Record

Performance TitleImperial Preference Campaign (Tariff Reform) - Meeting
Performance Date23 May 1911
Performance DayTuesday
Main PerformersMr Balfour,
Mr F E Smith MP,
Lord Selborne (Presiding),
Lord Ridley (Chairman of the Tariff Reform Legaue),
Mr Austen Chamberlain - speakers
Set ListMessage from Mr Chamberlain (Lord Selborne),
Speech (Mr Balfour),
Resolution - 'That this meeting affirms its adherence to the policy of Imperial Preferential trade within the Empire, believing it to be calculated to increase emplyment in this country, foster the development of the Dominions, and strengthen the bonds of sentiment and interest which unite the Empire; and respectfully urges this policy upon the consideration of the Prime Ministers assembled at the Imperial Conference.' (Lord Ridley - seconded, Mr F E Smith),
Vote of Thanks (Mr L S Amery - seconded, Mr Page Croft),
Concluding Remarks (Mr Austen Chamberlain)
Performance NotesThose seated on the platform included, Mr Bonar Law, Mr Chaplin, Sir A Acland-Hood, the Duke of Marlborough, Lord Charles Beresford, Sir George Doughty, the Duke of Somerset, Lord Malmesbury, Mr Arthur Lee, Sir William Bull, Sir Alfred Cripps, Lord Hardinge, Lord Valentia, Captain Pretyman, Lord Castlereagh, Lord Duncannon, Mr J H Campbell, Sir Alexander Henderson, Mr L S Amery, Sir Gilbert Parker, Lord Lawrence, Lord Blythswood, Lord Dartmouth, Lord Ablemarle, Lord Leven, Lord Helmsley, Mr Pike Pease, Mr Marshall Hall, Mr Hayes Fisher, Lord Claud Hamilton, Mr Joynson-Hicks, and General Pole-Carew.
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work8357Imperial Preference Campaign (Tariff Reform League) - Meeting1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
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/1984Smith; Frederick Edwin (1872-1930); 1st Earl of Birkenhead; British Conservative statesman, lawyer
DS/UK/2725Chamberlain; Sir; Joseph Austen (1863-1937); KG; British statesman, Nobel Peace Prize winner
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