Lord Mayor’s Inaugural Banquet: Appeal for Civic Patriotism: Speeches by Sir Oliver Lodge and Bishop Wakefield: The extension of the city boundaries was celebrated last evening at the council House by a banquet given by the Lord Mayor (Alderman Bowater) to the members of the retiring Council, the new council, the principal officers of the Corporation etc. … … The Lord Mayor was supported at the high table on the right by the Bishop of Birmingham (Dr. Russell Wakefield), Sir Oliver Lodge, Mrs. Pinsent, and Alderman Beale; and on the left by the Lady Mayoress, Alderman the Right Hon. W. Kenrick, Sir Francis Lowe, M.P., the Recorder (Mr. J. Stratford Dugdale) and Mr. J. W. Willis Bund. …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949