v. George Townshend
Mrs. Isobel Slade
Mrs. Louise Ginman
Miss Florence Pinchon
Mrs. Claudia Coles
Sister Grace Challis
David Hofman
Mrs. Lilian Stevens
Miss Evelyn Baxter
?asan M. Balyuzi
Frank Hurst
Mrs. Mary Basil-Hall
Albert and Jeff Joseph
Dr. R. St. Barbe Baker
Miss Jessica Young
Lady Kathleen Hornell
Mrs. Ursula Samandari
Mrs. Marion Hofman
Miss Una Townshend
Joseph Lee
Mrs. Dorothy Ferraby
Philip Hainsworth
Walter Wilkins
Mrs. Alma C. Gregory
Robert Cheek
Mrs. Joan Giddings
Hugh and Violet McKinley
Dr. Lutfullah Hakim
Fred Stahler
Mrs. Prudence George
John L. Marshall
Mrs. M. Olga K. Mills
Alfred and Lucy Sugar
Charles N. Dunning
Miss Claire Gung
Mrs. Lizzie F. Hainsworth
Miss Margaret Sullivan
Cyril and Margaret Jenkerson
Richard H. Backwell
Miss Ada Williams
Mrs. Constance Langdon-Davies
George K. Marshall
Mrs. Marguerite Preston
Bernard Leach, CH, OBE
Samuel Scott
John Ferraby
Mrs. Florence "Mother" George
Musa Banani
'Ali Na_kh_javani
?assan and Isobel Sabri
Arthur Norton
Eric Manton
Dr. Abbas and _Sh_omais Afnan
Edmund Cardell
Dr. John G. Mitchell
Miss Irene Bennett
Miss Dorothy Wigington
Ernest W. Gregory
Dr. Ernest S. Miller
Ian Semple
Miss Jean Campbell
John Craven

DR. JOHN E. ESSLEMONT, Hand of the Cause of God

Born in 1874 and accepted the Faith in early 1915, Dr. Esslemont was
elevated to the rank of Hand of the Cause of God after his passing on 22
November 1925 and linked by the Guardian with George Townshend and Thomas
Breakwell, on the passing of George Townshend, as "One of three luminaries
shedding brilliant lustre annals Irish, English, Scottish Baha'i
communities". He was "Vice-President" of the first National Assembly from
October 1923 until November 1924. For fuller details of his life and works
read "Dr. J. E. Esslemont" by Dr. Moojan Momen. (Baha'i Publishing Trust,
1975-B130.)

EDWARD THEODORE HALL

First heard of the Faith in 1910 in the Salford, Lancashire area and with
his wife Rebecca, her brother John Charles and his wife Hester Ann Craven,
made contact with Sarah Ann Ridgway, one of the earliest British Baha'is,
and later established the second Baha'i Group in the British Isles. In
1912 Mr. Hall and Mr. Craven went to Liverpool and met 'Abdu'l-Baha at the
boat. Five Tablets from the Master were received. In 1922 the first
Spiritual Assembly was formed in Manchester with E. T. Hall as Secretary.
He also "represented" Manc