Peer Collection (page 4)

Lady Ancaster with Josslyn Hay
The Hon. Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll (1901 - 1941), British peer famed for the unsolved case surrounding his murder in Kenya (he was immortalised in the film, White Mischief )

Two Horses and an injured Collie dog
Two Horses peer over the edge of their stall to look down on an injured Collie dog. Date: circa 1910s

Gavin Earl Breadalbane
GAVIN CAMPBELL, 7th earl of BREADALBANE Scottish peer. Date: 1851 - ?

German Student Duel 1933
German students defy the ban on duelling. Date: 1933

Pups Round a Bran Tub
Six terrier pups peer into a bran tub, wondering whats in it for them ? Date: 1890s

Lord Charles Mohun, politician, duellist and rake
Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician, duellist and rake. Date: 1675 - 1712

Peer Gynt / Green Woman
Peer Gynt encounters the Woman in Green, the Dovre-Kings daughter

John Marquis Breadalbane
JOHN, 1st marquis BREADALBANE Scottish peer, mastered by his wife : The Grey Mare is the Better Horse. Date: 1762 - ?

Sir Edward Twining
SIR EDWARD FRANCIS TWINING British peer and civil servant. Educated at Lancing and Sandhurst, after being commissioned in 1918, he entered Colonial Administrative Service in 1929

A new peer: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Rossyln Wemyss
Sir Rossyln Wemyss, who recently relinquished the post of First Lord of the Sea, is to be made a Baron

1958 Creation Life Peers
A page from the ILN devoted to portraits of the first life peers created in 1958 including Baroness Ravondale, Sir Ian Fraser, Sir Robert Boothby and Sir Edward Twining

Peeress Tricorne Hat
A tricorne hat, made from black velour to be worn by the life peeresses in the House of Lords. Designed by Ede and Ravenscroft the robe-makers

New Life Peers 1958
Page from The Sphere depicting the first life peers arriving at the House of Lords for the traditional ceremony of introducing barons to the House of Lords

Life Peeress Takes Oath
The first of the life peeresses, Baroness Swanborough, takes the oath on October 21 1958 in the House of Lords

Old Salt shows a young lad his telescope
An elderly sailor seated on the end of a weathered groyne lets an inquisitive young lad peer through his telescope, as the terns swoop overhead

Benjamin Disraeli takes the House of Lords Oath, 1877
Engraving of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, taking the Oath in the House of Lords, before his first session as a peer

Monsters of the Deep by Edwin Roberts
A group of Edwardian children peer inquisitively at the catch of a fisherman who has arrived back at a harbour with a haul of lobster, other crustaceans, eels and rather monstrous-looking fish

Lord Charles Beresford
CHARLES WILLIAM BERESFORD British naval officer and commander. Friend of the Prince of Wales

Wizard of Oz / Farmhouse
Dorothy askes a woman at the door of one of the farmhouses just outside the Emerald City, if she and her friends might pass the night. Her companions peer nervously over the fence

Girl and Coronet
CONTEMPLATIONS UPON A CORONET - an actress at her dressing-table aspires to better her condition by marrying a peer. (Many did.)

Gypsy Family & Caravan
A Gypsy Father and son stand next to their green caravan as a large pot cooks above a basic fire. Two children peer out from within the caravan at this Surrey encampment

Card; Kittens
Two kittens, who have been sealed inside an envelope with some greenery, peer out in astonishment at a fly... a typical German Christmas scene

Frozen Food Shop / 1970S
People with trolleys lift the lids and peer into the chest freezers trying to decide which foods to choose. There is a good selection including Kosher meat and poultry

Algernon Earl of Essex
ALGERNON CAPEL, earl of ESSEX peer who doesn t seem to have done very much for good or ill

Second Earl Stradbroke
JOHN EDWARD CORNWALLIS ROUS, second earl of STRADBROKE sporting peer

Pyne - Peer of the Realm
A PEER OF THE REALM Besides his personal attrib- -utes he has many privileges, including freedom from arrest for many crimes for which you or I would be punished

Two children see new baby brother
Two children peer into the cradle to see their new baby brother

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