Promotie Lady Astor door Sir Samuel Hoare. .Op achterkant: 'Sir Samuel Hoare, New Chancellor, confers degree on Lady Astor at reading university. Sir Samuel Hoare, the Home Secretary, was installed as Chancellor of Reading University in the Great Hall at the University, and afterwards conferred honorary degrees, including that of Doctor of Letters on Lady Astor. Sir Samuel succeeds the late Sir Austen Chamberlain as chancellor. Photo shows: Sir Samuel Hoare, the new chancellor, conferring the degree of doctor of Letters on Lady Astor t Reading University. DRE November 29th 1937 PN.r.'