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ref. 18-3253London: Vanity Fair 1871. Original colour lithograph. 13.5 x 8.5 inches accompanied by 1 sheet of letterpress description. Very Good. Trimmed at bottom of page with some loss of text. Published in Vanity Fair 1 April 1871.George William Lyttelton 4th Baron Lyttelton KCMG PC DL FRS 31 March 1817 – 19 April 1876 was a British aristocrat and Conservative politician from the Lyttelton family. He was chairman of the Canterbury Association which encouraged British settlers to move to New Zealand. Lyttelton was the eldest son of William Lyttelton 3rd Baron Lyttelton and Lady Sarah Spencer daughter of George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College Cambridge. He succeeded his father as fourth Baron Lyttelton in 1837 and took his seat in the House of Lords on his 21st birthday a year later. The Lyttelton seat is Hagley Hall in Worcestershire. London: Vanity Fair, 1871. unknown
ref. 18-3252London: Vanity Fair 1871. Original colour lithograph. 13.5 x 8.5 inches accompanied by 1 sheet of letterpress description. Very Good. Trimmed at bottom of page with some loss of text. Published in Vanity Fair 25 March 1871.Richard Dowse PC 1824 – 14 March 1890 was an Irish politician barrister and judge reputed to be the wittiest orator of his time. He was born in Dungannon County Tyrone eldest son of William Dowse and Maria Donaldson. He was educated at the Royal School Dungannon and the University of Dublin entered Lincoln's Inn in 1849 and was called to the Irish Bar in 1852. After practicing for some years on the North-West Circuit he became Queen's Counsel in 1863 and Third Serjeant in 1867. London: Vanity Fair, 1871. unknown
ref. 18-3255London: Vanity Fair 1871. Original colour lithograph. 13.5 x 8.5 inches accompanied by 1 sheet of letterpress description. Very Good. Published in Vanity Fair 15 April 1871.Robert Grosvenor 1st Baron Ebury PC 24 April 1801 – 18 November 1893 styled Lord Robert Grosvenor from 1831 to 1857 was a British courtier and Whig politician. He served as Comptroller of the Household between 1830 and 1834 and as Treasurer of the Household between 1846 and 1847. In 1857 he was ennobled as Baron Ebury. London: Vanity Fair, 1871. unknown
ref. 18-3243London: Vanity Fair 1870. Original colour lithograph. 13.5 x 8.5 inches accompanied by 1 sheet of description. Very Good. Published in Vanity Fair 16 July 1870.Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1st Duke of Westminster KG PC JP 13 October 1825 – 22 December 1899 styled Viscount Belgrave between 1831 and 1845 and Earl Grosvenor between 1845 and 1869 and known as The Marquess of Westminster between 1869 and 1874 was an English landowner politician and racehorse owner. He inherited the estate of Eaton Hall in Cheshire and land in Mayfair and Belgravia London and spent much of his fortune in developing these properties. Although he was a member of parliament from the age of 22 and then a member of the House of Lords his main interests were not in politics but rather in his estates in horse racing and in country pursuits. He developed the stud at Eaton Hall and achieved success in racing his horses winning the Derby on four occasions. Grosvenor also took an interest in a range of charities. At his death he was considered to be the richest man in Britain. London: Vanity Fair, 1870. unknown
ref. 18-3247London: Vanity Fair 1871. Original colour lithograph. 13.5 x 8.5 inches accompanied by 1 sheet of letterpress description. Very Good. Published in Vanity Fair 11 Feb 1871.William Monsell 1st Baron Emly PC 21 September 1812 – 20 April 189412 was an Anglo-Irish landowner and Liberal politician. He held a number of ministerial positions between 1852 and 1873 notably as President of the Board of Health in 1857 and as Postmaster General between 1871 and 1873. London: Vanity Fair, 1871. unknown
ref. 18-3288London: Vanity Fair 1871. Original colour lithograph. 13.5 x 8.5 inches accompanied by 1 sheet of letterpress description. Very Good. Trimmed at bottom of page with some loss of text. Published in Vanity Fair 6 May 1871.Thomas Erskine May 1st Baron Farnborough KCB PC 8 February 1815 – 17 May 1886 was a British constitutional theorist. This derived from his career at the House of Commons. London: Vanity Fair, 1871. unknown
ref. 18-3289London: Vanity Fair 1871. Original colour lithograph. 13.5 x 8.5 inches accompanied by 1 sheet of letterpress description. Very Good. Trimmed at bottom of page with some loss of text. Published in Vanity Fair 3 June 1871.Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw KCB 17 January 1830 – 25 August 1908 was the first Chief Officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade now renamed the London Fire Brigade and the Superintendent of its predecessor the London Fire Engine Establishment from 1861 to 1891. He introduced modern firefighting methods to the Brigade and increased the number of stations. London: Vanity Fair, 1871. unknown
ref. 18-3261London: Vanity Fair 1871. Original colour lithograph. 13.5 x 8.5 inches accompanied by 1 sheet of letterpress description. Very Good. Published in Vanity Fair 15 July 1871.Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Earl of Lathom GCB PC 12 December 1837 – 19 November 1898 known as The Lord Skelmersdale between 1853 and 1880 was a British Conservative politician. He was a member of every Conservative administration between 1866 and 1898 and notably served three times as Lord Chamberlain of the Household under Lord Salisbury. Having succeeded his grandfather as Baron Skelmersdale in 1853 he was created Earl of Lathom in 1880. London: Vanity Fair, 1871. unknown
ref. 18-3259London: Vanity Fair 1871. Original colour lithograph. 13.5 x 8.5 inches accompanied by 1 sheet of letterpress description. Very Good. Trimmed at bottom of page with some loss of text. Published in Vanity Fair 24 June 1871.William Thomson FRS FRGS 11 February 1819 – 25 December 1890 was an English church leader Archbishop of York from 1862 until his death. He was born the eldest son of John Thomson of Kelswick House near Whitehaven Cumberland and educated at Shrewsbury School and at The Queen's College Oxford of which he became a scholar. He took his B.A. degree in 1840 and was soon afterwards made fellow of his college. He was ordained in 1842 and worked as a curate at Cuddesdon. In 1847 he was made tutor of his college and in 1853 he delivered the Bampton lectures his subject being The Atoning Work of Christ viewed in Relation to some Ancient Theories. These thoughtful and learned lectures established his reputation and did much to clear the ground for subsequent discussions on the subject. London: Vanity Fair, 1871. unknown
ref. 18-1326London: Vanity Fair 1886. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Toning and foxing in margins not affecting image. Dated 18 Dec 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Francis Charles Hughes-Hallett 1838 – 22 June 1903 was a Royal Artillery officer and Conservative politician who represented Rochester in the British House of Commons. He was damaged politically by a personal scandal. Hughes-Hallet was the son of Charles Madras Hughes-Hallett and his wife Emma Mary Roberts. He became a colonel in the Royal Artillery. In 1885 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Rochester and reelected in 1886. However a personal scandal led to his being hounded by the press and shunned by his parliamentary colleagues and he stood down from Parliament in 1889. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
ref. 18-1312London: Vanity Fair 1888. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor toning and foxing in margins not affecting image. Dated 8 Sep 1888. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.James Payn /peɪn/; 28 February 1830 – 25 March 1898 was an English novelist. Among the periodicals he edited were Chambers's Journal in Edinburgh and the Cornhill Magazine in London. London: Vanity Fair, 1888. unknown
ref. 18-1297London: Vanity Fair 1875. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning and foxing and a vertical fold down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 3 Apr 1875. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Dwight Lyman Moody February 5 1837 – December 22 1899 also known as D. L. Moody was an American evangelist and publisher connected with the Holiness Movement who founded the Moody Church Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts now Northfield Mount Hermon School Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers. London: Vanity Fair, 1875. unknown
ref. 18-1329London: Vanity Fair 1886. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Minor edge wear and quarter inch tear in left margin not affecting image. Dated 23 Jan 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Frederic Harrison 18 October 1831 – 14 January 1923 was a British jurist and historian. Born at 17 Euston Square London he was the son of Frederick Harrison 1799-1881 a stockbroker and his wife Jane daughter of Alexander Brice a Belfast granite merchant. He was baptised at St. Pancras Church Euston and spent his early childhood at the northern London suburb of Muswell Hill to which the family moved soon after his birth. His father later acquired a lease on the grand Tudor manor house Sutton Place near Guildford Surrey in 1874 which descended to his elder son Sidney and about which Frederic jnr. wrote the definitive history Annals of an Old Manor House: Sutton Place Guildford first published in 1893. His paternal grandfather was a Leicestershire builder. In 1840 the family moved again to 22 Oxford Square Hyde Park London a house designed by Harrison's father. Along with his siblings Sidney and Lawrence Harrison received his initial education at home before attending a day school in St John's Wood. In 1843 he entered King's College School graduating as second in the school in 1849. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
ref. 18-1314London: Vanity Fair 1888. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning and foxing in margins not affecting image. Quarter-inch tear in right edge. Dated 22 Sep 1888. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Hugh Reginald Haweis 3 April 1838 – 29 January 1901 was an English cleric and writer. He was the husband of author Mary Eliza Haweis and the father of painter Stephen Haweis. London: Vanity Fair, 1888. unknown
ref. 18-1331London: Vanity Fair 1888. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Some toning and foxing in margins and wear on edges not affecting image. Dated 14 Jul 1888. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.George Robert Charles Herbert 13th Earl of Pembroke 10th Earl of Montgomery 6 July 1850–3 May 1895 known as The Lord Herbert of Lea from 1861 to 1862 was a British Conservative politician. He was Under-Secretary of State for War under Benjamin Disraeli between 1874 and 1875. Pembroke was the eldest son of Sidney Herbert 1st Baron Herbert of Lea only son of George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl of Pembroke by his second wife Catherine née Countess Woronzow. His mother was Elizabeth Herbert Baroness Herbert of Lea daughter of Lieutenant-General Charles Ashe A'Court. He succeeded his father in the barony of Herbert of Lea in 1861 and the following year he inherited the earldom of Pembroke on the death of his uncle. London: Vanity Fair, 1888. unknown
ref. 18-1348London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Staining and wrinkles on top and bottom corners. Dated 28 Nov 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder 3rd Earl of Harrowby PC JP DL 16 January 1831 – 26 March 1900 known as Viscount Sandon from 1847 to 1882 was a British peer and politician. Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder 3rd Earl of Harrowby PC JP DL 16 January 1831 – 26 March 1900 known as Viscount Sandon from 1847 to 1882 was a British peer and politician. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
ref. 18-1323London: Vanity Fair 1886. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor wear on top edge not affecting image. Dated 29 May 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
ref. 18-1294London: Vanity Fair 1875. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning and foxing and a vertical fold down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 10 Apr 1875. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Ira David Sankey 1840–1908 known as The Sweet Singer of Methodism was an American gospel singer and composer associated with evangelist Dwight L. Moody. London: Vanity Fair, 1875. unknown
ref. 18-1321London: Vanity Fair 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Toning in margins and wear on left edge with chip in corner not affecting image. Dated 19 Mar 1887. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Francis Duncan C.B. 1836 – 16 November 1888 was a Royal Artillery officer lawyer historian and Conservative politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1888. London: Vanity Fair, 1887. unknown
ref. 18-1303London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning foxing and creases and a vertical fold down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 28 Nov 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.John William Colenso 24 January 1814 – 20 June 1883 was a British mathematician theologian Biblical scholar and social activist who was the first Church of England Bishop of Natal. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
ref. 18-1330London: Vanity Fair 1886. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning in margins and loss at bottom edge not affecting image. Dated 27 Mar 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir Edward Thornton KCB 13 July 1817 – 26 January 1906 was a prominent British diplomat who held posts in Latin America Turkey Russia and served for fourteen years as Minister to the United States. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
ref. 18-1339London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor toning and wrinkling in margins not affecting image. Dated 31 Oct 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Charles Thomson Ritchie 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee PC 19 November 1838 – 9 January 1906 was a British businessman and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 until 1905 when he was raised to the peerage. He served as Home Secretary from 1900 to 1902 and as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1902 to 1903. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
ref. 18-1322London: Vanity Fair 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor toning in margins and wear on edges not affecting image. Dated 14 May 1887. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir James Porter Corry 1st Baronet 8 September 1826 – 28 November 1891 was an Irish politician. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament MP from 1874 to 1885 and an Irish Unionist Alliance MP from 1886 until his death. Sir James was the son of Robert Corry of Turnagardy Newtownards Co. Down a quarry owner and Belfast timber merchant. Educated at the Royal Belfast Academic Institution he entered the family timber firm which was at that time occupied with building the growing industrial port of Belfast. He was first elected to Parliament for the Irish constituency of Belfast in the 1874 general election. The constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election. On 15 September 1885 he was created a baronet of Dunraven Antrim. On 1 February 1886 he became the MP for Mid Armagh in a by-election following the death of John McKane. In July 1886 he joined the Irish Unionist Alliance and stood for subsequent elections for this party. He died in office in 1891 at his home Dunraven on Belfast's Malone Road and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son William. London: Vanity Fair, 1887. unknown
ref. 18-1304London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning foxing and creases and a vertical fold down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 5 Sep 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir Henry Drummond Charles Wolff GCB GCMG PC 1830 – 11 October 1908 known as Henry Drummond Wolff or H. Drummond Wolff was an English diplomat and Conservative Party politician who started as a clerk in the Foreign Office. Wolff was the son of Georgiana Mary née Walpole and Joseph Wolff. His father was a missionary who had been born Jewish and his mother a descendant of Prime Minister Robert Walpole. Wolff was educated at Rugby School. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
ref. 18-1317London: Vanity Fair 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Toning and some creasing in margins not affecting image. Dated 2 Apr 1887. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Lieutenant General Sir Edward Bruce Hamley KCB KCMG 27 April 1824 – 12 August 1893 was a British general and military writer and a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892. London: Vanity Fair, 1887. unknown
