Alfred the Great : $b containing chapters on his life and times
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Alfred the Great : $b containing chapters on his life and times
Alfred, King of England, 849-899; Great Britain -- History -- Alfred, 871-899
The Dean of Winchester
The Dean of Windsor
Field-Marshal Viscount Wolseley, K.P.
Dr. J. Wood (Headmaster of Harrow School)
Sir H. T. Wood (Secretary Society of Arts)
The Archbishop of York
The Executive Committee.
_Chairman_—The Right Hon. THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON
_Treasurer_—The Right Hon. Sir J. LUBBOCK, Bart., M.P.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle
Mr. R. K. Causton, M.P.
The Right Hon. the Lord Lister
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Winchester
The President of the Royal Academy
The Right Hon. J. Bryce, M.P.
His Excellency the Ambassador of the United States
Sir Walter Besant
Mr. Frederic Harrison
The Right Hon. G. Shaw Lefevre, L.C.C.
The President of the Royal Geographical Society
Mr. Walter Morrison, M.P.
Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart.
Sir E. Maunde Thompson, K.C.B.
The President of the London Chamber of Commerce
The Rt. Worshipful the Mayor of Winchester
Sir Arthur Arnold
Sir W. B. Richmond, K.C.B., R.A.
Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, M.P.
The Chairman of the Committee of the London Stock Exchange
Mr. William Wyndham Portal
The Honourable the Warden of Merton College, Oxford
Mr. Alfred Bowker, _Honorary Secretary_
At a Meeting of the General Committee at the Mansion House, held on the
3rd November 1898, it was unanimously resolved:—
“That the National Memorial decided on at the Mansion House
Meeting of March 18th shall be at Winchester, and consist of
a Statue of King Alfred, together with a Hall to be used as a
Museum of Early English History.”
The Site considered most appropriate for the Statue has been given by the
unanimous vote of the Corporation of Winchester for that purpose.
The Executive Committee have under consideration the expediency of
holding an exhibition of objects pertaining to the Alfred period, in
London, during the anniversary year.
Several other suggested means of Commemoration are before the Committee,
and receiving their consideration, including a Military Review, Naval
Display, Historic Pageant, and a Meeting of Learned Societies.
It is proposed that the Government be approached with a view to obtaining
their co-operation in the Commemoration, on which the execution of some
of the suggestions before the Committee obviously depend.
It is estimated that £30,000 will be required in order to provide a
Memorial worthy of the nation and to cover incidental expenses. It is
hoped that the Memorial will be completed by the time of Commemoration,
so that Funds are now needed that the work may be undertaken forthwith.
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