Manchester Luncheon Club

Home		Since its founding in 1922, the Manchester Luncheon Club has enjoyed many, many wonderful speakers on many diverse, thought-provoking, humorous, entertaining and always enjoyable topics. Listed below are those distinguished people who have spoken to us since 1950:
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Mr John ABBOTT	2001	The Rt Hon Lord AMMON	1952
Lord ABERCONWAY	1984	Sir Colin ANDERSON	1965
Mrs M van ACHTEN	1984	Dame Kitty ANDERSON	1971
Mr Kenneth ADAM	1964	Mr Trevor J ANDERSON	1985
Mr Trevor G ADAMSON	1993	Mr C James ANDERTON	1979,1989
Sir Robert ADCOCK	1960	Mr S J V ARDITTI	1995
Mr Roger ALDRIDGE	1999	Prof A L ARMITAGE	1971
The Rt Hon Lord ALEXANDER	1977	Sir William ARMSTRONG	1971
Janet ALLAN	2007	The Rt Hon The Earl of ARRAN	1971
Dr Robin ALLAN	1991	Revd Canon Michael ARUNDEL	1994
Mr Cecil J ALLEN	1959	Prof Graham ASHWORTH	1985
Mr George H ALMOND	1997	Prof John ASHWORTH	1985
Mr Rex ALSTON	1952,1957,1964	The Viscountess ASTOR	1952
Mr H S ALTHAM	1956	Mr David ATTENBOROUGH	1968
The Rt Hon Lord ALTRINCHAM	1962	The Rt Hon Earl ATTLEE	1959

Miss C BABINGTON SMITH	1958	Rt Revd S BOOTH-CLIBBORN	1988
Miss Isobel BAILLIE	1952	Air Vice-Marshall C A BOUCHER	1953
Ms Joan BAKEWELL	2004	Mrs Ann BOULTON	1997
Mr John BAMBER	1971	Lady BOWDEN	1980
The Rt Hon Anthony BARBER	1967	The Rt Hon Lord BOWDEN	1974
Sir John BARBIROLLI	1963	Mr Francis BOYD	1961
Lady BARBIROLLI	1959	The Rt Hon Lord BOYD-CARPENTER	1975
Sir William BARLOW	1979	Dr Rhodes BOYSON	1983
Sir George BARNES	1956	Miss A M BOZMAN	1957
Prof Geoffrey BARRACLOUGH	1956	Mrs Elizabeth J BRADDOCK	1957
Sir Gerald BARRY	1953	Lady BRAGG	1956,1967
Sir Frederick BARTLETT	1953	Sir Lawrence BRAGG	1950
Mr W J BEAUMONT	1983	Sir John BRAITHWAITE	1958
Prof A H BECKETT	1977	Field Marshall Lord BRAMALL	1987
Mr John BEDFORD	1966	Mr Eric BRAMALL	1960
Mr Leonard F BEHRENS	1955	Dr M R BRAMBELL	1982
The Rt Hon Lord BELOFF	1990	Miss Madeleine BRIDGMAN	1977
Sir John BENN	1960	Mr T BRIGGS	1954
Ms Vivienne BENNETT	2001	Lady BRITTAN	1994
Dr Phyllis BENTLEY	1961	The Rt Hon Sir Leon BRITTAN	1990
The Rt Hon Helen BENTWICH	1956	Dr William BROCKBANK	1964,1965
Sir Howard BERNSTEIN	2003	Prof D W BROGAN	1954
Dr F B BESWICK	1983	Mrs W BROMLEY-DAVENPORT	1959
The Rt Hon Nigel BIRCH	1958	Sir Robin BROOK	1977
Mr T F BIRKENHEAD	1999	Prof John BROOKS	2007
The Lord BIRKETT	1990	Mr Ivor BROWN	1955
Mr Robert BIRLEY	1961	Mr E Kenneth BROWN	1951
Mr Terence BISHOP	2000	Mr J W Norman BROWN	1981
Prof Sir Douglas BLACK	1974	Sir Arthur BRYANT	1964,1981
Miss Sheila P BLACK	1966	Judge Val BUCKLEY	2008
The Most Revd & Rt Hon Stuart BLANCH	1979	Colonel M J BUCKMASTER	1967
Ms Hazel BLEARS	2003	Dr Stefan BUCZACKI	1989
Ms Brenda BLETHYN	2008	Lady BULL	1977
Sir Arthur BLISS	1956	Mr Wilfred A BURKE	1954
Sir Hilary BLOOD	1956	Mr Alastair BURNET	1975
Mr Harold BLUNDELL	1961	Mrs Alexandra V BURSLEM	2001
Mr Chay BLYTH	1972,1989	Mr Martin BURTON	1977
Prof Thomas BODKIN	1958	Mr David E BUTLER	1959,1979
Sir Walter BODMER	1994	Mrs R A BUTLER	1963
The Rt Revd David BONSER	1993	The Rt Hon R A BUTLER	1962
Mr A T BOOTH	1987	Dr Stella BUTLER	2002

The Lord CAMERON	1983	The Rt Hon Lord CITRINE	1960
Prof Francis CAMPS	1972	Sir Kenneth CLARK	1955
M Louis CAMU	1951	The Revd Joyce N CLARKE	1987
Prof Tom CANNON	1991	Dr Malcolm CLARKE	2000
The Hon Mr Justice CANTLEY	1969	Mr T P CLIFFORD	1984
Mr C T CAPE	1963	Mr John COATMAN	1953
The Rt Hon Lord CARADON	1966,1977	Mr J N COFFEY	1979
Mr Neville CARDUS	1964	The Most Revd and Rt Hon F Donald COGGAN	1974
Sir Neville CARDUS	1971	Lord COHEN of Birkenhead	1959
Mr George CARMAN	1984	Prof John COHEN	1966
Mr Frank G G CARR	1952	Lady Georgina COLERIDGE	1968
The Rt Hon Lord CARR	1976	Sir Edmund COMPTON	1970
Miss Ida G CARROLL	1985	Sir Learie CONSTANTINE	1965
The Rt Hon Lord CASEY	1961	Mr Alistair COOKE	1950,1954
Sir Hugh CASSON	1961,1977	The Revd Leslie COOKE	1958
Mr John CASSON	1969	Mr Joseph COOPER	1980
The Rt Hon Barbara CASTLE	1985	Mr Malcolm COOPER	2001
Sir Frederick CATHERWOOD	1976	Prof W Mansfield COOPER	1956
Miss Caroline CAYZER	1988	Brigadier Patrick CORDINGLEY	1992
Baroness CHALKER of Wallasey	1994	Mr John COUNSELL	1963
The Viscount CHANDOS	1956,1968	Miss K D COURTNEY	1950
Lt Col F Spencer CHAPMAN	1954,1964	Mr Mike CRAIG	1992,1997
Dr Peter CHAPMAN	1996	Mr Archibald CRAWFORD	1951
Sir Bobby CHARLTON	1994	His Hon Judge J R D CRICHTON	1960
Mr Francis CHICHESTER	1962,1963	Mr John S CRIPPS	1953,1970
Mr Cecil CHISHOLM	1958	Mr Jack C G CRUMP	1954
Prof Malcolm CHISWICK	2004	Mr Jim CUMBES	2008
Mr Winston S CHURCHILL	1978	Mrs Edwina CURRIE	2000

Sir Geoffrey DALTON	1995	Ms Kate DICKSON	2005
Mr John F DARK	2006	Mr Michael DINES	1986
Dr Rosalie DAVID	1986,1996	Mr Philip B DINGLE	1956
Mr Chris DAVIES	2005	Sir Philip B DINGLE	1966
Mrs Jane DAVIES	2004	Prof Colin DIVALL	1995
Col Nicholas DAVIES	1997	Ms Frances DONE	2000
Sir Peter Maxwell DAVIES	2006	Prof Alexander DONNACHIE	1998
His Honour Judge Rhys DAVIES	1998	Sir William DOWNWARD	1988
Dr C Stella DAVIS	1964	Mr Edward du CANN	1961
Mr Basil DEAN	1959	Sir James DUFF	1963
Sir Patrick DEAN	1969	Miss L G DUFF GRANT	1963
Mr Eric H DEHN	1954,1967	Mr Alan DUNLOP	1989
Mr Serafino DI FELICE	2005

Sir W Norwood EAST	1950	Sir Harold EMMERSON	1953
The Rt Hon J Chuter EDE	1961	Prof Dorothy M EMMET	1960
H R H Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	1979	Mr F J ERROLL	1955
Mr Mark ELDER	2006	Mr Godfrey EVANS	1962
Baroness ELIOT of Harwood	1960	Rt Hon Lord Justice EVERSHED	1951
Mr Michael ELLIOT	1976	Baroness EWART-BIGGS	1988
Mr Stanley ELLIS	1981	Lord EZRA	1987
Dame Jean ELSE	2003

Mr Stephen FALDER	1995	Mrs Jean FORT	1966
The Rt Hon Lord FEATHER	1974	Mr Charles FOSTER	2006
Mr Stephen FEBER	1992	Dr John FOX	1989
Maj Gen Sir Randle FEILDEN	1965	Mrs Elizabeth FRANCE	2000
Mr Robert FELL	1977	Mrs Charis U FRANKENBURG	1970
Mr Donald E FISH	1963	Sir Robert FRASER	1960
Mr Norman G FISH	1950,1952,1962	Prof J H FREMLYN	1972
Dr Harvey FLACK	1965	Mr Norman FRISBY	1993
Lord FLOWERS	1996	Mr Robert FROST	1957
Ms Anna FORD	2002	Miss Margery FRY	1955
Sir Denis FORMAN	1980	Sir Geoffrey FURLONGE	1962

The Rt Hon Hugh GAITSKELL	1956	Mr L M GORODKIN	1980,1988
Prof C S B GALASKO	1986	Sir Ernest GOWERS	1954
Mr George S GALE	1954	Lord GOWRIE	1985
Mr Ed GALLAGHER	1997	Sir Alexander GRANTHAM	1959
Mr David S GANDY	1991	Capt H GRATTRIDGE	1956
The Most Revd Cyril GARBETT	1950	Mr C S GREEN	1973
The Revd Wilfred GARLICK	1951	Mr Hugh Carleton GREEN	1960
Sir Alvary GASCOIGNE	1954	Sir Kenneth GREEN	1993
Prof A R GEMMELL	1958,1975	Col Lionel GREGORY	1983
Mr Val GEILGUD	1963	Miss Victoria GREGORY	1996
Prof Alan GILBERT	2006	Mr William GREGORY	2007
Prof Iain E GILLESPIE	1991	Miss Joyce GRENFELL	1975
The Rt Hon Lord GLADWYN	1966	Dr Ian GRIFFIN	2005
Sir George GODBER	1971	Sir Percival GRIFFITHS	1959
Mr A S A GOLDSTONE	1996	Mr John GRIGG	1972
Miss Maryann GOMES	1993	Dr James GRIGOR	1990,1995
Miss Felicity GOODEY	1995	The Hon Mrs J GRIMOND	1969
Prof A L GOODHART	1960	Mr Patrick GROUND	1992
The Rt Hon Lord GOODMAN	1970	Sir Charles GROVES	1974
The Rt Hon Lord GORE-BOOTH	1970	Mr Desmond GROVES	1967
Mr Joe GORMLEY	1982	Mr Robin GUTHRIE	1991

The Most Revd and Rt Hon John S HABGOOD	1991	Sir William HILDRED	1957
Gen Sir John HACKETT	1982	The Rt Hon The Lord HILL	1965
Dr Kurt HAHN	1964	Mr Graham HILL	1972
Mr John R HALL	1987	Mr Tony HILL	2008
The Rt Revd Ronald O HALL	1958	Mr Trevor HILL	1953,1961,1982
Mr Leslie HALLIWELL	1985	Mr John HILLABY	1973
Sir Sidney HAMBURGER	1981	Sir Derek HILTON	1966
Dr Gerald HAMMOND	1992	Mr A H S HINCHLIFFE	1951
Sir Walter Fergusson HANNAY	1960	Sir Henry HINCHLIFFE	1959
Mr John HANSON	1991	Prof H R HITCHCOCK	1955
Ms Titania HARDIE	1998	Rear Admiral D J HOARE	1962
Field Marshal The Rt Hon Lord HARDING	1958	The Rt Hon Sir John HOBSON	1966
Rt Hon The Earl of HAREWOOD	1956	Mr J L HODSON	1952
Mr Jack HARKNESS	1976	Mrs Brenda HOGGETT	1985
Rt Hon The Lord HARLECH	1965	Mr Anthony HOLDEN	1993
Rt Hon The Lord HARMER-NICHOLLS	1980	Mr Patrick HOLDEN	2005
Alderman Sir Richard HARPER	1973	Mr William HOLT	1966
Prof Martin HARRIS	1993,1999	Mr Charles DOUGLAS-HOME	1971
Sir Martin HARRIS	2006	Hon William DOUGLAS-HOME	1957
Ms Clare HARTWELL	2003	Mr Stuart HOOD	1962
Lord HASKINS	1999	Gen Sir Brian HORROCKS	1964
Mrs Jacquetta HAWKES	1959	Rt Hon Florence HORSBURGH	1953
Sir Geoffrey HAWORTH	1970	Mr Robert HOUGH	1994
Lady HAWORTH	1960,1963	The Rt Hon Lord HOUGHTON	1976
Mr H HAYGARTH-JACKSON	1953	Sir Hubert HOULDSWORTH	1952
Mr Desmond HEAP	1966	Mr Richard HOUSEMAN	2008
The Revd Albert HEARN	1951	Mr C Geoffrey HOWARD	1955
Mr Paul HEATHCOTE	2001	Lady HOWE	1977
Miss Rose HEILBRON	1951	Sir Ronald HOWE	1962
Mr D Scott HELLEWELL	1989	Mr Leonard C HOWITT	1952
Sir Basil HENRIQUES	1956	Mr J H HUIZINGA	1958
Lady HENRIQUES	1966	Canon Peter F HULLAH	1998
Sir Edwin HERBERT	1961	Mr Julian HULSE	1995
Lt Gen The Hon Sir Edmund HERRING	1961	Sir David HUNT	1978
Rt Hon Michael HESELTINE	1986	The Revd Peter J HUNT	1992
Mr Alastair HETHERINGTON	1962,1972	Mr Tony HURLEY	2007
Mr Stephen HETHERINGTON	1999	Mrs Margery HURST	1968
Mr A Stuart HIBBERD	1952,1962	Mr Nicholas HYTNER	1986

Mr Gerald T ILES	1952	Mr David INGMAN	1991

Prof E F JACOB	1955	Mr D R JARDINE	1950
Maj-Gen Sir Ian JACOB	1951	The Rt Hon Earl JELLICOE	1968
Sir Eric JAMES	1957	The Rt Revd Dr David JENKINS	2003
The Lord JAMES of Rusholme	1961	Mrs Roy JENKINS	1967
Lady JAMES of Rusholme	1969	Mr Francis JONES	1958
Mr J H JAMES	1960,1968	Commodore Gerald N JONES	1954
Mr Stefan JANSKI	2008	Prof R V JONES	1978
		The Rt Hon Sir Keith JOSEPH	1969

Mr Alfie KANE	1991	H R H The Duke of Kent	1995
The Rt Hon Gerald KAUFMANN	2002	Mr H V KERSHAW	1978
Mr Patrick KEATLEY	1961	Mr Phillip KIDSON	1955
Mrs J E KELLEY	1966	Alderman Dame Mary L KINGSMILL-JONES	1958
Sir David KELLY	1952	Mr H Leslie KIRKLEY	1973
Lady KELLY	1953	Mr John H KISCH	1968
Mr Michael KENNEDY	1972	Mr Ludwig KOCH	1957
The Rt Hon Lord KENNET	1967	Mr David KOSSOFF	1975
Mrs V A KENNET	1974	The Revd Dr Theo KOTZE	1981
The Very Revd Mgr Bruce KENT	1986	Mr Renny KRUPINSKI	2008

Prof Eric R LAITHWAITE	1976	Mr Alvar LIDELL	1969
Mrs M S T LANGTON	1990	Mrs Lynette LITHGOW	1988
Mr F A LAKER	1974	Lt Col H M LLEWELLYN	1958
Prof H A LANE	1959	Dame Hilda LLOYD	1952
Mr Neville J LASKI	1957	Sir Robert B LOCKHART	1958
Prof John LAST	1996	Mr George LOCKHART	1950
Mr James LAVER	1964	Ms Gillian LONERGAN	2008
Ms Vanessa LAWRENCE	2004	The Countess of LONGFORD	1970
Mr Bernard LEACH	1965	Prof A C B LOVELL	1953,1954
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry LEACH	1990	Mr David LOW	1955
Sir Terry LEAHY	2003	Alderman Denys LOWSON	1951
Mr Jeremy LEIGHTON	1974	Maj Gen L O LYNE	1950
His Honour Judge H C LEON	1976	Prof Christina LYON	1991
Mr Bernard LEVIN	1982	His Honour Judge Sir Rudolph LYONS	1981
Prof W Arthur LEWIS	1951

Mr Willie McBRIDE	1998	Sir John MAUD	1958,1964
The Rt Revd Nigel McCULLOCH	2004	Rt Hon Reginald MAUDLING	1954
Mr Alistair MACDONALD	1991,1998	Rt Hon Lord MAYBRAY-KING	1971
Prof Baroness McFARLANE	1980	The Rt Revd Christopher MAYFIELD	2002
Ms Sue MacGREGOR	2005	Mr C P MAYHEW	1953
Mr Ian McILVEEN	2003	Sir Patrick MAYHEW	1996
Mr J A McKAY	1966	Mr Duncan MEASOR	1984
Mr R W G MACKAY	1950	Mr G J MELMOTH	1990
Mr Sinclair J McLEOD	1990	Dr Nick MERRIMAN	2007
Mr R C McMILLAN	1960	Dame Alix MEYNELL	1957
Mr Norris McWHIRTER	1985	Lt Cdr Brian MILES	1992
Miss I M McWILLIAM	1964	Maj A David MILLS	1978
Don Salvador de MADARIAGA	1953	Mr Bernard N MILLS	1958
Mrs Chrissie MAHER	1994	The Rt Hon Lord MILVERTON	1952
Mr David MALAND	1984	The Hon Ewen E S MONTAGU	1954
Sir Victor MALLETT	1954	Lord MONTAGU	1954,1985
Sir Henry MANCE	1972	Mr Fergus MONTGOMERY	1976
The Rt Hon Lord MANCROFT	1954	Sir Fergus MONTGOMERY	2005
Mr John MANDUELL	1983	Field Marshal The Viscount MONTGOMERY of Alamein	1963
Prof Gordon MANLEY	1970	Mr Patrick MOORE	1971
Councillor George MANN	1980	The Rt Hon Lord MORAN	1951
Ms Emma MARIGLIANO	2006	The Revd Canon G O MORGAN	1990
Sir Robert MARK	1974	Prof John MORLEY	1959
Sir Henry MARKING	1978	His Honour Judge Sir William MORRIS	1973
Sir Allan MARRE	1975	The Rt Hon Herbert MORRISON	1955
Sir Peter MARSHALL	1996	Mr Harry MORTIMER	1983
Sir Charles MARTIN	1968	Sir Alastair MORTON	2002
Mr Peter G MASEFIELD	1953,1968	Alderman Abraham MOSS	1954
Sir John MASON	1987	Mr G S MOTTERSHEAD	1960
Mr Peter G MASON	1987	Sir Alfred MUNNINGS	1952
Mr W L MATHER	1965	Mr Braham MURRAY	1996
Prof R H MATHEW	1955	Mr Jacob MURRAY	2006
Prof Peter MATTHEWS	2003

Mr Kent NAGANO	1994	Mr Eric NEWTON	1954
The Rt Hon Lord NATHAN	1961	The Rt Hon Tony NEWTON	1989
Mrs Margot NAYLOR	1968	Pastor D Martin NIEMOLLER	1957
Miss Anna NEAGLE	1959	Mr Steven NORRIS	2000
Mr Richard NEAVE	1987	Mr Mike NORTH	1995
Dr L Boyd NEEL	1952	The Rt Hon Viscount NORWICH	1974

Sir Richard O’BRIEN	1981	Dame Kathleen OLLERENSHAW	1981
Ms Tamsin O'BRIEN	2008	Sir Con O’NEILL	1976
Mr G C OGDEN	1972	Mr Charles Ian ORR-EWING	1953
Mr Brendan O’FRIEL	1994, 2002	Professor H ORTON	1954
Lady OGILVIE	1959	Capt Ken OWEN	1997

Sir Harry PAGE	1971	Lady PLATT	1965
Her Excellency Mrs V L PANDIT	1955	Baroness PLATT of Writtle	1984
Prof C Northcote PARKINSON	1961	Prof Sir Harry PLATT	1960
Mr Colin PARRY	2004	Prof Sir Harry PLATT, Bt	1969
Mr Nicholas PAYNE	2001, 2006	Prof Sir Robert PLATT	1960
Sir Charles PEAKE	1957	Prof Sir Robert PLATT, Bt	1964
Mr Niel G C PEARSON	1959,1962,1970	Mr David PLOWRIGHT	1988
Mr Arthur PEDLAR	1991	The RT Hon Lord POOLE	1966
Mr Nened PEJIC	1993	Mr E A PORTER	1947
Mr Arthur PERCIVAL	1955	Mr Joseph M POST	1950
Sir Charles PETRIE	1968	Miss Peta POTTINGER	1977
Mr Frank PHILLIPS	1965	Revd Dr W P POVEY	2003
Miss Hella PICK	1967	Dame Muriel POWELL	1970
Maj Bill PICKERING, MM	2007	Mr M Phillips PRICE	1954
Mr A S PIGOTT	1964	Mr Gerald PRIESTLAND	1969
Sir Harry PILKINGTON	1963	Sir Idwal PUGH	1978
Dr Roger PILKINGTON	1964,1966	Prof Brian PULLAN	2008
Mr L G PINE	1956	Dr V W PURCELL	1954
Miss Jean PLAISTER	2000	Dr Magnus PYKE	1953,1975

Mr Steve RACE	1972	The Rt Hon Alfred ROBENS	1956
Mr J Allan RADCLIFFE	1950	Mr David M ROBERTS	1972
Dr J M RAE	1975	Gen Sir Brian ROBERTSON	1959
Mr Jim RAMSBOTTOM	1996	The Rt Revd Patrick RODGER	1978
The Most Hon The Dowager Marchioness of READING	1957	Mr Roy ROGERS	2005
Mr D K REDFORD	1970	Sir Nigel RONALD	1955