Performance TitlePrimrose League Grand Habitation
Performance Date9 May 1900
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersLord Glenesk,
Mr George Wyndham MP,
Sir Edgar Vincent MP,
Marquis of Salisbury (Primrose League President) - speaker
Secondary PerformersMadame Albani - vocal,
Mr H L Balfour - organ
Set ListOrgan Recital (Mr H L Balfour),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem) (Madame Albani, Audience),
Presentation of Certificates to Champion Banners (Lady Gewndolen Cecil),
Speech (Lord Glenesk),
Speech (Marquis of Salisbury),
Speech and Resolution - 'That this meeting of the Primrose League in Grand Habitation assembled calls upon her Majesty's subjects in the United Kigdom so to prepare in tim eof peace as to be ready to play their part in a time of Imperial emergency' (Mr George Wyndham MP),
Resolution Seconded (Sir Edgar Vincent MP),
Vote of Thanks (Viscount Curzon MP),
Thanks Seconded (Sir John Rolleston),
Thanks (Marquis of Salisbury),
'Rule Britannia' (Audience)
Performance NotesGuests seated on the stage were Lord Glendale (Primrose League Chancellor), Mr Wyndham MP, Viscount Curzon MP, Lord Poltimore, Lord Llangattook, Sir Edgar Vincent MP, Sir F D Dixon-Hartland MP, Sir John Rolleston, Earl of Powis, Lord Willoughby De Eresby MP, Mr Wharton MP, Sir E S Hill MP, Lord Blythswood, Mr W F D Smith MP, Sir Howard Vincent MP, Mr Baird MP, Mr Hayes Fisher MP, Mr Guy Pym MP, Mr C A Whitmore MP, Mr E Flower MP, Mr Monckton MP, Mr Ian Malcolm MP, Mr Barnes MP, Mr Loder MP, Captain Phillpotts MP, Mr Skewes-Cox MP, Sir Lambton Loraine, Mr Massey-Mainwaring MP, Mr G Lane-Fox (Primrose Leagie Vice-Chancellor), Lady Gwendolen Cecil, Countess of Jersey, Countess of Ancaster, Lady Randolph Churchill, Lady Blythswood, Lady Llangattock, Countess of Guilford.

Champion banner winners were the Fair City Habitation of Perth, Ellison Habitation (Lincolnshire) and Myddleton Habitation (Enfield).

The Marquis of Salisbury's speech touched upon the New Imperial Sentiment; the Rejection of Home Rule; Effacement of the Liberal Party; the Attitude of Foreign Powers; National Defence; Organisation of Rifle Clubs; and the Mission of the Primrose League.
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work10847Primrose League Grand Habitation1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/174Primrose League; 1883-2004; British organisation for spreading Conservative principles in UK
DS/UK/13021Cecil KG; Lord; Robert Arthur James Gascoyne- (1893-1972); 5th Marquess of Salisbury; British Conservative politician
DS/UK/1614Balfour; H L (28 October 1859-27 December 1946); British organist and teacher
DS/UK/3848Albani; Dame; Emma (1 November 1847-3 April 1930); DBE; Canadian-British operatic soprano
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