W. H. HUDSON MEMORIAL 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: 

 Chairman : R. B. CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM 



MUIRHEAD BONE EDWARD GARNETT 



J. M. DENT VISCOUNTESS GREY OF FALLODON 



GERALD DUCKWORTH HOLBROOK JACKSON 



MISS L. GARDINER H. J. MASSINGHAM 



MRS. REGINALD McKENNA 



Hon. Treasurer : Hugh R. Dent, Aldine House, Bedford Street, W.C. 2 

 Hon. Secretary : Mrs. Frank E. Lemon, Hillcrest, Redhill, Surrey 



AT a meeting convened by Mr. Cunninghame Graham and Mr. 

 J. M. Dent, supported by Viscount Grey of Fallodon, and 

 attended by many friends of the late Mr. W, H. Hudson, held 

 in London on November 28th, 1922, a proposal to commemorate 

 his name and work was considered, and it was determined that a 

 fitting Memorial to the peculiar quality of Mr. Hudson's genius would 

 be a representation in stone or marble which should bear a medallion of 

 him, and also serve as a drinking and bathing place for birds ; such 

 Memorial to be erected if possible in connection with a Bird Sanctuary in 

 one of the Royal Parks of London. 



It was also resolved that Professor William Rothenstein's painting of 

 Mr. Hudson should be secured for presentation to the National Portrait 

 Gallery, in the event of the trustees being willing to accept it. [Professor 

 Rothenstein has subsequently most generously offered his painting to the 

 Committee as a free gift, which the Chairman has gratefully accepted on 

 their behalf.] 



An executive Committee has been appointed to carry out these 

 proposals, with instructions to issue a public appeal for funds to enable 

 them to do so, and it is hoped that this appeal will meet with a generous 

 response. 



Small donations will be welcomed as cordially as larger gifts, for it is 

 believed that, among followers in Mr. Hudson's footsteps and readers of 

 his books, there are many, only able to afford very modest contributions, 

 who would wish to be associated with this Memorial of a great writer. 



