NSA:British Isles

British Isles
National Spiritual Assembly of NSA:British Isles
National Spiritual Assembly of NSA:British Isles
NSA of the British Isles for 1962-1963.
Membership
History:
 -  Established 1923 
 -  Preceded United Kingdom (1972)
 -  Preceded Republic of Ireland (1972)
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The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of British Isles, also known as the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Great Britain and Ireland,[1] was the body responsible for administrating the Bahá’í Faith in Great Britain and Ireland from 1923 to 1972.

Formed

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On June 6, 1922, the All-England Bahá’í Council was formed.[2] It developed into the National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles formed in 1923.[3]

The Assembly was disbanded in 1972 when independent Assemblies for the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom were formed.

Past Members

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Name Served
George Simpson 1923 - 1929
Dr. John Esslemont 1923 - 1924
Ethel Rosenberg 1923 - 1927
Mary Thornburgh-Cropper 1923 - 1925
Eric Hammond 1923 - 1924
Florence George 1923 - 1936
Edward Hall 1923 - 1924
1925 - 1926
1927 - 1928
Jacob Joseph 1923 - 1924
1926 - 1927
1928 - 1929
Lady Blomfield 1923 - 1928
Ruhi Afnan 1924 - 1926
Diá’u’lláh Asgarzádih 1924 - 1929
1930 - 1939
John Craven 1924 - 1927
1928 - 1929
1930 - 1932
Grace Challis 1925 - 1941
Claudia Coles 1926 - 1931
Isobel Slade 1927 - 1929
1930 - 1938
1943 - 1946
Albert Joseph 1927 - 1928
1929 - 1931
1932 - 1933
A. H. Biggs 1927 - 1928
Annie Romer 1928 - 1935
Evelyn Baxter 1929 - 1930
1935 - 1936
1941 - 1944
Miss Hodgkinson 1929 - 1930
Mr King 1929 - 1930
1932 - 1935
Mr Robinson 1929 - 1930
Alfred Sugar 1930 - 1933
1936 - 1938
1939 - 1942
Hasan Balyuzi 1933 - 1959
Joseph Lee 1933 - 1940
Walter Wilkins 1934 - 1935
F. St. George Spendlove 1935 - 1936
Mary Basil Hall 1935 - 1936
1945 - 1949
David Hofman 1936 - 1941
1947 - 1951
1956 - 1963
Kathleen Hornell 1936 - 1945
Mark Tobey 1936
1937 - 1938
Elsie Gibbs 1938
Constance Langdon-Davies 1938 - 1947
1950 - 1954
Arthur Norton 1938 - 1946
Marguerite Wellby 1939 - 1941
1944 - 1946
Dorothy Ferraby 1941 - 1959
1963 - 1965
Mrs P. Wilkinson 1941 - 1942
1946 - 1947
John Ferraby 1942 - 1959
R. Coulsdon 1942
1943
Mr. F.P. Wilkinson 1942
Mrs G Cooper 1945
Ursula Samandari 1945 - 1951
Marion Hofman 1946 - 1949
1951
1954 - 1963
Richard Backwell 1947 - 1955
1963 - 1968
Philip Hainsworth 1947 - 1951
1967 - 1972
Alma Gregory 1948 - 1950
1952 - 1953
1955 - 1956
Zeine Zeine 1951
John Mitchell 1952 - 1954
Louis Ross-Enfield 1952 - 1960
Betty Reed 1953 - 1970
Ernest Gregory 1954 - 1963
Ian Semple 1955 - 1961
John Wade 1958 - 1965
Owen Battrick 1960 - c.1967
John Long 1960 - 1971
Adib Taherzadeh 1960? - 1971
Charles McDonald 1962 - 1971
Elizabeth Chapman 1963? - 1966
Joe Jameson 1964 - 1971
Abbas Afnán 1965 - 1972
Eric Hellicar 1967 - 1969
George Bowers 1967 - 1971
Patrick Green 1969 - 1971
Betty Goode 1970 - 1971

Publications

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  • 1939 - Memorandum and Articles of Association
  • 1947 - Some Aspects of Bahá'í Procedure
  • 1947 - Statement on the Acceptance of New Believers
  • 1948 - Teaching Manual
  • 1952-1957, 1964-1971 - Annual Report
  • 1954 - The Ten Year Crusade: A Programme of Action for the Second Year
  • 1957 - Teaching and Consolidation Handbook
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  1. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1937). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. New York City, NY. Volume 6 (1934-1936), Pg(s) 333. View as PDF.
  2. ↑ Redman, E., Shoghi Effendi: Through the Pilgrim's Eye, Vol. 1, p 56
  3. ↑ List of National Spiritual Assemblies

References

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  • Publications listed in Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Bahá'í Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., pp 109-110.

Notes

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