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1949
1949 - 0681.PDF
Al'RIL 21ST, I949 (/) Mr. W. S. Farren, C.B.E., F.R.S., F.R.Ae.S. ; Mrs. Watts, Dr. H. C. Watts, M.B.E., D.Sc, M.lnst.C.E., F.R.Ae.S.; Mr. N. E. Rowe, C.8.C., B.Sc, D.I.C., F.R.Ae.S.; Mr. S. Scott-Hall, A.C.G.I., AtSc, D.I.C., F.R.Ae.S. (2) Mr. A. G. Elliott, C.8.H., M.S.A.fc., r.R.Ae.S., Dr. H.J. Gough, C.B., M.B.E., F.R.S. and Mrs. Gough. (3) Lady Sempill, Lord Sempill, A.F.C., F.R.Ae.S., and Mrs. Roxbee Cox. ' CHARTER CELEBRATION Dinner at Royal Aeronautical Society to Celebrate Incorporation (4) Mr. P. Masefield, M.A., F.R.Ae.S. (nearly obscured) and Mrs. Masefield being received by Dr. and Mrs. Roxbee Cox. (5) Mr. W. S. Farren, Col. W. C. Devereux, F.R.Ae.S., and Mrs. Devereux. (6) Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill, G.B.E., K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., with Lord Sempill. (7) Sir Frederick Handley Page, C.B.E., F.R.Ae.S., Mr. G. S. Lindgren, M.P. and Sir Richard Fairey, M.B.E.. F.R.Ae.S. (8) Mrs. Rowe, Mr. N. E. Rowe, C.B.E.. B.Sc, D.I.C., F.R.Ae.S. and Capt. C. F. Uwins, O.B.E., A.F.C., F.R.Ae.S. (9) Lady Robinson, Sir Ben Lockspeiser, M.A., F.CS., F.R.Ae.S., and Sir Robert Robinson, F.R.S., M.A., F.R.I.CV Hon. D.Sc., Hon. LLD. (10) Sir Richard Fairey with the Rt. Hon. G. R. Strauss, P.C., M.P. A DINNER party was recently givenby the President (Dr. koxbee Cox) and Council of the Royal Aeronautical Society to some distin- guished guests to celebrate the granting of the Royal Charter to the Society. The Charter, which bears the imprint of the Great Seal, is kept at the R.Ae.S. headquarters, and a copy of the wording has been presented to even- member. Henceforth, it states, the R.Ae.S. is "One Body Corporate and Politic," and has power to do all things "appertaining to a Body Corporate." The Society was founded in 1866 under the title of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, and was granted- patronage and the right to use the Royal prefix at the close of the- first World War in 1918. The Charter bears the date of December 22nd, 1948.
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