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The
London Cornish Association was founded in 1898 although
there had been an annual Cornish dinner organised
some years before. The first was in 1886 when some
Helston men living in London organised a dinner
to celebrate what they hoped would be the election
of Mr Walter Molesworth St Aubyn to Parliament.
St Aubyn unfortunately lost the election, but, in
typical Cornish fashion, not wishing to spoil the
arrangements which had already been made, the dinner
went ahead. The dinner became an annual event and
in 1888, as an offshoot of it, a Cornish Club was
started, which in 1898 became The London Cornish
Association. The Annual Dinner, which is usually
held in March, has remained the highlight in the
Association's calendar of events.
The other highlight in the calendar is the prestigious
Trelawny Lecture, which was established by the Association
in 1987 as a way of enabling important Cornish people
to give a lecture on a subject of their choice.
The late Dr A L Rowse gave the first lecture on
"Bishop Colenso and South Africa". Other
lectures since have included "Cornwall: A European
Region", given by Christopher Beazley MP; "One
Hundred Years of Cornish Connections” by Professor
Philip Payton of the Institute of Cornish Studies;
“Our Cornish Heritage” by General Sir
Richard Trant, Chairman of Cornish Heritage; “The
Eden Project” by Jonathan Ball; “Steam
– the Cornish Revolution” by Phil Hosken
and “The Cornish Assembly” by Bert Biscoe,
Cornwall County Councillor and Chairman of the Cornish
Constitutional Convention.
The Association meets in central London for social
events when there is time to welcome new members,
renew old acquaintances, catch up on the gossip
and discuss the latest news from
Cornwall. Two family
history
conferences are held in April and October. At the
end of the year an annual church service is held
with sometimes a Christmas party. There are also
regular monthly lunches held at Methodist
Central Hall Westminster,
during the year enabling many members to meet up
within the Capital.
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