Description | Contains (intervening pages being blank): pp. 2-8, List of Directors, 1842-1904, with date of election, proposer, address and remarks (mainly offices held and date of death - sometimes with age - or resignation). pp. 14-35, Lists of male and female inmates, 1850-1904, with date of election, whether single or widow(er), age, date of death or removal, and (in many cases) former occupation. pp. 44-65, Lists of male and female candidates, 1865-98, with date of registry, age, occupation, remarks and date of election, if any. pp. 66-73, Recipients of and candidates for Coqueau Charity, 1873-98, with particulars. pp. 80-81, Applicants for Mounier apprenticeships, two only, 1888 and 1889. pp. 137-139, Names and dates of election of Directors whose armorial bearings were on the board running round the Court Room, and of those (19th century) whose arms were in the windows. p. 140, Wording of inscription on the memorial tablet in the Chapel to Robert Lewis Roumieu, FRIBA; and inscriptions on the communion plate (flagon given by P. S. Duval, 1867, paten and two cups originally given by various named persons to the French Congregation at Hoxton in 1717). p. 141, Brief account of the French Hospital taken from Maitland's 'History and Survey of London', 1756. pp. 142-148, Miscellaneous notes: on cost of the land and buildings in South Hackney; property and income in 1875; names of Stewards c.1850-1900, with dates, salaries, and other particulars; celebration of anniversaries, with names of preachers 1870-1904; and account of receipts and expenditure, 1874. pp. 158-163, Words of songs entitled 'Neptune and Mars', by Mr Playle, and 'The French Refugee', by Samuel Byles, sung at Court Dinners; toasts given at the Dinners; recipe for the Charter Soup (with a printed copy); and memorandum of the first Evening Entertainment, with printed programme. pp. 166-7, Lists of children in the French Protestant School at Westminster, 1876 and 1878. pp. 168-172, Chronological list of Officers of the Hospital, 1718-1902. |
AdminHistory | Arthur Giraud Browning, Secretary of the Hospital 1875-98, Deputy Governor 1898-1907. Co-founder of the Huguenot Society of London, 1885. |