Social Victorians/1897-05-26 Pembroke State Dinner

=Earl of Pembroke's State Dinner=

Logistics

 * 1897 May 26
 * Hosted by Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke, at his residence, 8 Chesterfield Gardens

People Invited (Not All Attended)

 * 1) General his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, G.C.B., K.P.
 * 2) The Earl of Ancaster
 * 3) The Earl of Kintore, G.C.M.G.
 * 4) Earl Waldegrave
 * 5) General Viscount Bridport, G.C.B.
 * 6) Viscount Curzon, M.P., Treasurer of the Household
 * 7) The Right Hon. Lord Arthur Hill, M.P.
 * 8) Comptroller of the Household: Colonel Lord Edward Pelham Clinton, K.C.B., Master of the Household
 * 9) Lord Colville of Culross, K.T., G.C.V.O.
 * 10) Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Hon. Sir Fleetwood Edwards, K.C.B.
 * 11) The Hon. Arthur Hay, Admiral of the Fleet
 * 12) Sir Edmund Commerell, G.C.B., V.C.
 * 13) General Sir Michael Biddulph, G.C.B.
 * 14) Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Bigge, K.C.B.
 * 15) Sir James Reid, K.C.B.
 * 16) Sir Francis Knollys, K.C.M.G., C.B.
 * 17) Sir J. C. Robinson
 * 18) Colonel Alfred Egerton, C.B.
 * 19) Mr. T. C. March, C.B.
 * 20) Colonel Arthur Collins, M.V.O.
 * 21) Colonel Cuthbert Larking
 * 22) Mr. Horace West
 * 23) Mr. R. J. Godlee
 * 24) Mr. G. T. Hertslet
 * 25) Mr. W. Gibson
 * 26) Mr. George Courroux
 * 27) Mr. Thomas Kingscote
 * 28) Mr. W. H. Massey

From the Morning Post
The Earl of Pembroke, C.C.V.O., Lord Steward, gave a State Dinner last evening at his residence, 8, Chesterfield-gardens, to which were invited .... A few of the above were unavoidably prevented attending the dinner. (MB:TLS)

Questions and Notes

 * 1) Who are the Comptroller of the Household, the Right Hon. Lord Arthur Hill, M.P., or Colonel Lord Edward Pelham Clinton, K.C.B.?
 * 2) No women at this dinner? Or no women reported on but were present?