The Royal Albert Asylum, Lancaster : a training institution for the feeble-minded belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland thirty-seventh annual report.

  • Royal Albert Asylum (Lancaster, England)
Date:
1901
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    LUNCHEON. THE LUNCHEON was then held in the Winmarleigh Hall of the Asylum, under the presidency of THE RIGHT HON. SIR JOHN T. HIBBERT, K.C.B. There was a large attendance of Subscribers and Friends of the Institution, among whom were:—Sir John T. Hibbert, K.C.B., and Lady Hibbert, and party ; the Bishop of Carlisle and Mrs. Bardsley ; Lord and Lady Ashton, and Mr. J. W. Wearing ; the Countess of Bective ; Mr. W. E. M. Tomlinson, M.P., and Miss Tom¬ linson ; Colonel Foster, and Mrs. and Miss Foster ; Lieut.-Col. Wills, C.B.. and Mrs. Wills ; Col. Marton ; Col. Crosse ; Rev. Canon Bonsey ; Rev. A. R. Tomlinson, R.D,, and MissS. Tomlinson; Rev. W. Armitage and Mrs. Armitage ; Rev. H. W. Smith; Rev. H. N. Nowell and Rev. J. T. Collins ; Dr. Wingate-Saul and Mrs. Wingate-Saul ; Dr. Paget-Tomlinson, Kirkby Lonsdale ; Mr. Thomas Barrow, Mr. Geo. W. Barrow; Aid. W. Bell; Mr. Thomas Bell and Mrs. Bell ; Mrs. Bolton ; Mr. E. Cardwell ; Mr. Thos. Gibson and Mrs. Gibson ; Mr. Sami. J. Harris, Mrs. Harris and Miss Egan ; Mr. Holden ; Mr. T. Cann Hughes (Town Clerk); Mr, Robert Mansergh ; Mrs. Maddison ; Mr. Wm. Milner, Mr. F. A. Milner and Mrs. Milner; Mr. H. A. Paley and Mrs. Paley; Miss M. E. Paley ; Mr. E. Payne and Mrs. Payne ; Mr. W. O. Roper and Mrs. Roper; Mr. W. Shand and Mr. Shand, junr. ; Mr. John Satterthwaite and Mrs. Satterthwaite ; Mr. Sami, Satterthwaite, Mr. S. M. Satterthwaite and Mrs. Satter¬ thwaite ; Mr. Alexander Satterthwaite and Mrs. Satterthwaite and Mr. M. E. Satter¬ thwaite ; Mr. A Seward and Miss Seward ; Mrs. Sharpe and Miss Paley ; Mr. H. L. Storey and Mrs. Storey ; Mr. Edward Storey and Miss C. Storey ; Mr. R. Tatham and Mrs. Tatham ; Mr. J. Thoms Mr. W. G. Welch and Miss Welch and Miss Johnson; Mr. A. B. S. Welch ; Supt. Ward ; Mr. A. W. Whelon and Mrs. Whelon ; Mr. J. M. Wigley . Mr. George Wright; Mr. T. D. Smith and Mrs. Smith; Mr. Wm. Ascroft (Preston) and Mr. Ascroft, junr. ; Mr. F. H, Bentham (Bradford) ; Mr. W. I. R. Crowder and Mr. W. I. R. Crowder, junr. (Carlisle); Mr. J. C. Eckersley (Wigan) and Miss Eckersley ; Mr. J. E. Goodwin (Liverpool) ; Mr. H. Howard and Mr. Robert King (Earlswood) ; Mr. G. D. Killey, Mrs. Killey and Dr. German (Liverpool); Mr. R. E. Morrison (Liverpool) ; Miss Molesworth and a party of five ladies (Liverpool) -—Mrs. Durham, Miss Grayson, Mrs. Willinck, Mrs. Hugh Rathbone, Miss Isaacson; Mr. Anthony Orr (Halton); Mr. A. Neill and Mrs. Neill (Leeds) ; Mr. Edward Wadham (Dalton-in-Furness), and Mrs. Wadham and Miss W. Wadham ; Mr. J. W. Whitworth (Patricroft), and Mr. Yates and Mr. Clare ; Mr. Frederick Whowell (Tottington) ; Mr. James Wood (Colwyn Bay) ; Miss Macmillan (Manchester) ; Mr. James Diggens, Principal and Secretary of the Institution; Dr. A. R. Douglas, Resident Medical Officer, and Mrs. Douglas; Dr. W. H. Coupland, Assistant Medical Officer; Miss Chaloner, Matron; and others. PRESENTATION OF THE SUBSCRIPTION PORTRAIT OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR JOHN T. HIBBERT, K.C.B. At the close of the Luncheon, the Subscription Portrait of the Right Hon. SIR JOHN T. HIBBERT, K.C.B. (Chairman of the Central Committee), was pre¬ sented to the Institution by the Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP OF CARLISLE, (one of the Presidents of the Institution). OPENING OF THE ASHTON WING BY THE RIGHT HON. LORD ASHTON. The Company then proceeded to the Ashton Wing, erected for the accommoda¬ tion of one hundred Epileptic, Crippled, and Feeble Inmates of the Asylum. The dedicatory Prayer having been offered by the Rev. Canon Bonsey, the Right Hon. Lord Ashton (a president of the Institution and a munificent contributor to the building fund of the Wing) declared the new Wing open, and transferred it to the Chairman, the Right Hon. Sir John T. Hibbert, as representing the Trustees of the Asylum. A cordial vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Lord Ashton, on the motion of the Chairman, seconded by the Lord Bishop of Carlisle.