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réf. 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
réf. 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
réf. 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
réf. 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
réf. 18-1335London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning and spots in margin loss on right edge and wear to bottom corner. Image fine. Dated 30 May 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
réf. 18-1302London: 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 14 Nov 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Christopher Sykes 1831 – 15 December 1898 was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1892. He was a friend of Edward VII as Prince of Wales. Sykes was the second son of Sir Tatton Sykes 4th Baronet and his wife Mary Ann Foulis daughter of Sir William Foulis 7th Baronet. His father was a popular horse breeder who bred bloodstock; however he was an authoritarian father who bullied his children. Sykes was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College Cambridge. He began mixing with London's great and good and became a connoisseur of books china and furniture. He was a Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for the East Riding of Yorkshire. At the 1865 general election Sykes was elected Conservative Member of Parliament MP for Beverley. At the 1868 general election he was elected MP for the East Riding of Yorkshire. He held this seat until 1885 when it was divided under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and was then elected for Buckrose one of the constituencies into which his previous constituency had been divided. He held the seat until 1892. Between 1868 and 1892 he made only six speeches and did not speak on any particular issue except in favour of a bill for the preservation of seabirds earning him the nickname Gull's Friend. He was considered to be the basis for the character "Mr Brauncepath" in Lothair the novel by Benjamin Disraeli. He was honoured with the Order of St. Lazarus of Belgium in 1879. Sykes became a close friend of Edward VII as Prince of Wales. The Prince was entertained in great splendour at Brantingham Thorpe Sykes' country house in Yorkshire during the Doncaster Races and at his London home in Berkeley Square. The Prince exploited his friend and subjected him to humiliations for example on one occasion poured a decanter of brandy over his head. However Sykes's lavish entertainment of the Marlborough House Set soon put a strain on his finances. Nearly bankrupted in 1890 Sykes was forced to sell both Brantingham Thorpe and his London home. At a general election two years later he lost his parliamentary seat. Despite this the Prince of Wales never forgot his devoted friend and after Sykes' death in 1898 he installed a tablet to his memory at Westminster Abbey. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
réf. 18-1342London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Toning and some rubbing across image. Dated 15 Aug 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir Edward Birkbeck 1st Baronet KCVO DL 11 October 1838 – 2 September 1908 was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
réf. 18-1295London: Vanity Fair 1875. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning foxing and stains and a vertical fold down the center. Two half-inch tears at bottom edge. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 29 May 1875. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos GCSI PC DL 10 September 1823 – 26 March 1889 styled Earl Temple until 1839 and Marquess of Chandos from 1839 to 1861 was a British soldier politician and administrator of the 19th century. He was a close friend and subordinate of Benjamin Disraeli and served as the Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1867 to 1868 and Governor of Madras from 1875 to 1880. Buckingham was the only son of Richard Temple-Grenville 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos and was educated at Eton and Christ Church Oxford. He joined the British Army eventually rising to become a colonel. Buckingham entered politics as Lord Chandos in 1846 when he was elected unopposed from Buckinghamshire as a candidate of the Conservative Party. Buckingham served as Member of Parliament from 1846 to 1857 when he resigned. He contested a re-election in 1859 but lost. Buckingham served in various political offices during his tenure. In March 1867 he was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies and served until December 1868. He also served as Governor of Madras from 1875 to 1880. As Governor he handled the relief measures for the victims of the Great Famine of 1876-78. Buckingham also served as Lord of the Treasury Keeper of the Privy Seal of the Prince of Wales Deputy Warden of the Stannaries Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire Chairman of the London and North-Western Railway member of the Imperial Privy Council Lord President of the Council and chairman of the committees in the House of Lords. He died on 26 March 1889 at the age of 65. London: Vanity Fair, 1875. unknown
réf. 18-1333London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning foxing and a vertical fold down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 8 Aug 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.George Limbrey Sclater-Booth 1st Baron Basing PC FRS DL 19 May 1826 – 22 October 1894 known as George Sclater-Booth before 1887 was a British Conservative politician. He served as President of the Local Government Board under Benjamin Disraeli between 1874 and 1880. Born George Sclater Basing was the son of William Lutley Sclater of Hoddington House Hampshire and Anna Maria daughter of William Bowyer. His brother was the naturalist Philip Sclater. He was educated at Winchester and Balliol College Oxford and was called to the Bar Inner Temple in 1851. In 1857 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Booth to fulfil the will of Anna Maria Booth. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
réf. 18-1346London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Foxing and wrinkling in margins and one-inch tear in top edge not affecting image. Dated 31 Jan 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 17 August 1840 – 10 September 1922 sometimes spelled "Wilfred" was an English poet and writer. He and his wife Lady Anne Blunt travelled in the Middle East and were instrumental in preserving the Arabian horse bloodlines through their farm the Crabbet Arabian Stud. He was best known for his poetry which was published in a collected edition in 1914 but also wrote a number of political essays and polemics. Blunt is also known for his views against imperialism viewed as relatively enlightened for his time. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
réf. 18-1301London: Vanity Fair 1875. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning foxing and stains and a vertical fold down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 24 Apr 1875. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir George Samuel Jenkinson 11th Baronet 27 September 1817 – 19 January 1892 was a British Conservative politician. Jenkinson was the son of the Right Reverend John Jenkinson Bishop of St David's and Frances Augusta daughter of Augustus Pechell. Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool was his first cousin once removed. In 1855 he succeeded his uncle as eleventh Baronet. He died in Eastwood House Falfield on 19 January 1892 and was buried in a vault in St George's Church Falfield. London: Vanity Fair, 1875. unknown
réf. 18-1338London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor toning and foxing mostly in margins. Dated 5 Dec 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
réf. 18-1328London: Vanity Fair 1886. 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 13 Nov 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir Reginald Hanson 1st Baronet JP DL FSA 31 May 1840 – 18 April 1905 was Lord Mayor of London and a British Conservative Party politician. The son of Samuel and Mary Hanson née Choppin Reginald was educated at Tonbridge School Rugby School and Trinity College Cambridge MA LLD. The then headmaster of Rugby School Dr Frederick Temple later Archbishop of Canterbury said of Hanson on his departure "I have a most sincere and warm regard for him. The manly desire he shows to get rid of his faults and to do his duty will always deserve the respect of all who know him. There are a few from who I part with so much regret at my own loss". Indeed this sense of duty was upheld and he held numerous positions of public office. Following graduation the young Reginald joined the Commercial Union Assurance Company now part of Aviva plc which was previously co-founded by his father Samuel. Within a year he was appointed to the Board of directors where he remained until 1882. By this time he had already joined the family wholesale grocery business Samuel Hanson & Son Limited. He held a number of civic posts notably as an Alderman of Billingsgate London from 1880 and Sheriff of London and Middlesex 1881-82. From 1882-85 Hanson was a member of the London School Board. In 1886 he was elected Lord Mayor of London during which time Queen Victoria celebrated her Jubilee year. In 1887 Sir Reginald entertained Her Majesty at the Mansion House where he was created a Baronet by her having previously been knighted. Guests that day included the explorer Henry Morton Stanley and Judge Thomas Hughes author of Tom Brown's Schooldays. Conservative Member of Parliament for the City of London from 1891 to 1900 Hanson was also an Honorary Colonel of the 6th Battalion Royal Fusiliers City of London Regiment. He died in 1905 and is buried in Highgate Cemetery leaving behind two sons Gerald Sir Gerald Stanhope Hanson 2nd Baronet Francis Sir Francis Stanhope Hanson - Knight Bachelor and two daughters Violet and Maud. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
réf. 18-1316London: Vanity Fair 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Toning in margins and some wear along edges not affecting image. Dated 26 Mar 1887. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir John Charles Ready Colomb KCMG 1 May 1838 – 27 May 1909 was a British naval strategist. Colomb was born in Onchan Isle of Man the son of General George Thomas Colomb 1787–1874 and was the younger brother of British Vice-Admiral Philip Howard Colomb. He was educated privately and entered the Royal Naval College from which he passed in 1854 into the Royal Marine Artillery. After being variously employed with the Navy Army Militia and Volunteers he retired in 1869 with the rank of Captain. He thenceforth devoted himself to the study of naval and military problems on which he had already published some essays. His books on Colonial Defence and Colonial Opinions 1873 The Defence of Great and Greater Britain 1879 Naval Intelligence and the Protection of Commerce 1881 The Use and the Application of Marine Forces 1883 Imperial Federation: Naval and Military 1887 followed later by other similar works made him well known among the rising school of Imperialists and he was returned to parliament 1886–1892 as Conservative member for Bow and Bromley and afterwards 1895–1906 for Great Yarmouth. London: Vanity Fair, 1887. unknown
réf. 18-1334London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Some toning and spots in margin not affecting image. Dated 19 Dec 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir Henry Irving 6 February 1838 – 13 October 1905 born John Henry Brodribb sometimes known as J. H. Irving was an English stage actor in the Victorian era known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility supervision of sets lighting direction casting as well as playing the leading roles for season after season at the Lyceum Theatre establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. In 1895 he became the first actor to be awarded a knighthood indicating full acceptance into the higher circles of British society. Irving is widely acknowledged to be one of the inspirations for Count Dracula the title character of the 1897 novel Dracula whose author Bram Stoker was business manager of the theatre. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
réf. 18-1324London: Vanity Fair 1886. 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 11 Dec 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sidney Herbert 14th Earl of Pembroke 11th Earl of Montgomery GCVO PC 20 February 1853 – 30 March 1913 styled The Honourable Sidney Herbert between 1861 and 1895 was a British politician and peer. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
réf. 18-1327London: Vanity Fair 1886. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Toning in margins and 4 half-inch tears not affecting image. Dated 12 Jun 1886. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce. London: Vanity Fair, 1886. unknown
réf. 18-1332London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning foxing and a vertical fold down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 10 Oct 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Edward Strathearn Gordon Baron Gordon of Drumearn PC 10 April 1814 – 21 August 1879 was a Scottish judge and politician. Educated at Inverness Royal Academy Royal High School Edinburgh the University of Glasgow and Edinburgh University he was called to the Scottish bar in 1835. He was appointed Sheriff of Perth for 1858 to 1866 Solicitor General for Scotland from 1866 to 1867 and Lord Advocate from 1867 to 1868 and again from 1874 to 1876. He was Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 1868 to 1874. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1868 and was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1874. He was a made a Law Life Peer in 1876 as Baron Gordon of Drumearn in the County of Stirling and sat as a Lord of Appeal from 1876 to 1879. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Thetford from 1867 to 1868 and for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities from 1869 to 1876. He lived at 2 Randolph Crescent on the edge of the Moray Estate in western Edinburgh. He died in Brussels while travelling to Homburg for his health and is buried with his family against the original north boundary wall of Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
réf. 18-1319London: Vanity Fair 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Toning in margins and wear on top edge not affecting image. Dated 23 Apr 1887. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir Julian Goldsmid 3rd Baronet 8 October 1838 – 7 January 1896 was a British lawyer businessman and Liberal later Liberal Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1866 and 1896. Goldsmid was the son of Frederick Goldsmid and his wife Caroline Samuel. His father was a banker and Member of Parliament for Honiton. Goldsmid was educated privately until he entered University College London. In 1864 he became a fellow of University College and was also called to the bar. After a brief period on the Oxford circuit he gave up practicing law when he was elected to parliament. London: Vanity Fair, 1887. unknown
réf. 18-1320London: Vanity Fair 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor toning in margins not affecting image. Dated 16 Apr 1887. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Brownlow Henry George Cecil 4th Marquess of Exeter PC DL 20 December 1849 – 9 April 1898 styled Lord Burghley between 1867 and 1895 was a British peer and Conservative politician. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1891 and 1892. Exeter was the eldest son of William Cecil 3rd Marquess of Exeter and Lady Georgiana Sophia daughter of Thomas Pakenham 2nd Earl of Longford. Lord William Cecil and Lord John Joicey-Cecil were his younger brothers. London: Vanity Fair, 1887. unknown
réf. 18-1309London: Vanity Fair 1874. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Some toning and foxing and a vertical crease down the center. Letterpress clipping with biography of subject pasted on verso. Dated 26 Sept 1874. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir James Hudson GCB 1810 – 20 September 1885 was a British diplomat. He is noted for his time as British ambassador to Turin between 1852 and 1863 as an italophile and strong supporter of Italian unification and a collector of Italian art. London: Vanity Fair, 1874. unknown
réf. 18-1337London: 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 17 Oct 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.John Passmore Edwards 24 March 1823 – 22 April 191112 was a British journalist newspaper owner and philanthropist. The son of a carpenter he was born in Blackwater a small village between Redruth and Truro in Cornwall England. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
réf. 18-1299London: 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. Dated 27 March 1875. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.Sir John Pope Hennessy KCMG 5 April 1834 – 7 October 1891 was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator who served as the eighth Governor of Hong Kong and the fifteenth Governor of Mauritius. London: Vanity Fair, 1875. unknown
réf. 18-1340London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Very Good. Minor foxing and wrinkling in margins not affecting image. Dated 2 May 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
réf. 18-1344London: Vanity Fair 1885. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm 15.75 x 10.6 inches. Good. Foxing and wrinkling along margins and half inch tear in top edge not affecting image. Dated 11 Jul 1885. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Scarce.William Hale John Charles Pery 3rd Earl of Limerick KP PC DL JP 17 January 1840 – 8 August 1896 styled Viscount Glentworth until 1866 was an Irish peer and Conservative politician. He served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard under Lord Salisbury between 1889 and 1892 and again between 1895 and his death in 1896. In 1892 he was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick. London: Vanity Fair, 1885. unknown
