A ceremony reported not to have been
performed since the seventeenth century took place at Eton when 105 old Etonian members of Parliament, including the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Provost of Eton (Lord Hugh Cecil) planted trees in the playing fields. The Speaker, Captain the Rt. Hon. E. A. Fitzroy, is seen with a spade.
"Sport and General" Photo
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 11, 28 January 1937, Page 11
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63A ceremony reported not to have been performed since the seventeenth century took place at Eton when 105 old Etonian members of Parliament, including the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Provost of Eton (Lord Hugh Cecil) planted trees in the playing fields. The Speaker, Captain the Rt. Hon. E. A. Fitzroy, is seen with a spade. "Sport and General" Photo Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 11, 28 January 1937, Page 11
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