RECEPTION HELD AT LONDONDERRY HOUSE
A large number of New Zealanders accepted invitations for the receptiou which was held by the Marquis and Marehioness of Londonderry, at their well-known home in Park lane, says an overseas correspondent. Londonderry House is one of the few remaining of the great houses which have been fanious for a century of generous hospitality. It is a house which contains many valuable pictures, including a Hoppiier (painted in (1796 of Mrs. Michael Angelo Taylor, a remarkable woman of her day). Those present included* many of the principal members of the diplomatic corps and their ladies, a great many distinguished Indian vusitors, the Prime Minister and Mrs. Baldwin, Viscountess Galway, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, the Hon. W. Nash, Mrs. Nash, the High Commissioner for New Zealand. and; Mrs. Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Edgar, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Huie, Lady Hiley, Sir Alexander and Lady Herdman, Mr and Mrs J. A. Hanan, Sir Thomas and Lady Augusta Inskip, Mrs. Knox Gilmer, Sir Clutha Maekenzie, the Lucliess of Northumberland and Lady Elizabeth Percy, Lord and Lady Plunket, Mrs. J. Mowbray Tripp, ilr. Hugh Tripp, Mr. David Tripp, Mr. J. Eoss McLean, and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Tattersfield.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 115, 1 June 1937, Page 5
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