The Queen Mother (169 page)
Authors: William Shawcross
Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society | 1937–2002 | Patroness 1937–1958; Patron 1958–2002 |
R. Academy of Arts American Associates (Sir Hugh and Lady Casson Fund) | 1996 | |
R. Academy of Dramatic Art | 1931–2002 | |
R. Academy of Music | 1937–2002 | |
Adelaide Festival of Arts | 1960–1999 | |
Aged Christian Friend Society | 1937–2002 | As Duchess of York, Countess of Inverness – Patron of Inverness Branch 1936–1937 |
Albany, The | 1937–2002 | Formerly the Deptford Fund and the Princess Alice New Albany Foundation |
Aldeburgh Festival | 1974–2002 | |
Ancoats Hospital | 1926–2002 | |
Archer House Convalescent Fund | 1931–1965 | Formerly Archer House Home for Nurses. Subsequently administered by National Fund for Nurses |
R. Agricultural Society of England | 1959 | Trustee |
| 1960 | President |
| 1998 | Hon. Trustee |
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music | 1953–2002 | President |
R. Association for Disability & Rehabilitation | 1976–2002 | Formerly Central Council for the Care of Cripples, then Central Council for the Disabled (1929–1976), amalgamated with the British Council for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled |
Australian Red Cross Society | 1941–2002 | |
Bar Musical Society | 1957–2002 | |
Barnardo’s | 1936–2002 | Formerly Dr Barnardo’s |
Barrowmore Village Settlement | 1953–2002 | |
Bath Club, Ladies’ Section | 1937–1958? | Hon. Member 1936 Patroness 1937 until the Club closed |
Battle of Britain Fighter Association | 1977–2002 | |
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Historic Churches Trust | 1992–2002 | |
Benenden Healthcare Society | 1952–2002 | Formerly (Post Office and) Civil Service Sanatorium Society |
Benevolent Society of St Patrick | 1955–2002 | |
Bible Reading Fellowship | 1952–2002 | |
Bible Society | 1943–2002 | Formerly British and Foreign Bible Society |
Birkbeck College | 1937–2002 | |
Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind | 1937–2002 | |
R. Blind Asylum and School, Edinburgh | 1937–2002 | |
Bomber Command Association | 1987–2002 | |
Botanical Society of the British Isles | 1965–2002 | |
Botanical Society of Scotland | 1950–2002 | |
Brendoncare Foundation | 1983–2002 | |
Bridewell Royal Hospital (King Edward’s School, Witley) | 1953–2002 | President |
Britain in Bloom Competitions | 1976–1989 | |
British-American Benevolent Association | 1937–1977 | Formerly Queen Victoria Hospital, Nice |
British & International Sailors’ Society | 1937–2002 | Formerly British Sailors Society |
British Commonwealth Ex-Services League (Women’s Auxiliaries) | 1949–2002 | |
British Commonwealth Nurses War Memorial Fund | 1946–1995 | Formerly British Empire Nurses War Memorial Fund |
British Dental Hospital | 1926–1948 | |
British Equine Veterinary Association | 1968–2002 | |
British Home and Hospital for Incurables, Streatham | 1925–2002 | |
British Homeopathic Association | 1982–2002 | |
British Hospital for Mothers and Babies, Woolwich | 1953–1984 | Hospital closed |
R. British Legion Women’s Section | 1924–2002 | President |
R. British Legion Scotland (Women’s Section) | 1936–2002 | Grand President |
British Orthopaedic Association | 1959–2002 | |
British Records Association | 1952–2002 | |
British Red Cross Society | 1937–2002 | President 1937–1952 Vice/Deputy President 1952–1998 President 1998–2002 |
British Sporting Art Trust | 1977–2002 | |
British Theatre Association | 1952–1990 | Formerly British Drama League |
R. Brompton National Heart & Lung Hospital | 1937–2002 | Formerly Brompton Hospital for Diseases of the Chest |
Bud Flanagan Leukaemia Fund | 1982–2002 | |
Caithness Agricultural Society | 1970–2002 | |
Caithness Heritage Trust | 1991–2002 | |
R. Caledonian Horticultural Society | 1937–2002 | |
R. Caledonian Schools Trust | 1937–2002 | Patroness |
R. Cambrian Academy of Art | 1937–2002 | |
Cambridge Arts Theatre Trust | 1981–2002 | |
Canada Memorial Foundation | 1989–1994 | Patron-in-Chief |
Canadian Merchant Navy Prisoner of War Association | 1994–2002 | |
Canadian Mothercraft Society | 1931–2002 | |
Canadian Red Cross Society | 1939–2002 | |
Careers for Women | 1939–1993 | Formerly Women’s Employment Federation (–1972) then National Advisory Centre on Careers for Women (–1990) |
Cassel Hospital | 1954–2002 | Formerly Cassel Hospital for Functional Nervous Disorders |
Cavalry & Guards Club (Ladies Side) | 1976–2002 | Formerly Guards’ Club (Ladies’ Annexe) 1937–1972 |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | 1950–2002 | Formerly National Corporation for the Care of Old People |
Charing Cross Hospital | 1937–2002 | |
Chelsea Physic Garden | 1984–2002 | First Patron |
Children’s Country Holidays Fund | 1925–2002 | |
Children’s Hospital at Westmead, The | 1927–2002 | Formerly Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney |
Children’s Society, The | 1924–2002 | Formerly the Church of England Children’s Society |
Church Army | 1943–2002 | |
Church of England Soldiers’, Sailors and Airmen’s Clubs | 1937–2002 | |
Church of England Temperance Society | 1937–1967 | |
Cinque Ports Mayors Association | 1980–2002 | First Patron |
R. Cinque Ports Yacht Club | 1978–2002 | President |
City & Metropolitan Welfare Charity | 1937–1972 | Formerly Metropolitan Convalescent Institution |
Civil Defence Welfare Fund | 1940–1950s? | Formerly Civil Defence (Services) Comforts Fund |
Civil Service Retirement Fellowship | 1977–2002 | |
Clan Sinclair Trust | 2000–2002 | |
Colditz Association | 1992–2002 | |
R. College of Midwives | 1938–2002 | Formerly Midwives Institute |
R. College of Music | 1938–1952 | Patron |
| 1952–1992 | President |
| 1993–2002 | President Emerita |
R. College of Nursing | 1963–2002 | |
R. College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists | 1946–2002 | And Hon. Fellow |
R. College of Speech & Language Therapists | 1959–2002 | Formerly College of Speech Therapists |
R. Commonwealth Society | 1937–2002 | |
Commonwealth Trust | 1989–2002 | |
Contemporary Art Society | 1948–2002 | |
Cookery & Food Association | 1953–2002 | |
Coronation Planting Committee | 1936–1938 | |
Countess of Dufferin’s Fund, New Delhi | 1937–1948 | |
Courtauld Institute of Art Trust | 1983–2002 | |
Crathie District Nursing Association | 1938–1945 | Honorary President |
Crathie Women’s Rural Institute | Pre-1953–2000? | |
Cumberland Lodge (King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Foundation of St Catharine’s, Cumberland Lodge) | 1968–2002 | Formerly St Catharine’s Cumberland Lodge |
Darwin Caledonian Pipe Band | 1984–2002 | |
Dispensaire Francais | 1983–2002 | |
Dockland Settlements | 1924–2002 | |
Douglas Bader Foundation | 1983–1991 | |
Dover College | 1979–2002 | |
Dover Museum | 1991–2002 | |
Downpatrick Race Club | 1989–2002 | |
Duchy Health Charity Limited | 1983–2002 | Formerly Duchy Hospital Truro and Cornwall Independent Hospital Trust |
Dundee Dental Hospital | 1934–2002 | |
Dundee University Operatic Society | 1970–1981 | |
East Grinstead Medical Research Trust | 1977–2002 | Formerly East Grinstead Research Trust |
East Ham Memorial Hospital | 1931–2002 | |
Eastern Arts Board | 1973–2002 | Formerly Eastern Arts Association |
Edinburgh Angus Club | 1953–2002 | |
R. Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children | 1937–2002 | |
Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama | 1948–2002 | |
R. Edinburgh Repository & Self-Aid Society | 1937–2002 | Royal Repository for the Sale of Gentlewomen’s Work, Edinburgh, and Royal Scottish Society for the Self-Aid of Gentlewomen amalgamated in 1977 |
Elizabeth Finn Trust | 1953–2002 | Formerly Distressed Gentlefolk’s Aid Association |
