Social Victorians/1899-06-03 Lord Chamberlain State Dinner

State Dinner hosted by the Lord Chamberlain, Lord Hopetoun

Logistics

• 1899 June 3, Saturday evening
• The John Hope, Earl Hopetoun's residence: 66 Grosvenor Street

Who Was Invited

1. Earl of Ancaster
2. Prince Adolphus of Teck
3. the Marquess of Lorne
4. the Earl of Kintore
5. the Earl of Gosford
6. Earl Carrington
7. Colonel Lord E. Pelham Clinton
8. Lord Colville of Culross
9. Lord Bagot
10. Lord Belper
11. Mr. Allwyn Fellowes, M.P.
12. Sir S. Ponsonby-Fane
13. Mr. A. FitzClarence
14. Colonel Sir Fleetwood Edwards
15. Mr. A. N. Hood
16. Major C. Harbord
17. Sir W. Stirling
18. Sir R. Douglas Powell
19. Sir James Reid, Admiral of the Fleet
20. Sir E. Commerell
21. General Sir Michael Biddulph
22. General Sir Hugh Gough
23. Lieut. Colonel Sir A. Bigge
24. Sir Francis Knollys
25. Major General Sir T. Dennehy
26. Colonel A. FitzGeorge
27. Lieut. Colonel A. Collins
28. the Dean of Windsor
29. Mr. E. H. Anson
30. Mr. Alfred Austin
31. Mr. R. J. Godlee
32. Mr. G. A. Redford
33. Mr. Raglan Somerset
34. Mr. Brook Taylor
35. Captain Wyndham Tufnell
36. Mr. Dan Tapper

Anthology

A Ministerial Banquet for the Queen's Birthday

<quote>The Earl of Hopetoun (Lord Chamberlain) gave a State dinner at his residence, 66, Grosvenor-street, on Saturday evening</quote> (Queen'sBirthday:MinisterialBanquets).

Questions and Notes

1. No women at this dinner, or no women reported on?

Bibliography

• [Queen'sBirthday:MinisterialBanquets] "The Queen's Birthday: Ministerial Banquets." London Standard 5 June 1899, Monday: 4 [of 12], Col. 5A. The British Newspaper Archive. http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18990605/029/0004 (accessed November 2014).