MP - seconded, Lord Willoughby De Broke),
Vote of Thanks (Lord Desborough - seconded, Sir J Rolleston MP),
Concluding remarks (Mr Balfour)
Performance NotesAmong those on the platform were Miss Balfour, Lady Desborough, Lord Halbury, Lord Willoughby de Broke, Lord Llangattock, Sir Jospeh Dimsdale (Grand Treasurer), Lord Churchill, Lord A Hill and Lord Kinnoull.
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work8276Primrose League Grand Habitation1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/174Primrose League; 1883-2004; British organisation for spreading Conservative principles in UK
DS/UK/1736Balfour; Lord; Arthur James (25 July 1848-19 March 1930); 1st Earl of Balfour, KG OM PC FRS, FBA DL; British Conservative Prime Minister
DS/UK/1614Balfour; H L (28 October 1859-27 December 1946); British organist and teacher
DS/UK/5747London College of Choristers; fl 1917-1919; English London-based choral college
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