Cotmania. Vol. IV. 1929-30

May 15. 1930

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Sir Gregory Foster, BA, PhD
(The Vice Chancellor, the University of London)

Sir Henry Tanner, CB, ISO

Very Rev W R Inge, CVO DD
(The Dean of St Paul’s)

Sir William Llewellyn KCVO
(Hon. Fellow RIBA)
(The President, The Royal Academy)

Sir Malcolm McIlwraith KCMG KC

Sir Frederic Kenyon GBE KCB DLitt
(Hon. associate, RIBA)

The high commissioner for India

The Rt Hon Lord Desborough, KG GCVO

The Rt Hon Lord Carson, PC

The Countess of Haddo

The Rt Hon Earl of Haddo, CBE, DL, JP

Lady Fletcher

The Rt Hon, The Lord Mayor of London

Sir Banister Fletcher FSA
President of RIBA

Lady Mayoress of London

The Rt Hon Earl of Crawford and Balcarres,
KT PC LLD FSA
(Hon. Fellow RIBA)

The Rt Hon Viscount Lee of Fareham, PC GCB GCSI GBE
(Hon Fellow RIBA)

The Rt Hon Viscount Sumner GCB
(Treasurer of the Inner Temple)

The Rt Hon Lord Danesfort, KC

The Rt Hon Lord Riddell
(Hon Associate RIBA)

The Hon Mr Justice Swift

Sir Josiah Stamp, GBE

Lieut. General Sir J Talbot Hobbs, KCB, KCMG, VD, Hon. LLD

Sir John Rose Bradford KCMG MD
(The President of Royal College of Physicians)

Monsieur E Pontremoli
(The President, Societe Centrale des Architectes Francais)

Sir Hugh Allen, KCVO

Sir Henry Wood FRAM, FRCM

Sir Ernest Wild, KC
(The Recorder of the City of London)

Sir George Fowler JP

Lady Fowler

Sir George Washington Browne LLD, Hon. Ra
(The President, Royal Scottish Academy)

Lady Washington Browne

Sir Herbert Baker ARA

Lady Baker

Mr Sydney D Kitson, MA FSA
(Hon. Secretary RIBA)

The Rev. Canon F.H. Dudden, DD
(The Vice-Chancellor, The University of Oxford)

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WORK OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS
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The annual dinner of the Royal Institute of British Architects was held at Guildhall on Thursday night. SIR BANISTER FLETCHER, the President, was in the chair.
Proposing a toast of "The Royal Institute of of British Architects," SIR ERNEST WILD said that the Institute had right faithfully deserved the Royal Charter which was granted to them in 1837, for they had advanced the art of architecture.
Responding, SIR BANISTER FLETCHER said that within a few years of its centenary the Institute was recognized as the arbiter of architecture throughout the British Empire. The architect of today had to be ready for all emergencies and invulnerable at all points; he must not only be an expert planner, but he was expected to know about the wayward ways of water, the eccentricities of electricity, the intricacies of plumbing, and the possibilities of gas, besides proper and judicious use of building materials. They must congratulate St Paul's Cathedral authorities and The Times on the completion of their work in the preservation of the building, although they must not forget the necessity which still existed for protecting the foundations.
Replying to the toastof "The Lord Mayor and the Corporation of the City of London," proposed by SIR HERBERT BAKER, the LORD MAYOR said that his personal opinion of the bridges controversy was that it was not necessary to have additional bridges in the city. What was necessary was to get rid of the traffic that went over the bridges.
MR JUSTICE SWIFT responded to the toast of "Our Guests," proposed by MR SYDNEY D KITSON (hon. secretary of the institute).
Others present were:-
Lady Fletcher, the Lady Mayoress, Lord Crawford and Balcarres, Lord and Lady Haddo, Lord Carson, Lord Desborough, Lord Danesfort, Lord Riddell, Lord Lee of Fareham, Lord Sumner, the High Commissioner of India, Lady Baker, Sir Frederic Kenyon, Sir Malcolm McIlwraith, Sir William Llewellyn, PRN, Major General Sir Fabian Ware, Sir Henry Tanner, Sir Gregory Foster, Sir John and Lady [Stavridi], Sir Adrian and Lady Pollock, Sir Josiah Stamp, Lieutenant General J Talbot Hobbs, Sir John Rose Bradford, Sir Hugh Allen, Sir Henry Wood, Sir George and Lady Fowler, Sir George and Lady Washington Browne, and the Dean of St Paul's.