Record

Performance TitlePrimrose League Grand Habitation
Performance Date2 May 1924
Performance DayFriday
Main PerformersDowager Countess of Jersey (President of the Ladies' Grand Council),
Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (Chair),
Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin,
Rt. Hon. Sir Douglas McGarel Hogg MP,
Mr Edward Doran - speakers,
Mrs Maurice Drummond - vocals
Secondary PerformersR Arnold Greir - organ
ConductorsH L Balfour
Set ListMusic Recital:
'You'll Get There', Parry,
'When the Heart Is Young', Dudley Buck,
'Ye Mariners of England',
'Flag All Glorious', Gounod,
'The Red, White and Blue',
'The Lark's Awake', Bernard Elliott,
'The Viking Song', Taylor,
'I Vow to Thee, My Country', Holst,
'If Hope Were But A Fairy', Myles Foster,
'The Shepherd's Dance',
'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar (Mrs Maurice Drummond),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem) (Mrs Maurice Drummond)

Procession,
Presentation of Prize Winning Banners (Dowager Lady Jersey),
Speech (Lord Curzon),
Address (Mr Stanley Baldwin),
Speech and Vote of Thanks (Rt. Hon. Sir Douglas McGarel Hogg MP),
Resolution Seconded (Mr Edward Doran),
Thanks (Lord Curzon)
Performance NotesThe champion banner was awarded to the Queen's Own (Barrow-in-Furness) Habitation.
Mr Baldwin's speech touched upon Peace and Empire Unity.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1924/21)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1924/21Primrose League Grand Habitation Demonstration2 May 1924
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
YsoledadipehPrimrose League Grand Habitation1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1726Villiers; Lady; Margaret Elizabeth (1849-1945); Countess; British daughter of William Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh and wife of the 7th Earl of Jersey
DS/UK/1415Baldwin; Stanley (1867-1947); 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley; British Conservative politician
DS/UK/2542Hogg; Sir; Douglas McGarel (1872-1950); 1st Viscount Hailsham; British lawyer, Conservative peer
DS/UK/2749Doran; Edward (1 June 1885-15 December 1945); British film producer and politician
DS/UK/1614Balfour; H L (28 October 1859-27 December 1946); British organist and teacher
DS/UK/174Primrose League; 1883-2004; British organisation for spreading Conservative principles in UK
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