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
The following were unavoidably prevented from obeying His Royal Highness's command:— ("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
During dinner the band of the Grenadier Guards, under the direction of Lieutenant Dan Godfrey, played the following selection of music ... ("Table Talk").