Hon. Evelyn Ashley as Liberal Unionist Candidate
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
On tuesday 29 april 1890, Arthur Conan Doyle attended and spoke after a meeting about "Hon. Evelyn Ashley as Liberal Unionist Candidate", at the Portsmouth Liberal Unionist Committee meeting held at the Esplanade Hotel, Southsea.
Attendees
- President/Chairman
- Mr. A. W. White
- Speakers
- Mr. A. W. White
- Lord Wolmer
- Sir William Crossman
- Hon. Evelyn Ashley
- Admiral Grieve
- Dr. Conan Doyle
- Mr. W. J. Boyce
- Mr. G. L. Green
- Mr. G. S. Löhr
- Attendees
- Ald. Sir W. D. King (Mayor)
- Lord Wolmer, M.P.
- Sir William Crossman, M.P.
- Hon. Evelyn Ashley
- Admiral Grieve
- Captain R. Sturgess, R.N.
- General Ritchie
- Ald. G. E. Kent
- Ald. Cudlipp
- Mr. W. P. Snell, J.P.
- Major W. C. James
- Dr. Conan Doyle (Hon. Sec.)
Conan Doyle contribution
The speeches that followed from Admiral Grieve and Dr. Conan Doyle were in the moving and seconding of a resolution of confidence in the Hon. Evelyn. Ashley.
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