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Defence of Chateau de Hougoumont - Battle of Waterloo
Defence of the Chateau de Hougoumont by the flank company, Coldstream GuardsWatercolour by Denis Dighton, 1815Associated with Napoleonic Wars

HENRY MORGAN 1635-1688
Sir Henry Morgan, a Welsh buccaneer in the English service, carrying out many raids on the Spanish, favoured by Charles II and appointed Governor of Jamaica

Matthew Hopkins
Self-appointed Witchfinder- General in East Anglia, responsible for many false accusations of witchcraft

Mr. Justice Field
William Ventris Field(1813-1907), shown here in 1875 when newly appointed as one of the judges of the Court of Queens Bench

Anselm Made Archbishop
Anselm is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

Matthew Hopkins
Self-appointed Witchfinder- General in East Anglia, responsible for many false accusations of witchcraft

Attack on the British Squares by French Cavalry, Waterloo
Attack on the British Squares by French Cavalry, Battle of Waterloo, 1815.Watercolour by Denis Dighton, 1815. Associated with the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleonic Wars

Mr Aneurin Bevan
Mr Bevan was a Welsh Labour politician and was appointed as Minister of Health after Labour won the election in 1945. He was the founder of the National Health Service which came into effect on 5th

Alfred Rosenberg
ALFRED ROSENBERG Leading proponent of National Socialist ideology. In 1941 he was appointed Minister for the Eastern Occupied Territories

Nicholas II with his staff
Tsar Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, shown with his staff on the Eastern front. Nicholas dismissed Grand Duke Nicholas in 1915

Joihn Laws Scheme
Satire on John Laws Louisiana fiasco. Scots economist appointed controller-general of finances in France, he launched the disastrous Mississippi bubble

Parchment commission, 2nd Lieutenant Henry Vaughan
Parchment commission document for 2nd Lieutenant Henry Vaughan, Madras Corps of Engineers, East India Company Date: 1852

1063 Fifth Avenue Dining Room, New York
A photograph of a formal dining room at 1063 Fifth Avenue, New York, belonging to steel magnate Henry Phipps. The Phipp's patriarch appointed British designer George Abraham Crawley to decorate

Satirical cartoon, broken tower with scaffolding, Paris
Satirical cartoon, broken tower with scaffolding - the embellishments of Paris - a comment on the urban renewal carried out by Baron Haussmann, appointed by Napoleon III. Date: circa 1860s

Dr Auguste Nelaton, French surgeon
Dr Auguste Nelaton (1807-1873), French surgeon, famous for a successful operation on Garibaldi in 1862. In 1866 he was appointed surgeon to Napoleon III. Date: circa 1860s

Princess Viktoria Luise Prussia Iln Import 21
princess, viktoria, luise, prussia, iln, import, 21, dec, 07, 1909, 1910, 1892, 1980, only, daughter, kaiser, wilhelm, ii, pictured, chief, 2nd, guards, hussars, regiment, appointed, death, head

Rosslyn House, Hampstead
View of Rosslyn House, formerly the property of Alexander Wedderburn, first Earl of Rosslyn, better known, perhaps, by his former title of Lord Loughborough

George Nathaniel Curzon, newly appointed Viceroy of India
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, (1859-1925), who was styled as Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911

Ambrosius Ehinger en route for New Granada
Ambrosius Ehinger, a German conquistador, heads on horseback with a contingent of men through the jungle towards New Granada, where he has been appointed governor by the Welser family. Date: 1529

Jimmy Brown appointed Lord High Commissioner of Scotland
Jimmy Brown, Labour MP and ex-miner, appointed Lord High Commissioner of Scotland at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, May 1930. 1930

Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia (Servia) in full uniform
Prince Alexander was appointed Regent in June 1914 and became titular head of the Army. In 1921 he became King and changed the Country's name to Yugoslavia. WW1 Date: 1914

Benjamin Avery
BENJAMIN AVERY Presbyterian minister who switched from saving mens souls to healing their bodies appointed treasurer of Guys Hospital, London. Date: ? - 1764

Cortes appointed General as the Villa Rica of the Vera Cruz
The Truthful History of the Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz del Castillo. The Council of the Villa Rica of the Vera Cruz proposed to appoint of Hernan Cortes as General. Engraving, 1807. Colored

Caricature of F C Burnand, newly appointed Punch editor
Caricature of Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917), newly appointed Punch editor. He was also a comic writer and playwright. Seen here as Mr Punch himself, enjoying a nice bowl of punch. 1880

William Dunbar, Bishop
WILLIAM DUNBAR Scottish churchman : expelled from Cruden for his Episco- -palian views but appointed bishop of Moray & Ross, then in 1733 bishop of Aberdeen. Date: ? - 1746

Charles Dilke in 1883
SIR CHARLES WENTWORTH DILKE Statesman, appointed President of the Local Government Board. Date: 1843 - 1911

Frederick Earl of Derby
FEREDERICK ARTHUR STANLEY, 16th earl of DERBY Statesman; depicted when he was appointed Secretary for War. Date: 1841 - 1908

William Cowper-Temple 1
WILLIAM FRANCIS COWPER, later COWPER-TEMPLE, later Baron MOUNT-TEMPLE : statesman, depicted at the time he was appointed Chief Commissioner for Works. Date: 1811 - 1888

William H M Christie
Sir WILLIAM HENRY MAHONEY CHRISTIE English astronomer : appointed Astronomer Royal in 1881. Date: 1845 - 1922

James Hay Beattie
JAMES HAY BEATTIE Son of James Beattie, who showed such promise that he was appointed to take his fathers place as philosopher, but died of a fever at age 22. Date: 1768 - 1790

Jean de Montluc, Seigneur de Balagny
Jean de Montluc, seigneur de BALAGNY - don t be misled by the seemingly effeminate garb of this gent, for in 1594 he is appointed a marechal de France, no less ! Date: circa 1590

Alfred Austin (1896)
ALFRED AUSTIN, forgettable and unlikeable poet whose profuse output wins him more mockery than praise from the critics but, astonishingly, gets him appointed Poet Laureate, 1896. Date: 1835 - 1913

Alfred Austin (Punch)
ALFRED AUSTIN, indifferent and unlikeable poet whose profuse output wins him more mockery than praise from the critics but, astonishingly, gets him appointed Poet Laureate, 1896. Date: 1835 - 1913

Friedrich IV Elector
Friedrich of Hohenzollern (subsequently the Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich IV) is appointed Margrave of Brandenburg by the emperor Sigismund Date: 1417

Sir John Jennings
SIR JOHN JENNINGS British naval admiral. Appointed ranger of Greenwich Park and governor of Greenwich hospital in 1720. Date: 1664 - 1743

General Dawes / Uk 1929
GENERAL CHARLES GATES DAWES Arriving in London with his wife in 1929, the year he was appointed US Ambassador to Great Britain Date: 1865 - 1951

Saint Titus, friend of Saint Paul who appointed him Bishop of Crete, giving him written instructions how to conduct himself Date: 1st century

James Keith / British Mag
JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD KEITH Scottish soldier Commanded Prussian forces during Seven Years War - appointed Field Marshal by Frederick the Great. Date: 1696 - 1758

James Keith / Gwin
JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD KEITH Scottish soldier Commanded Prussian forces during Seven Years War - appointed Field Marshal by Frederick the Great. Date: 1696 - 1758

French Aristocratic Room
A richly appointed room in a French aristocratic home. Date: mid-17th century

Goddess of the Privy
TSE-KOU-CHEN (also known as K ANG-SAN-KOU) a concubine, murdered in the privy by her masters legitimate wife, but rewarded by being appointed Goddess of the Privy Date: 1919

Commissioner Jack Stapleton in Ghana, West Africa
Newly appointed Commissioner Jack Stapleton in Ghana, West Africa, arriving for a rally. Date: 1948

Suffragettes Subdued by Female Sandows. As suffragettes have complained about the treatment meted out by male police, an army of female Sandows based at Scotland Yard are ready for action

The Town Hall of P鲯nne
The Town Hall of P鲯 nne. Sir David Muirhead Bone, Neac Hrsw Hrsa Hariba (1876-1953). Appointed As Britains First Official War Artist In May 1916

Sir David Muirhead Bone working in the field
Sir David Muirhead Bone, Neac Hrsw Hrsa Hariba (1876-1953). Appointed As Britains First Official War Artist In May 1916. Commissioned As An Honorary Second Lieutenant

Sir David Muirhead Bone at Ypres, 1916
Sir David Muirhead Bone, Neac Hrsw Hrsa Hariba (1876-1953). Appointed As Britains First Official War Artist In May 1916. Commissioned As An Honorary Second Lieutenant

Sergent Hoff Photo
SERGENT HOFF - Military hero of the Siege of Paris, subsequently appointed guardian of the Soldat Inconnu buried beneath the Arc de Triomphe. Photo 1872. Date: CIRCA 1870

Cardinal Razzali - 1
CARDINAL RAZZALI (or Razali) Italian churchman, appointed a cardinal in 1604 Date: CIRCA 1604

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