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

  • Royal Albert Asylum (Lancaster, England)
Date:
1907
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Credit: The Royal Albert Asylum, Lancaster : a training institution for the feeble-minded belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland forty-third annual report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING AT YORK- -:o: The GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the Subscribers to the Royal Albert Asylum was held in St. William’s College, York, on Friday, October 18th, 1907 ; THE MOST HONBLE. THE MARQUESS OF ZETLAND, K.T., PRESIDING. The Report of the Central Committee was presented by Colonel W. H. Foster, D.L., and the Chairman addressed the Meeting. The following RESOLUTIONS were unanimously passed : 1.—That this Meeting adopts with cordial approval the Report now presented ; congratulates the Central Committee upon the continued development and successful administration of the Royal Albert Asylum ; and trusts that their appeal for adequate support may meet with a generous response from the benevolent public of AMrksbire and the other Associated Northern Counties. Moved by Colonel W. H. Foster, D.L. (Vice-Chairman of the Central Committee), seconded by Sir George J. Armytage, Bart. (High Sheriff of Yorkshire) ; and supported by The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of York (Alderman Border). 2.—That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Lancaster Members of the Central Committee for their able and efficient co-operation in the management of the Institution ; and that, in compliance with Rule 24, the Right Hon. Sir John T. Hibbert, K.C.B., and the following Gentlemen be appointed Members of the Central Committee for the ensuing year : Rev. W. L. Appleford. Henry Davies, Esq. Edward B. Dawson, Esq. James Heald, Esq. Norval W. Helme, Esq., M.P. Robert Mansergh, Esq. John Platt, Esq. William O. Roper, Esq. Samuel Satterthwaite, Esq. Edward Storey, Esq. Herbert L. Storey, Esq. Colonel F. Cooper Turner. James Williamson Wearing, Esq. William G. Welch, Esq. Moved by Alderman C. F. Tetley (Chairman of the Leeds Local Committee); and seconded by Edwin Gray, Esq. (Under-Sheriff of Yorkshire). 3.—That this Meeting recognises with gratitude the efficient and disinterested services of the Collectors and Honorary Officers of the York and Thirsk Ladies’ Associations and of the other Ladies’ Associations in the Northern Counties; and also tenders cordial thanks to the members of the A7ork Local Committee, and invites the following Gentlemen (with power to add to their number) to act in the same capacity :