THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 130 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 39 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to June 15th, 1936 64,658 H.M. King Edward VII, Patron of the Institution.

His MAJESTY KING EDWARD VIII has been graciously pleased to become Patron of the Institution. He is the sixth sovereign to be its Patron. Like King Edward VII and King George V, he has assumed that position on coming to the throne after having been for seventeen years, from 1919 to 1936, the Institution's President as Prince of Wales.1 An article OD His Majesty's many and great services to the Institution, during his Presidency, will be published in the next issue.