Morning Post: Thursday 1st July 1897

Speech Day at Harrow: Yesterday being Speech Day at Harrow School, a large number of ladies and gentlemen assembled in the Great Hall, in response to the invitation of the Headmaster (the Rev. J. E. C. Welldon), for the purpose of noting the proficiency to which the lads had attained during the year and witnessing the distribution of prizes. Among those who attended were the Persian Minister, Prince Piviachatra, Viscount Peel, Viscountess Newport, Viscountess Duncannon, Lord and Lady Forester, Lord, and Lady Sudeley, Lord and Lady Waterpark, Lord and Lady Belper, Lord and Lady Clanmorris, Lord and Lady Henley, the Bishop of Stepney, Lady Edury, Lady Jeune, Lady Musgrave, Lady Pinsent, Lady Shuckburgh, Lady Stevenson, Lady and Miss Seymour, Lady and Misses Verney, Lord R. Brudenell – Bruce, Lord E. Hamilton, the Hon. Miss Bridgeman … (etc.)(discussion of event and luncheon) 


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Referenced

GRO0254 Hennock: Emily Hetty Sabine Homfray: 1845 – 1922