Prince Albert Victor, (opening of Victoria Hospital, Burnley)

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275011

Reference identifier

EBU20180130002

Title

Prince Albert Victor, (opening of Victoria Hospital, Burnley)

Place

Burnley

Personal names

Queen Victoria, Prince Albert Victor, Captain Greville, Col. Thursby,Lord Shuttleworth, Earl of Abingdon, Major Lord C.R. Pratt, Col. Le Gendre Starkie, A.B. Walker

General notes

A history of the Victoria Hospital in the Burnley Express 10.10.1936 identified L-R: J.O.S.Thursby, A.B. Walker (Higher Sheriff of Lancashire), Hon. Capt. Greville, (Equerry to the Prince) J.P.C. Starkie, Prince Albert Victor, Col. Thursby, Lord Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth. The visit of the young Prince to open the hospital named after his mother, caused a frenzy of  excitement in Burnley and Lancashire as a whole being the first ever Royal visit to the town.  It was declared a  holiday, streets and businesses were patriotically decorated. Seats were sold in temporary grandstands along the route and "a 1000 children sang as he passed." (Burnley Express 16.10.1886 pp2-7).  Not everyone was happy as letters to the Burnley Gazette on 9.10.86 show,  one complained that "15,000 bees have to suspend their honey making to welcome a social drone".  He and his equerry Capt. Greville arrived by train on 12th October 1886, proceeding to  Ormerod House where they stayed as guests of Col. Thursby.  The house had been redecorated for the visit.  On the 13th the royal party processed first to the Mechanics' Institute, then  through Burnley town centre and eventually to Bank Hall where local and regional dignitaries enjoyed a luncheon in specially erected ornate pavilions, catered by Messrs. Elkington of St. Ann's Square Manchester. After luncheon a huge procession of local organisations accompanied the Prince to Briercliffe Road for the opening ceremony, during which  the Prince was presented with a golden key and visited the hospital. He then went to a special fund-raising football match v. Bolton at Turf Moor.  Later there was a fireworks display and a Hospital ball.  Meanwhile the Prince dined at Ormerod House  in the company of a select group including the Earl of Abingdon, Major Lord C.R. Pratt and Col. Le Gendre Starkie and slipped away the next day, a day earlier than expected, by a special train with a saloon and a first class carriage, from Holme Railway Station back to the Metropolis. Although welcomed as "the future King", Albert Victor died on  14.1.1892 in the influenza pandemic at just 28.

A history of the Victoria Hospital in the Burnley Express 10.10.1936 identified L-R: J.O.S.Thursby, A.B. Walker (Higher Sheriff of Lancashire), Hon. Capt. Greville, (Equerry to the Prince) J.P.C. Starkie, Prince Albert Victor, Col. Thursby, Lord Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth. The visit of the young Prince to open the hospital named after his mother, caused a frenzy of excitement in Burnley and Lancashire as a whole being the first ever Royal visit to the town. It was declared a holiday, streets and businesses were patriotically decorated. Seats were sold in temporary grandstands along the route and "a 1000 children sang as he passed." (Burnley Express 16.10.1886 pp2-7). Not everyone was happy as letters to the Burnley Gazette on 9.10.86 show, one complained that "15,000 bees have to suspend their honey making to welcome a social drone". He and his equerry Capt. Greville arrived by train on 12th October 1886, proceeding to Ormerod House where they stayed as guests of Col. Thursby. The house had been redecorated for the visit. On the 13th the royal party processed first to the Mechanics' Institute, then through Burnley town centre and eventually to Bank Hall where local and regional dignitaries enjoyed a luncheon in specially erected ornate pavilions, catered by Messrs. Elkington of St. Ann's Square Manchester. After luncheon a huge procession of local organisations accompanied the Prince to Briercliffe Road for the opening ceremony, during which the Prince was presented with a golden key and visited the hospital. He then went to a special fund-raising football match v. Bolton at Turf Moor. Later there was a fireworks display and a Hospital ball. Meanwhile the Prince dined at Ormerod House in the company of a select group including the Earl of Abingdon, Major Lord C.R. Pratt and Col. Le Gendre Starkie and slipped away the next day, a day earlier than expected, by a special train with a saloon and a first class carriage, from Holme Railway Station back to the Metropolis. Although welcomed as "the future King", Albert Victor died on 14.1.1892 in the influenza pandemic at just 28.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

12 x 10

Year of image

1886

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Locator

Q12

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