THE CHELSEA SOCIETY Index to Annual Reports 1927–2012 [Bold figures indicate illustrations] Alphabetical Index to Page Numbers A 2 I, J 70 R 111 B 7 K 72 S 118 C 19 L 79 T 131 D 40 M 87 U, V 137 E 47 N 96 W 139 F 51 O 98 X,Y,Z 146 G 55 P 101 H 62 Q 110 Page 1 of 146 A Abbey, Mr & Mrs Edwin, (1931-32) 30, (1932-33) 26–7, (1938-39) 21 Abbott, Anthony, (2010) 55, 56 Abbott and Smith, (1956) 60 Abercrombie, Professor Sir Patrick, (1944-45) 9, 10–11, (1951) 41, 43, (1961) 9, (1963) 36 Ackerley, Mrs, (1937-38) 27, 42 Ackerman, John, (1992) 10–11 Acland, Katherine (Mayor), (1958) 71, (1959) 7, (1962) 71 hatchments, (1989) 25–6, 38 obituary, (1966) 29–30 ‘Acrobat, The’ (statue; Allen Jones), (1995) 40 Acton, William, (1981) 48 ‘Actors and Musicians of Chelsea’ (exhibition), (2008) 30, 30, 77–9, (2010) 26, 27 Adam and Eve inn, (1932-33) 2, (1936-37) 32, (1998) 48 Adam, Frederick, Council Member, (1944-45) 5, 15, (1947) 5, 7, 10, (1948-49) 3, (1950) 3, 9, 13, (1951) 3, 9, (1952) 3, (1953) 3, 47, (1954) 3, (1955) 3, (1956) 3, (1957) 3, 67, (1958) 3, (1959) 2, 25, 29, (1960) 3, (1961) 5, (1964) 14 Adam, Robert, (1959) 56–9 Adams, C. K., (1950) 11 Adams, Elizabeth, (1981) 43 Chelsea Porcelain, (1986) 18–23, 38 Addison, Joseph, house of, (1989) 34 Adeane, Michael, Baron, obituary, (1984) 60–61 advertisements: ‘advertisement station’, (1956) 51 billboards, (2010) 30–31 illuminated signs, (1935-36) 25, 27, (2010) 30 affordable housing, (2001) 16, (2002) 30–31, 63–5, (2007) 27, (2009) 29 ‘After Sloane: Chelsea and Cadogan’ exhibition, (2003) 18–19 Ahern, Tim (Councillor and Mayor), (2006) 13, 18, 19, (2012) 28 Aiglon, L’ (restaurant), (1983) 58 air pollution, (1938-39) 31–2, (1952) 22, (1954) 26, (1996) 20, 23–4 see also power stations; Smoke Abatement Society; traffic aircraft noise, (1960) 22–3, (1961) 27, 61, (1966) 13–14, (1968) 19, (1972) 33– 4, (1995) 17, (1996) 18–19, (1997) 10, 18–19, (1998) 10, 19, (2001) 17–18, (2002) 16, (2007) 28 helicopters, (1999) 9 night flying, (1997) 19, (1998) 19, (1999) 17, (2001) 17, (2002) 26–7, (2005) 17 Aitkenhead, Paul, Council Member, (2012) 19, 22 Albert Bridge, (1975) 75, (1986) 21, (1987) 39 ‘Albert Bridge at Night’ (engraving; Hugh Krall), (2000) 23 Page 2 of 146 bollards, (2007) 19 preservation, (1971) 9–10, (1972) 24–6 rebuilding proposed, (1955) 23–4, (1956) 69, (1957) 7–11, 66–7, (1958) 69, (1961) 8, 53 renovation works, (2010) 24 strengthening proposed, (2007) 19–20 traffic problems, (1961) 53–4, (1962) 12–15, (1964) 10, (1973) 15–16, (1974) 16, (1975) 31, (2007) 19–20 Albert, Prince Consort, (1957) 61 Albion Wharf, Battersea, (1998) 16, (1999) 15, (2000) 15 Alchorne, Stanley, (1947) 50 Aldburgham, Miss, (1963) 35 Alexander, Michael, (2002) 69–70 Alexander, Mr, (1956) 11–12 Alexander, Richard, (2006) 14 Alexandra, Queen, patronises Pocock, (1995) 32–4 Alford, R. G., (1935-36) 11, 32, (1936-37) 36 death, (1937-38) 32 Alldin’s Wharf, Greaves’s drawing, (1929-30) 2, (1940-41) 16, (1941-42) 25 Allen, Mr., (1948-49) 17 Allen, Cynthia, (1983) 12 Allen, Sir Donald, (1937-38) 31, (1955) 9 Allen, Sarah, (1978) 48 Allibone, Jill, (1980) 15 Allingham, William, (1957) 21 Alpha Place, Power House, (2003) 13–14, 23, (2004) 20, (2010) 32 Alpine Gallery, (1985) 17–18 In Cheyne Walk and Thereabout, (1984) 19 Old Chelsea and the Thames, (1989) 13, 36, 51–3 Alston, Sir Joseph, (2011) 47 Alston House see Shrewsbury House amenity groups, (1928-29) 16, (1942-43) 8–9, (1943-44) 8, 9, 11, (1966) 13, (1973) 35–50, (1974) 15–16, (1975) 11, 33, (1978) 16, (1979) 13, 29–30 Ancaster and Kesteven, Duke of, (1954) 46 anchor, as symbol of Chelsea Society, (1981) 42–3 Anderson, Ronald: James McNeill Whistler (reviewed), (1994) 53–4 ‘Whistler and John O’Leary’, (1989) 40–46 ‘Whistler and Wilde’, (1990) 10 Anderson, Roy (Knightsbridge Association), (2004) 13 Anderson Street, houses neglected, (1985) 13–14, (1986) 11, (1987) 11–12 Andreae, Sophie (Chairman, Brompton Association), (2005) 15 Andrew, Prince see York, Andrew, Duke of Andrews, Martin: Council Member, (2005) 11, 13, (2006) 11, (2007) 17, (2008) 17, (2009) 22, 35, (2010) 28, (2012) 96 Page 3 of 146 ‘H.T. Cadbury-Brown and the World’s End Flats’, (2009) 78–9 ‘Street Tree Planting and Pruning’, (2007) 72–4 ‘A Tale of Two Urban Gardens: one Chelsea, one City’, (2006) 71–3 death, (2012) 22 obituary, (2012) 96 Andrews, Raymond, (1969) 14 Anglo-Belgian Club, (1940-41) 20 Anglo-French Week, (1976) 13 Angus, Michael, (1998) 12 Anhalt Road, development on Princes Wharf, (1986) 16 Annet, P. M., (1976) 57 Anti-Noise League, (1933-34) 23, (1936-37) 11 Antiquarius Antiques Market, King’s Road, (1999) 16, (2008) 21, 22, (2011) 73 closure, (2009) 32 Antrim, Randal McDonnell, 8th Earl of: death, (1977) 12 obituary, (1977) 76 President (6th), (1973) 7, 10, (1974) 7, 10, (1975) 5, 8, (1976) 5, 8, 11, (1977) 5, 8 Apletree, John, (1971) 17–18, 20 Apothecaries Garden see Chelsea Physic Garden Apothecaries, Society of, (1955) 11–13, 16, (1970) 34, (1977) 65–7, (2010) 73 archaeology, ‘Chelsea Lives: a record in bone’, (2006) 34–43 ‘Architecture of Chelsea’ (lecture by John Summerson), (1950) 21–2 Argyll House (King’s Road), (1936-37) 23–4, (1937-38) 10, (1938-39) 13, (1941- 42) 26–7, (1947) 22, (1950) 21, (1985) 38, 43–4, (1997) 40, 44–50 visits to, (2002) 20, (2003) 18 Armitage, Sir Arthur, (1979) 19 Armstead, H. H., (1957) 37, (1958) 67 Armstrong, John, obituary, (1990) 57 Arne, Dr, (1956) 71 Arnold, Sue, ‘A quiet place in the sun’ (King’s Road), (1990) 31–2 Arregger, Constance, (1972) 28, (1974) 13 Arrowsmith, Rev. G. A., obituary, (1964) 15 Arrowsmith, Rev. W. Gordon, (1933-34) 8 art schools see Chelsea Art School; Chelsea School of Art; Heatherley School of Fine Art artists and art schools in London, discussion on, (1959) 68–9 artists and artists’ studios in Chelsea, (1994) 53 Borough guidelines on studios and public art, (2004) 25 ‘Chelsea Painters: Whistler and after’ (lecture by Philip Hook), (2006) 17 decline in numbers, (1985) 22–3, (1997) 16 Arts Council of Great Britain, (1951) 8, 10, (1953) 32 Arundell, Thomas, (1981) 29 Aschan, Marit, (1963) 29–31, (1977) 10, (1983) 58–9 Ascoli, David, (1980) 20 Page 4 of 146 A Village in Chelsea, (1982) 16 Ascroft, William, (1937-38) 8, 31, 46, (1938-39) 24–5 Ashbee, Charles Robert (architect), (1932-33) 12, (1963) 36, (1965) 11, (1966) 15, (1968) 3, (1979) 32–3, 45, (1984) 30–31, (2006) 25–30 Ashburnham, Earl of, (1955) 37 Ashburnham estate, (1998) 45–6, (2012) 50, 50 Ashburnham House, (1981) 48 Ashburnham School: centenary, (1984) 21 redevelopment of site see Chelsea Academy Ashburton, Lady, (1981) 27 Ashby, Tony, (1977) 30 Asher, Jane, (2010) 66, 67 replica cake of St Luke’s, (1991) 37 Ashton, Joan, (1981) 15 Ashton, Professor Rosemary, lecture on Jane Carlyle, (2003) 17 Asquith, Simon, (2002) 72 Astafieva, Princess, (2008) 73 Astell, Mary, (2005) 28 tablet of 1668-71 to, (1932-33) 14 see also Four Ladies Tablet Astell, R. J. V. (Hon. Auditor), (1948-49) 3, (1950) 3, 9, (1951) 3, 9–10, (1952) 3, 9, (1953) 3, 48, (1954) 3, 64–5, (1955) 3, 84, (1956) 3, (1957) 3 retirement, (1959) 67 Astell Street, (1937-38) 18 Aston, Hannah and Ann, (1978) 48 Astor, Michael, (2005) 30 Astor, Pandora, (2005) 30 ‘Atalanta’ (statue; Francis Derwent Wood), (1929) 17, (1929-30) 22, (1991) 44, (1994) 24, (1995) 35 Atholl, John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of: President (2nd), (1937-38) 5, 33, (1938-39) 5, 11, 17, (1939-40) 6, (1940-41) 6, (1941-42) 6 Vice-President, (1932-33) 5, 11, (1933-34) 5, 11, (1934-35) 5, (1935-36) 5, (1936-37) 5 death, (1941-42) 27 Atkins, Rosie, (2002) 22 lecture on Chelsea Physic Garden, (2007) 22 ‘The Legacy of Sir Hans Sloane’, (2010) 73–7 Atterbury, Dr, (1957) 19–20 auditors, Charity Commissioners’ requirement for, (1997) 9 Auerbach, Dr, (1961) 37, (1962) 49 Aumonier, James, painting of Chelsea Reach, (1992) 40, 42 Austin, Christy: Hon. Treasurer, (2005) 11, 18, (2006) 11, 16, (2007) 17, (2008) 17, (2009) 22, 23, (2010) 22, (2011) 32, 93 Page 5 of 146 Council Member, (2010) 23, (2011) 22, (2012) 22 Treasurer’s Report, (2005) 79–83, (2006) 13, 78–82, (2007) 18–19, 86–90, (2008) 18–19, 85–9, (2009) 23, 91–5, (2010) 23, 89–93 Avery, Charles, ‘The Sculpture of Chelsea’, (1984) 17 ‘Awakening, The’ (statue; Gilbert Ledward), (1960) 50–52, (1961) 29, (1983) 17 Page 6 of 146 B Bach, Michael, (1983) 19, (2008) 78 Council Member, (1990) 6, (1991) 7, 16, (1992) 7, (1993) 7, 10–11, (1994) 7, (1995) 7, (1996) 7, (1997) 7, (1998) 7, 9, 11, (1999) 7, (2000) 7, (2001) 7, (2002) 11, 51, (2003) 11, (2004) 11, 13, (2005) 11, (2006) 11, 13, (2007) 17, (2008) 17, (2009) 22, 35, (2010) 22, 28, (2011) 22, 23, (2012) 19 Newsletter editor, (1997) 12, (1998) 11, (1999) 11, (2000) 12, (2003) 16, (2004) 17, (2005) 19, (2007) 21, (2009) 38, (2010) 26 and planning issues, (2012) 30 Badcock, Tim, (1983) 18 Baden-Powell, Francis, Council Member, (1964) 5, 12, (1965) 5, (1966) 5, 12, (1967) 5, 23, (1968) 8, (1969) 5, (1970) 5, (1971) 3, 7, 12, (1972) 8, 11, 26, 30, 32, (1973) 7, (1974) 7, (1975) 5, (1976) 5, (1977) 5, (1978) 7, 21, (1979) 7, 28, (1980) 13, 22, (1981) 13, (1982) 16 Baillie, Captain Thomas, (1978) 47 Baines, Sir Frank, (1933-34) 14 Baker, Martyn: Council Member, (2007) 17, 18, (2008) 17, (2009) 22, 35, (2010) 22, 28, (2011) 22, 25, (2012) 19, 20 ‘Cremorne Gardens in the Nineteenth Century’, (2012) 49–59 Baldwin, Mr, (1969) 19–20 Balfour, Arthur, 1st Earl, (1997) 30 Balfour, F.R.S., (1937-38) 27, 39 Ballard, Rev. Richard, (2002) 34 ‘The Life and Times of Sir Hans Sloane’, (2003) 28–30 Ballerand, Richard Melville see Melville Ballerand, Richard Ballestero, Ann, and damming of Thames, (1996) 9 Balloon Tavern, (1975) 47, (1981) 48, (1983) 15 balloons, Chelsea Steam Captive Balloon, (1998) 45–6 Bamford, Sir Anthony, (2006) 57, (2008) 25 Bangor, Edward Henry Harold Ward, 7th Viscount, obituary, (1993) 52 Banks, Sir Joseph, (1947) 30, 50, (1955) 11, (2010) 54 influence of Physic Garden on, (1987) 18 Banks, Sarah (née Bate), (2010) 54 Bannenberg, Jon: Council Member, (1980) 9, 13, (1981) 7, (1982) 7 designs Australian Garden at Chelsea Flower Show, (1994) 33, 41 Banon, Brigadier-General Lionel: Council Member, (1930-31) 5, 31, (1931-32) 5, 12, (1932-33) 5, (1933-34) 5, (1934-35) 5, 13, (1935-36) 5, (1936-37) 5, 12, (1937-38) 5, (1938-39) 5, 12, (1939-40) 6, (1940-41) 6, (1941-42) 6, (1942-43) 6, (1943-44) 6, (1944-45) 5, 12, 32 Vice-President, (1947) 5, 9–10, 15, (1948-49) 3, 9 death, (1950) 14–15 Barbirolli, John, (2010) 59–61, 62 Page 7 of 146 Bargery, Robert, lecture on Georgian Group, (2009) 35 barges: life on, (1984) 55–7 Plazzotta’s etching of, (1994) 39, 52 Barham, Henry, (1971) 18, 20 Baring, Maurice, (1956) 56 Barker, Bob, ‘Two Chelsa Philosophers’ (Russell and Whitehead), (1997) 29–33 Barker, Roger (Mayor’s secretary), (1997) 21, (1998) 14 Barnard, Jim, Reginald Blunt remembered, (1994) 47–8 Barnby, Sir Joseph, (1953) 42 Barnes, A. S., (1975) 22 Barnes, Melvin, (1978) 50 Barrett, Wilson, (1956) 13 Barrow, Julian: Council Member, (1986) 5, (1987) 5, (1988) 5, (1989) 7, (1990) 6, (1991) 7 lecture on Tite Street, (2012) 30 paintings, (2005) 53, (2010) 80 President of Chelsea Art Society, (2010) 80 review of Artists’ Houses in London (Walkley), (1994) 53 statue of Whistler by Nicholas Dimbleby, (2005) 66 in Tite Street, (1995) 11, (2002) 44, (2010) 80 visit to studio of, (1999) 12 Barry, Sir Charles, (2002) 27 Bartok, Bela, statue of, (2004) 25 Bartolozzi, Francesco, (1977) 3, (1978) 35, 48–9 Barton, Mr & Mrs, (1954) 19, 54 Barton, Derek, Council Member, (1959) 3, (1960) 3, 55, (1961) 5 Barton, Mrs Derek, (1961) 58 Barton, Philippa, (2009) 37 basement developments see subterranean developments Basevi, George, (1958) 67 Basing House, (1959) 42, 48–50 Bates, Harry, (1957) 38, (1960) 35 Bath House, Piccadilly, (2007) 59–61, 60, 61 Bath Lodge see Catharine Lodge Bath, William Pulteney, 1st Earl of, (2007) 59 Battersea bank, development plans, (1988) 12 Battersea Borough Council, (1931-32) 16, (1936-37) 20 Battersea Bridge, (1975) 47 closure of, (2005) 16–17 repainting of, (1985) 17 tram on, (1996) 37 Victorian-style lamps restored on, (1994) 15, 17 see also Old Battersea Bridge Battersea Bus Garage, (1994) 15, (1998) 16 Battersea Flour Mills, (1997) 35 Page 8 of 146 Battersea Heliport, (1997) 20, (1999) 9 Battersea Old House, (1931-32) 30 Battersea Park, (1951) 13, (1975) 24–5, (1988) 25–7 Boating Pond, (1992) 37 developments in, (1998) 10 Funfair, (1956) 19–24 Japanese Pagoda, (1985) 40 noise from, (1997) 10 proposed ski slope, (2000) 15–16, (2001) 17 Tower, (1957) 65 use for commercial purposes, (2000) 10 use of temporary exhibit buildings, (1999) 16, (2000) 16 Battersea Power Station: anti-fume apparatus, (1933-34) 14–15, (1936-37) 20 development adjacent to opposed, (1990) 16 extensions to, (1936-37) 22, (1937-38) 29 protests against, (1927-28) 9–10, (1928-29) 10, (1929-30) 10–13, (1930-31) 13–14, (1931-32) 9, 15–16, 23–4, (1932-33) 15–19, 30–31, (1934-35) 21–2 redevelopment, (1997) 14, (2012) 30 Battersea Reach, (1930-31) 28 bus depot on, (1993) 17, (1994) 15 developments on spoil Cheyne Walk’s outlook, (1988) 12, 27, 34, (1990) 35 eighteenth-century view of, (1990) 38 Flour Mill development, (1994) 15, (1995) 16, (1996) 18 Hugh Krall’s aquatint of, (1998) 10 Norman Foster office block viewed as eyesore, (1989) 31 Walter Greaves’ illustrations of, (1930-31) 28, (1984) 39 Baty, Patrick, ‘The Colours of Chelsea’, (2003) 49–50, 61–7 Bayley, Mary Anne, (1977) 34 Bayley, Stephen, (1998) 20 Bazalgette, Sir Joseph, (1937-38) 29, (1974) 42–3, 49, (1984) 29, 31, (2002) 26, (2010) 29 lecture on (Dennis Smith), (2000) 13 Bazzotta, etching of World’s End, (1994) 39, 52 BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), (1947) 9, (1955) 27, (1959) 40 Beaton, Sir Cecil, (2010) 62 Beatrice, Princess, (2012) 37, 37, 38 Beaufort House, (1947) 39, (1950) 21, (1952) 30, (1954) 46, (2003) 55, (2006) 51 lecture on (John Harris), (2000) 13 Beaufort Place, (1955) 36 Beaufort Street, (1956) 77, (1958) 59, (1975) 53–4 artists’ studios, (1997) 16 The Green Man, (1932-33) 29 Beaufoy, Henry, (2007) 75 Page 9 of 146 Beaumont, Robin de, Council Member, (1967) 5, (1968) 6, 10, (1969) 5, (1970) 5, 8, (1971) 3, (1972) 8, (1973) 7, (1974) 7, (1975) 5, (1976) 5, (1977) 5, (1978) 7, 20 Beaver, Alfred, (1973) 34, (2005) 65 Memorials of Old Chelsea, (1933-34) 24, (1954) 27, 56 Beckett, Sir Martyn, (2005) 29 Beehive, The (pub), (2001) 14 Beerbohm, Sir Max, (1954) 54 Beeston, Frederick, (1979) 32 Beezley, Mr, (1941-42) 22 Beggin, Ernest, (1977) 9 Bekvalac, Jelena, ‘Chelsea Lives: a record in bone’, (2006) 34–43 Belgian Institute, (1952) 16, (1953) 8, 32, 47, (1957) 17 visit of Société Royale d’Archéologie et d’Histoire, (1954) 13, 15 Belgrave Chapel, (1956) 12 Belgravia, (1956) 73 Bell, Rev. Dr Andrew, (1999) 31 Bell, William, (1972) 29, (1979) 12, 29, (1980) 53, (1998) 9, 10, (2003) 13 obituary, (2005) 74–5 Bellamy, Dr and Gardner, Mrs (later Dr and Mrs Bellamy Gardner), (1936-37) 43, (1937-38) 31, (1938-39) 8, 25, (1940-41) 25, (1942-43) 23, (1953) 11, (1954) 21, 37, 40 Belleview House, (1931-32) 25 Belloc, Hilaire, (1956) 85 Bendall, Simon: ‘Eighteenth-century passes to the King’s Road’, (1995) 42–5 ‘The forgotten schools of Chelsea’, (1996) 42–50, (1998) 31 ‘A memento of Chelsea’s Maritime School’, (1987) 26–8 ‘The Quest for the Chelsea Watchmaker’, (1991) 42, 57–60 Bendixson, Terence: Council Member, (1999) 7, 9 Hon. Secretary (Planning), (2000) 7, 12, (2001) 7, 9, 13, (2002) 11, (2003) 11, (2004) 11, (2005) 11, 14, (2006) 11, (2007) 17, 24, (2008) 17, 19– 20, (2009) 22, 25, 35, (2010) 22, 28, (2011) 22, 23, 25, (2012) 19, 27, 30 on Chelsea Yacht and Boat Company, (2002) 67 interview with David McDonald, (2011) 68–73 ‘John Simpson and the Battle of the Styles’ (Terence Bendixson), (2004) 44–8, 49–50 ‘Mayor Livingstone’s Spatial Strategy for Greater London’, (2002) 62 ‘Modernising the Royal Hospital: the long wards’, (2008) 41–5 obituaries of: Frederick Gore, (2009) 80–84 Kyrle Simond, (2010) 86–8 report on David Le Lay’s retirement party, (2009) 89–90 ‘School of Shining Light: the Chelsea Academy’, (2010) 41–4 Page 10 of 146