GEORGE VI.

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An Account of the Arrangements and Procedure in Westminster Hall, Friday 7 May 1937, on the Occasion of the Luncheon of the Empire Parliamentary Association, Limited edition, one of 1,000 copies smartly bound by Rivière and "printed for presentation by a Member of Parliament to all those who attended the luncheon in Westminster Hall and to colleagues in both Houses of Parliament".The first Empire Parliamentary Conference was held in 1911 to mark the coronation of George V and grew over subsequent decades to involve delegates from an array of constituent parliaments. It officially became the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in 1948, pre-empting the London Declaration's establishment of the Commonwealth proper by one year.

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