The 2015 Annual General Meeting was held by kind permission of the Duchy of Cornwall, at 10 Buckingham Gate, London. Moray Scott-Dalgleish spoke fascinatingly on his recently completed ‘Rolleston Collection’, and Lord Charles Cecil and Sir Humphry Wakefield were unanimously re-elected to the Committee.
Master, Ladies and Gentlemen I am delighted to be here tonight, because I love Surtees. I have been delighted to be a member of the Society almost since it was founded (in this part of the country) over 30 years ago. I congratulate and thank all those involved with its foundation and flourishing over that…
At the Cavalry and Guards Club the Rt Hon David Heathcoat Amory – a lifelong foxhunter from a great hunting family – spoke to the Society’s Annual Dinner. Here is the speech he gave.. R.S.Surtees – an appreciation on the 150th anniversary of his death I’m here because, like Jorrocks, I believe that, ‘all…
The Chairman spoke on behalf of the Society at the 80th Anniversary of the ‘Two Bridges’ Hunt Club dinner on Dartmoor. This Club, brought into life at the invitation of the hunting men of the Royal Navy, celebrates the four packs there. By immemorial tradition they open their country to one another the following day.…
‘“Clear the way then…” Surtees Crossing the Country’ Lecture to The R.S. Surtees Society Northern Tour The Bowes Museum 16th March 2014 In his speech at the Society’s Goose and Dumpling Dinner last night, Alistair Martin, our speaker, quoted the key phrase from Surtees’s Hawbuck Grange: “There are two things in this world that there…
The 16th March was the 150th anniversary of RS Surtees’ death. In honour of that we asked the Masters of the Braes of Derwent, who hunt Surtees’ country, to bring hounds to Hamsterley Hall – his ancestral home – for a lawn meet. After a hunting breakfast at Auckland Castle we had a delightful woodland…
Our Annual Dinner was held, as ever, on the first Monday in November and at the Carlton Club. Major Mark Edward M.F.H, Commanding Officer of the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery, spoke amusingly to “Surtees and the British Army” and the dinner was sold out within two weeks.
The Members lucky enough to get names down first were afforded a rare treat by antiquarian book collector, author and Life Member Colin Franklin on 20th April. The Society was welcomed into his home for a very fine lunch followed by a reprise of Colin’s speech to the Bodleian. Then members spent a magical hour…
On the 16th march the Society went North to hunt with the Percy and have our Goose and Dumpling Dinner at Chillingham Castle, by kind invitation of Sir Humphry Wakefield. We then visited the newly restored grave and had lunch the following day in Hamsterley Hall itself.
On October 23rd Colin Franklin spoke at Oxford, on behalf of the Society, to “Surtees in a Year of Dickens”.
