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Sometime in 1896

Sometime in the first quarter of 1896 William Butler Yeats moved to No. 18 Woburn Buildings, London, possibly January, but for sure by March (Harper 80 76, n. 12, 3-4)

January 1896

1 January 1896, Wednesday, New Year's Day

13 January 1896, Monday

On the 24th The Literary World reports the following: "The Memorial Institute to Mrs. Elizabeth Barrett Browning was opened at Ledbury last week by Mr. Rider Haggard. The institute is a charming building in the half-timbered perpendicular style of architecture, and it occupies one of the most commanding positions in the town. It is bult of Lebury limestone and Etonfield sandstone, with oak timbering, with a clock-tower at the corner. The total cost was £2,330, and it is satisfactory to know that the whole of that sum was obtained from more than 1,000 subscribers, with the exception of about £300. Already several important gifts have been made to the library, including a complete set of the works of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, presented by Mr. George Malton Barrett, the brother of the poetess; and about one hundred volumes of books, presented by Dr. Furnival, the late president of the Browning Society. Mr. Haggard, who spoke for a considerable time to an appreciative concourse, sketched the life of the poetess in enthusiastic terms, and paid a generous tribute to the memory of 'the greatest poetess the English-speaking people have yet produced.'" "Table Talk," The Literary World, 24 January 1896, vol. 53, p. 77, col. 1. (Accessed 9 October 2009 in Google Books.)

18 January 1896, Saturday

On the 24th The Literary World reports the following: "A pleasant gathering took place in Edinburgh on Saturday last to do honour to Mr. Andrew Stewart, who for a quarter of a century has been connected with The People's Friend. Mr. Stewart began his career on The Friend as sub-editor, under Mr. David Pae, and among his contributors had such men as the late George Gilfillan and Professor Blackie. Such novelists as Annie S. Swan and Adeline Sergeant have written much of their best work for The Friend, and through its pages their stories were read weekly in a quarter of a million homes. Mr. W. C. Leng, one of the proprietors, took the chair, in the absence of Sir John Leng, who is abroad, and speeches were delivered by Mr. Anderson, Mr. Robert Ford, Mr. J. C. Hadden, Mrs. Lawson, Miss A. S. Falconer, and others." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 24 January 1896, vol. 53, p. 77, col. 2. (Accessed 9 October 2009 in Google Books.)

22 January 1896, Wednesday

On the 24th The Literary World reports the following (but really it occurred on the 15th?): "A meeting of the Society of Public Librarians was held at the Whitechapel Public Library on Wednesday evenng last. (Mr. Frowde in the chair), when two excellent papers were delivered -- 'Subject Index to English Literature,' by Mr. Bagguley, and 'Lady Assistants in Public Libraries," by Mr. Snowsill. The whole of the members present were practically, if ungallantly, strongly opposed to the introduction of females as attendants in public libraries." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 24 January 1896, vol. 53, p. 78, col. 1. (Accessed 9 October 2009 in Google Books.)

24 January 1896, Friday

The 31 January 1896 Literary World reports the following: "The recently-formed Publishers' Associaton had a meeting of its members on Friday last, most of the leading publishers attending. No defnite appointments were made, but it is pretty generally understood that the office of President lies between Mr. Charles Longman and Mr. John Murray." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 31 January 1896, vol. 53, p. 103, col. 2. (Accessed 9 October 2009 in Google Books.)

27 January 1896, Monday

Authors' Society meeting, talk by Mr. Hall Caine on international copyright. "Table Talk," The Literary World, 31 January 1896, vol. 53, p. 101, col. 3. (Accessed 9 October 2009 in Google Books.)

February 1896

Lecture at the Westminster Town Hall reported by The Literary World on 14 February 1896: "'The transmission of personality is the creed of literature as it is of religion,' said Mr. Birrell in the course of a lecture on Dr. Johnson, at Westminster Town Hall, and the ober dictum is worthy of all acceptation. Mr. Asquith presided, and the audience including 'all the talents,' Lord Roseberry, Mr. Arthur Balfour, Mr. Thomas Hardy, Mr. Henry James, and Mr. Herbert Paul occupying chairs in the front row. / Mr. Asquith uttered the usual orthodoxies concerning the author 'who lived so little by his writings and so much by his personality.' That is a view which we confess we do not share. ..." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 14 February 1896, vol. 53, p. 149, col. 1. (Accessed 9 October 2009 in Google Books.)

The annual meeting of the Authors' Society, reported on in the 21 February 1896 Literary World: "The annual meeting of the Authors' Society passed off pleasantly, in spite of the minatory motion that stood in the name of Mr. W. H. Wilkins regarding the unfortunate 'Address' to the authors of America, a motion that was gracefully withdrawn in view of the committee's resoluton that the 'Address' had no official character. We congratulate the Society on the access of 14 new members during the year and on the evidence of practical work afforded by the fact that two-thirds of the members had applied for advice and assistance, to say nothing of the MSS. submitted for the same purpose. The printed report, of which a copy has reached us, is full of exceedingly sound advice, of especial value to young or inexperienced authors." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 14 February 1896, vol. 53, p. 172, col. 3. (Accessed 9 October 2009 in Google Books.)

3 February 1896, Monday

Sometime this week, probably, was a meeting of the Society of Public Librarians, reported on in the 14 February 1896 Literary World: "A meeting of the Society of Public Librarians was held at the Canning Town branch of the West Ham Public Libraries last week, when Mr. Foskett, of the Camberwell Public Libraries, delivered 'A Contribution to Occult Literature,' and Mr. Whitwell, of West Ham, read a paper entitled, 'Some Critical Remarks on the Works of Thomas Love Peacock.' Both papers were very well received, and gave rise to interesting discussions." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 14 February 1896, vol. 53, p. 150, col. 1. (Accessed 9 October 2009 in Google Books.)

5 February 1896, Wednesday

Dinner: G. B. Shaw, Richard Burton Haldane, H. H. Asquith, Arthur Balfour (Gibbs 124).

22 February 1896, Saturday

According to the 28 February 1896 Literary World, "On Saturday last, at Hampstead, the ceremony was witnessed of unveiling the memorial tablet in the house in John-street in which John Keats resided. It was expected that Sir Walter Besant would take part n the ceremony; gout, unhappily, prevented his doing so, but he sent a letter in his place, which was read in due course. Sir Charles Dilke, Mr. S. Colvin, Mr. Edmund Gosse, Dr. Robertson Nicol, and Prof Hall Griffin were among those present. The proceedings were simple in the extreme. Prof. Griffin, in a brief speech, dwelt on the historical nature of the surroundings from a literary point of view and the ceremony terminated, leaving Lawn-Bank, John-street, with the addition of a tablet bearing the following inscription: Erected by the Society of Arts. / JOHN KEATS, / Poet, / Lived in this House. / B. 1795. / D. 1821." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 28 February 1896, vol. 53, p. 196, col. 2. (Accessed 9 October 2009 in Google Books.)

March 1896

Sometime in March 1896, the Inner Order of the Golden Dawn moved its headquarters to 62 Oakley Square, where it stayed until September 1897 (Howe 126).

Sometime in the first quarter of 1896 W. B. Yeats moved to No. 18 Woburn Buildings, London, possibly January, but for sure by March (Harper 80 76, n. 12, 3-4)

5 March 1896, Thursday

"The wedding of Miss Lily Caine, sister of the novelist, with Mr. George Day will take place on March 5 at St. George's, Hanover-square." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 28 February 1896, vol. 53, p. 196, col. 2. (Accessed 9 October 2009 in Google Books.)

7 March 1896, Saturday

Gilbert and Sullivan's The Grand Duke, Or the Statutory Duel opens at the Savoy.

11 March 1896, Wednesday

Queen's Drawing Room hosted by Alexandra, Princess of Wales, as reported in the London Evening Standard on Thursday, 12 March 1896. The long list of names is rendered as an ordered or numbered list here to save space and make referring to people easier; the original newspaper story puts each one on a new line as a new paragraph.

THE DRAWING ROOM.
The Princess of Wales held the first Drawing Room of the season at Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon, on behalf of the Queen. Carriages conveying débutantes commenced to arrive shortly after noon, and by one o'clock the line of vehicles reached right away to Marlborough-yard. The weather was mild though somewhat gloomy, and a large crowd collected in the Mall. Tho number of presentations was about the same as usual; but, from an outsider's point of view, there was an unusual absence of colour. The Princess of Wales was accompanied by the Princesses Victoria and Maud and Prince Charles of Denmark, and the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Alexandra, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, and the Duke and Duchess of York, were present. Escorted by a troop of Life Guards, the State carriage, conveying the Princess of Wales, her two daughters, and Prince Charles of Denmark, arrived at Buckingham Palace from Marlborough House almost precisely at three o'clock. The National Anthem was played as their Royal Highnesses passed into the Palace, and there was general uncovering and cheering among the crowd in front of the Palace gates. The Princess was received by the Officers of State, and conducted to the Throne Room, when the presentations commenced.
The Drawing Room was to a large extent a mourning function as regards dress. All the Royal personages were in black, even the two brides-elect, Princess Maud of Wales and Princess Alexandra of Coburg. The Princesses Victoria and Maud of Wales were dressed alike in black satin, prettily arranged with hart's-tongue fern leaves of lisse outlined in jet on the bodices and skirt foot, and rich black satin ribbon at the waist. The material chosen by the Duchess of Coburg was rich black moiré, and the Princess Alexandra's black satin gown was veiled in gauze brocaded in a small floral design. The Duchess of York was dressed in black silk of English manufacture. The Duchess of Buccleuch, like all the other ladies belonging to the Royal Households, wore black plumes and veil. Her gown was of richest poult de soie, trimmed on the corsage with folds of crape and jet ornaments. The Duchess of Buccleuch presented her niece, Lady Victoria Kerr, daughter of the Marquess of Lothian and goddaughter of the Queen, who wore a charming white satin gown, the bodice veiled in lisse held with bands of silver embroidery. The neck was softened by a drapery of lisse, on which was laid, with very natural effect, a spray of apple-blossom. From the silver waistband fell a scarf of silvered lisse to the bottom of the skirt, fastened there by a bunch of apple-blossoms. The train of striped white brocade was bordered with lisse, knotted at intervals with clusters of apple-blossom. Lady Helen Kerr was also in white satin, with an exceedingly pretty corsage arranged with mousseline de soie, and graceful trails of mauve and white convolvuli. There were folds of mousseline de soie carried down the front of the skirt, widening towards the foot, and enframed by the convolvuli. The pale mauve brocade train had a lace-like pattern in cream silk, and was bordered with the flowers and mousseline de soie. Lady Tweedmouth's black velvet toilet was ornamented with fine jet on the corsage, and had full tulle sleeves. The train was fastened to the shoulder by a large knot and lined with a new material, moiré mouillée. Lady Howard Vincent chose a chène silk gown with design of roses and violets, trimmed on the bodice with a fringe of violets, and shoulder-straps of roses. There was a softening of pink lisse about the neck, and the heliotrope and white train came from under the arms, and was fastened with a coquille bow at the back. Susan, Countess of Malmesbury — presented on her marriage — wore a gown of pearl grey satin, draped with exquisite old needlepoint lace, forming a fichu on the bodice. The train was of black brocade. Lady Eva Cotterell — also presented on her marriage — wore white satin, embroidered in silver, and trimmed on the train with lovely lace and knots of silver ribbon. Lady Emma Crichton was in black satin, embroidered in sapphires and silver swallows, and draped with creamy lace. The black velvet train was lined with white satin. Lady Codrington's heliotrope satin gown was made with pointed Court bodice and stomacher of fine embroidery wrought in gilt thread, and pale rubies and diamonds. The shoulder-pieces, of wine-toned velvet, were ornamented to match, and a large poppy, with diamond heart, was fastened at the side. The train was of velvet. Miss James, niece of Lord James of Hereford, wore a black satin gown, richly worked on overskirt and bodice with jet and brilliants in design of knots and floral sprays. The black velvet train was lined with white satin.
Lady Algernon Gordon Lennox was in black and satin, the train being trimmed with tulle ruches, wide at the hem and narrowing towards the waist. The bodice was softened by folds of tulle caught with diamonds, and a long chain of pearls passed over one shoulder and encircled the figure. Lady Feo Start chose a gown of pinkish mauve satin, embroidered half way down the front seams with bunches of wheat, the leaves and stems being wrought in fine silver and the wheat ears in diamonds. At the foot a larger cluster appeared gracefully tapering to the side. The corsage was embroidered to match, and filled in round the neck by silver tulle, and the embroidered sleeves fell off the arm, held by shoulder-straps of silver. The train was in the same shade of velvet, with bold groups of the wheat at each corner, and diminishing to a point midway up the sides. This train was lined with white satin, and fastened to each shoulder by splendid diamond ornaments. The Countess of Lathom's black satin dress was ornamented with fine jet embroidery, and worn with a black brocade train draped with Chantilly lace. Lady Bertha Wilbraham accompanied her mother, wearing a satin dress in a delicate shade of French grey, very prettily trimmed with chiffon, old lace, and clusters of lilies of the valley. The Countess of Clanwilliam had a rich black broché train with a black satin gown richly pailletted. Lady Elizabeth Meade's white satin gown had a very smart bodice arranged with kilted chiffon forming scollop-shaped frills on the shoulders, and groups of Eucharist lilies were fastened at the bust and waist. Lady Beatrice Meade was in white moiré deftly arranged with lisse, embroidered lace, and white narcissi, which also trimmed the white satin train. Viscountess Cross was attired in a black moiré bengaline satin, bordered with Brussels Point caught with fine jet ornaments, and a black satin gown. The Hon. Mary Cross wore black satin, relieved by a vest and sleeves of silver embroidered white satin and a pearl grey satin train. The ivory satin gown selected by the Hon. Margaret Cross was embroidered in a charming design executed in silver, gold, and steel, and had billowy chiffon sleeves, and a train of striped white satin. Lady Arthur Hill was in black satin, draped with costly old lace, and wore pearl and diamond ornaments. Lady Arthur presented Miss Nina Hill in a sweetly pretty white satin toilet, veiled in Brussels net. The corsage was finished by an ostrich feather ruche in front, and frills of net round the shoulders and back. The train fell from both shoulders, like white wings, showing the figure between. Lady Aline Wentworth Beaumont wore white satin, the corsage softened with chiffon, and the waist encircled by a deep silver band. The handsome train was of gold and cream brocade, with a design of shaded tulips, and was turned back at the corner with bunches of tulips. The Countess of Lytton's black peau de chine dress was trimmed up the side with bows of satin ribbon, and worn with a brocade train. The bodice was arranged with jetted lace. Lady O'Conor wore a black velvet gown, the bodice draped across rich jet embroidery and finished by jet butterflies and roses on the shoulders. The train was of black satin.
The Lady Mayoress of London was beautifully dressed in ivory satin, embroidered in frosted silver, forming a festooned floral design round the skirt foot. There were touches of turquoise blue velvet on the corsage, matching the train, which was lined with primrose satin, and ornamented with bunches of large white ostrich plumes. Lady Wilkin presented her daughter in a charming débutante's gown of white satin under net. From each side of the waist fell clusters of lilies of the valley and mimosa, stray blossoms of the flowers being scattered in a shower to the skirt foot. The train was trimmed with silver cord and bunches of flowers. Mrs. H. M. Stanley was becomingly attired in grey satin, embroidered in steel paillettes, forming irregular lines about the hips. The bodice was trimmed with grey chiffon and steel embroidered guipure, and the train was of grey and gold brocade. Lady Mary Lygon, in attendance upon the Duchess of York, had a black velvet train, and a black satin gown trimmed with chiffon and jet. Viscountess Chelsea's white satin dress was very beautifully embroidered in diamonds. Lady Playfair was in black satin. The Dowager Lady Westbury wore a black and white brocade [Col. 2/3] gown, trimmed with rare old Spanish lace, and a black velvet train. Viscountess Trafalgar's becoming toilet was carried out in delicate tones of green and pink. Viscountess Dalrymple wore a superb white brocade gown. Lady Rivers Wilson was presented, on her marriage, wearing an oyster-toned satin gown, made in Louis XV. period, with long corsage, trimmed with rare Point de Gaze, caught up with bouquets of white poppies enveloped in tulle. The train of silver tissue formed a Venetian mantle falling under a hood of the lace, and was lined with mauve satin, matching a large straggling branch of orchids which were laid on at the side. Lady Mount-Stephen wore a gown of rich black brocade, with a large design of roses and little trailing blossoms. The bodice was filled in, back and front, with cream satin under filmy lace, and was embroidered in jet. The sleeves were of white chiffon and lace, and the train of rich black velvet. Viscountess Knutsford's black brocade gown was enriched with fine jet embroidery, and her black satin train was trimmed with lace and jet.
By command of the Queen, a Drawing Room was held yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, by her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, on behalf of her Majesty.
Presentations to her Royal Highness at this Court are, by the Queen's pleasure, considered as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princess of Wales, Princess Victoria, and Princess Maud of Wales, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Charles of Denmark, attended by Lady Suffield (Lady in Waiting), Miss Knollys (Bedchamber Woman in Waiting), Lord Colville of Culross, K.T. (Chamberlain to the Princess of Wales), General Sir D. M. Probyn (Comptroller and Treasurer to the Prince of Wales), Sir Francis Knollys (Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales), and Major General Stanley Clarke (Private Secretary to the Princess of Wales), escorted by a detachment of the Ist Life Guards, arrived at the garden entrance of the Palace from Marlborough House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, arrived from Clarence House, attended by Miss Colville and Captain the Hon. D. Monson.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Strathearne, attended by Lady Elphinstone and Colonel Alfred Egerton, were present at the Drawing Room.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York arrived from York House, attended by Lady Mary Lygon, Major General Sir F. De Winton, and Sir Charles Cust.
His Royal Highness Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and his Highness Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein arrived from Cumberland Lodge, attended by the Hon. C. Eliot. His Highness the Duke of Teck was present at the Drawing Room.
Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms was on duty in the State Saloons, under the command of Lord Belper (the Captain). The Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard were on duty in the interior of the Palace, under the command of Lieut. Colonel H. P. Vance, the Lieutenant (in the unavoidable absence of the Captain, the Eari of Limerick). A Guard of Honour of the 1st Battalion of Grenadier Guards, with the Band of the Regiment, was mounted in the Quadrangle of the Palace, and a Guard of Honour of the Ist Life Guards, with their Band, was stationed in the Courtyard of the Palace; and the Park party was furnished by the Royal Horse Guards.
The Princess of Wales, accompanied by the other members ol the Royal family, entered the Throne Room at three o'clock, and the Princess of Wales took her station in front of the Throne.
Her Royai Highness the Princess of Wales wore a gown of black silk embroidered in jet, corsage and train to correspond. Headdress — Tiara of diamonds, black feathers, and veil. Ornaments — Pearls and diamonds. Orders — Victoria and Albert, Crown of India, St. Catherine of Russia, St. John of Jerusalem, the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and the Danish Family and Golden Wedding Orders.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Victoria and Maud of Wales wore gowns of black satin, corsages embroidered with jet applique in the shape of leaves, sleeves of vandyke chiffon with straps of fine jet, the same kind of jet forming the waistbelt; trains of black satin to correspond. Ornaments — Pearls and diamonds. Orders — Victoria and Albert, Crown of India, Danish Golden Wedding, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Jubilee Commemoration Medal.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York wore a dress of rich black English watered silk, embroidered and trimmed with jet and feathers; corsage and train to correspond. Headdress — Tiara, feathers, and veil. Ornaments — Pearls and diamonds. Orders — Victoria aud Albert, Crown of India, St. John of Jerusalem, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Jubilee Commemoration Medal.
The Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers having been introduced in the order of precedence, the following presentations were made in the Diplomatic Circle: —
By Countess Deym, Princess Alex Thurn Taxis (née Princess Hohenlohe), Countess Clary Aidringen (née Countess Kinsky), Madame Geoffray, and Mdlle. Demidoff.
By Mrs. Bayard, Mrs. William Sheffield Cowles.
By Madame de Bille, Madame de Salis.
By the Marchioness of Salisbury, Madame Kato and Countess Lewenhaupt.
The following presentations to the Princess of Wales, on behalf of the Queen, were made, the names having been previously left at the Lord Chamberlain's office, and submitted for her Majesty's approval: — [The long list of names is rendered as an ordered or numbered list here to save space and make referring to people easier; the original newspaper story puts each one on a new line as a new paragraph.]

Arnold, Lady, by Lady Suffield.

Adair, Mrs. Charles H., by Lady Salmon.

Anstruther, Miss Rosamond, by the Hon. Mrs. Anstruther.

Ardagh, Lady (Dowager Countess of Malmesbury), by Viscountess Knutsford.

Bedford, Lady, by Mrs. Goschen.

Bainbridge, Miss Gwendolen, by her mother, Mrs. Hugh Bainbridge.

Bell, of Scatwell, Lady, by the Hon. Mrs. Rennel [?]

Bannerman, Miss, by the Countess of Ellesmere.

Birney, Miss Kerrow, by Lady Hart.

Bellew, the Hon. Mrs. Richard, on her marriage, by the Lady Bellew.

Bums, Mrs. James C., by the Lady Gertrude Cochrane.

Butler, Miss Blanche, by her mother, Hon. Mrs. Robert Butler.

Baylis, Mrs. Philip, by Mrs. Wharton Hood.

Brown, Miss Hargreaves, by her mother, Mrs. A. Hargreaves Brown.

Boodle, Miss Marion Florence, by her mother, Mrs. H. Trelawny Boodle.

Baker, Miss Katharine, by her mother, Mrs. George Barrington Baker.

Buxton, Mrs. Edward, on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs. Gurney.

Brabazon, Lady Mary, by the Countess of Lathom.

Buxton, Miss Hilda, by her mother, Hon. Mrs. Francis Buxton.

Beilew, The Lady, by the Lady Alexandrina Beaumont.

Boulton, Mrs. Oscar, by Mrs. S. B. Boulton.

Barclay, Mrs. George, by the Hon. Mrs. Francis Buxton.

Bostock, Mrs. Ashton, by Lady Russell Reynolds.

Bairstow, Mrs. Walter, by Mrs. Ingilby.

Bucknall, Mrs. Sydney, by her mother, Lady Sidgreaves.

Bevan, Miss Mary Pauline, by her mother, Mrs. Thomas Bevan.

Bruce, The Hon. Mary, by Lady Balfour of Burleigh.

Brassey, Lady Violet, by Lady Evelyn Cotterell.

Bankes, Mrs. Ralph Vincent, on her marriage, by Mrs. Mount.

Beach, Miss Susan Hicks, by her mother, Lady Lucy Hicks Beach.

Cotterell. Lady Evelyn, by Hon. Lady Cotterell.

Curtis, Miss (of the United States), by Mrs. Bayard.

Curtis, Miss Clara (of the United States), by Mrs. Bayard.

Campbell, Mrs. Alexander, by the Hon. Mrs. Townley Mitford.

Cooper. Mrs. J. R., by the Hon. Lady Ridley.

Clay, Miss Sybil, by her mother, Mrs. Walter Holbech.

Craven, Miss, by Lady King.

Cockerell, Miss Patience, by her mother, Mrs. William Cockerell.

Cunningham, the Hon. Lady, by Lady George Hamilton.

Cooper, Mrs. Harry, by Lady Comrnerell.

Craig, Miss Gibson, by Lady Gibson Craig.

Craig, Miss Alice Gibson, by Lady Gibson Craig.

Crossley, Miss, by the Hon. Mrs. Montagu Forbes.

Cole, Lady Florence, by Countess of Enniskillen.

Chaplin, Miss Bertha, by her mother, Mrs. Cecil Chaplin.

Colomb, Miss Gwenda, by her mother, Lady Colomb.

Clifford, Miss Alice, by Lady Pollock.

Callaghan, Mrs. George, by the Hon. Lady Fremantle.

Callaghan, Miss Dorothy, by Mrs. George Callaghan.

Coddington, Lady, by Viscount Cranborne.

Clarkson, Miss, by Mrs. Laurenco Edye.

Crossman, Mrs. Douglas, by Lady Grant Duff.

Da Costa, Mrs. Oscar, on her marriage, by Mrs. Bertram Ward.

De la Rue, Miss Sybil, by Mrs. T. Andros de la Rue.

Dale, Mrs., by Lady Dale.

Dale, Lady, by the Marchioness of Ripon.

Dawnay, Miss Helen, by her mother, Lady Adelaide Dawnay.

Digby, Miss Lettice, by her mother, the Hon Mrs. Kenelm Digby.

Dalgety, Miss Gladys, by her sister, Viscountess Trafalgar.

Dunphie, Mrs. Alfred, on her marriage, by Mrs. Anderson Critchett.

Douglass, the Hon. Mrs., on her marriage, by the Hon. Mrs. Paton.

Dalison, Miss Joan, by her mother, Mrs. Maximilian Dalison.

Dunlop, Mrs. William H., by Mrs. Frank Addison Brace

Evans, Miss Gwladys, by Lady Evans.

Edge, Miss Kathleen, by Lady Barnes.

Egerton, Lady Katharine, by her mother, the Countess of Ellesmere.

Earle, Miss Caroline, by Lady Earle.

Earle, Miss Evelyn, by Lady Earle.

Eustace, Miss Adelaide, by her mother, Lady Katharine Eustace.

Eustace, Miss Violet, by her mother, Lady Katharine Eustace.

Frere, Mrs. Arthur, on her marriage, by the Countess of Lathom.

Fremantle, Honble. Lady, by Mrs. Goschen.

Foley, Lady Mary, on her marriage, by Lady Feodorowna Sturt.

Fletcher, Mrs. H. Morley, by the Hon. Mrs. Walter R. D. Forbes.

Fenwick, Miss Elfreda Gabriel, by her mother, Mrs. Fenwick Fenwick.

Forwood, Lady, by the Marchioness of Salisbury.

Forwood, Miss Ida, by her mother, Lady Forwood.

Fielden, Miss Lorna, by her mother, Mrs. Thomas Fielden.

Fowler, Miss, by Mrs. Forrest.

Finlay, Lady, by the Marchioness of Salisbury.

Fortescue, Hon. Mrs. Lionel, on her marriage, by Lady Lucy Hicks Beach.

Floyd, Mrs. Henry, by the Countess of Clanwilliam.

Fordham, Mrs. R. Oswald (Lady O'Malley), on her marriage, by Lady Flower.

Fowler, Miss Anna, by Mrs. Christie-Miller.

Fielden, Miss Gertrude, by her sister-in-law, Mrs. Thos. Fielden.

Firebrace, Mrs. Frederick, on her marriage, by the Lady Reay.

Finch, Miss Essex, by Mrs. Finch.

Gillford, the Lady, by the Countess of Clanwilliam.

Greenly, Miss Lucy, by Lady Florence King King.

Gambier, Miss Gore, by Mrs. Murdoch.

Horsfall. Miss Eva, by Lady Charles Scott.

Heygate, Lady, by the Countess Waldegrave.

Hill, Miss, by her mother, Lady Arthur Hill.

Hutchinson, Mrs. Edward, by Lady Dale.

Howard, Miss Gertrude, by her mother, Mrs. John Howard.

Hogg, Miss Ethel, by her aunt, Mrs. Horner.

Hall, Mrs. Thomas, by Mrs. Chamberlain.

Hely-Hutchinson, Lady Evelyn, by Countess of Donoughmore.

Hutton, Mrs. Stamford, on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs. Fenwick Fenwick.

Hanbury, Mrs. Everard, by her mother, Mrs. Murdoch.

Herbert, Miss Gwladys, by Mrs. Edmund M'Clure.

Hoskyns, Mrs. [P?]aget, by the Dowager Lady Westbury.

Hawke, Hon. Catharine I., by the Lady Hawke.

Jowers, Miss Ethel, by Lady George Campbell.

Jenkins, Mrs. Lawrence, by Lady George Hamilton.

Jervis. Hon. Mrs. Bonald, by Lady Harris. [Col. 3/4]

Kennard, Miss Winifred Hegan, by her mother, Mrs. Hegan Kennard.

Knutsford, the Viscountess, by the Marchioness of Salisbury.

King, Miss Alice King, by her mother, Lady Florence King King.

Kemble, Miss Dorothea, by her mother, Mrs. Horace Kemble.

Kerr, Lady Victoria, by her aunt, the Duchess of Buccleuch.

Low, Miss Olive, by Lady Low.

Low, Lady, by the Lady Ida Low.

Low, Miss Helen, by Lady Low.

Loch, Lady, by the Marchioness of Ripon.

Leverson, Mrs. George B. C., on her marriage, by the Hon. Mrs. Mostyn.

Mount, Miss Evelyn, by her mother, Mrs. Mount.

Morris, Miss Lilian, by Mrs. Malcolm Morris.

Mackay, Mrs. Alexander Dunlop, by her mother, Hon. Mrs. Townley Mitford.

Maunsell, Mrs. Mark, by the Countess of Lauderdale.

Mitford, Miss Constance, by her mother, Mrs. Robert Sidney Mitford.

MacLeod, Miss Flora, by her aunt, the Hon. Lady Northcote.

The Lady Mayoress, by the Marchioness of Salisbury.

Maitland, Lady Nora, by the Countess of Lauderdale.

Micklethwaite, Mrs., on her marriage, by the Hon. Mrs. Baillie of Dochfour.

Mackenzie, Mrs. G. Mackay, on her marriage, by Lady Charley.

Maguire, Hon. Mrs., by her aunt, Lady Peel.

McDonald, Mrs. Archibald, by Mrs. Edmund McClure.

Marshall, Miss, by Mrs. Victor Marshall.

Markham, Miss June, by Mrs. Edwin Markham

Morris, Mrs. Malcolm, by the Countess of Lytton.

Noel, Miss Charlotte, by her mother, Mrs. Gerard Noel.

Oppenheim, Miss Linda, by Mrs. Henry Oppenheim.

Pery, The Lady Florence, by her mother, the Countess of Limerick.

Paynter, Mrs. Hugh, by Viscountess Cross.

Peckover, Miss Alexandrina, by the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Brand.

Pound, Mrs. John, by the Hon. Lady Ridley.

Palmer, Mrs. Norman Craig, by the Hon. Mrs. Hanbury Lennox.

Phillips, Miss Faudel, by Mrs. Faudel Phillips.

Phillips, Miss Norah Faudel, by Mrs. Faudel Phillips.

Playfair, Miss, by the Hon. Mrs. Playfair.

Parr, Miss Katharine, by Mrs. Charlton Parr.

Pakington, the Hon. Mary, by her mother, Lady Hampton.

Page, Mrs. Ernest, by Mrs. William Court Gully.

Pilcher, Miss Margaret, by Mrs. Henry Drayson Pilcher.

Ritchie, Mrs. (of the United States), by Mrs. Bayard.

Reid, Lady, by Lady Harcourt.

Riddel, Mrs. D. McN., on her marriage, by Lady M'Clintock.

Royds, Miss Kathleen, by Mrs. Clement Molyneux Royds.

Reynardson, Miss Alice Birch, by her mother, Mrs. Birch Reynardson.

Ravenhill, Mrs. Frederick, by Mrs. Richard B. Martin.

Russell, Miss Edith, by Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain.

Stern, Miss Violet, by her mother, Mrs. James Stern.

Savile, Miss Beatrice Mary, by the Viscountess Pollington.

Scott, the Lady Constance, by the Duchess of Buccleuch.

Sterling, Miss Margaret, by her mother, Mrs. Sterling.

Schrelber, Miss, by her mother, Mrs. Ernest Schrelber.

Schrelber, Miss Evelyn, by her mother, Mrs. Ernest Schrelber.

Smith, Mrs. Alwyn Dudley, by Mrs. Dudley Smith.

Townsend, Mrs. George, by the Lady Rayleigh.

Tarbutt, Miss Dorothy Percy, by Mrs. Percy Tarbutt.

Thornycroft, Mrs., by Mrs. Gerard Noel.

Thornycroft, Miss Ruth, by her mother, Mrs. Thornycroft.

Tennant, Mrs. Coombe, on her marriage, by Mrs. Henry Morton Stanley.

Tufton, the Hon. Rosamond, by her mother, Lady Hothfield.

Tritton, Mrs. Joseph Herbert, by the Viscountess Torrington.

Tritton, Miss Elizabeth Mary, by her mother, Mrs. Joseph Herbert Tritton.

Tritton, Mrs. Herbert Leslie Melville, by her mother-in-law, Mrs. Joseph Herbert Tritton.

Troughton, Miss Lilian Adeline, by Mrs. Gubbins.

Vincent, Lady, by the Hon. Lady Ridley.

Vandeleur, Miss Evelyn Norah, by her mother, Mrs. Vandeleur.

Verney, Hon. Mrs., by Mrs. Oswald.

Wright, Miss, by Mrs. George Townsend.

Wright, Miss Ettie, by Mrs. George Townsend.

Wilkin, Miss, by her mother, the Lady Mayoress.

Worcester, the Marchioness of, on her marriage, by the Duchess of Abercorn.

Whiteley, Mrs. George, by Mrs. Robert Yerburgh.

Warrington, Mrs. Thomas Rolls, by Mrs. Matthew Ingle Joyoe.

Walker, Mrs. Frowd, on her marriage, by Mrs. Chamberlain.

Wyld, Miss Beatrice, by her mother, Mrs. Wyndham Bewes.

Wyld, Miss Violet, by her mother, Mrs. Wyndham Bewes.

Wilson, the Hon. Lady Rivers, on her marriage, by the Hon. Mrs. Mostyn.

Wood, Mrs. Henry James Theodore, by Lady Powell.

Worrall, Miss Katharine, by her mother, Mrs. James Worrall.

Walsh, Mrs. William Hussey, on her marriage, by her mother-in-law, Mrs. Hussey Walsh.^[1]

12 March 1896, Thursday

[? Date is a guess.] The 20 March 1896 Literary World reports the following: "Last Thursday week, at Stationers' Hall, the first meeting of the newly-formed Publishers' Union was held, about ninety members, representing nearly fifty of the leading publishing-houses, being present. Mr. C. J. Longman was elected president, Mr. John Murray vice-president, and Mr. Frederick Macmillan treasurer, with ten members of council." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 20 March 1896, vol. 53, p. 270, col. 1. (Accessed 10 October 2009 in Google Books.)

25 March 1896, Wednesday

On 11 April 1896 the Morning Post reported on a committee to raise funds for a memorial to George Augustus Sala and for aid to his widow:

A Committee, of which the Duke of Abercorn is President and hon. treasurer, was formed at a meeting he[l]d on Wednesday, March 25, at Hampden House, Mayfair, with a view to raise a fund for a memorial to the late George Augustus Sala, in recognition of his long and distinguished journalistic career. It has been decided to devote the proceeds of the fund to the erection of a monument over Mr. Sala's grave and to aiding his widow. The following have consented to act on the Committee:— The Duke of Abercorn, President and hon. treasurer; the Duke of Fife, the Earl of Rosebery, the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, Lord Glenesk, Lord Ronald Gower, Sir Arthur Otway, Sir Charles Dilke, Sir Henry De Bathe, Sir Douglas Straight, Sir David Salomons, Sir Hugh Gilzean Reid, Sir George Arthur, Sir Walter Besant, Sir George Newnes, Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson, Sir Richard Quain, Sir Harry Bodkin Poland, Sir Eyre Massey Shaw, Sir Augustas Harris, Sir Somers Vine, the Hon. W. F. D. Smith, M.P., the Hon. Algernon Bourke, Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M.P., Messrs. Collingridge, Messrs. Lloyd, Messrs. J. S. Wood, A. J. Warden, H. Tiedeman (President Foreign Press Association), W. G. Thistle, M.D., Frederick Gordon, J. L. Toole, George Alexander, George Edwardes, John Hollingshead, E. Routledge, William Black, Wellesley Hammond, Horne Payne, Q.C., Charles Morton, E. A. Goodchild, Tom Bird, M.D., John Leighton, A. P. Watt, Alfred Beyfus, Walter Weblyn, Elwin Drew, John Whitley, Alfred Harmsworth, G. M. Kelson, James R. Parday, Caton Woodville, and M. Hall. The Executive Committee consists of Sir Somers Vine, Sir Thomas Straight, and Messrs. H. Tiedeman, Wellesley Hammond, John Hollingshead (Chairman), and W. G. Thistle (hon. secretary). Subscriptions are invited, and cheques, &c., may be made payable to the Duke of Abercorn, and will be acknowledged by the hon. secretary. Lists of the subscriptions received will be from time to time published in the columns of the Morning Post. The bankers of the fund are Messrs. Coutts and Co.^[2]

27 March 1896, Friday

The 20 March 1896 Literary World reports the following: "Mr. J. M. Barrie, Mr. Anthony Hope, Sir Douglas Straight, Mr. Henry James, and Mr. James Bryce will be amongst the guests at the quarterly dinner of the Omar-Khayyäm Club next Friday." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 20 March 1896, vol. 53, p. 271, col. 2. (Accessed 10 October 2009 in Google Books.)

April 1896

3 April 1896, Friday

Good Friday

5 April 1896, Sunday

Easter Sunday

6 April 1896, Monday

The 17 April 1896 Literary World reports the following: "The Vagabonds flocked to the Holborn Restaurant last week to do honour to Mr. Linley Sambourne — and to be photographed. Mr. à Becket introduced his colleague on Punch in a witty and charming little speech, and Mr. Sambourne replied with a short but eloquent description of the changes in 'black and white' art since he began his career." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 17 April 1896, vol. 53, p. 364, col. 2. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.) The 17 April 1896 Literary World also reports the following: "Another function held during the past week was the dinner given by Sir Stuart Knill at the Mansion House to 'The Sette of Odde Vlumes,' of which coteries he has been elected president." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 17 April 1896, vol. 53, p. 365, col. 1. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.)

11 April 1896, Saturday

The 17 April 1896 Literary World reports the following: "The London Press Society held their annual gathering on Saturday last at Anderton's Hotel, with Mr. L. W. Lason presiding. The chairman, in proposing the chief toast, drew an interesting parallel between the Press of our empire and that of foreign nations. The Continental and American Press were too often coarse and vituperative in their attacks on rivals and political opponents, he remarked; but, taking our Press all round, it could not be denied that it shone to advantage in honest, purity, and quiet courage." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 17 April 1896, vol. 53, p. 366, col. 2. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.)

14 April 1896, Tuesday

The 17 April 1896 Literary World reports the following: "The twentieth anniversary meeting of the supporters of the Bethnal-green Free Library was held on Tuesday last at Grosvenor House, the Rev. C. J. Ridgeway presiding in the unavoidable absence of the Duke of Westminster." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 17 April 1896, vol. 53, p. 365, col. 1. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.)

19 April 1896, Sunday

"The celebration on Sunday of the anniversary which members of the Primrose League deem suitable for a gentle demonstraiton of Conservative political sentiment, as well as of regard for the interesting personality of the late Lord Beaconsfield, was observed with the customary floral rites and tributes, especially displaed around the pedestal of his statue outside Westminster Abbey. At Hughenden Manor, his country house, and at his tomb in the churchyard there, some pilgrims of this memorial vocation assembled. Other places associated with some incidents of his life — the houses in London where he resided at different periods, and his reputed birthplace, which as been a matter of doubt and discussion — were spoken of, though not formally visited, upon / the same occasion. It now appears to be the most probable opinion that Benjamin Disraeli was born, not in the house at the corner of Bloomsbury Square, or in the house in the Adelphi. where some years of his childhood were passed, but in a house situated in Theobald's Road, overlooking Gray's Inn Gardens, which was certainly occupied by his father, Mr. Isaac Disraeli, at that date." ("Primrose Day at Westminster." Illustrated London News (London, England), Saturday, April 25, 1896; pg. 515; Issue 2975, Cols. B-C)

20 April 1896, Monday

Not sure of date: the 1 May 1896 Literary World reports the following: "The new Publishers' Association held their first meeting at Stationer's Hall last week, when the President, Mr. C. J. Longman, delivered a lengthy address, in the course of which he touched on many points of contention in the relations between authors and publishers, and other topics of interest and importance to the book-trade. Amongst those present were Mr. John Murray, Mr. Frederick Macmillan, Mr. R. B. Marston, Mr. Oswald Crawford, Mr. William Heinemann, Mr. T. Fisher Unwin, Mr. Edwin Arnold, Colonel / Routledge, Mr. Richard Bentley, Mr. Edward Bell, and Mr. R. J. Smith." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 1 May 1896, vol. 53, p. 412, cols. 1-2. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.)

25 April 1896, Saturday

The 1 May 1896 Literary World reports the following: "The fifteenth annual dinner of the Press Club, which took place on Saturday last at the Freemasons' Tavern, was a great and unqualified success. Mr. John Morley, who was enthusiastically received, criticised modern journalism in a speech of some length, reminding his hearers in the course of it that he had been called to his present course from the desk where he was writing his leading article. Sir Frank Lockwood also spoke, as did Mr. Spencer Hughes. Lord Wolseley and Lord Charles Beresford were present, and the chair was taken by Mr. Charles Williams." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 1 May 1896, vol. 53, p. 412, col. 2. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.)

27 April 1896, Monday

The 1 May 1896 Literary World reports the following: "Sir Walter Besant was prevented, by an attack of incipient influenza, from presiding at last Monday's dinner at the Authors' Club. There was a larger attendance than usual in expectation of seeing him in the chair." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 1 May 1896, vol. 53, p. 415, col. 2. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.) Column 1 in the same "Table Talk" narrates a story told apparently at this same Authors' Club: "Now that the May Meetings are upon us, a story of Exeter Hall in the old days may be quoted from the recollection of a gentleman who told it at the Authors' Club. The occasion was a meeting for advancing the cause of Foreign Missions, and several speakers had deplored the fact that so many converts had recanted. A young midshipman, who was present, felt moved to get on his feet, and say that he knew of at least one case where a convert had not recanted. Being urged to give details he told how he had once been in a boat at sea with a Kaffir chief. Pushing the chief overboard he had asked him if he would be a Christian. The chief declined as energetically as he could with his mouth half full of water, and the midshipman holding on to his scalp. The latter soused him under again, and in a few seconds pulled him to the surface to ask the same question. The chief still refusing, he was dipped again, and then, on regaining the surface, he loudly declared himself a believer. 'I thereupon,' said the midshipman, 'put him under for ten minutes, and I can assure you that convert never recanted.'" "Table Talk," The Literary World, 1 May 1896, vol. 53, p. 415, col. 1. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.)

Monday, 1896 April 27, Muriel Wilson was a bridesmaid the wedding of Lady Angela St. Clair Erskine and James Stewart Forbes (1896-04-28 Aberdeen Journal).

Here is the report of the wedding from the Inverness Courier, with the gift list set as an unordered list to save space and simplify finding people:

MARRIAGE OF LADY ANGELA ST. CLAIR ERSKINE.
Yesterday afternoon, at the increasingly fashionable church of St Paul’s, Knightsbridge, S.W., and in the presence of very large and fashionable assembly, the marriage took place of Mr James Stewart Forbes, and Lady Angela Selina Blanche St Clair Erskine. The bridegroom, Mr James Stewart Forbes, of the 9th Lancers, is the only son of the late Mr George Stewart Forbes (who was senior partner in the well-known Indian mercantile firm of Forbes, Forbes, & Co., in the city of London), nephew of Helen Lady Forbes of Newe, Aberdeenshire, and cousin of the present baronet. The bride, Lady Angela Selina Blanche St Clair Erskine, is the charming and accomplished youngest daughter of the late Earl of Rosslyn, and of Blanche, Countess of Rosslyn, of Rosebank, Mid-Lothian, and 20 Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London. She is a sister of the present Peer and also of the Duchess of Sutherland and Countess of Westmoreland, and half-sister of the Countess of Warwick and Lady Algernon Gordon-Lennox.
The service was fully choral, and the Church handsomely decorated with tall palms banked with white flowers, while the altar vases had been specially refilled with white blooms for the ceremony. The Rev. James Fleming, Canon of York and Vicar of St Michael Square. S.W., officiated, assisted by the Rev. Montagu Villiers, M.A., of St Paul’s; the Rev. J. Thompson, domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Rosslyn. The bride arrived with her brother the Earl of Rosslyn, who during the singing of the nuptial hymn, Lead us, heavenly father, lead us,” conducted her to the chancel entrance and gave her away. The bridegroom was supported by his brother officer, Mr F. Allhusen of the 9th Lancers as “best man.” There were eight bridesmaids in attendance upon the bride. These young ladies were — Lady Marjorie Blanche Eva Greville, the daughter of the Earl and Countess of Warwick; Miss Ivy Gordon-Lennox, the daughter of Lord and Lady Algernon Gordon- Lennox, nieces of the bride; Miss Keith Fraser (daughter of General James Keith Fraser, C.M.G., and Mrs Keith Fraser), cousin of the bridegroom; the Hon. Ethel Gerard (daughter of Lord and Lady Gerard), Miss Diana Isabel Sturt (daughter of the Hon. Humphrey and Lady Feadovouno Sturt; Miss Edith Chaplin (daughter of the Right Hon. Henry Chaplin, M.P.); the Hon. Muriel Agnes Stewart Erskine (daughter of Lord and Lady Cardross), and Miss Muriel Wilson (daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Wilson). The bridesmaids were charmingly gowned in white muslin dresses, Louis LVI. style, over satin with frilled fichu, and ruched sleeves to wrist finished with frills and broad white satin ribbon sash. They also wore very handsome white and bright scarlet velvet cloaks, slung from one shoulder, lined with white satin, and large felt white picture hats with white ostrich feathers, and knots of scarlet velvet. The bridegroom’s presents to them were enamel chain bangles with enamel heart in centre, each of different design, and carrying nosegays of lilies of the valley in foliage.
Two smart pages (nephews of the bride), the Marquis of Stafford and Lord Alistair Clair Leveson-Gower (sons of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland), followed the bride as trainbearer, picturesquely attired in white satin Court costume, with full blouse of gold Indian muslin, and point de Alencon lace chabot and sleeves, ruffles, white shoes and silk stockings, the breeches being fastened at the knee with diamond buckles, and scarlet velvet cloaks from shoulders, “Cavalier" style, to match bridesmaids; white felt “Cavalier" hats, fastened on one side with strap of red velvet, clasped with a diamond ornament, and white ostrich feathers falling over the brim, the bride’s present them being diamond fox-head pins. Lady Angela St Clair Erskine selected a “wedding gown” consisting of white satin Duchesse petticoat “Josephine,” over dress of Brussels lace, with entredeux of fine Indian muslin, the bodice being of satin, with inforcement of Brussels lace and Indian muslin, with bands of Brussels lace, “Mount de cour" of the richest white satin, with very delicate embroidery of sprays of lilies of the valley, wrought in diamonds and silver. Her fine tulle veil covered coronet of real orange blossoms. Her ornaments were pearls, and she carried a bridal bouquet of lilies of the valley, tied with white satin streamers.
The scene inside the church was a most brilliant one. Quite an hour before the time fixed for the ceremony, the large edifice was nearly filled, and at the hour even standing room could not be had. The carriages outside had completely blocked Wilton Place, where the church is situated. The first to arrive was the Dowager-Countess Lovelace, wearing a gown of grey brocaded satin, with black velvet cape. Soon after came Isabella Countess of Wilton, wearing dark purple velvet, Lady Blythswood in black, Lord and Lady Newton Butler, Lord Algernon Gordon Lennox, Viscountess Hood, the Countess of Rosslyn, Lady Esher, Lady Algernon Gordon Lennox, and the Countess of Warwick (the former in pale heliotrope, the latter in white silk, with lovely cape of turquoise blue velvet trimmed with silver). The young Duke and Duchess of Marlborough next arrived. This is the Duchess's first appearance at a society wedding since her marriage. She looked very well in black satin, and wore some magnificent diamonds. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland followed, the latter in white muslin, arranged with pale yellow silk, and large white hat, ornamented with white plumes and yellow bows. There were also the Duchess of Westminster, Earl and Countess of Westmoreland [sic], Blanch, Countess of Rosslyn, Lord Thorpe, Lady Alwyn Compton, Lady Clementine Walsh, Lady Hothfield, Hon. Rosamond Tufton, Earl of Crewe, Earl of Dunraven, Lady Mabel Kenyon, Lady Slaney, Countess Cairns, Sir Allan and Lady Mackenzie (wearing black and white striped silk), Marchioness of Downshire, Major and Lady Kathleen Pilkington, Mr Wm. Gilett, Marchioness of Tweeddale, Sir Charles and Lady Forbes of Newe, Mrs George Forbes, Miss Forbes, Lady Maud Keppell, Lady Evelyn Dawnay, Lord and Lady William Nevill, Countess of Essex, Sir W. H. Wilkins, Lady St Oswald, Lady Ducane [sic], Lady Lilian Wemyss, Helen Lady Forbes of Newe, Mrs Menzies, Col. Baillie, Mrs Farquharson, Mr Hugh Fraser, Mr Dudley Ward, Mr and Mrs Grenfell, Lady Gerard, Mrs Charles Wilson, Mrs Arthur Wilson of Tranby Croft, Captain Foley, Hon. George and Mrs Curzon, Lady Sarah Wilson, Lady Georgina Curzon, Lord Rowton, Sir George Chetwynd, Mr and Mrs Clayton Glyn, Sir Charles and Lady Hartopp, Countess Deym, Lady Vivian, Lord Vivian, Mr Percy Wyndham, Hon. Mrs Keith Falconer, Mrs Alfred Somerset, Mr Dundas, Miss G. Harvey, Mrs Ernest Chaplin, Colonel and Mrs Gore, Sir Arthur Holkett, Lady Meysey Thompson, Mr and Mrs Alfred Loder, Sir William and Lady Russell, Mr and Lady Mary Jenkins, Hon. Mrs Eliot, Hon. Mrs Percy Mitford, Mrs Balfour, Captain Leigh, and many others.
The procession up the aisle looked very pretty, the unique design of the bridesmaids' gowns and cloaks causing great admiration. Diamonds were the principal ornaments worn, and most of the ladies present wore bright colours, heliotrope and green shades appearing to be the favourites, and it is seldom that London sees such a brilliant gathering. The Prince of Wales would have attended the church, but was unable to do so owing to the levee. He, however, attended the reception, and heartily congratulated the happy pair.
During the service the hymn "O perfect love, all human thoughts transcending," was sung with great effect, and after the signing of the register, the bridal party adjourned to Stafford House, where Blanche Countess of Rosslyn, gave a large reception. Early in the afternoon Mr James and Lady Angela Forbes left for Easton Lodge, Dunmow, Essex, a seat of the Earl and Countess of Warwick, where the early days of the honeymoon will be spent. The going-away dress was of pale grey canvas, with large white satin collar and revers, and green sash, and large black picture hat, with green feather and shaded yellow roses.
The presents, which numbered over 600, were exhibited in the drawing-room of Stafford House. They included the following:—

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales — Sapphire and diamond curb bracelet

H.S.H. Princess Adolphus of Teck — Ruby and sapphlre safety pin

The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and the Earl and Countess of Warwick — A magnificent diamond tiara [Col. 2c / 3a]

Bridegroom to Bride — Ruby and diamond ring, emerald and diamond bracelet, large diamond bow, enamel and gold muff chain, diamond heart, emerald and diamond necklace, large leather fan with "Angela" in diamonds

Blanche, Countess of Rosslyn — Old Brussels lace, three rows of pearls, and a long rope of pearls

Mrs George Forbes — Complete set of silver plate

The Earl of Crewe — Opal and diamond pendant

Adelaide, Countess of Westmoreland, and Lady M. Spicer — Umbrella handle

Lady Sarah Wllson — Shagreen card case

Mrs Wilfred Marshall — Heart-shaped links

Mr J. Oswald — Silver-topped toilet bottle

Mrs Oswald — Silver-mounted memorandum book

Mrs Scarisbrick — Photo. frame

Mr Kennard — Silver candles

Lady Keith Ashley — Silver tea knives

Rev. Mr and Mrs Pigott — Small silver tray

Mr and Mrs H. Cherrington — Gold-topped salts-bottle

Colonel and Lady Mabel Slaney — Picture of Warwick Castle

Lady Bettine Taylor — Cushion

Mr and Mrs Alfrel Loder — Card case

Mr and Mrs de Winton — Fan

Hon. A. Macdonell — Stationery case

Lady Edmonstone — Brooch

Sir John Willoughby — Ruby and diamond bracelet

The Ladies Cecilie and Mary Willoughby — Photo. frame

The Earl of Rosslyn — Turquoise bangle and Victoria

Miss Balfour — Silver box

The Countess of Ancaster — Fan

Lord and Lady Burton — Fox and fan

Mrs Macdonald — Paper knife

Colonel and Mrs Baillie — Tortoiseshell and silver box

Mrs Dowdall —Book

Lady Alwyn Compton — Tortoiseshell and turquoise-handled umbrella

Hon. John Ward — Small gold and enamel photo. frame

Lord Herbert Vane Tempest — Turquoise bangle

Viscountess Hood — Book

Misses L. and D. de Bremner — Parasol

Mrs Farquharson — Parasol

Colonel Poynter — Silver candlesticks

Count Larisch — Enamel and pearl muff chain

Mrs Woodhouse — Book

Mrs Finch — Silver tray

The Austrian Ambassador — Feather fan

The Countess of Cork — Diamond and black pearl brooch

Miss Fleetwood Wilson — Silver-mounted clock

Comte and Comtesse A Munster — Clock

The Ladies F. and L. Cecil — Silver tray

Mrs Baird — Sugar castor

Mrs L. de Rothschild — Ruby and diamond bangle

Mrs A. Sassoon — "Duck" brooch

Mr and Mrs Hufa [sic] Williams — Old gilt candlesticks and shade

Lord Kenyon — Diamond crescent

Lord and Lady Raincliffe — Turquolse and diamond bangle

Mr and Lady Eva Dugdale — Cabinet for miniatures

Mr Henry Holden — Silver-mounted salts bottle

Countess Cairns — Fan

Tenants on Lord Rosslyn's Estate — Silver candlesticks

Mr and Mrs Stuart Menzies — Silver pot

Lord Cardross — Old tortoiseshell box

Lady Evelyn Bertie — Smelling bottle

Lord Hy. Grosvenor — Silver toast racks

Earl and Countess of Essex — Lamp shade

Hon. Baillie of Dochfour — Miniature case

Mrs Gore — Small tray

Countess Howe — Silver ornaments

Lady Southampton — Silver box

Miss Keith Falconer — Photo frame

Lord and Lady Rothschild — Antique silver tea and coffee service in case

Mrs Gerard Leigh — Silver-mounted note book

Mr and Mrs A. Bourke [Rourke?] — Box for miniature

Major-General Sir Henry Ewart — Two gold candlesticks

Miss Muriel Wilson — Diamond and pearl bangle

Major Davidson — Links

Mr and Mrs D. Cooper — Old tortoiseshell tray

Lady de Trafford — Large green travelling cushion

Mr Bristow — Tortoiseshell umbrella

Mr Sykes — Whip

Mr Dowell — Book

Mr and Mm F. Hartmann — Old box

The Countess of Westmorland — Old three-fold gilt screen

Mrs Forbes — Diamond swallow

Lady Cotterell — Silver photo. frame

Lord and Lady Lindsey — Silver paper knife

Mr and Mrs R. Vigner — Turquoise and diamond ring

Lady Blanche Conyngham — Silver hand bell

Mrs Mitford — Silver ornament

Mrs Asquith — Butterfly brooch

Lady Dorchester — Silver dish and spoon

Mr and Mrs Frewer — Louis XVI. candlesticks

Canon and Mrs Fleming — Silver handled paper knife

Colonel and Mrs Oldham — Tortoiseshell box

Mr and Mrs Alwyn Greville — Two old gilt looking-glasses

Lord Ronald Gower — Old print

Mr and Mrs J. Lowther — Large gold-topped salts bottle

Mr and Miss Tufnell — Large box

Mrs Wall and the Servants at Rosslyn Rest — Silver inkstand

Hon. Sydney Greville — Silver photo frame

Mr and Mrs Adrian Hope and Mrs Farnham — Case for writing paper

Lord Rosebery — Sapphire and diamond bracelet

Lord Rowton — Silver cup

Mr R. Charters — Driving whip

Mrs Lawrence Currie — Amethyst heart brooch

Captain and Mrs Drummond — Book-case

The Duchess of Wellington — Enamel clock

Lady Cardross — Dryfons frame [sic: Dryfus? type seems clear enough...]

Helen Lady Forbes — Silver teapot, sugar basin, and cream jug

Mrs R. Brett — Diamond and ruby pin

Lord W. and Lord R. Nevill — Two gold cups

Isabella, Countess of Wilton — Silver box

Duke of Grafton — Coral necklace

Mr Cough Craven — Turquoise and diamond ring

The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough — Diamond ring

Sir Charles and Lady Hartopp — Green travelling bag

Lord Willoughby de Broke — Fox head safety pin

Lady Caroline Gordon Lennox — Frame

Sir William Russell — Book

Sir George Chetwynd — Saphire [sic] and diamond bangle

Mrs Bischoffsheim — Parasol

Mr and Mrs Watson Taylor — Hand-painted fan

Mr Barclay — Turquoise and diamond ring

Mr and Madam Von Andre — Gold-mounted travelling bag

Mr Corbet — Whip

Viscount Royston — Writing table

Mrs Marshall — Tortoiseshell salts bottle

Mrs Somerset — China handled stick

Countess of Chesterfield — Writing set

Lord Hy. Bentinck — Photo. frame

Sir Allan and Lady Mackenzie — Two old silver bowls

Mr F. Murray Honey — Menu holders

Lady L. Wemyss — Safety pin

Mr Tynedale — White candlesticks

Mr Cecil Foley — Fox head pin

Lord and Lady Curzon — “En tout cas," with China handle

Lord Stafford, Lord Alastair Leveson Gower, Ladv Rose Mary Leveson Gower, Miss K. [R.?] Chaplin, and Miss F. Chaplin — Small watch set with diamonds

Mr and Mrs Harry Lawson — Silver mirror

Mrs Glyn — Cushions

Lord Blythswood — Old Worcester teapot

Mrs Hartmann — Louis XVI. settee

Mrs George Curzon — Frame

Dowager Countess of Warwick—Writing table

Lady Wolvarton—Two small silver coffee pots

Miss Blanche Forbes — Antique mustard pot

Miss Forbes — Silver tea and coffee set in case

Mr F. Allhuson — Tortoiseshell and gold box

Baron and Baroness de Hirsch de Gererk — Gold coffee set on tray

Mr Powell — Gilt basket

Viscount Brackley — Six "Initial" menu holders

Mrs George Keppel — Box

Lord and Lady St Oswald — Three small silver cruets

Hon. R. Ward — Luncheon basket

Sir Samuel Scott — Luncheon basket

Madame de Falbe — Gilt tea set

Madame Offenheim — Gilt coffee set

Lady Filmer [? Fihaer? Fihner? ] — Ebony and silver paper cutter

Lady Du Cane — Silver seal

Lady Sandhurst — Gun metal and gold pocket knife

Lady M. Jenkins — Two silver boot lifters in case

Lady Esher — Silver paper clip

Lord and Lady William Nevill — Two silver trays

Countess of Romney — Silver cigarette case

Mr and Mrs Arthur Sasson [sic] — Silver box

Household Servants of Mrs Forbes (Burleigh) — Silver cigarette case

Mary Lady Edmonstone — Silver holder

Household Servants of Mrs George Forbes — Silver salver

Lady C. Walsh — Small silver salver

Hon. R. Brett — Silver candlesticks

Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild — Silver vase

The Marquis of Camden —Two silver candlesticks

Lady Evelyn Dawny — Two silver candlesticks &c.^[3]

May 1896

3 May 1896, Monday

The 8 May 1896 Literary World reports the following: "Speaking at the Booksellers' dinner in the week, Dr. Welldon remarked that there was a time in history when the dissatisfied author could complain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who had in certain cases legal authority to redress his grievances. He was sorry this cusom had died out in the profession. It would have been instructive to hear what price the Archbishop would have put on 'Robert Elsmere,' "The Heavenly Twins,' 'The Sorrows of Satan,' or 'Barabbas.'" The next item is also related to the Booksellers' dinner: "Mr. Crockett was also on hand with one or two good stories. One of the best of these concerned himself. Mr. Crockett told how he recently was introduced to a lady, to whom his profession was mentioned. 'Mr. Crockett,' she said during the evening, 'I hear you are an author. Have you published any of your works yet?'" "Table Talk," The Literary World, 8 May 1896, vol. 53, p. 436, col. 2. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.)

4 May 1896, Tuesday

"MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, May 6." <quote>Sir Horace Farquhar, M.P., and Lady Farquhar entertained at dinner last evening at their resident in Grosvenor-square the Duchess of Devonshire, the Duke of Leeds, the Marchioness of Salisbury and Lady Gwendolen Cecil, the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Countess Cadogan and Lady Sophie Cadogan, the Countess of Derby, the Earl and Countess of Onslow, the Earl of Dudley, Viscount Royston, Lord James of Hereford, Lord Stanley, M.P., Lady George Hamilton, the Right Hon. George Curzon, M.P., and Mrs. Curzon, the Hon. St. John Brodrick, M.P., and Lady Hilda Brodrick, Sir Samuel Scott, and Mr. Victor Cavendish, M.P. Subsequently Lady Farquhar gave a reception. Those present included the Astro-Hungarian Ambassador and Countess Deym and Countess Isabella Deym, the Brazilian Minister, the Duke of Norfolk, and the Duke of Devonshire.</quote>("Court Circular." Times [London, England] 7 May 1896: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 2 May 2013.).

5 May 1896, Wednesday

<quote>MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, May 6. [/] His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales gave a dinner party this evening, at which the following were present:— His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught; the German Ambassador, Count Hatzfeldt; the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, Count Deym; the United States Ambassador, the Hon. T. F. Bayard; the French Ambassador, Baron de Courcel; the Italian Ambassador, Lieutenant-General A. Ferrero; the Spanish Ambassador, Count de Casa Valencia; the Turkish Ambassador, Costaki Anthopoulo Pasha; the Count de Ficalho, Grand Maître de la Cour to the King of Portugal; the Archbishop of Canterbury; the Lord Chancellor, Lord Halsbury; the Lord President of the Council, the Duke of Devonshire; the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Lathom, the Earl of Rosebery, the Earl of Kimberley, Lord George Hamilton; Field-Marshal Viscount Wolseley, Lord Herschell; the Right Hon G. J. Goschen, the Chancellor of the Exchequer; the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, the Right Hon. Sir William Vernon Harcourt, the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, the Right Hon. Sir Henry Fowler, the Right Hon. John Morley, General the Right Hon. Sir Redvers Buller, the Right Hon. Sir Matthew White Ridley, the Right Hon. H. Asquith; the President of the Royal Society, Sir Joseph Lister; General Sir Evelyn Wood, Admiral Sir Frederick Richards; the President of the Society of Antiquaries, Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks; the Director of the Natural History Museum, Sir William Flower; Rear-Admiral Sir John Fisher, Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford; the Principal Librarian and Secretary of the British Museum, Sir Edward Maunde Thompson; the President of the Royal Geographical Society, Mr. Clements R. Markham; the President of the Royal College of Surgeons, Mr. Christopher Heath; the President of the Royal College of Physicians, Dr. Samuel Wilks; Colonel Alfred Egerton, in attendance on His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught; and General Sir Dighton Probyn and Major-General A. Ellis, in attendance on His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. [/] The following were unavoidably prevented from obeying His Royal Highness's command:— The Russian Ambassador, M. de Staal; the Speaker, the Right Hon. W. C. Gully; the President of the Royal Academy, Sir John E. Millais. [/] During dinner the band of the Grenadier Guards, under the direction of Lieutenant Dan Godfrey, played the following selection of music:— [/]

March, "Hepp, Hepp, Hurrah!" -- Kràl.
Overture, "Le Singe de Brésil" -- Lindpaintner.
Waltzer, "Gartenlaube" -- Johann Strauss.
Selections of Melodies -- Greig.
March, "Mit Hörnerklang durch Wald und Flur" -- Kohout.
Fantasia, "Hänsel und Gretel" -- Humperdinck.
Polish Dances -- Franz Morgan.
Selection, "Donna Juanita" -- Suppé.
Waltzer, "Mondnacht auf der Alster" -- Fétras.

10 May 1896, Monday

The 15 May 1896 Literary World reports the following: "A brilliant gathering took place on Monday last at the Galleries of the Royal Society of British Artists, where, on the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Madge, nearly a thousand authors and pressmen, peers and members of Parliament came together to meet the proprietors and editors of the newspapers of the United Kingdom. An excellent musical programme was given under the direction of Mr. William Ganz, and the reception was altogether a thorough success." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 15 May 1896, vol. 53, p. 462, col. 3. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.)

13 May 1896, Thursday

The 22 May 1896 Literary World reports the following: "Mr. Frankfort Moore, in a racy speech, introduced Mr. Harold Frederic, the London representative of The New York Times, and the author of 'Illumination,' and other well-known novels, to the members of the New Vagabond Club on Thursday, the 14th, and Mr. Frederic responded to the toast of his health in a speech full of point and humour. He touched upon the international question, and quietly hinted that it was only here that the fuss was made, not in America. We daresay he is right as regards the people, but the New York newspapers occasionally give one a different impression. Perhaps what Mr. Frederic meant to convey, but was too courteous to say in an assembly of Englishmen, was that all the American talk about the Venezuela busines from the beginning to end was only a way of pulling the British lion's tail so as to enjoy hearing him roar and to make capital out of the incident for election purposes. Mr. Frederic passed a compliment upon Englishmen as regards their 'splended cosmopolitanism,' as shown in the capacity of Englishmen to live up to everything that is demanded of an Imperial race. He alluded to the number of American authors, from Bret Harte downwards, who had made their homes here — 'not that they loved America less, but that they loved London more.' Among those who attended to do honour to Mr. Harold Frederic were Mr. Grant Allen, Mr. William Le Queux, Mr. C. J. Tibbits, Mr. G. B. Burgin, Mr. Morris / Colles, Mr. Coulson Kernahan, Mr. Bertram Mitford, Mr. Walter Jerrold, and Mr. Douglas Sladen." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 22 May 1896, vol. 53, p. 484, cols. 1-2. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.)

14 May 1896, Friday

The 8 May 1896 Literary World reports the following: "Mr. Hermann Vezin will assist at the Tenth Annual Public Reading of the Shakespeare Reading Society, to be given at the Steinway Hall on Friday evening, May 15. The play Julius Caesar is arranged and rehearsed under the direction of Mr Wm. Poel; the harp will be plaed by Miss Mary Chatterton. The Reading will be repeated on the following evening to students who are preparing the play for the Oxford and Cambridge local examination." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 8 May 1896, vol. 53, p. 436, col. 2. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.) The 15 May 1896 Literary World confirms the date: "The Shakespearian Reading Society will meet at the Steinway Hall, Lower Seymour-street, W., to-night at 8.30 p.m., when Julius Caesar will be read by its members, assisted by Mr. Hermann Vezin and Mr. Wm. Poel." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 15 May 1896, vol. 53, p. 461, col. 2. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.)

23 May 1896, Sunday

Whit Sunday

1896 May 23 (or the weekend before, so Saturday May 16?), Muriel Wilson is at a weekend country-house party at Warwick Castle: <quote>Among the guests entertained by the Earl and Countess of Warwick at Warwick Castle for the weekend were Sir John Willoughby, the Countess of Rosslyn, Lord and Lady Algernon Gordon Lennox, Miss Muriel Wilson, and Miss Tufnell.</quote> (1896-05-23 Leamington Spa Courier).

26 May 1896, Wednesday

The 10 April 1896 Literary World reports the following: "Mr. George A. Macmillan will preside at the booksellers' Dinner to be held at the Holborn Restaurant on the 27th of next month. He will be assisted by Mr. Joseph W. Darton, and several leading authors and publishers will be there." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 10 April 1896, vol. 53, p. 341, col. 2. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.)

June 1896

The Women Journalist Club's "midsummer party to which all literary, artistic and social London is bidden" (Krout, Mary H., "Women's Clubs," Chapter 9, A Looker-On in London. Rpt in Victorian London: Publications: Social Investigation/Journalism. Online: www.victorianlondon.org [August 2005].). Here, from victorianlondon.org, is Krout's description of that event:

In June, 1896, this great function was held at Stafford House - the town residence of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, and there was such a demand for invitations that the committee was forced to announce through the columns of the morning newspapers that no more cards would be issued, those which had been sent having been inexorably marked "strictly non-transferable." The invitations included every artist, man or woman, every journalist, author, musician and actor of note in London, with scientists, members of Parliament, cabinet ministers, diplomats and those who lived simply to enliven and adorn the social world. Long before ten o'clock there was a line of carriages stretched down Pall Mall, each awaiting its turn at the entrance in the shadow of the great porte cochère around which was stationed an array of footmen in black and gold livery. The guests were received by the President, Mrs. Craigie, a woman of striking beauty and dignity, who was assisted by Mrs. Johnson, the editor of The Gentlewoman, and other women journalists. A remarkably varied programme had been arranged, literally suited to all tastes, and the names of the artists who had contributed their services included Mine. [Mme] Albani and Cissy Loftus, Arthur Roberts, the comedian and Johannes Wolff the violinist, Alice Gomez, the contralto of the St. James concerts, and Letty Lind of the Empire Music Hall. Mme. Albani did not appear, but the beautiful and fascinating Cissy Loftus did not disappoint the company, and she gave an extremely clever imitation of a popular actress whose mannerisms were then the delight [-85-] of the Music Hall artists, and a source of pecuniary profit as well. [The page break in the original print copy is marked in the text as "[-85-]."] (A Looker-On in London, by Mary H. Krout, 1899 - Chapter 9 -Women's Clubs)

1 June 1896, Monday

Not sure of date. The 12 June 1896 Literary World reports the following: "It is authoritatively understood that the offer of one of the most important literary positions in London has been made to Mr. Edward W. Bok, editor of The Ladies' Home Journal, of Philadelphia, who is at present in England. Not alone is the position offered Mr. Bok of the most desirable character, but the honorarium attached to it is reported to be several times larger than the salary received by any editor in England. In addition to this, a ten-year lease of a Grosvenor-quare mansion is included in the offer. The position would require Mr. Bok's permanent residence in London. ... / An offer of the magnitude which the negotiations with Mr. Bok are reported to assume is particularly significant from the fact of the recipient's youth. Mr. Bok, if we err not, has just passed the thirty line in point of age, and is the youngest of all the American magazine editors. He was born in Holland, and comes of excellent Dutch / [col. 2] stock. He came to America at the age of six, and his rise there has been phenomenal. ... / Mr. Bok has been a much-dined and fèted man during his present visit to London. Last week, Lady Morell Mackenzie gave a dinner in his honour, and this week will entertain him with a country house-party at her place at Wargrave." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 12 June 1896, vol. 53, p. 556, cols. 1-2. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.)

3 June 1896, Wednesday

Derby Day at Epsom Downs, so the Luise Friederike Auguste Montagu, Duchess of Devonshire, hosted a ball at Devonshire House that night?

Georgiana, Lady Dudley: <quote>After all that umbrella holding she [Georgiana, Lady Dudley] deserved to be the one whom the Prince chose to sup with on the happiest day of his life. This was June 3, 1896, when H.R.H. won the Derby with Persimmon to tumultuous applause. After the usual dinner at the Jockey Club, Albert Edward, so his engagement diary records, went on to 'midnight supper with Lady Dudley'</quote>(Leslie 74).

7 June 1896, Sunday

Of Mr. Edward W. Bok, "Last Sunday Mr. Bok was the special guest of Madame Adelina Patti at a luncheon of thirty." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 12 June 1896, vol. 53, p. 556, col. 2. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.)

8 June 1896, Monday

Of Mr. Edward W. Bok, Lady Morell Mackenzie "this week will entertain him with a country house-party at her place at Wargrave." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 12 June 1896, vol. 53, p. 556, col. 2. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.) Also, "Sir Douglas also entertained Mr. Bok at dinner a few evenings ago. Mrs. C. D. Gibson gave him a luncheon; he led the Portland House cotilion with the young Duchess of Marlborough, while Anthony Hope, Jerome K. Jerome, Sir Arthur Sullivan, and Beerbohm Tree have all entertained him." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 12 June 1896, vol. 53, p. 556, col. 2. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.)

10 June 1896, Wednesday

Mr. Schreiber was present at the fashionable wedding of the Hon. John Tufton and Lady Ierne Hastings, which was reported in the "Court Circular" section of the Morning Post for 11 June 1896:

The marriage of the Hon. John Tufton, eldest son of Lord Hothfield, and Lady Ierne Hastings, third daughter of the late Earl of Huntingdon, was solemnised yesterday at St. Anselm's Church, Davies-street, at half-past two o'clock. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Herbert Moore, vicar of St. Anselm's, assisted by the Rev. W. F. B. Ward, private Chaplain to the Duke of Newcastle. The bride was given away by her brother, the Earl of Huntingdon. The bridesmaids were Lady Rowena and Lady Noreen Hastings, sisters of the bride; Lady Kathleen Hastings and Miss Pasley, nieces of the bride; Lady Muriel Parsons and Miss Campbell. The bridegroom was attended by the Hon. Charles Wyndham, lst Life Guards. Amongst the immediate relatives and friends in the church and afterwards at Grosvenor-square were the Duke of Newcastle, the Countess of Huntingdon, Mr. and Lady Irene Campbell, Sir Thomas and Lady Constance Pasley, Major and the Hon. Mrs. Candy, Major and the Hon. Mrs. Stirling, Lady Dora Yeoman, Lady Sarah Wilson, Lady Ventry and the Hon. Maud de Moleyns, the Hon. Lady Acland Hood, Lady and the Misses Wilson, General Stracey, Colonel Stracey, Scots Guards; Mr. W. Campbell, Mr. Herbert Wilson, the Countess of Cottenham and Lady M. Pepys, the Countess of Ranfurly, Marchesa Santurce, the Viscountess Galway, Lady Churston, the Countess of Rosse, Viscount and Viscountess Wolseley and the Hon. F. Wolseley, Mrs. Adrian Hope and Miss Hope, Mr. W. Gillett, Mr. Hastings Parker, Sir Hubert Miller, Captain Milner, lst Life Guards; Mr. Schreiber, 1st Life Guards; Lord Lovat, 1st Life Guards; Captain Boyce, and many others. The Duchess of Newcastle was prevented by illness from being present. Mr. and Lady lerne Tufton left London for the Isle of Wight in the afternoon.^[4]

12 June 1896, Friday

Muriel Wilson is at Epsom for the races in Mr, and Mrs.’s D’Arcy’s private stand, which they had lent to Lord and Lady William Nevill, who then “entertained a large party on the Derby and Oak days.” <quote>Mr and Mrs D’Arcy owing to their absence on the Continent, lent their private stand at Epsom to Lord and Lady William Nevill, who entertained a large party on the Derby and Oaks days. The Company comprised the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, the Duke of Manchester, the Marquess of Abergavenny, the Marchioness of Worcester, Marquis Camdea [?], the Marquis of Waterford, the Marchesa di Serramezzena [?], Donna Flori, Count Palfly, the Earl and Countess of Yarborough, the Earl and Countess Delawarr, Countess Cowley, Lord Sudeley, Lord Suffield, Lady Sandhurst, Lord and Lady Henry Nevill and Miss Nevill, Lord and / Lady George Nevill, Lady Alice Morland, Mr and Lady Violet Brassey, Lady Clementine Walsh, Lady Cicely Gathorne Hardy, and Miss Gathorne Hardy, Hon. Sidney Greville, Hon. F. Stanley, Hon. H. Henniker, Hon. Miriam Thellusson, Hon. R. Molyneux, Hon. Jas. Mansfield, Hon. W. Edwards, Hon. Mrs Oliphant, Sir Edward and Lady Colebrooke, Sir Frederick and Lady Milner, Sir George and Lady Lewis and Miss Lewis, Mr Arnold Morley, Hr and Mrs Henry Labouchere, Mr and Mrs Beerbohm Tree, Mr E. Hatch, Mr and Mrs Wilson, and Miss Muriel Wilson, Mr Chas. Wyndham, Mr and Mrs Beresford Melville, and Miss Clay, Madame Van André, Mrs Leslie, Mr and Mrs Adrian Hope, Miss Mary Moore, Mr and Mrs George Alexander, Captain Ellison, Captain Peel, Hr H. Spender Clay, Mr George Ellison, Miss Rollit, Mr and Mrs C. Van Raalte, Mr and Mrs Arthur James, Mrs H. V. Higgens, Mr J. B. Leigh, Mr Walter Leslie, Mr and Mrs B. Crawshay, Mr Brinton, Captain Oswald Ames, and many others.</quote> (1896-06-12 The Courier)

14 June 1896, Sunday

Of Mr. Edward W. Bok, "For Sunday next Sir Douglas Straight has invited a party of friends to take the young editor on his private steam-launch for a cruise on the Thames." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 12 June 1896, vol. 53, p. 556, col. 2. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.)

15 June 1896, Monday

The 5 June 1896 Literary World reports the following: "We understand that Dr. Conan Doyle will preside at the Ladies' dinner of the New Vagabond Club, on the 15th inst., as Mr. Jerome will be absent from London on that date. Eighteen literary ladies have been invited as guests." ("Table Talk," The Literary World, 5 June 1896, vol. 53, p. 532, col. 1. [Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books].) The 19 June 1896 Literary World goes on at length about the dinner: "The Ladies' Dinner of the New Vagabond Club, held on Monday in the King's Hall, Holborn, was a great success. The most interesting feature was the really able speeches given by the two ladies, Mrs. Burnett Smith (Annie S. Swan) and Mrs. Fenwick Miller, who responded for themselves and their fellow-guests to the toast of their health proposed by Dr. Conan Doyle. If this sort of thing grows, male speakers will soon be at a discount, and no public function will be complete without an oration or two from members of the fair sex. When Mrs. Miller rose to follow Mrs. Burnett Smith in thanking her hosts for their entertainment, the happy thought struck her that it would be as well to observe the strict rule on such occasions; so she desired the other lady guests to stand up while she spoke. This request was complied with, and afforded the audience a better opportunity of distnguishing the special guests of the evening from the larger number who occupied seats at the high table. Their names were, in addition to the two speakers, Mrs. Burton Harrison, Mrs. Flora A. Steel, Mrs. Gertrude Atherton, Mrs. Edith E. Cutbell, Mrs. Andrew Dean, 'George Egerton,' 'Helen Mathers,' Miss Mathilde Blind, and Miss Nora Vynne. / The Vagabonds and their guests could not have been less than 500 in number, and overflowed from the floor of the hall into the galleries. But there was no crowding, and the principal speeches were heard better than is customary at such dinners, probably owing to the eagerness of all to hear, thus preventing the usual under-current of chat. It is impossible to enumerate here all the many literary and otherwise distinguished persons who made up the audience, but it included Sir James Linton, Henniker Heaton, M.P., 'Max O' Rell,' Edward W. Bok, Dr. Moncure D. Conway, Silas K. Hocking, Frankfort Moore, A. W. / [col. 2] a' Beckett, Walter Crane, Oswald Crawford, C.M.G., G. Manville Fenn, Robert Barr, Couldon Kernshan, Dr. Todhunter, Walter Jerrold, W. Morris Colles, D. Havelock Fisher, G. Thompson Hutchinson, and, of course, the vice-chairman, Douglas Sladen and G. B. Burgin, to whom the success of the club is largely due. / ... Dr. Doyle concluded by saying that it would be strange if the New Vagabond Club did not make these ladies welcome, for women had always been noted for being charitable to beggars. / Mrs. Burnett Smth began by remarking that twenty years ago such a meeting as that would have caused a flutter in the breast of Mrs. Grundy. But she was delighted to think that women could thus meet their brothers on equal terms of kindliness and goodwill. Whatever might be said of the 'new woman' movement, it made for good in one direction. A number of old-fashioned ideas about women who write had disappeared. She felt the truth of the quotation: / Woman's cause is man's, / They rise or sink together. / She made an eloquent protest against the old theory that the husband of the literary woman lived in a chronic state of buttonless shirts, undarned socks, and ill-cooked dinners. Her wide experience taught her that wmen writers were conspicuous for their excellent housekeeping. / [Col. 3] Mrs. Fenwick Miller, in her splendidly enunciated little speech, took up the same strain of protest against the prejudiced view of women who write. For herself she was glad to live in this age, as in no previous one had comradeship been so strong. It was possible for a woman to believe that her greatest happiness consisted in the love of one man and the pleasures of one home, and yet to learn to extend her sympathies and so gain more happiness. The world was made for both sexes, and not, as some seemed to imagine, for one." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 19 June 1896, vol. 53, p. 581, cols. 1-3. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.)

17 June 1896, Wednesday

Of Mr. Edward W. Bok: "On Wednesday next he will sail home." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 12 June 1896, vol. 53, p. 556, col. 2. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.)

20 June 1896, Saturday

The 26 June 1896 Literary World reports the following: "Mr. Clement Shorter, by the way, presided at the gathering of the Omar Khayyám Club at Marlow last Saturday evening. Several prominent writers were present, including 'Maarten Maartens,' Mr. Grant Allen, Mr. J. M. Barrie, Mr. Harold Frederic, Mr. Edmund Gosse, and Mr. George Gissing." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 26 June 1896, vol. 53, p. 605, col. 3. (Accessed 14 October 2009 in Google Books.)

22 June 1896, Monday

The 26 June 1896 Literary World reports the following: "Speaking at the Women Writers' Annual Dinner, on Monday last, at the Criterion Restaurant, Mrs. Sydney Webb pleaded for consideration for writers of books which she classed apart from literature, though precisely why dd not transpire. Speaking from her own experience, Mrs. Webb declared that the occupation was a hard one, and that the women who took it up needed all the encouragement presumably that the authors of successful 'Pioneer' and 'Pseudonym' novels could give them. Amongst the speakers were Miss Mary Kingsley, who described the doubtful pleasures of exploring, Miss Clementina Black, and Miss Ella Curtis, who had some serious problems concerning reviewers and reviewing to place before her audience. Others present at the dinner were Mrs. Flora Annie Steel, Mrs. Molesworth, Mrs. Caffyn ('Iota'), Mrs. Sidgwick, 'Helen Mathers,' 'Annie S. Swan,' and Miss Sarah Doudney." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 26 June 1896, vol. 53, p. 604, cols. 1-2. (Accessed 14 October 2009 in Google Books.)

26 June 1896, Friday

There was apparently a regular celebration of Arthur Collins' birthday, 26 June, by Bret Harte, George Du Maurier, Arthur Sullivan, Alfred Cellier, Arthur Blunt, and John Hare (Nissen, Axel. Brent Harte: Prince and Pauper: 239. [1]). Choosing 1885–1902 as the dates because those apparently are the dates of the close relationship between Harte and Collins, ending in Harte's death in 1902.

29 June 1896, Monday

The 19 June 1896 Literary World reports the following: "The Authors' Club will entertain Dr. Conan Doyle at dinner at the Club-house on June 29, and Sir Walter Besant will take the chair." "Table Talk," The Literary World, 19 June 1896, vol. 53, p. 581, col. 3. (Accessed 13 October 2009 in Google Books.)

Muriel Wilson was present (among those who “accepted invitations to this function”) at the wedding of Lady Sophie Cadogan and Sir Samuel Scott at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street., W., London. The Prince and Princess of Wales were there, as were “hundreds” from “Society.” The list of notable guests, which includes Mrs. Arthur Wilson and Muriel Wilson, precedes the groom’s name in the story (1896-06-30 Belfast News-Letter).

Here is the report of the wedding from the Morning Post, with the list of people who attended set as an unordered list to save space and simplify finding people; commas for that list have been silently deleted. The newspaper article made the gift list easy to navigate by using all caps for people's names, so that list is set as it was.

MARRIAGE OF SIR SAMUEL SCOTT AND LADY SOPHIE CADOGAN.
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane-street, was filled to its utmost capacity yesterday afternoon, on the occasion of the marriage of Lady Sophie Cadogan, younger daughter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Countess Cadogan, with Sir Samuel Scott, Bart., Royal Horse Guards. The chancel of the spacious building was beautifully adorned with odontoglossum Alexandrae, white hydrangea, lilium Harrissii, white roses, carnations, azaleas, and ferns, and a variety of palms — Kentias, Seaforthias, and cocos — were arranged on each side and disposed about the choir with excellent taste. The nave was lined by non-commissioned officers and troopers of the bridegroom's regiment in full uniform with cuirasses.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Princesses Victoria and Maud, and attended by the Countess of Macclesfield and Major-General Stanley Clarke, arrived shortly before half-past two o'clock, and were shown to seats reserved for them facing the chancel on the bride's side. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York, who had previously arrived, with Lady Mary Lygon and the Hon. Derek Keppel in waiting, occupied seats on the bridegroom's side, near Sir Horace and Lady Farquhar. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was also present.
Punctually at half-past two the choir advanced to the west door to receive the bride, while the organist played the Bridal March from "Lohengrin." Lady Sophie entered the church a few minutes afterwards, accompanied by the Lord Lieutenant. The bridal procession was then formed, and passed up the nave between the ranks of Guardsmen, singing, **0 Jesus, I have promised." Sir Samuel, who awaited his bride at the chancel steps, was attended by Marquis Camden as best man. The bride wore a trained gown of the richest ivory satin duchesse, handsomely embroidered round the hem in silver and small pearls in a floral design, and finished at the edge with three tiny ruches of chiffon. The bodice had a yoke of narrowly tucked chiffon, bordered with exquisite Brussels lace, from which soft draperies of chiffon inserted with silver and pearl embroidery was drawn into a high satin sash. The transparent sleeves, of drawn chiffon, were finished at the top with bow epaulettes of embroidered satin. Lady Sophie wore a coronet of orange blossoms and a tulle veil. Her lovely bouquet was of rare white orchids intermixed with lilies of the valley. Master Green, nephew of the bridegroom, acted as page, wearing a pale blue satin costume trimmed with lace, the cape lined with white satin. He carried a large white felt hat with blue feathers. Nine bridesmaids followed, Lady Anne Coventry, Lady Helen Craven, and Miss Margaret Van de Weyer, cousins of the bride; Lady Helen Stewart, Lady Isobel Stanley, Lady Kathleen Cole, Miss Bridget Bulkeley, and two little girls, the Hon. Sybil Cadogan, niece of the bride, and the Hon. Victoria Stanley. The elder bridesmaids wore gowns of ivory mousseline-de-soie over kilted glacé silk, the full bodices veiled with deep cream lace lightly embroidered with diamonds, with long lace sleeves and Pompadour sashes fastened on one side with diamond buttons. Their hats were of white fancy straw, draped round the crowns with folds of white tulle, glacé ribbon to match their sashes, and black tulle, with a plume of feathers at the side. The children were in quaint frocks to match the elder ladies, but their picturesque hats were of kilted chiné ribbon, with loops of bébé ribbon and clusters of white feathers. The bridegroom presented each with a gold chain bracelet with turquoise acorn pendant, the cup of which was of diamonds, and a bouquet of pink roses tied with white satin, the children carrying small baskets of pink rosebuds.
The Lord Primate of Ireland performed the nuptial rite, assisted by the Rev. Canon Eyton (late rector of the parish), rector of St. Margaret's, Westminster; the Rev. Henry Bevan, rector of Holy Trinity; the Rev. Gerald Blunt, rector of Chelsea; the Rev. J. J. Roumieu, rector of Culford, Bury St. Edmunds; and the Rev. Edward Symonds, domestic chaplain to Earl Cadogan. The bride was given away by her father. The Service was fully choral, and before the address the hymn, "O perfect life of love," was sung as an anthem, the solo being taken by a boy soprano. After the Benediction, given by the Archbishop, the choir and congregation sang, "Lead us, Heavenly Father, lead us." The bride and bridegroom, preceded by the Archbishop of Armagh and clergy, then passed to the vestry to sign the register, Earl Cadogan escorting the Princess of Wales, and the Prince of Wales accompanying Countess Cadogan. Sir Horace Farquhar gave his arm to the Duchess of York, and the Duke of York offered his to Lady Farquhar. A wedding favour of shamrock, white heather, and orange blossom was placed on the seat of each guest. While the registers were being attested a member of the choir sang, "Be thou faithful unto death," from Mendelssohn's " St. Paul."
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Princesses Victoria and Maud, and the Duke and Duchess of York, with their ladies and gentlemen in waiting, attended the reception afterwards held by Earl and Countess Cadogan at Chelsea House. Those present at the ceremony and reception included

the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador and Countess Deym and Countess Isabella Deym

the Brazilian Minister

Count Koziebrodski

Princess Pless

the Duchess of Devonshire

the Duchess of Manchester

the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn and Lady Alexandra Hamilton

the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough

the Duchess of Buccleuch and the Ladies Scott

the Duke of Grafton

the Duke of Manchester

Sir Horace aud Lady Farquhar

the Marchioness of Ormonde and Lady Beatrice Butler

the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury

the Marchioness of Londonderry and Lady Helen Stewart

the Marchioness of Headfort aud Lady Beatrice Taylour

the Marchioness of Lansdowne and Lady Beatrice Fitzmaurice

the Marchioness of Hastings and Miss Olive Chetwynd

the Archbishop of Armagh and Miss Alexander

the Earl and Countess of Coventry and Lady Barbara Coventry

Elizabeth Countess of Wilton and Mr. Pryor

the Earl of Crewe

the Earl and Countess of Romney

the Earl of March

the Earl and Countess of Kilmorey

the Earl of Rosse

Countess Howe and Lady Evelyn Eyre

the Earl of Clarendon

the Earl and Countess of Craven

Evelyn Countess Craven

the Countess of Lathom and the Ladies Wilbraham

Countess Grosvenor and Lady Constance Grosvenor

the Countess of Derby and Lady Isobel Stanley

Victoria Countess of Yarborough and Mr. Richardson

the Countess of Ancaster

Lady Alice Willoughby and Lady Cecelie Goff

the Countess of Powis

the Earl of Hardwicke

the Earl of Listowel and Lady Beatrice Hare

the Countess of Erne

the Countess of Enniskillen and Lady Florence Cole

Georgiana Countess of Dudley

the Earl of Kimberley

the Countess of Caledon

the Countess of Gosford

the Countess of Huntingdon

Viscountess Marsham

Viscount and Viscountess Chelsea

Viscountess Newport and the Hon. Miss Bridgeman

Viscountess Helmsley

Viscount Castlereagh

Viscountess Coke

Viscount and Viscountess Deerhurst and Lady Dorothy Coventry

Viscount and Viscountess Curzon

Viscount and Viscountess Cross

the Lord Chancellor of Ireland

Lord and Lady Lurgan

Lady Ashbourne and the Hon. Violet Gibson

Lady Halsbury and the Hon. Evelyn Giffard

Lord and Lady Glenesk

Lord and Lady Hastings

Lord and Lady William Nevill

Lord and Lady Castletown

Lady Norreys

Lady Alice Stanley

Lady Stratheden

Lady Arthur Wellesley and Miss Wellesley

Lady Lucy Hicks-Beach and Miss Hicks-Beach

Lord and Lady Iveagh

Lady Barbara Smith

Lord and Lady Burton and Miss Thorn

Lord Rowton

Lord H. Vane-Tempest

Lady Julia Wombwell and Miss Wombwell

Lady Aline Beaumont, Lord Charles Montagu

Lord and Lady Algernon Gordon Lennox

the Earl of March

Lady Angela Forbes

Lord Inchiquin and the Hon. Miss O'Brien

Lord Berkeley Paget and Miss Paget

the Hon. Lady and Miss Ridley

Emily Lady Ampthill

Lady St. Oswald

Lady Wolverton

Lady Musgrave and the Hon. Miss Harbord

Lady Caroline Gordon Lennox

Lady De Trafford

Lady Bulkeley

Lady Hindlip

Lady and Miss Forbes

Lord and Lady Arthur Hill

Lady Tweedmouth

Lord and Lady Balfour of Burleigh

the Dowager Lady Lurgan

Lady Clementine Walsh

Lady Jeune and Miss Stanley

the Hon. Mrs. Maguire

the Hon. Mrs. Corbett

the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Cadogan

the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Marsham Townshend and Miss Eva Hoare

the Hon. Mrs. Charles Hay and Miss Hay

the Hon. Mrs. Charles Cadogan

the Hon. Mrs. George Campbell

the Hon. Humphry and Lady Feodore Sturt

the Hon. Sidney Greville

Admiral the Hon. John Yorke

the Hon. Mrs. Algernon Bourke

the Hon. W. Coventry

the Hon. C. Brownlow

the Hon. Otway and Mrs. Cuffe

the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and Lady and Miss O'Brien

the Lord Mayor of Belfast and Mrs. Pirrie

the Right Hon. G. J. and Mrs. Goschen

Mr. and Lady Emily Van de Weyer

Captain and Lady Jane Van Koughnet

Mr. and Lady Victoria Hamilton

Captain and Lady Sarah Wilson

Mr. and Lady Margaret Loder

Captain the Hon. A. and Mrs. Somerset

Sir Archibald and Lady Edmonstone

Sir Albert Rollit, M.P.

Sir Henry Edwardes

Mr. Algernon Peel

Mr. Seymour Corkran

Sir Charles and Lady Hartopp

Captain and Mrs. Philip Green

Baroness and Miss de Brienen

Mr. and Mrs. Henry White

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Gordon

Colonel and Mrs. Fludyer

Captain and Mrs. Anstruther Thomson

Mrs. A. Paget

Mr. and Mrs. A. Sassoon

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hay

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Grenfell

Mr. Hatch, M.P.

Mr. and Mrs. Sassoon

Mr. Horace Cadogan

Mr. and Mrs. Claud Hay

Colonel and Miss Crichton

Mrs. Charrington

Mrs. James

Mrs. Cecil Reid and Miss Reid

Mrs. Arthur Wilson and Miss Wilson

Mrs. Charles Wilson and Miss Wilson

Mrs. Molyneux and Miss Dawnay

Mr. and Mrs. Cornwallis West and Miss West

Mr. and Mrs. Coles Child

Mrs. Owen Williams

Mrs. B. Martin

Mrs. Prothero

the Misses Caldwell

Mrs. Hatford Harter

Mrs. Henry Villiers

Mrs. Pease and Miss Pereira

Mrs. Hwfa Williams

Mr. and Mrs. F. Sassoon

Mr. Paley

Mr. Graham Vivian

the Misses Montgomery

Mr. W. Clay

Mrs. and Miss Ritchie

Mr. and Mrs. E. Walter Greene and the Misses Greene

Mr. and Mrs. Helicar and Miss Helicar

Mrs. Hungerford

Mrs. Chute. Major and Mrs. de Freville

Mr. and Mrs. David T. Arnott, Rev. Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Bevan

and many others.

The house was beautifully decorated with palms and white flowers, and the Band of the Royal Horse Guards, stationed on the Terrace, played some spirited music during the afternoon. The Royal guests took their departure at four o'clock.
The newly-wedded pair left soon afterwards for Castle Rising Hall, King's Lynn, the seat of Sir Horace Farquhar. [Col. 2c / 3a] Lady Sophie Scott went away in a gown of ivory crêpe de chine, the bodice draped with point d'Alençon, caught with pale malmaisons, the tight-fitting sleeves were of rucked I mousseline-de-soie, and the softly hanging skirt was edged with ruches of mousseline and lace insertion. The bride wore a large white hat covered with white feathers.
The wedding presents were exhibited in the ball-room, and included a large number of costly jewels.
The Prince and Princess of WALES presented the bride with a diamond aigrette set with two large turquoises.
The Princesses VICTORIA and MAUD sent her a gold bonnet-pin encrusted with diamonds and a large turquoise.
The Duke and Duchess of YORK'S gift was a gold parasol handle set round with turquoises and diamonds.
The Duke and Duchess of FIFE sent four silver dessert baskets.
The gems given by the BRIDEGROOM to his bride comprised a superb diamond tiara, a broad diamond collar formed of seven rows of stone, another collar of diamonds and sapphires, a magnificent diamond bracelet, a set of half hoop rings— diamond, ruby, emerald, and sapphire— and a diamond bow brooch.
Sir HORACE and Lady FARQUHAR gave a valuable parure of sapphires and diamonds, including a coronet, necklace, bracelet, star, &c.
Earl CADOGAN'S presents to his daughter were a lovely diamond necklace, formed of five bows, with clustered centres and tassels, terminating with large pear-shaped stones, the bows connected by festoons of smaller diamonds; and a magnificent bracelet of emeralds and diamonds Countess CADOGAN gave her a sapphire and diamond bracelet. Lady LURGAN'S gifts were a diamond butterfly and gold curb bracelet; Viscount CHELSEA, gold-mounted dressing case; the Hons. GERALD, LEWIN, WILLIAM, EDWARD, and ALEXANDER CADOGAN, diamond locket with crystal centre; Viscountess CHELSEA, a chain bracelet with turquoise and diamond drop; Lord LURGAN, gold-mounted dressing bag.
The other gifts to the bride included:— From Princess ADOLPHUS of TECK, stick with tortoiseshell and gold handle; Prince and Princess EDWARD of SAXE-WEIMAR, a hand-painted photograph screen; Prince and Princess HENRY of PLESS, large white ostrich feather fan; the Marquis and Marchioness of SALISBURY, pink enamel pendant watch, set round with pearls, and attached to an enamel bow; the Duke of MANCHESTER, diamond and sapphire combs; the Marquis and Marchioness of LONDONDERRY, diamond and turquoise bracelet; the Marquis and Marchioness of ZETLAND, turquoise and diamond shamrock brooch; the Earl and Countess of COVENTRY, green enamel and pearl bracelet; the Earl and Countess of DERBY, bracelet composed of large pearls and diamonds alternately, with pendant heart encrusted with diamonds; the Lord Lieutenant's AIDES-DE-CAMP, inkstand, blotter, and envelope case in tortoiseshell and silver; the Earl of DURHAM, ruby, diamond, and pearl shamrock brooch; the Earl of ROSEBERY, massive silver-mounted mirror; the Right Hon. A. J. BALFOUR, pair of silver-mounted toilet bottles; GEORGINA Countess of DUDLEY, a pearl and diamond bracelet; Lord and Lady ROTHSCHILD, a lace fan set with monogram in diamonds; the Earl of CHESTERFIELD, a table; the Earl and Countess BATHURST, an enamel watch; the Earl and Countess of LATHOM, jewelled hat pin; the Duchess of SUTHERLAND, a silver hunting flask; the Earl and Countess of CRAVEN, a silver looking-glass; the Earl of SUFFOLK, an armchair; the Earl and Countess of ANCASTER, a silver bowl; the Countess of MACCLESFIELD, a Dresden china coffee set; the Duke and Duchess of WESTMINSTER, a screen; the Earl of CLARENDON, a pair of cut glass and silver perfume bottles; the Earl and Countess of CALEDON, a silver bowl; the Earl and Countess of ERNE, a clock; the Earl and Countess of DALKEITH, a pair of silver candlesticks; the Dowager Countess of CRAVEN, a silver tea set; Sir WILLIAM and Lady KAYE, a marble-topped writing table; Mr. ALFORD, a table; Sir PETER and Lady O'BRIEN, hunting crop; Lord HERBERT VANE-TEMPEST, tortoiseshell boxes; Mr. and Mrs. A. SASSOON, a diamond bow brooch; Lady MUSGRAVE, a diamond wing brooch; Lord and Lady ARTHUR HILL, a bezique table; the LORD CHANCELLOR of IRELAND and Lady ASHBOURNE, a silver cup; Baroness HIRSCH, jewelled fly; Viscount and Viscountess CASTLEROSSE, a jewelled brooch; Lord and Lady LANGFORD, a gold curb bracelet set with sapphires and diamonds; the Earl and Countess of ARRAN, a pair of links; the Countess of GOSFORD, a muff chain; the Earl and Countess of ESSEX, a handsome screen; Lord and Lady TWEEDMOUTH, a gold and diamond heart-shaped smelling-bottle; the Right Hon. GERALD and Lady BETTY BALFOUR, set of enamelled buttons; the Ladies DOROTHY and ANNE COVENTRY, a diamond buckle; Lady CONSTANCE GROSVENOR, two jewelled pins; Mr. GEORGE CORNWALLIS WEST, a jewelled handle for parasol; Mr. PRYOR and the Countess of WILTON, a miniature snuff-box; Mr. and Mrs. BRADLEY MARTIN, a gold chain purse set with sapphires and diamonds; Lady HELEN STEWART and Lord CASTLEREAGH, a gold and glass scent-bottle set with pearls and diamonds; Mr. CYRIL FOLEY, a gold, diamond, and turquoise brooch; Miss BLANCHE FORBES, a gold and diamond pin; Captain DUNDAS, gold case set with diamonds and turquoises; the Duke and Duchess of DEVONSHIRE, a diamond and ruby safety-pin; Lady WOLVERTON, a pearl and diamond brooch; Mr. ALFRED de ROTHSCHILD, a diamond and ruby double horse-shoe brooch; Lord and Lady ALICE STANLEY, a diamond and enamelled hat-pin; Colonel and Mrs. ARTHUR PAGET, a ruby and diamond bracelet; the Earl of CREWE, a pearl half-hoop bracelet; the Knight of KERRY and Lady FITZGERALD, a silver scent-bottle; Viscount and Viscountess DEERHURST, a fan; Lady Victoria HAMILTON, a pair of silver baskets; the Hon. CHARLES COVENTRY, a torquoise brooch; Viscountess CURZON, a silver box; Mr. ARTHUR VICARS, a hunting horn and kettle extinguisher; Mrs. CAVENDISH BENTINCK, a watch; Mr. and Lady EMILY VAN DE WEYER, an inlaid writing-desk and table; Lord and Lady BURTON, a silver bowl; Mr. and Mrs. LEOPOLD DE ROTHSCHILD, a diamond comb for the hair: Mr. EDWARD PACKE, a diamond heart-shaped locket on chain: Mr. and Mrs. F. SASSOON, six silver shell-shaped salt cellars; Mr. and Lady BETTY BALFOUR, a pair of links; Mr. CHARLES BALFOUR, set of enamelled pins; the Hon. LEWIN CADOGAN, a scent bottle and Prayer-book; the Hon. ALEXANDER PARKER, a driving whip; Lady HELEN CRAVEN, a silver pepper castor; Viscountess MARSHAM and Mrs. P. GREEN, a fishing rod; Colonel and Mrs. CORNWALLIS WEST, a parasol; Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES WILSON, a gold necklace with diamond and turquoise drops; Mr. A. SPIERS and Lady ANNE SPIERS, a pair of silver lyre candlesticks; Lord ALEXANDER PAGET, a gold-topped toilet bottle; Mrs. PALEY, a silver inkstand; the Countess of ENNISKILLEN, a tortoiseshell and gold toilet bottle; Mr. JAMES MANSFIELD, a silver snuff box; Miss KATHLEEN SCOTT, silver bonbon tray; Sir FRANCIS and Lady JEUNE, a tortoiseshell pen tray with silver figure; Mr. ARTHUR PALEY, a silver powder puff box; Lord ROWTON, an old silver flask; EMILY Lady AMPTHILL, a tortoiseshell and silver-mounted clock; Viscount BRACKLEY, a glass specimen case; Mr. and Mrs F. SANDFORD, an old French ormolu clock; Mr. OSBERT CRAVEN, a carriage clock; the RECORDER of DUBLIN, a fine old Irish lace collar; the SOLICITOR-GENERAL of IRELAND and Mrs. KENNY, an antique silver clock; Miss CLARE O'BRIEN, a silver stamp-box; Lord HENRY VANE-TEMPEST, a silver-mounted writing set, with pair of silver candlesticks; the Rev. G. BLUNT, two silver muffineers; Mrs. JOHN WOODFORD, Venetian glass toilet bottle; Lord and Lady BURTON, a silver-gilt bowl with cover; Mr. CLAUDE YORKE, two silver-mounted photo frames; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. DOUGHETY, a large silver and glass toilet bottle; the LORD MAYOR of BELFAST and Mrs. PIRRIE, a beautiful Irish embroidered handkerchief; Lady HINDLlP, worktable requisites in crystal casket; MEMBERS of the IRISH INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY, beautiful lace handkerchiefs; Mrs. OPPENHEIM, a silver-gilt mounted blotting book; LILY Duchess of MARLBOROUGH and Lord WILLIAM BERESFORD, four tall silver candlesticks; Colonel and Mrs. FLUDYER, a silver-gilt and glass toilet bottle; Mr. and Lady BARBARA SMITH, an antique covered silver tankard; Mr. BATES VAN DE WEYER, four silver bonbon baskets; the Marchioness of HASTINGS, a silver-mounted photo frame; Miss CHEYWYND, a silver heart-shaped box; Colonel FORESTER, two silver dessert baskets; Mr. and Mrs. ARTHUR LIDDELL, an antique silver box; Lord and Lady AMPTHILL, sealing-wax holder and seal; Lady CAROLINE GORDON-LENNOX, a painted glass flower vase; Miss FARQUHARSON and Miss ELO FARQUHARSON, a china parrot; Mr. CECIL CADOGAN, a carriage clock; EVELYN Countess of CRAVEN, an old silver box; Mr. ALFRED OPPENHEIM, a French gilt clock; Miss MURIEL WILSON, books (7 vols.); Lady BULKELEY, a pair of old china ornaments; Lord and Lady IVEAGH, a Russian table clock mounted in gold and enamel; Lady EDITH FRANKLIN, a silver-mounted toilet bottle; Miss AGAR, a pocket Prayer-book in case; Mr. FRANK MILDMAY, a silver carriage clock; Mr. and Mrs. EWAN NEPEAN, a small silver sauce boat; Miss WILSON, book-markers; Mr. J. B. LEIGH, a basket pincushion; Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. BAILLIE of Dochfour, a pair of china parrots; General and Mrs. OWEN WILLIAMS, a Chinese figure; Mr. THOMAS BARING, four china figures; Mr. and Lady VIOLET BRASSEY, an inlaid tortoiseshell box; the Hon. Mrs. CORBETT, a tortoiseshell purse; Lady EVELYN COTTERELL, a hand-painted glass bowl; the Hon. ARTHUR and Mrs. CADOGAN, a pair of silver candlesticks; Miss MARGARET VAN DE WEYER, a silver pen and pencil in case; Mr. RAYMOND GREER, six turquoise and gold buttons; Lady lSOBEL STANLEY, green and gold etui case; the Dowager Lady LURGAN, a pair of silver fruit dishes; Chevalier DE SOUZA CORREA, inlaid box; Mr. WILLIAM YOUNG, four silver salt-cellars; Lord ANNALY, a round silver clock; Viscountess HOOD, an antique painting in oval frame; Mr. and Mrs. LAUNCELOT LOWTHER, an old two-handled silver cup; Hon. Mrs. GERVASE BECKETT, writing table clock in silver-mounted case; VICTORIA Countess of YARBOROUGH, a silver-mounted mirror; Miss ENID WILSON, green photo frame; Mr. HORACE CADOGAN, gold and coral mounted scent-bottle; Countess DEYM, a small silver coffee pot; Mr. and Mrs. MARSHAM TOWNSHEND, a silver-mounted magnifying glass; Colonel OLIPHANT, an oval enamelled box; Lady HELEN CRAVEN, a silver saucepan; the Earl and Countess of ROSSE, a large enamelled casket; the MANAGER of the ROYAL IRISH SCHOOL of ART NEEDLEWORK, two beautifully worked covers; Lady M. CRICHTON-MAITLAND and Miss CRICHTON-MAITLAND, a pair of silver and glass bottles; Major and the Hon. Mrs. STIRLING, a pair of silver piano candlesticks; Mr. HENRY PARKER, a chased silver toilet box; Countess HOWE, a tortoiseshell letter rack; Miss THORNHILL, an enamelled box; Mr. R. CRAVEN, a coin-handled paper knife; Lady SYKES, an antique brass and marble inkstand; the Marquis and Marchioness of BATH, a silver card tray; Vicount NEWPORT, a silver heart-shaped stamp box; Mr. ALGERNON PEEL, silver and tortoiseshell paper knife in pink shagreen case; Mr. CORKRAN, a pair of tortoise-shell and silver-mounted candlesticks; Sir WILLIAM EDEN, an antique enamelled bracelet; Mr. HENRY HOLDEN, a shamrock photo frame; the GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY'S CHELSEA CLUB, a pair of silver fruit baskets; the Earl of MARCH, a silver-mounted leather casket; Lady Margaret LODER, a silver cream jug and sugar basin; the Duke and Duchess of ABERCORN, Japanese box for counters; Mr. OTWAY CUFFE, an antique silver box; the Countess POWIS, a silver-gilt photo frame; Lady RIDLEY, a set of antique paste buttons: Mrs. NORTON, a silver stamp case and porte-monnaie; Mr.C. DALISON, a silver pin tray; Earl and Countess CADOGAN'S HOUSEHOLD, silver inkstand and candlestick; Mr. W. COVENTRY, a card table; the WOMEN on the CULFORD ESTATE, a silver wine cooler; the GAMEKEEPERS on the CULFORD ESTATE, a sporting seat; Mr. and Mrs. WHEELER, a wine bin; the Earl and Countess of WESTMORLAND, a silver-mounted stick; Captain FEILDEN, umbrella, with pencil; Viscount and Viscountess FOLKESTONE, a parasol; Lord and Lady ALGERNON GORDON-LENNOX, an umbrella; Sir CHARLES and Lady HARTOPP, an umbrella; Viscountess HELMSLEY, an umbrella; Colonel and Mrs. CORNWALLIS WEST, an umbrella; the Marchioness of HEADFORT, a gold-handled umbrella; Lord and Lady GERARD, a pale blue silk and gold-handled sunshade; Mr. and Mrs PERCY WYNDHAM, old white and gold china tea set; the PEOPLE of NORHT [sic] HARRIS, a length of Harris tweed; Sir R and Lady M. BULKELEY, a bookstand; Mrs. W. LAWSON, a hand-painted fan; Viscount and Viscountess DEERHURST, a fan; Captain and Lady SARAH WILSON, a natural ostrich feather fan; Lord and Lady GLENESK, a fan; the Earl of SEFTON, a marqueterie and ormolu [Col. 3c / 4a] table; Miss NAYLOR, an old hand-painted fan; Miss DE BRIENEN and Miss Daisy DE BRIENEN, an old jewelled fan; Mr. HORACE PLUNKETT, a fan; Mr. OLIPHANT, an oval glass-topped table; Mr. GRIMSTON, four silver bonbon dishes in case; the Earl and Countess of LISTOWEL, a small table; the Earl and Countess of KILMOREY, a green leather revolving bookcase; Lord and Lady ARTHUR HILL, a card table; the Earl of HAREWOOD, a green blotter and letter case; Lord NORREYS, two silver ice pails; Mrs. ARTHUR WILSON, an embroidered footstool; the CHELSEA GIRLS' CLUB, an embroidered afternoon teacloth; Lady ASHBURTON and Miss BRASSEY, an ormulu and marble- topped table; Viscountess DOWNE, an inlaid Indian stool; the Countess of PORTARLINGTON, a green leather bag; Mrs. CHAINE, a set of pale blue enamelled and gold spoons; Mr. and Mrs. D. COOPER, four silver bottle stands; the Rev. E. SYMONDS, books; Lady HONORIA CADOGAN, a Prayer-book and salts-bottle; Mr. and Mrs. WALTER GREEN, silver basin; Mr. and Mrs. BONYNGE, an embroidered blotter; the MOTHERS' UNION, a pair of silver-gilt midget photo frames; the Earl and Countess of HUNTINGDON, china and silver tea set; Miss VAN DE WEYER, silver photo screen; Lady MURIEL PARSONS, antique silver ornament; Mrs. CHARLES CADOGAN, a silver box; Miss K. GREENE, book in worked cover; Sir CHARLES HALL, set of antique silver ornaments; Lady COLEBROOKE, six diamond and enamel buttons; Lord and Lady SETTRINGTON, silver pincushion; Mr. JAMES LOWTHER, silver bell; Miss EVA HOARE, silver bird; Captain and Lady JANE VAN KAUGHNET, two silver baskets; Miss THORNEWILL and Miss JANE THORNEWILL, large silver bowl; Mrs. CECIL REID, a silver paper knife; Mr. CARYL CRAVEN, a turquoise and gold bangle; the Hon. J. and Mrs. YORKE, pearl and gold bar brooch: Major and Mrs. DE TRAVILLE, a gold fox brooch; Sir HENRY EDWARDS, a gold box; Mrs. CHARLES BALFOUR, two jewelled pins; the Hon. Mrs. MAGUIRE, a diamond and ruby brooch; Captain J. ORR-EWING, enamel and pearl chain; Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE MORRIS, an antique gold and pearl brooch; Lord and Lady ALINGTON, a gold box; Lady Mary CURRIE, a gold and jewelled chain; Captain HEDWORTH LAMBTON, a pair of links.
The Bridegroom's presents included:— From the BRIDE, a pearl and diamond pin; Earl CADOGAN, a gold snuff box of exquisite workmanship; Countess CADOGAN, an ormolu reading lamp; Lady FARQUHAR, silver tantalus on table; Viscount CRICHTON, four silver pierced dessert dishes; the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, a silver cigar box; Lady EDMONSTONE, set of writing-table requisites; Miss PACKE, silver inkstand and calendar; Mr. ALFRED COOPER, a cigarette holder in case; Colonel PERCY, a walking-stick; Colonel LARKING, a bookcase; Mr. and Mrs. CAMPBELL, a silver inkpot; Sir ROBERT MONCREIFFE, a silver-crest letter-weight; the Marquis CAMDEN, a pair of links; the Duchess of SUTHERLAND, a knife on chain; Mr T. BROWN, a hunting crop; Mr. W. H. GREEN, a silver butterfly letter-clip; Mr. and Mrs. LENNARD, an antique silver box; Mr. GODFREY HESELTINE, a silver shaving-pot; Lady DE TRAFFORD, a gold and diamond match-box; Mr. KENNET [sic] WILSON, a gun-metal match-box; Mr. F. B. MILLER, four silver-mounted decanters; Miss PEREIRA, a walking-stick; Mrs. GEORGE FORBES, a snake seal; Mr. A. R. HAY, a blotter; Mr. and Mrs. W. HOARE, a writing set and case; Mr. STEPHEN WOMBWELL, a carriage clock; Lieutenant- General HANKEY, a gold pencil case; Lord HERBERT VANE-TEMPEST, a silver cigar box; Lord DUNSANDLE, two silver candlesticks; Mr. J. B. LEIGH, a silver cigar case; Viscountess MARSHAM and Mrs. PHILIP GREEN, a pair of silver candlesticks; Mr. E. LEVESON-GOWER, a marble clock; Mr. PREDDY MENZIES, a silver and enamel cigarette case and match-box; Mr. REUBEN SASSOON, a gold-topped cane; Mr. and Mrs. W. JAMES, four gold and enamel spoons; Sir RALPH and Lady FLORENCE HARE, four heart- shaped ash trays; Mr. and Lady ALINE BEAUMONT, walking-stick with tortoiseshell handle; Mr. J. P. MILBANKE, case containing "Bradshaw," "A. B. C," &c.; Viscount MARSHAM, a gold-mounted cane with pencil in handle; Mr. and Mrs. CLEMENT SATTERTHWAITE, a silver cigarette case; Mr. A. E. BURNABY, a silver inkstand with clock on lid; Mr. HUNGERFORD, a silver shaving-pot; Lord and Lady STRATHEDEN and CAMPBELL, a silver cigarette case; Mr. H. ST. D'AETH, a silver cigar case; Mr. and Mrs. ARTHUR HAY, a double silver inkstand; Messrs. JONES, walking-stick; Captain VILLERS [sic], a silver cigar cutter and lighter; Captain RICARDO, a silver box; Captain and Mrs. GERALD FITZGERALD, a silver match- box; the Countess of ROMNEY, a silver cigarette case; Captain and Mrs. ALFRED JOHNES, a silver inkstand; Captain and Mrs. ARTHUR SOMERSET, a set of antique spoons; Mr. H. F. SCOTT, a pair of diamond links; Baron MAX DE TUYLL, an antique china box; Mrs. W. H. GREENFELL, a pencil case: Mr. ERNEST HATCH, a silver tea-caddy; Mr. E. PACKE, a double silver inkstand; the Misses CALDWELL, a silver-mounted telegram form book; Captain PHILIP GREEN, a weather glass; Mr. RALPH LAMBTON, a luncheon case; Mr. LEONARD BRASSEY, a gold match-box; Mr. E. S. JOHNES, two silver ash trays; Mr. ALGERNON PEEL and Mr. VICTOR CORKRAN, a silver sandwich case; Captain the Hon. E. DAWSON, weather glass; Mrs. CHARRINGTON, a cigarette case; Mr. J. S. FORBES, a gold seal with pencil; Messrs. COMYNS and SONS, a blotting book; Mr. C. P. BUCKWORTH, two silver ash trays; the Duke of MARLBOROUGH, a silver inkstand; Lord and Lady WILLIAM NEVILL, a silver-mounted blotting-book; Mr. E. B. CHARTERIS, a knife; Mr. and Mrs. ALISTAIR HAY, four silver pepper castors in the shape of dice; Mr. HATFIELD HARTER, a paper knife; the TENANTRY at North Harris, a dressing bag; the Estate and House SERVANTS, GAMEKEEPERS, and GILLIES at North Harris, a deer's-foot inkstand, mounted in silver; the Household and Estate SERVANTS at Sundridge Park, a silver kettle; Mr. H. MELLIDEW, a knife; the CHAPLAIN to the Royal Horse Guards, a pair of silver candlesticks; Mr. and Mrs. LEOPOLD ROTHSCHILD, a pair of silver candlesticks; Captain the Hon. R and Mrs. GREVILLE, a pair of silver candlesticks; Mr. A. SASSOON, a gold-mounted stick; Mr. and Mrs. A. BOURKE, a print; Mr. CLAUDE HAY, a silver box; the TRADESPEOPLE at Bromley, a silver teapot, &c.; Mr. EGREMONT MILLS, a book; Colonel ROWNEY, a pencilcase; Captain the Hon. G. FORESTER, a silver-mounted glass jug; Dr. BURNEY YEO, a bezique box; Mrs. HAMMOND, a knife; the Hon. B. BATHURST, a silver box; Mr. BROWN, a hunting crop; the Hon. GERALD CADOGAN, a gold-mounted stick; the Hon. ARTHUR COVENTRY, a gold and tortoiseshell-handled stick; Earl COWLEY, a gold-mounted stick; Captain and Mrs. A. SOMERSET, six antique spoons in case; Major BYNG, a silver shaving-pot; Mr. T. B. MILLER, four silver-mounted claret jugs; Mr. and Mrs. COLES CHILD, a glass and silver match-stand; Mr. HUBERT EATON, a silver-mounted blotter; the Hon. DUDLEY MARJORIBANKS, an antique silver casket; Mr. and Mrs. J. PEASE, six books; Mr. F. PAYNE and Mr. J. H. LEPPER, a silver inkstand.^[5]

July 1896

On 4 July 1896 in The Queen, an article begins, "On Monday last Dr Doyle, who is as much beloved by his friends as by his readers, was entertained at a banquet by his fellow-members of the Authors Club" (Orel 135). Doyle gave a speech at that banquet, which the article reprints.

2 July 1896, Thursday

The 5 June 1896 Literary World reports the following: "The date of the promised revival of Marlow's Doctor Faustus is fixed for Thursday evening, July 2, when the performance will be given before members of the Elizabethan Stage Society and their friends at St. George's Hall. Marlowe's tragedy differs from Goethe's in this, among other things, that Marlowe wrote, as Goethe could not, in the firm belief in the possibility of the situations he created."^[6]

3 July 1896, Friday

Mrs. Goschen's Dance

Mrs. Goschen's dance at the Admiralty last night was a great success. Among the guests were the Duchess of Buccleuch and the Ladies Scott, Captain Jedina, Captain Gulich, Count Hadik, Count de Pontavice, M. de la Chaussée, the Lord Chancellor and the Hon. Evelyn Giffard, the Earl of Clanwilliam and the ladies Meade, Earl Granville, the Countess of Belmore and Lady Winifred Corry, the Earl of Donoughmore, the Earl of Eldon and Lady Louisa Scott, the Countess of Dunmore and Lady Victoria Murray, Earl Waldegrave and Lady Mary Waldegrave, and a large contingent of "dancing men."^[7]

4 July 1896, Saturday

The 26 June 1896 Literary World reports the following: "We understand that one of the principal features of the performance of Marlowe's Doctor Faustus will be the introduction of the Seven Deadly Sins, the designs for which have been taken from engravings belonging to the sixteenth century, and found in the print rom of the British Museum. The first and last parts of the play will reproduce in colour and costume the university life of Marlowe's day. The middle part of the play, the one most difficult for a stage manager to cope with, will consist of tableaux showing Faustus on his travels, and giving living pictures of the Feast of St. Peter, introducing the picturesque incident of the curse with 'bell, book, and candle'; the banquet at the court of Charles V.; and the Flight of Faustus, in his chariot drawn by yoked dragons, 'to scale Olympus top.' In consequence of the heavy expense attending each representation of the play, there will be only one public performance, that on the afternoon of July 4. Mr. Arnold Dolmetsch will supply the music."^[8]

13 July 1896, Monday

Muriel Wilson attended a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace given by Queen Victoria. Several thousand people were there, it looks like (1896-07-14 Morning Post).

16 July 1896, Thursday

The 19 June 1896 Literary World reports the following: "The idea of Ladies' Dinners seems to have caught on in clubland. A dinner is to be given to Mrs. Hodgson Burnett by the Authors' Club on July 16, and as the accommodation at the Club-house is neither suitable nor adequate, the dinner will be held in the King's Hall of the Holborn Restaurant. Members may take as many guests as they like, either ladies or gentlemen."^[9]

August 1896

Sometime in August 1896 Lady Gregory met William Butler Yeats (I got this from Wade?).

August 1896, the steamer the Norse King was to take scientists and tourists to the Varanger Fjord to view the solar eclipse. At least in the planning, as reported in January 1896, "The official observers of the joint committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Astronomical Society have arranged to go by the Norse King. Among those on board will be Dr. A. Common, president of the Royal Astronomical Society, and Sir Robert Ball, who has consented to deliver a series of three lecture on the eclipse while the steamer is in the Varanger Fjord." (From a "special announcement," quoted in "Table Talk," The Literary World (3 Januray 1896), vol. 53, p. 13 [accessed 10 October 2009 in Google Books].)

5 August 1896

The Gentlewoman describes the wedding of the Hon. Terence Bourke and Miss Eveline Haines:

The Hon. Terence Bourke to Miss Eveline Haines.
A smart and very pretty ceremony came off in St. Andrew's Church, Westminster, on the 5th inst., on the occasion of the marriage of the Hon. Terence Bourke, son of the late Earl of Mayo, Viceroy of India, with Miss Eveline Haines, daughter of the late Colonel Haines, of Hasketon Manor, Woodbridge. The bride, who was given away by her brother, Captain Haines, York and Lancaster Regiment, was attended by two pages, Master Dicky and Master Valentine Wyndham Quin, in picturesque white and mauve shirts with knee breeches. The five bridesmaids, Miss Mercy Barnes, Miss Robertson, Miss Powell, Miss Constance Mure, and Miss Edith Dods, were prettily gowned in white muslin trimmed with Valenciennes, and wore large white picture hats. Their presents from the bridegroom were gold chains with enamel hearts; the pages' gifts being gold and enamel sleeve links. The rites were solemnised by the Rev. and Hon. George Bourke, Chaplain to the Queen; and Lieut. Cyril Sloane Stanley, 1st Life Guards, supported Mr. Bourke as best man. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Robertson, uncle and aunt of the bride, held a large reception at Willis's Rooms, amongst those accepting invitations to be present being the Dowager Countess of Mayo, the Earl and Countess of Mayo, Lady Florence Bourke, the Marchioness of Queensberry, Lord Leconfield, Lady Leconfield, Lord and Lady Milton, the Countess of Bective, Major and Lady Eva Wyndham Quin, Lord and Lady Connemara, General the Hon. John Bourke, the Hon. Gerald and Lady Maria Ponsonby, the Hon. Mrs. Algernon Bourke, the Hon. Algernon Bourke, the Hon. Percy and Mrs. Wyndham, Mr. Wilfrid and Lady Anne Blunt, Miss Blunt, the Earl and Countess of Roden, Lord and Lady Henry Bentinck, Lord and Lady Douglas, Sir Owen and Lady Agnes Burne, Captain Haines, Master W. Haines, Mrs. and the Misses Dods, Captain and Mrs. Dods, Mr. and Mrs. Powell, Mrs. and Miss Benest, Mr. and Mrs. Ribton, Mr. Erskine and Miss D. Ribton, Captain and Mrs. Inglis, Colonel the Hon. and Mrs. Hubbard, Admiral and Mrs. Saumerez, Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Everard, Mrs. and Miss Drummond, Lady Stawell, &c. In the afternoon the Hon. Terence and Mrs. Bourke took their departure for Paultons, Lieutenant Stanley's place in the New Forest, kindly lent for the honeymoon. The bride left London in a dainty heliotrope canvas costume over white silk, trimmed with white embroidered lisse and [Col. 2c / 3a] chiffon, and a big picture hat arranged with white feathers and purple irises.
The presents, which were very numerous, included: — From bridegroom to bride, diamond tiara, topaz, and diamond necklace, bangle, diamond and ruby ring, ruby ring, fan, stamp album. &c. Mr. Herbert Robertson. M.P., 200 guineas. Mrs. Robertson, silver coffee pot. Miss Robertson and Masters Manning and Nevile Robertson, silver spoons. Captain Haines, silver tea tray, tea pot, sugar basin, and milk jug. The Dowager Countess of Mayo, diamond and turquoise necklace. The Earl and Countess of Mayo, turquoise necklace. Lady Leconfield, pearl, sapphire, and ruby bracelet. Miss E. Dods, pearl bracelet. Lady Eva Wyndham Quin, diamond and sapphire brooch. Lady Florence Bourke, amethyst bangle. The Hon. and Mrs. Algernon Bourke, enamel muff chain. Hon. Harry Bourke, cheque. Hon. Edward Bourke, cheque. Hon. J. Bourke, cheque. Lord Connemara, cheque. Mrs. Dods, cheque. Mr. and Mrs. Powell, silver looking-glass. Mrs. Benest, clock. Master Haines, butter dish. Miss M. Haines, cream jug. Mrs. Bischoffsheim, Louis XV. clock. The Hon. Percy and Mrs. Wyndham, pearl and emerald chain and pendant. Marchioness of Queensberry, crown Derby snuff box. Lady Leconfield, silver tea pot. Major and Lady Eva Wyndham Quin, coffee pot and milk pot. Countess of Bective, turquoise and pearl pin. Earl and Countess of Mayo, carriage clock. Lord and Lady Henry Bentinck, gold pencil case. Sir John and Lady Constance Leslie, flower stand. Mr. Wilfrid Blunt, two Arab mares. Sir Raymond and Lady Burrell, Battersea enamel snuff box. Lord Leconfield, cheque £100, &c, &c.^[10]

19 August 1896, Wednesday

Queen Victoria was at Osborne, accompanied by Princess Henry of Battenberg and the Hon. Frances Drummond, and then also Countess Feodore Gleichen. The dinner party Wednesday night also included people who were at Cowes for the yachting:

Her Majesty's dinner party last evening included Captain Acland, her Majesty's ship Australia, guardship at Cowes, and the Hon. Mrs. Acland, Mrs. Lawrence Drummond, Sir Allen Young, C.B., and Major Strong, 2nd Battalion Scottish Rifles.^[11]

31 August 1896, Monday

Summer Bank Holiday

September 1896

October 1896

31 October 1896, Saturday

Halloween.

November 1896

2 November 1896, Monday

The Black and White hosted a dinner to welcome Special Artist Charles M. Sheldon back from the Soudan:

MR. CHARLES M. SHELDON, Black and White's Special Artist, received a welcome back from the Soudan at a dinner presided over by the editor and attended by the directors and other officers of the journal, as well as by a large company, including: Messrs. Angus Evan Abbott, A. H. Beaman, A. S. Boyd, F. Whelan Boyle, J. MacLaren Cobban, Oscar Eckhardt, James Greig, Bernard F. Gribble, Paul Hardy, A. S. Hartrick, Lewis Hind, G. Kenealy, A. L. Lazarus, T. J. Lipton, G. G. Manton, Gilbert Marks, G. E. Matheson, F. Frankfort Moore, J. M. Munro, Henry Norman, Barry Pain, R. B. M. Paxton, Ernest Prater, W. Pett Ridge, Charles Robinson, Clarence Rook, R. Savage, J. A. Shepherd, Alexander Stuart, E. J. Sullivan, Adolf Thirde [?], Enoch Ward, and Edgar Wilson. Letters of apology were intimated from Messrs. J. H. Bacon, Robert Barr, H. Brown, L. Cope Cornford, J. Finnemore, H. W. Massingham, Arthur Morrison, W. Mudford, H. H. S. Pearse, Eden Phillpotts, G. E. Webster, H. G. Wells, H. Seppings-Wright [?], &c., &c. The Chairman proposed the health of Mr. Sheldon, a toast which was honoured with enthusiasm, and the guest ot the evening, in a characteristically modest speech, urged that campaigning was its own reward, though it was enhanced by such a welcome home as had been accorded him. During the night members of the company furnished songs and stories, Mr. Sheldon contributing two notable items to the programme — Drill ye tarriers, an Irish ditty which has, through his instrumentality, become the chief marching song of the Egyptian Army, and Black Lulu, a genuine negro melody.^[12]^{:Col. 1a}

The menu for the dinner was printed in the paper because of the puns on North Africa:

Hors d'oeuvre en Pyramide
Consomé à la Pacha
Purée à la Derviche
Sole à la Noir et Blanc
Filet de boeuf à la Sirdar Kitchener
Galatine de Chapon à la Sphinx
Faisan en Casserole à la Victoria
Salade Égyptienne
Souflé à la Khedive
Bombe à la Dongola
Petit fours Osman Digna
Fromage du Nile
Dessert à la Kartoum^[12]^{:Col. 2b}

5 November 1896, Thursday

Guy Fawkes Day

1896 November 6, Friday

The Prince's Club ice-skating rink opened:

The building specially constructed at Knightsbridge for the purposes of a skating rink will be formally opened to-morrow. Yesterday the managers invited their friends to a private view of the premises, erected on ground formerly occupied by an oilcloth factory and saw mill. Stoppani's system, which has been in operation for several years at the Palais de Glace and the Pole Nord in Paris, has been adopted, and the sheet of ice, 200ft. long by 50ft. wide, is as perfect as the most fastidious skater could desire. The building is light and airy, and is illuminated at night by arc lamps. M. Olivier Pichat has superintended the decoration of the walls, on which are painted scenes of the Thames, Nile, and Ganges. Among the committee of the club are the Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Marchioness of Londonderry, the Marchioness of Granby, the Earl and Countess of Minto, Countess Carrington, Lady Ribblesdale, Mrs. Cavendish Bentinck, Mrs. Asquith, Sir William Hart-Dyke, Bart., M.P., Sir F. Astley Corbett, Bart., Sir Arthur Sullivan, Admiral Maxse, Messrs. Alfred Lyttelton, M.P., Algernon Bourke, W. H. Grenfell, and W. F. Adams. Mr. W. W. Nightingale, who started at Southport in 1878 one of the first artificial ice rinks in the kingdom, is the secretary.^[13]

23 November 1896, Monday

"Little Eyolf (in William Archer's translation) opens at the Avenue Theatre, with Janet Achurch, Elizabeth Robins and Mrs Patrick Campbell in the three female roles. [George Bernard] Shaw's review of this production, with a cast including what he described as 'the three best yet undiscovered actresses of their generation', appeared in the Saturday Review on November 28" (Gibbs 128).

1896 November 25, Wednesday, Lord and Lady Burton hosted a party for Derby Day:

Lord and Lady Burton's party at Rangemore for the Derby races included Lady Sarah Wilson, Lord and Lady Hindlip, Lady De Trafford, Sir George Chetwynd, Caytain [sic] Seymour Fortescue, Mr. and Mrs. Algernon Bourke, Mr. and Mrs. Baillie, of Dochfour, Mr. and Mrs. Hwfa Williams, Mr. de Murrieta, and Mr. Menzies.^[14]

December 1896

2 December 1896, Wednesday

<quote>ACTORS' BENEVOLENT FUND.

Mr LEOPOLD DE ROTHSCHILD presided over the sixth annual dinner of the Actors' Benevolent Fund, held at the Hotel Métrople on Wednesday evening. Actors have never shown themselves reluctant to assist in the cause of charity, and the profession was strongly represented on this festive occasion. The presence of Sir Henry Irving and other leading actors and managers gave special éclat to the festival, and the dinner proved in all respects to be one of the most successful held since the establishment of the fund. The claims of this admirable charity were pointedly put before the distinguished company by the chairman of the evening, Mr Leopold De Rothschild, who, in the course of his speech, mentioned that at the present time some seventy persons are in receipt of weekly grants from the fund. It is important to bear in mind that the direction of this excellent charity is in the hands of a committee of gentlemen of long and practical experience of the stage, and its modes of assistance are specially devised to meet the contingencies of theatrical life. The dinner took place in the Whitehall Rooms, and the following gentlemen accepted invitations:— [what follows is printed as a 3-column list which in this transcription reads across] Abrahams, Morris / Galer, Elliott / Millwood, W. / Alexander, Geore / Gatti, A. / Morgan, Ernest / Allen, W. E. / Gatti, S. / Mote, Henry / Armytage, H. T. / Gibson, Richard / Mundy, Luther / Asher, S. G. / Gleichen Count / Nathan, L. / Baker, Col. W. H. / Griffith, Murray / Nathan, H. / Baker, E. / Grossmith, George / Nauheim, Carl / Baker, Ernest H. / Hague, Clarance / Nicholls, E. W. / Barnes, J. H. / Hallard, C. M. / Nicholson, G. J. / Benjamin, David H. / Hamilton, A. / Norman, Fredk. / Bell, H. / Hammond, G. J. / Ochs, James / Betty, H. / Harris, Herbert, A. / Ogilvie, R. A. / Bishop, Alfred / Harrison, Fredk. / Pallant, Walter / Blackley, Frank / Harvey, Edward / Paulton, H. / Blumenthal. M. A. / Heilbut, S. / Phipps, C. I. / Bolton, T. H. Henry, C. S. / Pittar, Parke M. / Bouverie, Hon. K. P. / Herring, George / Power, W. / Brown, G. V. / Herts, H. A. / Pyke, Joseph / Pull, E. H. / Hirsch, Adolph / Renwick, G. / Candy, George / Hollands, A. K. / Ritchie, Clement / Cawston, George / Honey, T. / Robinson, Fredk. / Chamberlain, Rich. / Holdsworth, J. / Roche, L. / Chinnery, H. J. / Howard Hon. K. / Samuel, Sir Saul / Chinnery, Ellis / Howson, Charles / Sarjeant, Arthur / Corgialegno, W. / Hurst, Joseph / Scudamore, F. A. / Cohn, M. / Irving, Sir Henry / Schmidt, H. / Cohen, A. L. / Joels, J. / Shade, A. R. / Cohen, Leonard / Joels, Woolf / Shaw, Sir E. M. / Cohen, J. / Johnson, Sam / Shone, R. V. / Coltson, C. L. / Kelly, C. A. / Silverthorne, E. C. / Cole, C. W. / King, A. P. / Skelly, Francis / Conguest [?], George / Kirchner, T. / Spalding, A. F. M. / Cooper, Frank / Langford, A. E. / Stern, James / Coster, Martin / Latham, T. / Stoker, George / Cruickshanks, C. / Lawrence, E. S. / Tapping, A. B. / Dam, H. J. W. / Lawrence, G. W. / Terry, Edward / Dawes, Richard / Lawrence, W. / Thorne, Thomas / Davidson, Louis / Ledger, Edward / Tidd, J. D. / Davies, Charles / Leign, J. H. / Tite, A. / Dornton, Charles / Lindo, Gabriel / Trevoe, F. M. / Duncannon Visent. [?] / Lockwood, Sir F. / Turner, G. H. / Durham, Frederick / Loewe, S. / Tyars, Frank / Edmonds, W. / Lowenfeld, H. / Villanueva, Dr. H. / Edmonds, W. jun. / Lukach, J. H. / Villiers. R. E. / Edwardes, George / Lumley, Ralph / Vincent, Henry / Ellis, Alfred / Macklin, F. H. / Waley, A. J. / Ellis, Granville / Maddick, E. D. / Waterlow, P. H. / Esmond. H. V. / Marks, H. H. / Wells, / Evill, Henry / Marsden, Peter / Westcott, W. / Fos, Raoul / Martin, Robert J. / Wingatr, H. L. / Forbes [?], Norman / Maskall, T. / Winter, M. / ?rece [?], J. De / Maunder. J. H. / Woolf, Lewis / Gabriel, Chas. S.M. / Mellish, Fuller / Wright, Rev. C. E. / Gabriel, S. / Middlemist, Dr. / Wyndham, Charles</quote> (1896-12-05 Era)

3 December 1896, Thursday

Annie Horniman's name was removed "from the Roll of the Order" of the Golden Dawn (Howe 136).

9 December 1896, Wednesday

Christmas Dinner of the New Vagabonds, Bohemian Club:

THE VAGABONDS' DINNER TO LORD ROBERTS, V.C.
SPEECHES BY LORD ROBERTS, MR J. K. JEROME, DR CONAN DOYLE, AND SIR JOHN R. ROBINSON.
THE CHRISTMAS DINNER of the New Vagabonds, held on Dec. 9 at the King's Hall of the Holborn Restaurant, is one of the occasions on which this Bohemian club admits ladies. It may fairly be described an unqualified success. In the first place, one of the greatest of living Englishmen — Field Marshal Lord Roberts, V.C.— was courteous enough to come all the way from Ireland expressly to be its guest, and among those who accepted the invitation of the club to meet him were Sir John Robinson, manager of the Daily News; Mr and Mrs Humphry Ward; and Messrs Frank Dicksee, R.A.; Henry Norman, of the Daily Chronicle; Clement Shorter, of the Illustrated London News; Sidney Low, of the St. James's Gazette; J. K. Spender, of the Westminster Gazette; while the editor of the Times, who was kept away by a domestic bereavement, and Sir Edwin Arnold, of the Daily Telegraph, Sir Douglas Straight, of the Pail Mall Gazette, and Mr Alfred Harmsworth, of the Daily Mail, and others, who were kept away by previous engagements, sent letters of regret. The chair was taken by Mr Jerome K. Jerome, and the vice-chairs by Messrs G. B. Burgin, Frankfort Moore, and Douglas Sladen, and amongst others [41, Col. 1a / 1b] present were Miss Helen Mathers, Miss Annie S. Swan, Miss Gertrude Kingston, Mrs Clement Shorter, Miss Marie Connor, Lady Cook, Miss Winifred Graham, Mr and Mrs George Grossmith, Sir James Linton, P.R.I., Mr Conan Doyle, Mr H. G. Wells, Mr Wm. Le Queux, Major Arthur Griffiths, editor of the World; Mr J. G. Clarke, editor of the Christian World; Mr Horace Cox, of the Field and Queen; Mr F. H. Fisher, editor of the Literary World; Mr Anthony Hope and his father, the rector of St. Bride's; Mr J. Penderel Brodhurst, editor of the St. James's Budget; Mr M. H. Spielmann, editor of the Magazine of Art; Mr John Coleman, author of "The Duchess of Coolgardie;" Mr Kenneth Grahame, author of "The Golden Age;" Mr and Mrs Coulson Kernahan, Mr and Mrs E. W. Hornung, Mr Silas K. Hocking, with Miss Hocking; Major and Mrs Nield, of Sydney, N.S.W.; Mr Neil Turner, Mr Robert Leighton, Mr and Mrs Robert Sauber, Col. Nisbet, Mr Alderman Treloar, Mr Frederick Whyte, Mr Percy White (author of "Corruption" and "Mr Baily-Martin"), Mr F. V. White, Mr and Mrs Will. Sharp, Hon. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Coleridge, Mr and Mrs Adam Black, Mr Reginald Cleaver, Mr I. N. Ford, London correspondent to the New York Tribune; Mr McElway, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle; Mr and Mrs A. S. Boyd, Mr Alfred Parsons, R.I.; Mr A. S. Hartrick, Miss Honner Morton, Mr Richard Le Gallienne, Mr Henry Blackburn, Mr Moncure D. Conway, Mr George Manville Fenn, Mr Zangwill, Mr Solomon, Mr Arthur Reed Ropes (the "Adrian Ross" of [41, Col. 1c / 2a] Gaiety librettos), Mr J. M. Dent, Miss Sarah Doudney, Mr James Greig, Mr G. P. R. Burgess, Mr W. W. Jacob, Dr Yorke Davies, Sir Henry and Lady Bergne, Mr A. C. Calmour, Mr Reginald Geard, Mrs T. P. O'Connor, Mr and Mrs W. B. Dalley, of Sydney; Mr H. W. Lowry, Mr H. Hartley and Mr Hart, of the Indian Exhibition; Mr Lewis Hind, editor of the Academy; Mr and Mrs Clarence Rook; Mr and Mrs Wilton Jones (Gertrude Warden), Mr Peter Keary, editor of Pearson's; Mr C. F. Keary, Miss Norma Lorimer (author of "A Sweet Disorder"), Dr S. R. Keightley, author of "The Crimson Sign;" Mr and Mrs Max Pemberton, Mr Pett Ridge, Mr Roger Pocock, Mr Sullivan, Dr and Mrs Todhunter, Mr and Mrs C. N. Williamson, Mr and Mrs Morris Colles, Mr G. Herbert Thring, Mr and Mrs Joseph Hatton, Mr and Mrs Jopling Rowe (Louise Jopling), Mr Arthur Morrison, author of "The Jago" and "Tales of Mean Streets." The dinner was held in the King's Hall of the Holborn Restaurant, and the company assembled in the Crown Room, the Entrance Hall, and the Lobby. One room could not contain everybody, for between six and seven hundred assembled to do honour to the guest of the evening, and not only was every inch of the floor used for dining tables, but all the galleries and the adjoining lobby. Grace was said by the chaplain, the Rev. St. Barbe S. Sladen; the company, as is usual at Vagabond dinners, having for the most part taken their places before the dinner was announced, and the guests, headed [41, Col. 2a / 2c] by Lord Roberts with Mrs Jerome and Mr Jerome with Mrs Humphry Ward, filed in. This, indeed, is almost the only trace of vagabondage about the club, unless one takes Vagabond and Bohemian in their most up-to-date sense. A Bohemian nowadays does not mean a man who has no bed to sleep on, or a man who wears no collar, but a spotted handkerchief in its place; it does not even imply drunkenness and disorderly conduct. A Bohemian in the London sense, is a person who does what he or she chooses, who conforms with conventionality and lives the ordinary Philistine life when it suits, and is equally prepared to go to a Covent Garden bal masqué.
With one exception, there was not the slightest hitch over seating and arranging the vast assemblage — so skilfully and indefatigably had Messrs Moore and Burgin, who attended to these arrangements, done their work — to the exclusion of all their literary work for the best part of the past month. After the health of the Queen had been drunk with great enthusiasm, the chairman gave the toast of the evening, in a speech characterised by the happiest audacity, which completely captivated the audience, and no one more than its illustrious victim. ...
[43, Col. 1a] Mr Conway Dixon, who is Mr Hayden Coffin's understudy at Daly's, then sang, and his singing was characterised by its finish as well as by the beauty of the voice. Mr Dixon will undoubtedly be heard of in the future, for, in addition to the charm of his singing, he has a face and a figure just suited for a jeune premier. He was vigorously encored, but it was getting on for eleven o'clock, and Mr George Grossmith was yet to come. Mr Grossmith gave his Irving and Beerbohm Tree speeches, and, fired by the brilliant and crowded audience, fairly excelled himself. Those who heard the improvisations which concluded Mr Beerbohm Tree's reply (in Mr Grossmith's imitation) are not likely to forget them. They were Tree to the life, and the great audience roared with laughter till tears ran down its cheeks. It also roared for an encore, but Mr Jerome was firm. There were so many people to be presented to Lord Roberts and Mrs Humphry Ward, that an adjournment had to be made that very moment to the Crown Room and the adjoining lobby, where the soirée which followed the dinner was to be held. Thus ended what the Westminster Gazette describes as the most brilliant gathering ever held at the Holborn Restaurant.^[15]

10 December 1896, Thursday

Irish Industries Exhibition and Sale, Brighton

Irish Industries. Exhibition and Sale at Brighton.
Nothing could have been more thorough than the way in which I did the Irish Industries on the l0th inst. I arrived at the Métropole in the morning and made my way to the Clarence Rooms — a perfectly delightful place for a sale — where, by dint of getting into everybody's way as they were setting out their stalls, I managed to acquire a vast amount of information about Irish work. I knew a good deal to begin with, but what struck me particularly is the resolute way in which the Association refuses to stand still.
At one time this sort of work was associated in the minds of the public with some rather dingy, roughly spun tweeds, certainly durable, but having little in their appearance to recommend them, stockings of somewhat harsh wool, fine pieces of crochet, exquisite specimens of lace at unattainable prices to the many, and quite a fair proportion of well-executed embroideries unhappily bestowed upon articles that nobody particularly wished to use. But in the last few years all this has been changed, and perhaps to a greater degree than much of the outside public are aware of. Some of the most beautiful work that the most up-to-date woman could possibly use, lace of a really lovely description at prices far cheaper than what it is customary to spend on laces made abroad, cloths fine of texture and beautiful in colouring, stockings carefully made and pleasant to touch, all coming under the heading of Irish lndustries; and this has been the work of a devoted band of men and women who, moving in the world and seeing what was required, put their heads together and took designs across the Channel to the village workers and told and taught them what the demand really was and how they might supply it. And it seems highly probable that some of the big firms in London will turn their attention to giving their assistance as well, for during the whole afternoon Mr. Fenwick, of Bond-street, showed gown after gown, made of Irish materials and trimmed with Irish work, on a young lady who kindly acted as model; one teagown of white Irish poplin being particularly admired, angel wing draperies falling on either side from under the arm, revealing both back and front a ceinture of tine sequin embroidery in shades of amethyst just repeating the tone of the heliotrope linings; the front was of white crêpe de Chine draped over heliotrope sufficiently pink in colour to send a glow of warmth through the otherwlse unrelieved white, while a touch of blue at the throat prevented the gown being a mere contrast of colour.
Returning in the afternoon, I found I was just in time to hear the address read by Lord Arthur Hill to the Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, who had kindly taken the place at the last moment of H.R.H. the Duchess of Connaught, whose sharp attack of bronchitis prevented her fulfilling her promise of opening the sale. After this the crowds flocked from stall to stall, until fresh supplies had to be forthcoming for later arrivals. The stall immediately opposite the platform was especially remarkable for the exquisite paillette spangle embroideries upon silk and satin, the newest departures being worked upon velvet, a material which was suggested by the Duchess of York.
Lady Duncannon, who has done so much for this work at her Garryhill Cottage Industry, and who was gowned in a charming costume of sapphire velvet, was indefatigable in her labours, in which she was assisted by her daughter, the Hon. Irene Ponsonby, the Hon. Mrs. Charles Eliot, the Misses Borton, and Miss Jeffery.
The stall of the Lucan Tweed Industry was presided over by the Countess of Lucan and H.H. the Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, who wore a becoming brown toilette and a black bonnet with heliotrope feathers; the other assistants were the Marchioness of Hamilton, Mrs. Sandford, Mrs. Walter B. Puckle, Miss Wates, and Colonel O'Malley, R.A. The demand for stockings at the Arran Industry Stall kept the Countess of Arran, who wore a yellowy-brown coat and skirt, with yellow silk lapels, exceedingly busy, as well as her assistants, the Mayoress of Brighton, the Countess de la Warr, the Viscountess Gage, the Misses Whitmore, Mrs. Pauncerote, Miss Bell, Miss de Robeck, Miss Watson, and last, but by no means least, her little daughter, Miss Claire Stopford, who, in her green accordion-pleated gown, seemed to be absolutely untirable.
In the centre of the ballroom were five of the Association Stalls. At the first was Lady Fingall, who, in a Foxford green tweed, turned back with lapels lined with old gold velvet, edged with tiny gold buttons, and a white velvet toque twisted round with brown velvet and upstanding sable tails, was especially persuasive with her delicate lace exhibits; so, too, were her assistants, Mrs. Charles Crawley, Miss Treves, Miss Amy Treves, and Miss Baker. Next came Lady Tweedmouth in a black accordion-pleated skirt with sleeves of emerald green velvet, covered with a lattice work of black braiding, her slim ceinture being fastened with a large paste buckle at the back of her bodice; at the neck was a high Medici collar of Irish lace, and her toque of green velvet with upstanding bunches of violets had sprays of white camelias at one side. Here, too, was Mrs. Adair, in a brown velvet costume, the bodice being cut in an open-work pattern over white silk, and outlined with flame-coloured paillettes. Miss Thesiger in a pretty heliotrope woollen skirt with sleeves to match, the bodice of white satin being tightly covered with guipure; also Mrs. Fletcher, of Dale Park, and Miss Hasler.
Opposite was the Countess of Bective, whose beautiful pearls and diamonds showed well against the grey-green of her blouse, made with a Greek drapery at the back edged with gold braid; with her was Miss Marshall, Mrs. Gore, Mrs. Hoffman, Mrs. Cale, Miss Evelyn Whitmore, the Dowager Countess of Mayo and Mr. and Mrs. Arnott. Much beautiful lace, including fans, fichus, and handkerchiefs were disposed of at the [Col. 1c–2a] end stall, which was presided over by the Marchioness of Londonderry, in black velvet and sable with touches of blue, and a very becoming toque of brown trimmed with sable and two pink roses at the back; assisted by her daughter, Lady Helen Stewart, who looked charming in a black skirt, shot blue-green chiné blouse striped with black and vise lace trimming, wearing a row of pearls and a large black hat; Mrs. J. S. Wood, in a dark blue-green shot and brocaded glacé silk trimmed with Irish lace; Mrs. Engledow, and Mrs. W. Hardy Beaton.
At the next stall the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Henniker presided, wearing a very pretty gold embroidered bolero over a gold satin blouse and black skirt. She was assisted by her cousin, Miss Mary Thornhill, Mrs. Jack Johnson, and Miss Phyllis Johnson.
The sixth of the Association Stalls had a room to itself, which was really required, considering the multitude of beautiful tweeds that were piled up on the long counter. Here Lady Arthur Hill — in a black satin bolero coat and skirt, over heliotrope blouse, and wearing a toque trimmed with violets — was kept unceasingly busy during the afternoon, together with her assistants, Lady Fletcher, Mrs. Dudley Sampson, Mrs. Horace Voules, Mrs. Winans, Miss Hill, and Miss Blanche Hasler. Much demand was being made for the handwoven tweeds front the Cottage Industry of Miss H. H. Reeves, of Tramore; and, by the way, I found that "A Collection of Songs," written by Mrs. Alexander (late wife of the Primate of Ireland), and music by Lady Arthur Hill, charmingly bound in Irish linen, can be obtained at Novello's.
But there was yet a third room to be traversed, and all sorts of well-executed handicrafts were dispensed by Lade Castlerosse, assisted by the Lady Mary Douglas, Hon. Mrs. Spencer, Hon. Susan Baring in a pretty brown costume, Miss Sullivan, Miss Heatheote, and Mlle. de la Brosse. Some exquisite pieces of embroidery, done on vellum; [sic] were most noticeable on a stall where the Countess of Mayo was assisted by the Lady Dorothy FitzClarence, the Lady Maria Ponsonby, and the Hon. Mrs. Algernon Bourke; and some very pretty children's [break for photograph]
dresses, pinafores, undergarments, and knick-knacks were on show at the Irish Distressed Ladies' Fund Stall held by Georgina Marchioness of Downshire, who was assisted by the Dowager Lady Westbury, Mrs. W. E. H. Lecky, Lady Duke, Lady Sankey, Lady Agnes Daniell, Mrs. Majolier, and Mrs. Trevor. At the Guild of Impoverished Irish Gentlewomen's Stall were Mrs. Dalison, Miss Dalison, Miss A. Dalison, the Misses Stewart, Mrs. Carey Borrer, Miss Borrer, Miss Colburn, Miss Blaker, Miss H. Blaker, and the Rev. E. W. Dalison. Lady Castletown was assisted by Lady Florence Bourke, Miss Wagg, Miss Hennessy, and Sir Egbert Sebright.
Thanks were due to the Brighton and Hove Society of Guitarists and Mandolinists, who, conducted by Mr. Frank Mott Harrison, contributed a continuous programme of music throughout each day, among the vocalists being Miss Maud Bond, who sang the solo part in "God Save the Queen"; Miss Aimée Hine Brown, who, in addition to other songs, sang several composed by Lady Arthur Hill, who played the accompaniments, and at the close congratulated the young singer; Miss Aimée Fowler, whose light soprano was much appreciated; Miss Mary Aukett, Miss Clarice Millar (showed herself to be a brilliant young pianiste); Miss Gertrude Hale played the 'cello with good effect; Miss Harrison performed well on the zither, and Mr. F. Mott Harrison's well-known guitar performances were greatly appreciated; so also was Miss Kate E. Peerless on the mandoline, and Mr. Gamble-Blagrove.
The Brighton and Hove Society of Guitarists and Mandolinists were well to the fore, amongst them being Lady Blount, Mrs. Stickney, Mrs. Tillstone, Miss E. Aylward, Miss Carter, Miss Finnemore, Miss Harrison, Miss Knowles, Miss Lockyer, Miss A. D. Miller, Miss E. Miller, Miss K. E. Peerless, Miss L. E. Peerless, Miss Routledge, Miss Routledge, Miss G. Search, Miss A. Smith, Miss E. M. Watts, Mr. Hansor, Mr. R. Harrison (leader), Mr. R. Mason, the Lady Alice Morland, the Count Ybanez, Mrs. Grinsted, Mrs. Perrott, Mrs. Vigor, Miss B. M. Gibbs, Miss A. L. Lowndes, Mrs. A. C. Miller, Miss Pennifold, Miss Stickney, Master W. F. H. [Col. 2c–3a]
Grinsted, Mr. A. de Burgh Battersby, Mr. Lifford Hewitt, Mr. F. Harrison, Miss A. E. F. Brewer, Mr. H. Gamble-Blagrove, Miss Mary Aukett, Mr. W. Mason, Mr. Gordon Miller, and Master Grinsted.
It was gratifying to learn in the course of the afternoon that Mr. Gerald and Lady Louise Loder gave a sum of money to Lord Duncannon to make purchases on their behalf.
Miss Thorold and her many friends kindly arranged the admission tickets.
Programmes and tea tickets were untiringly dispensed by Miss Wood, Miss Ethel Wood, Miss Florence Beaton, Miss Adolph, and Miss James.
It is to be hoped that those who were unable to be present or make purchases at this exhibition will not forget that the depot of the Association is at 20, Motcomb-street, Belgrave-square, where, as I can speak from personal experience, even the smallest order receives the utmost attention.^[16]

16 December 1896, Wednesday

Dolmetsch mentioned wanting to go to Florence. "Dolmetsch was always keen to perform in Italy but was unable to afford such a trip on his own account. Horne, as usual, came to the rescue and used his influence to obtain a sponsor, but nowhere is the benefactor named. Although Dolmetsch was scrupulous in limiting his spending to the musical requirements of an undertaking, he was blissfully unconcerned as to the source of the funds so provided. All that occupied his thoughts at the moment was that at last he would be going to Italy — the land where culture pervaded everything and the very speech was music" (Campbell ????).

25 December 1896, Friday

Christmas Day

26 December 1896, Saturday

Boxing Day

26 December 1896, Saturday

December Bank Holiday

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Footnotes

↑ "The Drawing Room." London Evening Standard 12 March 1896, Thursday: 3 [of 10], Col. 2a–4b [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18960312/014/0003.
↑ "The Sala Memorial Fund." Morning Post 11 April 1896, Saturday: 5 [of 10], Col. 6c [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18960411/074/0005. Print p. 5.
↑ "Marriage of Lady Angela St. Clair Erskine." Inverness Courier 28 April 1896 Tuesday: 5 [of 8], Cols. 2a–3c [of 6]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000446/18960428/037/0005.
↑ "Court Circular." Morning Post 11 June 1896, Thursday: 7 [of 12], Col. 6c [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18960611/072/0007.
↑ "Marriage of Sir Samuel Scott and Lady Sophie Cadogan." Morning Post 30 June 1896 Tuesday: 4 [of 12], Cols. 2a–4b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18960630/029/0004.
↑ "Table Talk." The Literary World, 5 June 1896 (Vol. 53): 533, col. 2. Google Books.
↑ "Mrs. Goschen's Dance." St James's Gazette 04 July 1896 Saturday: 13 [of 16], Col. 1b [of 2]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001485/18960704/057/0013.
↑ "Table Talk." The Literary World, 26 June 1896 (Vol. 53): 604, col. 2. Google Books.
↑ "Table Talk." The Literary World, 19 June 1896 (Vol. 53): 581, col. 3. Google Books.
↑ "The Hon. Terence Bourke to Miss Eveline Haines." Gentlewoman 15 August 1896, Saturday: 24 [of 54], Col. 2b–3a [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18960815/128/0024. Print p. 232.
↑ "Court Circular." Morning Post 20 August 1896 Thursday: 5 [of 8], Col. 4a [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18960820/072/0005.
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 "Welcome Back from the Soudan." Black and White 07 November 1896, Saturday: 9 [of 35], Cols. 1a, 2b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004617/18961107/029/0009. Print p. 587.
↑ "Prince's Skating Club." London Daily Chronicle 06 November 1896, Friday: 9 [of 10], Col. 2c [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005049/18961106/125/0009. Print p. 9.
↑ "What the 'World' Says." Sheffield Daily Telegraph 25 November 1896, Wednesday: 7 [of 10], Col. 6c [of 8]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/18961125/067/0007. Print p. 7.
↑ "The Vagabonds' Dinner to Lord Robert, V.C." The Queen 19 December 1896, Saturday: 41 [of 96], Col. 1a–3c – 43, Col. 1a. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002627/18961219/265/0041. Print pp. 1167–1169.
↑ "Irish Industries." Gentlewoman 19 December 1896, Saturday: 24 [of 123], Cols. 1a–3a [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18961219/122/0024. Print p. 882.

[1] "The Drawing Room." London Evening Standard 12 March 1896, Thursday: 3 [of 10], Col. 2a–4b [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18960312/014/0003.

[2] "The Sala Memorial Fund." Morning Post 11 April 1896, Saturday: 5 [of 10], Col. 6c [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18960411/074/0005. Print p. 5.

[3] "Marriage of Lady Angela St. Clair Erskine." Inverness Courier 28 April 1896 Tuesday: 5 [of 8], Cols. 2a–3c [of 6]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000446/18960428/037/0005.

[4] "Court Circular." Morning Post 11 June 1896, Thursday: 7 [of 12], Col. 6c [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18960611/072/0007.

[5] "Marriage of Sir Samuel Scott and Lady Sophie Cadogan." Morning Post 30 June 1896 Tuesday: 4 [of 12], Cols. 2a–4b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18960630/029/0004.

[6] "Table Talk." The Literary World, 5 June 1896 (Vol. 53): 533, col. 2. Google Books.

[7] "Mrs. Goschen's Dance." St James's Gazette 04 July 1896 Saturday: 13 [of 16], Col. 1b [of 2]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001485/18960704/057/0013.

[8] "Table Talk." The Literary World, 26 June 1896 (Vol. 53): 604, col. 2. Google Books.

[9] "Table Talk." The Literary World, 19 June 1896 (Vol. 53): 581, col. 3. Google Books.

[10] "The Hon. Terence Bourke to Miss Eveline Haines." Gentlewoman 15 August 1896, Saturday: 24 [of 54], Col. 2b–3a [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18960815/128/0024. Print p. 232.

[11] "Court Circular." Morning Post 20 August 1896 Thursday: 5 [of 8], Col. 4a [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18960820/072/0005.

[:0-12] 12.0 ^12.1 "Welcome Back from the Soudan." Black and White 07 November 1896, Saturday: 9 [of 35], Cols. 1a, 2b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004617/18961107/029/0009. Print p. 587.

[13] "Prince's Skating Club." London Daily Chronicle 06 November 1896, Friday: 9 [of 10], Col. 2c [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005049/18961106/125/0009. Print p. 9.

[14] "What the 'World' Says." Sheffield Daily Telegraph 25 November 1896, Wednesday: 7 [of 10], Col. 6c [of 8]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/18961125/067/0007. Print p. 7.

[15] "The Vagabonds' Dinner to Lord Robert, V.C." The Queen 19 December 1896, Saturday: 41 [of 96], Col. 1a–3c – 43, Col. 1a. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002627/18961219/265/0041. Print pp. 1167–1169.

[16] "Irish Industries." Gentlewoman 19 December 1896, Saturday: 24 [of 123], Cols. 1a–3a [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18961219/122/0024. Print p. 882.

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