Primrose League

[lynn cates]

Lady Bolsover

Hello All. Lady Bolsover. Wasn't she blackmailed by Charles Le Grand who claimed he knew her previously?

Interesting that the very first PL Habitation was in the Strand.

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

Farqy in WC

Hello All. Well, at least it seems that Farqy knew how to find Whitechapel.

Cutting is from the "Primrose League Gazette", June 30, 1888.

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

Singh it

Hello All. If you have read Professor Campbell's book and know about the identity swap between Singh's father and Patrick Casey (AKA, Maurice Murphy) this will be amusing. Else, it shan't.

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

function

Hello All. Here is a clear statement about their twofold proclivities.

Cheers.
LC

[Archaic]

Hey Lynn, I was just thinking...

What would they have done if the Pansy was Disraeli's favorite flower?

"The Pansy League", I like it. Very Pythonesque.

I'm picturing them competing at the 'Twit of the Year' competition.

Cheers,
Archaic

[lynn cates]

speech, speech

Hello All. Can't have a political club without a speech.

Isn't the Balfour chap Tom Wescott's research interest?

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

Paris

Hello Phil. Yes, Paris is a hub of activity for some of these players.

Now you will excuse me whilst I and Kato answer the phune in my rheum.

Cheers.
LC

[Phil Carter]

Hello Lynn,

Paris. That word keeps cropping up, I notice.

best wishes

Phil

[lynn cates]

Sir Algernon Borthwick

Hello All. Seems that Lady Borthwick had a husband, Sir Algernon, high up in the league. Here's a short blurb.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Borthwick,_1st_Baron_Glenesk

Nice journalist background--Paris, no less.

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

take that, anarchists!

Hello All. No, they didn't like Anarchists either.

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

ah!

Hello Bunny. Thanks. That answers my question. I should have know that was his favourite flower. Now it all makes sense.

Cheers.
LC

[Archaic]

Hi Lynn. Yes, it looks like Disraeli to me. The primrose was his favorite flower.

Here's more info: http://www.primrose-league.netfirms.com/index2.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primrose_League

Primrose Badge at British Museum: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore...gue_badge.aspx

Best regards,
Archaic

[lynn cates]

logo

Hello All. Every club must have a logo. It looks like, "With fortitude nothing [is] difficult." Better: "For the brave nothing [is] difficult." At the top looks like, "Empire and liberty.'

Anyone recognise the chap? Possibly Benjamin D'Israeli?

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

yup

Hello Phil. Yup, that's the one.

And thanks for supplying the additional information.

Cheers.
LC

[Phil Carter]

Hello All. Recognise the MP at the Primrose League fete?

Cheers.
LC

Hello Lynn,

Wouldn't be a certain West Country MP related to a certain story about a Mr. M. Druitt, perchance? H. R. Farquharson MP?

The Grand Council listed on the thread above, lists no less than 24 MP's. I also note that C.B. Howard Vincent is there too.

In 1877 Howard Vincent was a student at the Faculté de Droit in Paris and investigated the Parisian police. Later that same year, the Metropolitan Police Detective Branch got caught up in a scandal in which some senior officers were involved and dismissed, Vincent was asked to report on the Paris detective system. This impressed the then Home Secretary R. A. Cross, and in 1878 Vincent was appointed to the new post of Director of Criminal Investigation to head the new Criminal Investigation Department. Although the posting didn't officially have any official status of Assistant Commissioner, this post was equivalent to the two Assistant Commissioners.

Vincent answered directly to the Home Secretary and not to the Commissioner, which put him in a rather strange position, as his deputy, Adolphus Williamson (Dolly), and his men did answer to the Commissioner. The Commissioner was Sir Edmund Henderson. Vincent completely reorganised the department. From 1883 he also became editor of the Police Gazette.

In 1884, however, he resigned and entered politics. He was also appointed Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Queen's Westminster Volunteers the same year, holding the post for twenty years until 1904. He was rewarded in 1885 for his police service by being appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).

Thought this may be of interest or of some use.

best wishes

Phil