League of Nations

Plaque to Rev. C. E. Golland in Glasson Church © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Rev. C. E. Golland, MA 1857-1926, Vicar of Glasson

A Church of England clergyman active in the Lancaster LNU...

Thurnham Hall, Lancaster, home of the Dalton family since the 16th century © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: J. H. Dalton of Thurnham Hall c.1874-1937

Reporting back to Lancaster news of the League Geneva Conference...

Lord Richard Cavendish, as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, April 1900

Lancaster LNU: Lord Richard Cavendish 1871-1946

First President of the Lancaster branch of the League of Nations Union, 1921 - 1928...

Muriel Dowbiggin and husband Ernest outside their home on Borrowdale Road, Lancaster, with teachers and the Lancaster Band of Hope and Temperance Union Lancaster Guardian, 25 Aug 1933

Lancaster LNU: Muriel Dowbiggin 1891-1963 (Part 2)

Suffragist and peace activist, blazing a trail as the female Hon. Secretary of Lancaster Branch of the League of Nations Union...

Rev J. U. N. Bardsley, Vicar of Lancaster: a dedicated League of Nations advocate Lancaster Guardian 14 Jul 1928

Lancaster LNU: Rev. J. U. N. Bardsley, Vicar of Lancaster 1869-1928

Lancaster’s leading Church of England cleric supporting the League of Nations...

Most of Lancaster LNU’s AGMs were held at Lancaster Town Hall © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Local and Regional Speakers

Using local talent to promote the League...

Lord Cecil, a ‘big name’ who visited Lancaster, 1933

Lancaster LNU: ‘Big-name’ Speakers

Inviting famous speakers to Lancaster...

League of Nations Rally, Quernmore Park, 1933 Lancaster Guardian, 25 Aug 1933

Lancaster LNU: Quernmore Park Rally 1933

800 people listen to Lord Cecil ...

Bowerham Road, Lancaster, venue for Lancaster LNU garden parties in 1927 and 1928 © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Summer Social Events

Garden Meetings’...

St. Mary’s Parish Church (the ‘Priory Church,’ Lancaster), where Rev. Bardsley, Lancaster LNU Chairman, gave a forceful sermon about international peace © Janet Nelson

Lancaster LNU: Peacemakers’ Pilgrimage 1926

Helping to make the Peacemakers’ Pilgrimage a success in Lancaster ...