C.U.H.&G.S. – 50th Annual Dinner

6.45 p.m. Champagne Reception, Senior Combination Room String Quartet plays music by F. Schubert and J. Haydn – Diarmuid Nugent (violin), Jenny Davie (violin), Jonathan Caruana (viola), Chia Fan Liang (violoncello)

7.15 p.m. Move to Great Hall for group photograph

7.30 p.m. Grace – Archbishop Emeritus Maurice Couve de Murville

• The Loyal Toast

• Welcome – Mr Rohan Stewart-MacDonald, M.A., M.Phil. (President)
• The University – Prof. Brian Johnson, Master of Fitzwilliam College, representing the Vice-Chancellor
• The City – Cllr Gill Richardson, Deputy Mayor of the City of Cambridge
• The Genealogists – Mr Cliff Debney, Chairman of The Federation of Family History Societies
• The Heralds – Peter Gwynn-Jones, Esq., C.V.O., Garter Principal King of Arms

• Toast to the Society – Garter Principal King of Arms

• Reply on Behalf of the Society – Dr Peter Spufford, F.B.A., F.S.A., F.S.G. (Vice-President)

There may follow other impromptu speeches. [There did! Mr Humphery-Smith (Honorary Vice-President) and Dr Wright (Senior Treasurer).]

In addition to those making speeches, the evening is also graced by the presence of our other Guests of Honour

• John Brooke-Little, Esq., C.V.O., F.S.A., F.S.G. (Honorary Vice-President), lately Clarenceux King of Arms
• Hubert Chesshyre, Esq., C.V.O., Clarenceux King of Arms
• Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, Esq., York Herald of Arms (Honorary Vice-President) and Mrs Paston-Bedingfeld
• Mr Nicholas Rogers, M.A., M.Litt. (Librarian; President, 1979-1981)

On the conclusion of the speeeches, diners are invited to withdraw to the Senior Combination Room.

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