Social Victorians/1896-05-06 Dinner Party

Logistics

• Wednesday, 6 May 1896
• Marlborough House
• Hosted by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra, Princess of Wales

Who Was Present

1. His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught
2. the German Ambassador, Count Hatzfeldt
3. the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, Count Deym
4. the United States Ambassador, the Hon. T. F. Bayard
5. the French Ambassador, Baron de Courcel
6. the Italian Ambassador, Lieutenant-General A. Ferrero
7. the Spanish Ambassador, Count de Casa Valencia
8. the Turkish Ambassador, Costaki Anthopoulo Pasha
9. the Count de Ficalho, Grand Maître de la Cour to the King of Portugal
10. the Archbishop of Canterbury
11. the Lord Chancellor, Lord Halsbury
12. the Lord President of the Council, the Duke of Devonshire
13. the Marquis of Lansdowne
14. the Marquis of Salisbury
15. the Earl of Lathom
16. the Earl of Rosebery
17. the Earl of Kimberley
18. Lord George Hamilton
19. Field-Marshal Viscount Wolseley
20. Lord Herschell
21. the Right Hon G. J. Goschen
22. the Chancellor of the Exchequer
23. the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain
24. the Right Hon. Sir William Vernon Harcourt
25. the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour
26. the Right Hon. Sir Henry Fowler
27. the Right Hon. John Morley
28. General the Right Hon. Sir Redvers Buller
29. the Right Hon. Sir Matthew White Ridley
30. the Right Hon. H. Asquith
31. the President of the Royal Society, Sir Joseph Lister
32. General Sir Evelyn Wood
33. Admiral Sir Frederick Richards
34. the President of the Society of Antiquaries, Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
35. the Director of the Natural History Museum, Sir William Flower
36. Rear-Admiral Sir John Fisher
37. Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford
38. the Principal Librarian and Secretary of the British Museum, Sir Edward Maunde Thompson
39. the President of the Royal Geographical Society, Mr. Clements R. Markham
40. the President of the Royal College of Surgeons, Mr. Christopher Heath
41. the President of the Royal College of Physicians, Dr. Samuel Wilks

People Invited But Not Present

<quote>The following were unavoidably prevented from obeying His Royal Highness's command:—</quote> ("Table Talk")

1. The Russian Ambassador, M. de Staal
2. the Speaker, the Right Hon. W. C. Gully
3. the President of the Royal Academy, Sir John E. Millais

Present as an Attendant

In attendance on His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught:

1. Colonel Alfred Egerton

In attendance on His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales:

1. General Sir Dighton Probyn
2. Major-General A. Ellis

Entertainment=

<quote>During dinner the band of the Grenadier Guards, under the direction of Lieutenant Dan Godfrey, played the following selection of music ...</quote> ("Table Talk").

Bibliography

• "Table Talk," The Literary World: Choice Readings from the Best New Books, and Critical Reviews, (London: James Clarke), 8 May 1896, vol. 53, p. 436, col. 2. Google Books (Accessed 13 October 2009).