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Annual General Meeting , December 9, 1908. 
Lancashire (and Isle of Man) : Mr. William Harrison, Hall House, Leigh ; Mr. T. H. 
Miller, Singleton Park, Poulton-le-Fylde 
i Cheshire : Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bart.. Walton Hall, Warrington. 
Derby : Mr. John T. C. Eadie, The Bock, Newton Solney, Burton-on-Trent. 
Northampton : Sir Charles V. Knightley, Bart., Fawsley, Daventry. 
Norfolk: Mr. Herbert Tallent. West Acre, Swaffham. 
Bedford : Mr. Jobn Howard Howard, Clapham Park, Bedford. 
Hertford : Mr. Richardson Carr, Estate Office, Tring Park. 
Middlesex : Mr George Taylor, Cranford. 
Stafford : Sir Richard Cooper, Bart.. Shenstone Court, Lichfield. 
Worcester: Mr. E. V. V. Wheeler, Newnham Court, Tenbury 
Monmouth : Mr. Louis C. Wrigley, Trellick Grange, Chepstow. 
Cornwall : Mr. W. J. Hosken, Puisack, Hayle. 
Dorset: Mr. Arthur Hiscoek. Manor Farm, Motcombe. Sbafte9bury. 
Hampshire and Channel Islands : Mr. James Falconer, Northbrook Farm, 
Micheldever Station. 
Scotland : Mr. Thomas A. Buttar, Corston. Coupar Angus. 
Thanks to President. 
Mr. Alfred Ashworth (Gresford) had the honour to propose the next 
resolution, which was one that did not require any words from him to commend 
it to their favourable acceptance. It was that a cordial vote of thanks be given 
to the Duke of Devonshire for his services as President during the past year. 
His Grace was the third Duke of Devonshire who had held the office of 
President, and ever since his election to the Council in 1898 he had rendered 
exceptional service to the Society. His Grace’s year of Presidency had been 
one of the most successful in the history of the Society. That was not the only 
thing, for there were many points in the management of the Newcastle Show 
which had rendered it of more public interest than any previous Show. He 
thought the appeal for Members would be responded to in the coming year. 
They thanked the Duke of Devonshire for the excellent way in which he had 
presided over the operations of the Council, and he sincerely hoped that the 
Society might have the benefit of his services for many years to come. 
Sir Oswald Mosley seconded the vote of thanks to their worthy 
President. No man in the world had worked harder than their Midland 
County “Mr. Victor,” as they were proud to call him in former days, and now 
they respected and admired him as being a representative of agriculture, and 
yet one of the highest in the land. They must look to those gentlemen to 
patronise and look to their interests. They wanted worthy men in their 
present President’s position to look to the agricultural interest without bias, 
without prospect of anything in the future. Their whole heart and soul were 
given to this work without any reward, as far as it went in this world. He 
hoped it might come in the next ! (Laughter.) 
The Secretary having put the motion to the meeting, it was carried by 
acclamation. 
The Duke of Devonshire thanked the meeting most sincerely for the vote 
of thanks which had been passed. He could confidently say that his year of 
office had been a very pleasant one. He had had to do with various bodies, 
but he had never been privileged to be associated with a body like the Royal 
Agricultural Society, and the Council in particular. This latter body was a 
strong and determined one, which knew its own mind, but there had never 
been one moment of friction, or anything that they could look back upon 
except with pleasure. It was a great privilege to occupy the position of 
President of that great Society. He would remember his year of office with 
pleasure and satisfaction, and if there was anything he could do for the “Royal” 
in the future, they could absolutely rely on his assistance and co-operation. 
The meeting then terminated. 
1 Owing to the election of Sir Gilbert Greenall as a Vice-President a vacancy wa9 
created in the representation on the Council of the Division of Cheshire, which has 
been filled by the election of the Hon. J. E. Cross. 
