THE
HISTORY OF THE LONDON HOMOEOPATHIC HOSPITAL
Presented by Peter Morrell & Sylvain Cazalet
THE LATE TREASURER
THE RT. HON. LORD CAWDOR, P.C., &c.
Born February 13, 1847. Died February 8, 1911. Aged 64 years.
Treasurer 1894-1911.
By four Special Efforts which he made he was successful in raising no less a sum than
ú 37,800 for the Hospital.
The
late Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell, Earl Cawdor and Viscount Emlyn in the Peerage of
the United Kingdom, and Baron Cawdor in that of Great Britain, passed away in 1911. It is
unnecessary here to detail his public career. Lord Cawdor was indentified with the London
Hom£opathic Hospital as Treasurer from 1894 till the year of his death, and during those
years there was no one better know in connection with the institution or more representative
of it. For more than 17 years he zealously filled the post of Treasorer and unceasingly
watched over the Hospital’s interest and progress. By his death the Hospital and hom£opathy
sustained a loss which at the present time cannot be fully estimated ore realised. Where
such long-continued services have been rendered it is superfluous to enter into further
details, but two or tree acts of immense importance to th Hospital call for special
remembrance. In 1897, when Viscount Emlyn, he took the chair at a banquet at the Hotel Cecil
and raised a sum of ú7,156 to complete the building fund of the present Hospital building.
In 1903 Lord Cawdor again presided at a dinner and raised a sum of ú 5,731 to replace the
debt due to capital funds.
Festival Dinner at the Hotel Ritz on Wesnesday,
November 20, 1907. The Rt. Hon. The EARL CAWDOR in the chair, when a Dinner List of
ú 11,245 was subscribed.
Again in 1907 his lordship presided at the Hotel Ritz and raised a dinner
fund of ú 11,245 towards the New Wind Extension Fund; and in 1909 he had only just
completed his appeal and raised ú 13,670 to build part of the New Wing Extension and half
the New Home for the Nurses.
It is unnecessary to enlarge upon the important
nature of these services, but during the long course of Lord Cawdor’s connection with the
Hospital his advice and guidance were of a value that can never be over- estimated. The new
Sir Henry Tyler Wing of the Hospital was contemplated by him with much satisfaction, and
while it is to be regretted that its Treasurer was not spared to witness the completion of
the New Wing in which he took so warm an interest, it must yet be most pleasant to remember
that he assisted by his presence at the laying of the corner stone by Sir George Truscott,
Bart., the last occasion, indeed, upon which he appeared at the Hospital, and most
gratifying to feel that by the completion of his Appeal Fund he may be said to have set the
crown to the past successes of the Hospital, and to have inaugurated a future which bears
every promise of even larger prosperity and public usefulness. Lamenting the loss of so
loyal, so enthusiastic, and so wise a Treasurer, the friends of the institution cannot but
feel thankful that the Hospital was granted Lord Cawdor’s powerful aid for so long a period.
CAPTAIN JAMES CUNDY.
Born December 3, 1822. Died March 24, 1909, Aged 87.
Vice-chairman 1896 to his death in
1909
Member of the Board of Management from 1890.
Always a liberal Donor to the Hospital.
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Francis Gray SMART, M.B., F.S.A., F.L.S., F.R.G.S.
Born January 25, 1844. Died April 7, 1913. Aged 69.
Member of the Board of Management of
the Hospital 1893-1913.
Always a generous supporter, at his death he bequeathed ú 10,000 to the Hospital to be
invested, and the interest only to be used for maintenance purposes. Mrs. Smart also
bequathed ú 5,000 unconditionally.
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Alfred Crosby POPE, M.D., M.R.C.S.
Born September 11, 1830. Died march 26, 1908. Aged 78.
Member of the Medical Council
1867-1905.
Member of the Board of Management 1875-76.
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