RPS MS 274

Variations to Deed of Trust and register of members on incorporation under Articles of Association; 1915-28.

ff. 15. Largest size, 380 x 240mm.

As follows:—

1. ff. 1-10. Deeds of Appointment of new Trustees under the terms of the original trust deed of 1903, with copy death certificates of trustees being replaced; 1915-28.

2. ff. 11-15. Register of members of the Society, with addresses and signatures on incorporation as a Limited Liability Company, as required by article 3 of the Articles of Association; [1922].

includes:

• ff. 1-2 Percy Pitt, conductor and composer: Myles Birket Foster, composer and writer on music: Sir Edward Ernest Cooper, 1st Baronet; underwriter: Sir Joseph Beecham, 1st Baronet; manufacturer of medicine: Edward William Nicholls, underwriter: Emily Harries, of London: C. F. Grundtvig, of London: Gladys D. Nicholls, of London: Edward M. Atwell, secretary: Alice E. Bellamy, of Huyton: Deed of appointment of Sir J. Beecham as a Trustee of the Foundation Fund of the Royal Philharmonic Society, signed by Myles Birket Foster, Percy Pitt, Edward William Nicholls, Sir Edward Ernest Cooper and Sir Joseph Beecham, and witnessed by Emily Harrie: 1915.
• ff. 3-4 Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer: Joseph Ivimey, violinist and conductor: Annie Cowdray, Viscountess Cowdray; née Cass: Sir Edward Ernest Cooper, 1st Baronet; underwriter: Edward William Nicholls, underwriter: Edward M. Atwell, secretary: Hugo Chadfield, solicitor: M. Gwendolen Nicholls, of Eastbourne: Deed of appointment of Ann Viscountess Cowdray as a Trustee of the Foundation Fund of the Royal Philharmonic Society , signed by Joseph Ivimey, Thomas Frederick Dunhill, Edward William Nicholls, Sir Edward Ernest Cooper and Annie Cowdray, and witnessed by: 1919.
• ff. 5-6 Frederic Austin, composer and singer: Sir Percy Carter Buck: Frederic D'Erlanger, Baron: Annie Cowdray, Viscountess Cowdray; née Cass: Sir Samuel Ernest Palmer, Baronet; Trustee, Foundation Fund, Royal Philharmonic Society: John Ernest Borland, organist and music educationist: Germaine Chevreau, secretary: Agnes Lawson Douglas, secretary: Sidney Ellis, clerk: W. Marley, secretary: Deed of appointment of Sir S. E. Palmer and Baron F. d'Erlanger as Trustees of the Foundation Fund of the Royal Philharmonic Society , signed by Sir Percy Carter Buck, Frederic Austin, Annie Cowdray, Sir Samuel Ernest Palmer and Frederic D'Erlanger, and w: 1928.
• f. 8 Sir Edward Ernest Cooper, 1st Baronet; underwriter: Hugh Stokes, Superintendent Registrar for the District of St. Marylebone: Death certificate of Sir E. E. Cooper, signed by Hugh Stokes: 1922: Copy.
• f. 9 Sir Joseph Beecham, 1st Baronet; manufacturer of medicine: Death certificate of Sir Joseph Beecham (d. 1916): 1919: Copy.
• f. 10 Edward William Nicholls, underwriter: Copy death certificate of: 1927.
• f. 11 Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet; conductor: Sir Hugh Percy Allen, organist and administrator: John Carlowitz Ames, composer: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: George Baker, singer; Hon. Secretary of the Philharmonic Society: Carlo Albanesi, pianist and composer: Register of members of the Royal Philharmonic Society, signed by: [1922].
• f. 11v Howard Ellis Carr, composer: George John Bennett, Mus. Doc.; composer: Edwin York Bowen, composer: Frederick Corder, composer and translator: Norman Percy Cummings, pianist; son of W H Cummings: Victor G. Booth, FRAM; pianist and teacher: William Henry Brereton, singer: Henry Goss Custard, musician: Frederic Cliffe, composer and conductor: Sir Arthur Drummond Bliss, KCVO; CH; Master of the Queen's Music: Register of members of the Royal Philharmonic Society, signed by: [1922].
• f. 12 Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer: Percy Eastman Fletcher, composer: Sir Henry Walford Davies, Master of the King's Music: Ben Davies, singer: John St. Oswald Dykes, pianist: Reginald Goss Custard, organist: Seymour Dicker, organist: Ernest Fowles, pianist: Herman Finck, conductor and composer: Benjamin James Dale, composer: Register of members of the Royal Philharmonic Society, signed by: [1922].
• f. 12v Allen Gill, FRAM: Sir Edward German, formerly Jones; composer: Julius Allen Greenway Harrison, composer: Gustav Theodore Holst, composer: Arthur Hinton, composer: Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer: Herbert Fryer, pianist: F. Harold Hankins, organist and pianist: Walter William Hedgcock, organist: Register of members of the Royal Philharmonic Society, signed by: [1922].
• f. 13 Ernest Markham Lee, composer and organist; d.1956: Charles Macpherson, organist of St Paul's Cathedral; composer: Charles Herbert Kitson, musicologist: Dr John William Ivimey, composer, organist and conductor: Agnes Larkcom, singer: Joseph Ivimey, violinist and conductor: Thomas B. Knott, pianist, composer and teacher: Harry Assur Keyser, composer and conductor: Frederic King, pianist: Frederick St John Lacy, music educationist and composer: Register of members of the Royal Philharmonic Society, signed by: [1922].
• f. 13v Sir Sydney Hugo Nicholson, organist: Sir John Blackwood McEwen, composer; Principal, Royal Academy of Music: Tobias Augustus Matthay, pianist: Percy Pitt, conductor and composer: Norman O'Neill, composer; Treasurer, Royal Philharmonic Society: Arthur Henry Mann, organist, editor and composer: Stewart Charles Macpherson, musician: Arthur W. Payne, violinist: Lieutenant-Colonel George John Miller, bandmaster, 1st Life Guards: Register of members of the Royal Philharmonic Society, signed by: [1922].
• f. 14 Sir Landon Ronald, formerly Russell; Principal, Guildhall School of Music; composer and conductor: Dr Percy Alfred Scholes, writer on music: Ethel Mary Smyth, DBE; composer: John Pointer, composer: William Shakespeare, singer, teacher and composer: Charles F. Reddie, pianist: Robert Radford, singer: Frederick Baring Ranalow, Irish baritone and actor: Register of members of the Royal Philharmonic Society, signed by: [1922].
• f. 14v William Wallace, composer; Secretary, Philharmonic Society: Sir Richard Runciman Terry, organist and musicologist: Richard Henry Walthew, composer: Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, composer, teacher and conductor: Albert Visetti, conductor and singing teacher: William Henry Thomas, pianist, organist and conductor: Arthur Thompson, singer: Septimus Webbe, musician: Reginald Steggall, organist and composer: Herbert Walenn, cellist: Register of members of the Royal Philharmonic Society, signed by: [1922].
• f. 15 John Ebenezer West, organist and composer: Gerald Melbourne Cooper, musicologist; Secretary, Royal Philharmonic Society: Theodore Holland, FRAM: Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: Henry Davan Wetton, organist and composer: Ernest Irving, conductor and composer: Avery Robinson, Hon. Co. Treasurer, Royal Philharmonic Society: Percy Waller, pianist and teacher: Orton Bradley, conductor and pianist: William John Kipps, FRAM; FRCO; piano teacher: Register of members of the Royal Philharmonic Society, signed by: [1922].