BRITISH CONSERVATISM AND THE PRIMROSE LEAGUE ... - ideals

Beneath the level of Grand Master stood the Chancellor,4
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appointed annually to serve both ceremonial and chief executive
functions as de facto President of the Council.
The Ruling Council,
renamed Grand Council in 1885, was overseen on a day-to-day basis by
its annually elected Chairman, later termed the Chancellor, and the
Vice Chairman.
Ex officio members of the Council included four
trustees and one treasurer charged with handling fiscal matters. A
diagram illustrating the organization of the Primrose League at the
level of the Central Office as it appeared in its mature form, circa
1895, is provided below.
PRIMROSE LEAGUE ORGANIZATION CHART
Circa. 1895
Dignitorial
Grand Master [life]
Positions
Vice
Grand Master [life]
Executive
Chancellor
Grand Council
Treas.
Trustees [life] [ex officio]]
[ex officio]
Vice Chancellor
Ireland Colonies LGC SGC
Provincial
Secretaries
Provincial / Regional Organization
4 The t Ule was referred to by several different names
initially includ ing Ruling Councillor, Grand Councillor, and Grand
Chancellor befor e the term Chancellor became commonplace in 1889. The
position was hel d by a number of prominent individuals. Listed in
consecutive orde r for the years 1883-1888 they were Lord Randolph
Churchill, Lord Abergavenny, Sir William Hardman, Viscount Folkestone,
and Lord Harris (1887-88).
To confuse matters further, the position of
Vice Chancellor frequently went by the name Chancellor prior to 1889,
although the fun ctions of the two offices remained distinct.