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THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF THE AGED AND INFIRM POOR. ANNUAL DINNER. December 1905

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Page 23, 2nd December 1905

The Annual Dinner in aid of the funds of the Benevolent Society for the Relief of the Aged and Infirm Poor was held on Monday evening at the Albion, Aldersgate-street, E.C. His lordship the Bishop of Southwark (the Right Rev. Peter Amigo) presided, and there were also present the Very Rev. Provost .Moore, the Very Revv. Canons Keatinge Moncrieff Smyth, Murnane, Pycke ; the Very Rev. Mgr. Wallis; the Very Revv. M. Kelly, 0.S.A., D.D., and J. P. Bannin, P.S.M. ; Sir J. Roper Parkington, Commendatore Hicks K.C.S.G., Colonel Maguire, Major White, V.D. ; the Revv. M. J. Bidwell, D.D., H. C. B. Campbell, T. Carey, H. W. Casserly, W. J. Condon, James Connolly, C. A. Cox, David Cox, J. Crowley, E. du Plerny, E. English, Stephen Eyre Jarvis LC., Hugh Kelly, Robert Kelly, H. R. Laughton, D. McCarthy, James Mahoney, W. H. Monk, E. B. Mostyn, Anton Midler, D.D., P. J. Murphy, S.M., J. M. Musgrave, Thomas Nolan, John O’Doherty, T. O’Doherty, A. H. Paine, James Powell, P. Riordan, T. J. Ring, E. Smith, J. Sprankling, F. Stanfield, J. G. Storey, E. A. P. Theed, Leo Thomas S.M., A. E. Whereat, D.D.; and Messrs. P. M. Albrecht, Alfred Ambrose, M.D., T. Baines, Frank Beer, Edmund J. Bellord, John G. Bellord, William Brown, James Carroll, John Christie, A. K. Connolly, John J. Connolly, J. A. Connolly, J. W. Connolly, S. Frederick Connolly, T. A. Connolly, John Conway, G. Henry Daniell, Edmund T. J. Egan, Edmund W. Evans, Reginald B. Fellows, M.A., Victor I. Feeny, H. MalMs Fisher, A. C. Fowler, Charles Hasslacher, Jerome S. Hegarty, James D. Hodgson, W. Skelton Hodgson S. Taprell Holland (Hon. Treasurer), Thomas Holland, J. M. Hopewell, J. E. Horrigan, John Hurst, John Hussey, Thgmas Hussey, William Hussey, R. H. N. Johnson, J. H. Joyce, T. Edward Lescher, Charles E. Lewis, Bernard J. McAdam James P. McAdam (Hon. Secretary), J. H. McCorry, J. M. McGrath, G. A. Mackenzie, E. H. Meyer, A. C. O’Bryen, E. A. O’Bryen, R. E. O’Bryen, W. Watson Parker, R. J. Phillips, George Schwdelin, L. J. Schdelin, H. Schiller, Robert Shield, E. Simona, Joseph Simona, Joseph Sperati, Philip S. Stokes, M. Sullivan F. P. Towsey, J. S. R. Towsey, William Towsey, C. H. Walker, Augustine E. White,Basil J. White, C. B. Wildsmith, William Wildsmith, A. E. Winstanley, H. Witte, C. J. Woollett, M.D., &c., &c.

The first toast was that of our Holy Father the Pope and his Majesty the King, which his lordship in a few touching works, expressing the loyalty of Catholics to Church and State, introduced. The toast of Queen Alexandra and the Prince and Princess of Wales, and other members of the Royal Family, was also suitably acknowledged.

SPEECH BY THE BISHOP OF SOUTHWARK.

His lordship the Bishop next proposed the toast of the evening, “Success to the Benevolent Society.” Even before the penal laws were repealed, said his lordship, in 1761, the Catholics of England gathered together and instituted a Society in order to relieve the poor Catholic families who were in need of assistance, and so our Society can boast now of an existence of nearly 150 years. (Cheers.) Therefore we as Catholics ought to be proud of those who have gone before us, who instituted this good work, the Catholic Benevolent Society. (Cheers.) If you read the report you will see that no less than 100 poor people in this metropolis were helped by monetary assistance and also by a gift at Christmas. These poor people, if our Society is really to succeed, ought to be extended to the number of 200. (Cheers.) We ought to increase the number by 100, and I trust this will be accomplished before the gathering next year. (Cheers.) There is one great drawback. If you refer to the balance sheet you will see that the Committee of the Society is really in debt to the extent of £39. I am afraid that, if we do not increase our subscriptions, we shall be the means of decreasing the number of pensioners instead of increasing them. Many of these poor people, who would otherwise be compelled to enter the workhouse, are now assisted by the Society in their declining days and if we are to be true to the memories of those who instituted the Society, we must do all we possibly can to push forward its interest. (Hear, hear.) I understand that £1,103 were collected last year. I should like to see that amount increased to £2,000. (Loud cheers.) I am a very poor Chairman on such an occasion as this, but if I can induce the friends of the Society to increase their contributions so that the sum I mention will be reached, then indeed I shall be proud of my position this evening as Chairman. (Cheers.) I feel that the Society has not only a claim upon us because of its old age, but because it has the wonderful faculty of uniting the North and South of London. It is a Society not only of the Westminster clergy, but also of the Southwark clergy, as well as of the laity who all gather together to vie with each other to do all they possibly can to help their fellow-Catholics. (Hear, hear.) It is a joy to see such a union, and it is one of those institutions of which we ought to be proud. (Cheers.) Before sitting down, and before asking you to accept this toast, there is one person who I notice has not been able to have dinner to-night. We have been thinking of our own special comforts we have forgotten the honorary secretary—(loud cheers)—who in order to make us as happy as possible has forgotten himself. He displays the same spirit to-night as he does in his work in connection with the Society. (Cheers). The Society owes him a deep debt of gratitude. (Hear, hear.) I ask you therefore to toast success to the Benevolent Society, and to it I add the name of Mr. McAdam, who is doing such a wonderful work for the poor of London. (Cheers.) The toast was suitably acknowledged with musical honours.

Sir Roper Parkington proposed the toast of his Grace the Archbishop of Westminster, the Right Rev. Mgr. Fenton, and the clergy of both dioceses. I think, said the speaker, that a very few words of commendation are necessary from me to ensure at your hands a most enthusiastic reception of the toast (Hear, hear.) I venture to think I shall voice the feelings of all present, as well as the Catholic body throughout the country, when I say we are very proud indeed of our Archbishop. (Cheers.) He has thoroughly come up to the standard of our expectations in the magnificent manner in which he has carried out the exalted duties of his office. (Cheers.) We are proud to know that he takes a deep interest in this work of charity. Cheers.) We are glad also to see how determined he is to see that all Catholic children should be educated in the religion of their parents. (Cheers.) I am at a loss to think why any one should be of a different opinion, and by carrying out these duties his Grace has endeared himself to all of us, and he has earned the esteem and admiration of all those who belong to other denominations. (Hear, hear.) He has proved himself a worthy successor of those three illustrious dignitaries of the Church— Wiseman, Manning, and Vaughan—who have preceded him in that position, which he now occupies with such distinction. (Hear, hear.) I am going to pass over the Chairman because I am certain his health will be toasted in far better terms than I can possibly express, but I come to the clergy of both dioceses, and I am sure we must acknowledge at once and without hesitation that a very deep debt of gratitude is due to them for the manner in which they carry out their arduous duties. (Hear, hear.) We recognise in Bishop Fenton a man who has devoted his whole life to the interests of our holy religion, and further as VicarGeneral he has carried out the duties of that office to the entire satisfaction of the clergy. (Cheers.) He has gained their affection, and I am sure he deserves all the eulogies we can pass upon him. (Hear, hear.) Therefore, I have the greatest possible pleasure in associating with this toast the names of my old friend, Canon Moncrieff-Smyth, whom we are delighted to see occupying the position he holds to-day. (Cheers.) The toast was received with musical honours.

THE ARCHBISHOP.

The Very Rev. Canon Moncrieff-Smyth humorously objected to the honour which had been conferred upon him by the Hon. Secretary in asking him to respond to the toast. My duty now, said the very rev, speaker, is to return thanks on behalf of the Archbishop, and I do so with the greatest possible pleasure. I said last year that in the Archbishop we have a man who fully realises the great responsibilities which have been placed upon him. (Hear, hear.) If I remember rightly, I said he had entered into a magnificent inheritance which he would hand down untarnished to his successor still more glorious. (Cheers.) We have in him a man who is endowed with tact, with firmness of character, and a determination that nothing shall be wanting on his part to see justice done to Catholic schools. (Cheers.) I know some have said we are not quite go-ahead enough, not quite pushing enough, but we may leave ourselves safely in the hands of his Grace. (Loud cheers.) He does not talk much, but when he does speak it is to the point. His Grace does not confide to the world his policy, but his policy is determination to fight the battle of Catholic schools. (Loud cheers.) Don’t think that because he holds his tongue he is not doing anything. (Hear, hear.) I can do no more than express the thanks of his Grace, and I promise you he will labour for you and for the interests of our diocese until death shall separate him from this work on earth. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Thomas Holland : 14 is the utmost pleasure to me to propose the health of the Right Rev, and genial Prelate who has been so kind as to preside this evening. (Cheers.) I understand that this is the first occasion on which his lordship has been amongst us at these annual gatherings of the Society, and we extend him a most cordial welcome. (Cheers.) I am struck by the dignity and the businesslike capacity which his lordship has shown to-night in the conduct of our proceedings. I can only hope that the knowledge of that acquisition may extend beyond these walls and excite the admiration of the Speaker of the House of Commons. (Laughter and cheers.) On an occasion like this a great deal must depend upon the choice of a chairman. It must, in fact, influence many persons in their attendance, and, so far as my observation has gone, the choice of the chairman has been eminently justified. (Hear, hear.) I think we, as Catholics, are assured that our interests are thoroughly protected by the Bishops. (Hear, hear.) I can only hope that his lordship may be preserved for many years to discharge his great mission. (Hear, hear.) The diocese of Southwark is one of the largest in England, and, despite the many heavy responsibilities, we are delighted to see that his lordship can spare a few hours to be with us. (Cheers.) I hardly like to dwell upon the merits of our chairman ; all I can do is to ask you, gentlemen, to heartily drink to the health of his lordship. The toast was received with full musical honours.

His lordship on rising was greeted with loud and continued cheers After jocularly denying that he was a genial man, his lordship continued : I thank you most sincerely for the sincerity of your reception, and I can assure you it is a great pleasure to me to come to this gathering and to see the close union which exists between Westminster and Southwark. (Cheers.) It is evidence, furthermore, of your determination to benefit the poor and to show that we love our poorer brethren. (Hear, hear.) I thank you most sincerely on behalf of the diocese of Southwark, and I can assure you that we in the South are only too ready to help you in the North, and to do our best to work with the Archbishop and his clergy for the benefit of the poor. (Loud cheers.) Mr. James P. McAdam, in reply to repeated demands, thanked those present for toasting his health : As honorary secretary of the Benevolent Society, it is a pleasure to me to be the means of assisting the necessitous poor. I desire to thank most sincerely the right rev, chairman, and to assure him that I appreciate his remarks about myself, although I do not deserve them. (No, no.) Although his lordship has not before attended these dinners, I know he has taken a very deep interest in the welfare of this Society, and of the poor of this great metropolis. (Hear, hear.) And to you, gentlemen, I have to return my hearty thanks for the kind way in which you have received my name. I can only thank you from my heart for the various kind sentiments expressed, and I thank you also for coming here to-night to encourage us and help us in our work. (Hear, hear.) It is now my duty to tell you the amount that has been collected this evening. It is £1,010. It is very satisfactory to know we have been able to reach four figures, but it is a little less (by £28) than the sum collected last year. That is not due to the want of liberality on the part of the gentlemen assembled at the tables this evening, but it is owing to the fact that the money I have been trying to collect has not come up to the average. I don’t, however, despair. (Hear, hear.) Everybody is complaining of hard times and bad business, and in consequence some have dropped out. However, I hope we shall in time be able to reach the average of past years. (Hear, hear.) In my dreams I sometimes look forward to a time when people will no longer have occasion to speak of hard times and when the secretary will have only to send out the notices for the money to flow in, and when it will not be necessary to make house to house collections for the benefit of the poor. (Hear, hear.) A gentleman near me remarks : “What about Joe Chamberlain and his policy ?” (Laughter.) Well, I will make a confession of faith on the fiscal question. A free-food policy which I strive for, and the free-food I plead for, is free food for our pensioners. (Loud cheers.) I may add I am an out-and-out Protectionist, but it is the protection of the poor to keep them out of the workhouse. (Loud cheers.) No amount of “dumping” will frighten me providing it is for the poor. (Cheers.) I thank you most sincerely for the support you have given our Society. (Cheers.) The Rev. E. du Plerny proposed the health of the Stewards. No man, said the rev, speaker, is sufficient of himself at such gatherings, and as Mr. McAdam fully acknowledges the valuable assistance he receives from the stewards, I think I have the guarantee of our honorary secretary that the stewards have done their work exceedingly well. A priest in a mission realises the value of stewards to help carry on the work of a parish. The priest retires while the work is being done, and if and when necessary his only duty is to admonish. (” Oh, oh,” and laughter.) That is the duty of the stewards of the Benevolent dinner. (Laughter.) The Rev. H. W. Casserly, on behalf of the Stewards, returned thanks. They really did nothing. I cannot say anything for the stewards, and in fact in my honest estimation I don’t think they deserve that anything should be said of them. (Laughter.)

Christmas 1907 at Providence Row

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The Tablet Page 23, 5th January 1907

THE PROVIDENCE (ROW) NIGHT RFFUGE.—Some four hundred poor people, men, women, and children, irrespective of creed, were entertained to a Christmas dinner at the Providence (Row) Night Refuge, Crispin-street, E., which was founded by the late Mgr. Gilbert in 186o. The large refectories were tastefully decorated for the occasion. Mr. E. J. Bellord (Chairman of the Committee) presided, and was supported by Mr. W. H. Foreman, Mr. J. G. Bellord, Mr. J. W. Gilbert (Secretary), Mr. N. S. B. Kidson, Mr. G. Dutton, Mrs. Bellord, Mrs. E. J. Bellord, Mr. E. M. Barry, Mrs. Rolpb, Miss Gilbert, Mr. G. R. Dutton, Miss Raynes, Mr. R. O’Bryen, Mrs. R. O’Bryen, Miss Barry, Mr. A. Bellord, Mr. C. Bellord, Miss F. B. Goold, the Misses Bellord, and others.

In the men’s refectory before dinner, Mr. E. E. J. Bellord, on behalf of the Committee, wished all the inmates a very happy Christmas. It was a matter of deep regret, he said, to all concerned in the management of the Refuge that they had night after night during the present severe weather to send a numbers of applicants for relief through lack of room. He hoped, however, that the severe distress would soon pass away. He asked them all that day to think very gratefully of the founder of the charity, the late Dr. Gilbert, whose work the Committee were carrying on, and he also trusted that they would remember how much they owed to the Sisters of Charity, who devoted their lives to the service of the poor. The dinner, which consisted of soup, beef, potatoes, bread, and plum-pudding, with oranges by way of dessert, was served by the Sisters and visitors. Afterwards each child received a toy, each man a small packet of tobacco and each woman a small packet of tea, all the gifts generous friends of the charity. Later on in the day there was tea with cake, and entertainments were provided both in the men’s and women’s sections by the girls in the boarders’ and servants’ homes and others.

A NEW KNIGHT OE ST. SYLVESTER . MR. J. W. GILBERT’S  INVESTITURE. —On Friday last, at the Convent of Mercy, 50, Crispin street, E., the Archbishop of Westminster invested Mr. J. W. Gilbert with the insignia of the knighthood of St. Sylvester, which has recently been conferred upon him by the Holy Father. A large gathering of friends witnessed the ceremony in the guild room of the Convent. The visitors included the Archbishop of Westminster, the Bishop of Southwark, Mgr. Brown, Canon St. John, Canon Murnane, Canon Moncrieff Symth, the Very Rev. Prior Kelly, D.D., 0.S.A., the Revv. T. Ring, D. McCarthy, W. Cooksey, 0. Fitzgerald, A. Walsh, D.D., 0.S.A., P. W. O’Connor, C. Donovan, G. II. Palmer, W. Donovan, H. E. Daly, and B. McFadden, the Rev. Mother and Sisters of the Convent of Mercy, Lady Parker, Messrs. E. J. Bellord and W. H Foreman, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Bellord, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. W. Towsey, Messrs. J. Arthur Walton, E. A. O’Bryen, R. O’Byren, S. P. Jacques, Wm. J. Price, Mr. T. G. King, K.S.G., and Mrs. King, Messrs. V. M. Dunford, K.S.G., C. J. Munich, K.S.G., J. P. McAdam, W. Keane, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Ryan, Messrs. J. Fox, J. Fentiman, G. E. Anstruther, P. Johnston, Misses Munk, Gilbert, Pattman, Upton, W. Campbell, H. Barton, Fox, Dunn, Feeney, Goss, Keeffe, Ryan, M. Head, M. S. Weale, K. McCathy, V. Edwards, Lenihan, K. Leithan, M. Dwane, P. McCrudden, and others. The Archbishop of Westminster, who presided, said that he did not think it would be necessary to say many words as to the object of their meeting that afternoon. Mr. Gilbert’s work for the Catholic cause was known not only in London, but throughout the country. It was most fitting that the presentation of the insignia should be made at Crispin-street, where the chief work of Mr. Gilbert’s life—his work amongst the poor in connexion with the Night Refuge—was carried on. They had all had opportunities of witnessing how the charity, since the death of his uncle, Mgr. Gilbert, had under his care not only maintained its position, but had gradually developed. Mr. Gilbert had also done much for the cause of Catholic education. They would remember that upon him had fallen the greater share of the work in connexion with the organisation of the Albert Hall demonstration in 1906 against Mr. Birrell’s Bill, the results of which meeting had been so striking. Mr. Gilbert had also rendered particularly valuable service in London in connexion with their efforts to obtain equal treatment for their schools from the local authority, and in their struggle against the other Education Bills of the Government. He made no reference to work in connexion with the Eucharistic Congress, except in passing. They had felt—and he knew that Mr. Gilbert agreed with him—that the unique success of that gathering, and the public thanks of the Holy Father, were sufficient reward for all those who had taken part in its organisation. The knighthood of St. Sylvester was a distinction which was not easily given. It had been granted to only a few in this country, and the Holy See had had this in consideration in conferring this honour on Mr. Gilbert for his exceptional work. He would like to conclude by expressing his own personal gratitude to Mr. Gilbert for the valuable service he had rendered him both whilst Bishop of Southwark and since he had been Archbishop. He thought he could not put it more strongly than by saying that whenever he had called upon Mr. Gilbert for his help, he had never failed him.

The Bishop of Southwark cordially supported everything that the. Archbishop had said. He pointed out that although much of Mr. Gilbert’s work lay within the archdiocese of Westminster, he lived in the diocese of Southwark, and therefore was a subject of his diocese. Catholics in Southwark had a good reason to be grateful to Mr. Gilbert for his work in connexion with their schools since the London County Council had become a local education authority, for his efforts on behalf of the Southwark Rescue Society, and for the valuable assistance he had given in connexion with the Catholic Boys’ Brigade. Mgr. Brown, on behalf of the Sisters of Mercy at Crispin-street, spoke of the happy relations that had existed for more than twelve years between them and Mr. Gilbert in all affairs connected with the conduct of the charity which had been founded by his uncle. He also personally wished to express his thanks to Mr. Gilbert for his work for education in Southwark, attributing his own success at two London School Board elections to Mr. Gilbert’s organising capabilities. Mr. E. J. Bellord, on behalf of the Committee of the Providence Row Night Refuge, of which he is Chairman, expressed the thanks of all concerned for the work which Mr. Gilbert had carried on in connexion with the Refuge for the past twelve years. Mr. Gilbert, in reply, expressed his very grateful thanks to the Holy Father for the honour he had conferred upon him. There was no honour more valued by a Catholic than a distinction granted by the Sovereign Pontiff, whom the whole of Christendom regards with the deepest veneration, respect, loyalty, and affection, and who has won universal admiration and devotion by his unique work as priest, Bishop, and Sovereign Pontiff, and by his saintliness and charm of character. Mr. Gilbert also expressed his thanks to his Grace the Archbishop of Westminster, to whom he was indebted, not only for this honour, but for all the marked kindness he had always met with from him, both as Bishop of Southwark and as Archbishop. He attributed any success that might have attended his efforts on behalf of the Catholic cause to the generous encouragement and practical help of the leader of the Catholic Church in this country, who last September was acclaimed by the whole Catholic world as the champion of Catholic liberty, who had not hesitated to join issue with an English Prime Minister, and who came out of the conflict triumphant. He also offered his sincere thanks to the Bishop of Southwark, to Mgr. Brown, to Mr. Bellord, and to the Sisters of Mercy, who were really responsible for the gathering. Mr. Gilbert spoke with the warmest praise of the self-sacrificing zeal and perseverance of the Sisters in their work amongst the poor.

Catholic Women’s League Recreation Hut – March 1917

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The Tablet Page 28, 31st March 1917

THE C.W.L. SOLDIERS’ RECREATION HUT AT BRAMSHOTT CAMP.

The first of the new C.W.L. Recreation Huts erected by the Catholic Huts Council and staffed and managed by the Catholic Women’s League, was opened at Bramshott Camp by the Bishop of Portsmouth on Saturday last. Among those present were Lady Plowden, Mr. and Miss Egerton-Castle, Mrs. James Hope, President C.W.L., Colonel de Salis, representing the G.O.C. Bramshott Camp, Mr. E. A. O’Bryen, President Catholic Huts Council, Colonel Ormonde, A.D.C.S., Colonel Barre, Mrs. St. George Saunders, Hon. Organizing Secretary C.W.L., Captain and Mrs. Stapleton, Mr. R. O’Bryen, Father O’Farrell, Senior Chaplain Aldershot, Father Henry (Grayshott), Fathers Workman, M.C., A.D.C.S., Crochi re, C.F., Euan Macdonald, C.F., Mr. Caraman, Hon. Treasurer Catholic Huts Council, Miss Orwin, Hon. Secretary Catholic Huts Council, Major Watson, A.P.M., Major James, Majof Massie, and Father Knox, C.F. (Bramshott Camp).

Mr. E. A. O’Bryen having made a few introductory remarks from the chair, the Bishop thanked the Huts Council in warm terms for the splendid hut they had erected, which would be a great acquisition to the Camp. He could vouch for the excellent way in which the hut would be managed by the C.W.L. He tendered hearty thanks to Father Knox, who had seen at the front the necessity of having Catholic huts for our soldiers and had never rested until he had obtained one from the Huts Council. The hut was going to do much good ; moreover, it would be open to soldiers of all denominations, and his lordship hoped that the letters written in it by the Canadian troops of the camp would take to Canada a message of greeting and goodwill.

Colonel de Salis, in a happy little speech, wished the hut every success, which he was sure would follow the spirit of charity, work and loyalty in which it had been started, and which motto he thought should be painted on the walls of the hut.

After the Rev. Colonel Ormonde (C. of E.) had made an impressive speech, Mrs. James Hope, as President of the C.W.L., formally took over the hut from the Huts Council. She spoke with appreciation of the kind assistance the Y.M.C.A. render the C.W.L. huts whenever they are called upon.

Father Workman proposed a vote of thanks to the Bishop for his presence, which was seconded by Father Knox, who also thanked the military authorities for their very generous co-operation in the work of erecting the hut.

“God Save the King” was played by a military band, and then, while tea was being served, everyone admired the interior of the hut. It has been built almost entirely of asbestos, and is charmingly painted and furnished.

THE LATE CANON BURTON: REQUIEM AT WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL – December 1925

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Page 22, 26th December 1925

THE LATE CANON BURTON: REQUIEM AT WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL.—At the funeral of the Very Rev. Canon Edwin Burton on Thursday of last week, at St. Edmund’s College, the relatives and family friends present included, among others, Mr. Lennox B. Dixon, Mr. Wynyard Dixon, Miss Gladys O’Bryen, Sir Henry Jerningham, and Mr. Herbert. A requiem Mass was sung also at Westminster Cathedral, by the Rev. Herbert F. Hall. A large body of the clergy was present in the choir, including the Right Rev. Abbot Butler, 0.S.B., Mgr. Canon Surmont, V.G., and Mgr. Canon Moyes; Mgr. Canon Brown, Mgr. Carton de Wiart and Mgr. Evans; Canon Norris, and many members of the Cathedral chapter. King Manoel was represented by M. de Sanpayo. There were also present the Rev. H. Burton, Miss Gladys O’Bryen, Sir Charles Fielding, Lady O’Bryen, Mr. and Mrs. Reginald O’Bryen, Mr. Alfred O’Bryen, Miss Clare Atwood, Mr. F. Atwood, the Rev. J. Cuddon, Mr. D. Ovington Jones and Miss Agnes Ovington Jones, Mrs. Beresford, Lady Euan-Sinith, Mr. James Farmer, Lady Farmer, Mr. Robert Cornwall and Miss Cornwall, Mrs. Gray, and others.

Agnes Mary O’Bryen – obituary 1924

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23rd August 1924 MRS. A.M. O’BRYEN.

On Friday 15th, the Feast of the Assumption, the death took place at Convent Lodge, Harrow, of Mrs. Agnes Mary O’Bryen, at the age of seventy-three. The deceased lady was the daughter of the late Dr. Kenny, of Richmond. The funeral took place at Hampton Hill on Tuesday[19th] last. After Requiem Mass, celebrated by the Rev. John O’Brien (of Twickenham), his lordship Bishop Butt performed the burial service, attended by Canon Burton, D.D., Canon Myers (President of St. Edmund’s College), the Revv. Harold Burton, John Cuddon, T. Bishop, and H. Darbey. Among those present were Miss Gladys O’Bryen (daughter), Lady O’Bryen, Miss Cecily O’Bryen, Mr. and Mrs. R. O’Bryen, Mrs. Fitzgerald, and Miss Throckmorton (relatives), and many friends. His Eminence Cardinal Bourne sent a kind message of sympathy. —R.I.P.