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Performance TitleWelsh Church Demonstration - The Great Demonstration Against Disestablishment
Performance Date12 June 1912
Performance DayThursday
Main PerformersArchbishop of York, William Lang (Presiding),
Mr Bonar Law MP,
The Bishop of London (Ingram),
Bishop of St Asaph (Alfred Edwards),
Duke of Devonshire (Victor Cavendish),
Bishop Welldon (Dean of Manchester, Welldon),
Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen - speakers
Set ListOrgan Recital,
Hymns including 'O God Our Help in Ages Past',
Lesser Litany,
The Lord's Prayer,
The Creed,
The Collect for the 16th Sunday after Tinity,
Opening Address (Archbishop of York),
First Resolution (Mr Bonar Law - seconded, Bishop of St. Asaph),
'The Church's One Foundation' during Collection,
Second Resolution (Duke of Devonshire - seconded, Bishop Welldon),
Vote of Thanks,
'Land of My Fathers',
Doxology
Performance Notes"Two resolution will be proposed, one protesting against the injustice of the Government Bill and the second laying stress on the fact that the country has not been consulted on the measure since the report of the Royal Commission."
(The Times, Thursday June 12, 1912).

"WELSH CHURCHMEN.
ALBERT HALL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST DISESTABLISHMENT.
At least five thousand representatives from the Welsh dioceses are coming to London by special trains, three thousand from the south of the Principality and two thousand from the north. There are also a very large number of selected representatives from the North of England. They will march through the West End in the middle of the afternoon, with banners and singing Welsh hymns."
(The Observer, 2 June 1912, page 13)

A demonstration was held simultaneously with this event in Hyde Park, London.
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work8443Welsh Church Demonstration - The Great Demonstration Against Disestablishment1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3262Lang; William Cosmo Gordon (1864-1945); 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth; Scottish Anglican prelate
DS/UK/1727Law; Andrew Bonar (1858-1923); British Conservative Party statesman, Prime Minister
DS/UK/1828Ingram; Arthur Foley Winnington- (1858-1946); Lord Bishop of London; English Bishop of London
DS/UK/4451Edwards; Alfred George Edwards (1848-1937); Welsh bishop
DS/UK/4452Cavendish; Victor Christian William (1868-1939); 9th Duke of Devonshire; British politician
DS/UK/4453Welldon; James Edward Cowell (1854-1937); English clergyman, Bishop of Calcutta, scholar
DS/UK/4454Boscawen; Arthur Sackville Trevor Griffith- (1865-1946); British Conservative politician
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