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Background imageMinisters Collection: Portrait photograph of a young Winston Churchill

Portrait photograph of a young Winston Churchill in a top hat, smart jacket and cane. Date: C. 1920

Background imageMinisters Collection: Churchill captured during the Boer War

Churchill captured during the Boer War
Winston Churchill as a prisoner of war after being captured during the Boer War while working as a correspondent for the Morning Post

Background imageMinisters Collection: Ottoman Empire. Sultan received in the Topkapi Palace counse

Ottoman Empire. Sultan received in the Topkapi Palace counse
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Sultan received in the courtroom of the Topkapi Palace counselors. Istanbul. Recorded. Engraving 19th century. Colored

Background imageMinisters Collection: Prime Ministers of Great Britain

Prime Ministers of Great Britain
Winston Churchill, James Callaghan, John Major, Harold Macmillan, Tony Blair, Harold Wilson, Alec Douglas Hume, Gordon Brown, Ted Heath, Margaret Thatcher - Prime Ministers of Great Britain

Background imageMinisters Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - For Evermore

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - For Evermore
The Caption is For evermore. Ground facilities for the fly boys was the responsibiiity of the RAF Regiment

Background imageMinisters Collection: Cartoon, Queen Victorias Christmas, A Vision

Cartoon, Queen Victorias Christmas, A Vision (based on Dickens story, A Christmas Carol)

Background imageMinisters Collection: Silhouette portrait of Queen Victoria & Lord Melbourne

Silhouette portrait of Queen Victoria & Lord Melbourne
A silhouette portrait of Queen Victoria with her Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, probably cut by Atkinson of Windsor and pencilled with gold. Date: c.1840

Background imageMinisters Collection: The General Strike - Government leaders

The General Strike - Government leaders
Government leaders during the General Strike: Ministers and Commissioners. 1. Chief Civil Commissioner: Sir W. Mitchell-Thomson, 2. Principal Chief Assistant Commissioner, Mr. A. B. Lowry, 3

Background imageMinisters Collection: Estanislao Figueras y Moragas (1819-1882)

Estanislao Figueras y Moragas (1819-1882). Spanish politician. First President of the First Spanish Republic from 12 February to 11 June 1873. Drawing by Badillo. Engraving by Arturo Carretero

Background imageMinisters Collection: Alejandro Mon y Menendez (1801-1882)

Alejandro Mon y Menendez (1801-1882). Spanish politician and jurist. Prime minister of Spain in 1864, during the reign of Isabella II. Drawing by Badillo. Portrait. Engraving

Background imageMinisters Collection: WW1 - The German Kaiser

WW1 - The German Kaiser, Wilhelm II (1859-1941) meets the Shaykh al-Islam (Urguplu Mustafa Hayri Efendi 1867-1922) (Elder of Islam, Master of Islam)

Background imageMinisters Collection: Lord Thurlow

Lord Thurlow
Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow (1731 - 1806), British lawyer and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1765 to 1778 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Thurlow

Background imageMinisters Collection: Cartoon, Queen Victoria and Sir Robert Peel

Cartoon, Queen Victoria and Sir Robert Peel
Cartoon, The Letter of Introduction, 1841 -- Queen Victoria and her newly elected Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel (Conservative). Date: 1841

Background imageMinisters Collection: Queen Victoria's Prime Ministers

Queen Victoria's Prime Ministers

Background imageMinisters Collection: Alican Land, We Have All Had A Lesson

Alican Land, We Have All Had A Lesson
A WW2 children's story book illustration from The Story Of Alican Land, written by Joan Hunt. The image depicts a gathering of Alican Land animals, listening to the Prime Minister's speech

Background imageMinisters Collection: Conferences between Luis Mendez de Haro and Cardinal Mazarin

Conferences between Luis Mendez de Haro and Cardinal Mazarin
Modern Age. Conferences on Pheasant Island that took place between August and November 1659

Background imageMinisters Collection: Ministers, In The Restroom

Ministers, In The Restroom
This sketch shows a French minister speaking with a restroom assistant who is holding a towel, saying Give me another one, you can see that this one is clean. Date: circa 1901

Background imageMinisters Collection: Ministers And The Republican Defence

Ministers And The Republican Defence
A pair of sketches of French ministers, the first shows a man listening closely to the chest of a larger man, saying Don't worry, you have nothing on your mind

Background imageMinisters Collection: Duc de Persigny, sketched by Napoleon III

Duc de Persigny, sketched by Napoleon III
Duc de Persigny (Jean Gilbert Victor Fialin, 1808-1872), sketched in pencil by Napoleon III during a council meeting of ministers

Background imageMinisters Collection: Grand Vizier, Kaim-Mekam, Reis Efendi and Khadjedhian

Grand Vizier, Kaim-Mekam, Reis Efendi and Khadjedhian
Turkey. Administration of the Ottoman Empire. From left to right: Grand Vizier, Kaim-Mekam, Reis Efendi and Khadjedhian, member of the Divan. Historia de Turquia, 1840

Background imageMinisters Collection: The British Marines Nordenfelt in action

The British Marines Nordenfelt in action defending the legation from balcony of the British Ministers house, which overlooked the imperial canal during the Siege of Peeking

Background imageMinisters Collection: British Dominions leaders during the reign of King George V

British Dominions leaders during the reign of King George V
Prime Ministers of the British Dominions during the first 25 years of the reign of King George V: Hertzog, Smuts, Bennett, Bruce, Lyons, Alderdice, Forbes. Date: 1935

Background imageMinisters Collection: Prime Ministers during the reign of King George V

Prime Ministers during the reign of King George V
Prime Ministers during the first 25 years of the reign of King George V: Asquith, Lloyd George, Ramsay Macdonald, Bonar Law, Baldwin. Date: 1935

Background imageMinisters Collection: Turkey. Constantinople. Iftar or dinner of Grand Vizier

Turkey. Constantinople. Iftar or dinner of Grand Vizier
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Topkapi Palace. Iftar or dinner of Grand Vizier and ministers on the third night of Ramadan. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot

Background imageMinisters Collection: Ottoman Empire. Turkey - Grand Vizier, Kaim-Mekam

Ottoman Empire. Turkey - Grand Vizier, Kaim-Mekam
Turkey. Administration of the Ottoman Empire. From left to right: Grand Vizier, Kaim-Mekam, Reis Efendi and Khadjedhian, member of the Divan. Historia de Turquia, 1840

Background imageMinisters Collection: Prime Minister's home, 10 Downing Street, London

Prime Minister's home, 10 Downing Street, London
The British Prime Minister's home, 10 Downing Street, London Date: circa 1908

Background imageMinisters Collection: Sir R. Munro Ferguson

Sir R. Munro Ferguson
A portrait oil painting of the Governor-General of Australia, Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson, 1860-1934

Background imageMinisters Collection: New Cabinet Ministers

New Cabinet Ministers
Sir John Reith (1889-1971), ex-Director General of the BBC, recently appointed Minister of Public Works and Buildings, with Lt-Col J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon (1884-1964), the new Minister of Transport

Background imageMinisters Collection: Photographs of guests including 4 Cabinet Ministers

Photographs of guests including 4 Cabinet Ministers, riding the new Louis Brennan monorail at Shepherds Bush

Background imageMinisters Collection: Cartoon, More Pigs than Teats

Cartoon, More Pigs than Teats, or, the new Litter of hungry Grunters Sucking John Bull's Old Sow to death, by James Gillray

Background imageMinisters Collection: London Street Placards South African Prime Ministers

London Street Placards South African Prime Ministers
london, street, placards, south, african, prime, ministers, presidents:, verwoerd, vorster, botha, de, klerk, 1989, anti, apartheid, demonstrators, demosntration, demonstrate, protest, protesters

Background imageMinisters Collection: IDDESLEIGH DIES

IDDESLEIGH DIES
STAFFORD HENRY NORTHCOTE first earl IDDESLEIGH he dies at the Prime Minister's residence in Downing Street Date: 1818 - 1887

Background imageMinisters Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - But you said Fall In

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - But you said Fall In
The Caption is But you said - Fall In.The lad in the pool is wearing a forage cap, the Officer has a wooden sword and the girls has an oar and a walking stick for rifles

Background imageMinisters Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Night, Forces

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Night, Forces
The Caption is Good Night Forces. This is a play on the closing words of BBC Forces Radio which broadcast to the BEF. It began in 1940 and finished in 1944 well before this card was posted

Background imageMinisters Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Refresher Course

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Refresher Course
The Caption is Refresher Course They are sitting in a Forces Club. These were run by the NaFI and the WVS among others. Maybe the girl works there. A little dog is feeding at a bowl

Background imageMinisters Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A Piece of Cake

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A Piece of Cake
The Caption is A piece of cake. This latter was an RAF expresssion for an easy fight. Through the window can be seen an aeroplane. This was the year of the Battle of Britain

Background imageMinisters Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A Mans Job

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A Mans Job
The Caption is A Mans job. Women filled so many jobs while the men were away. There is a series of photos showing King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at a balloon site

Background imageMinisters Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Coo - you ought to have seen ours

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Coo - you ought to have seen ours
The Caption reads Coo! You ought to have seen ours. The bombs look like what were called Butterfly bombs

Background imageMinisters Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I know things ll be better soon

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I know things ll be better soon
The Caption is Yes I know things ll be better soon. By this date the war is clearly near its end so the optimism is justified

Background imageMinisters Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Five Inches

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Five Inches
The public was asked to restrict the depth of water in their baths to 5 inches (13cm) in order to limit the use of power resources

Background imageMinisters Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - On Leave

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - On Leave
This little lass looks as if she is going on holiday - she has an umbrella! Despite the war people still took breaks and this sort of postcard featured regularly in messages back home

Background imageMinisters Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The Home Front

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The Home Front
The Caption is The Home Front. WW2 was the first war in which all the people back at home were directly involved. Bombing raids brought death and destruction

Background imageMinisters Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Dreamin of thee

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Dreamin of thee
The caption is Dreamin of thee. The card was posted on 24 September 1944 just three months after D-Day, and the war has almost another 8 months to run

Background imageMinisters Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Egg

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Egg
The caption is Good Egg. As the egg has not yet been opened let us hope so. A good egg is of course used to describe a reliable person

Background imageMinisters Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I ll make short work of this

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I ll make short work of this
The caption is I ll made short work of this. The enthusiastic look on the girls face suggests that she will do exactly that

Background imageMinisters Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Black Out

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Black Out
The caption is Black Out! a play on the need to cover all windows and lighting so that German bombers could not see their targets, and also putting the cat out

Background imageMinisters Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - For the love of Mike

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - For the love of Mike
The caption is For the love of mike. The expression probably originates from a 1932 film of the same name directed by Frank Capra

Background imageMinisters Collection: Sir Hoare and his wife carrying gas masks, September 1939

Sir Hoare and his wife carrying gas masks, September 1939
Sir Samuel Hoare and his wife Lady Maud Hoare walking home with their gas masks, days after his appointment as Lord Privy Seal following the outbreak of war. 1939

Background imageMinisters Collection: Bacchic rite

Bacchic rite. Priestess with waterlily leaf receiving a string of pearls, and (below) Bacchus seated between two ministers

Background imageMinisters Collection: The Surrender of Jamestown

The Surrender of Jamestown
The Governor of Jamestown and the Jamestown Council stand before the ministers of the Commonwealth

Background imageMinisters Collection: New Minister arriving at the Senate House in Rio de Janeiro

New Minister arriving at the Senate House in Rio de Janeiro
One of the new ministers going into the senate house in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Background imageMinisters Collection: Columbus at Venice

Columbus at Venice
Columbus in Venice 1488, supplicating to the Doge and his ministers, to fund his expeditions to find a new trading route to Asia. He was unsuccessful and was turned down. Date: 1488

Background imageMinisters Collection: Ramsay MacDonalds Cabinet, first Labour Government

Ramsay MacDonalds Cabinet, first Labour Government
Group photo, Ramsay MacDonalds Cabinet in the first Labour Government. Front row (left to right): Adamson, Lord Parmoor, Snowden, Lord Haldane, MacDonald, Clynes, Thomas, Henderson

Background imageMinisters Collection: R101 as the air ministers office, 1929

R101 as the air ministers office, 1929
R101 as the air ministers office: the second flight of Britains giant airship

Background imageMinisters Collection: Abdisha Desso, Swedish clergyman and missionary

Abdisha Desso, Swedish clergyman and missionary of the EFS, active in Ethiopia. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageMinisters Collection: Reverend Thomas Henry Dening, clergyman

Reverend Thomas Henry Dening, clergyman
Reverend Thomas Henry Trickey Dening (1842-1927), clergyman, vicar at Holy Trinity Church, Kilburn, north-west London. Date: 1911

Background imageMinisters Collection: ELGINS MISSION - 4

ELGINS MISSION - 4
Lord Elgins diplomatic mission to Japan : interview between the British delegation and the Japanese ministers Date: 1858

Background imageMinisters Collection: Cartoon, Cabinet-Making

Cartoon, Cabinet-Making -- Gladstone shows his new cabinet - displaying the faces of its members - to Queen Victoria. Date: 1880

Background imageMinisters Collection: Orleans, France - The 500th Anniversary - Joan of Arc

Orleans, France - The 500th Anniversary - Joan of Arc
Orleans, France - The President of France (Joseph Athanase Gaston) Paul Doumer (1857-1932)

Background imageMinisters Collection: Delegates at the 1926 Imperial Conference

Delegates at the 1926 Imperial Conference
King George V with prime ministers at the 1926 Imperial Conference. Back row left to right: W. S. Monroe (Newfoundland), J. G. Coates (New Zealand), S. Bruce (Australia), J. B. M

Background imageMinisters Collection: Portrait photograph of Sir Winston Churchill

Portrait photograph of Sir Winston Churchill Date: C. 1920

Background imageMinisters Collection: Celebrating Portuguese Independence

Celebrating Portuguese Independence
Postcard celebrating the revolution of 1910, a republican coup d e'at that occurred in Portugal on 5th October 1910, which deposed King Manuel II and established the Portuguese First Republic

Background imageMinisters Collection: Royal wedding 1981 - Margaret Thatcher

Royal wedding 1981 - Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, together with her husband Denis, among the guests at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at St Pauls Cathedral on 29 July 1981. 1981

Background imageMinisters Collection: Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Leap Year Proposal

Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Leap Year Proposal
A dis-shevelled suffragette with a hammer and a bag of stones appeals to John Bull

Background imageMinisters Collection: Cabinet Members, New Liberal Government

Cabinet Members, New Liberal Government
Cabinet Members of the New Liberal Government; H Gladstone, Haldane, Sydney Buxton, Earl Carrington, Lord Tweedmouth, Earl of Crewe, Bryce, Lloyd-George, H Fowler, Augustine Birrell, J Sinclair

Background imageMinisters Collection: Reginald McKenna and his wife, WW1

Reginald McKenna and his wife, WW1
REGINALD McKENNA (1863 - 1943) British banker and Liberal politician, serving as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer during the Asquith premiership, pictured with his wife

Background imageMinisters Collection: Sir Edward Grey & Lord Haldane, outbreak of First World War

Sir Edward Grey & Lord Haldane, outbreak of First World War
Lord Haldane (Lord Chancellor, formerly Secretary of State for War) and Sir Edward Grey (Foreign Minister) on their way to a Cabinet meeting during the crisis leading up to the First World War

Background imageMinisters Collection: Queen Elizabeth II with leaders of the Commonwealth

Queen Elizabeth II with leaders of the Commonwealth
Queen Elizabeth II (born 1926) with the leaders of the Commonwealth in 1952

Background imageMinisters Collection: Winston Churchilll in South Africa

Winston Churchilll in South Africa
Winston Churchill pictured in the uniform of the South African Light Horse regiment at the time of the Boer War where he was captured while working as a correspondent for the Morning Post

Background imageMinisters Collection: Modern Athenians plate 5 - Edinburgh

Modern Athenians plate 5 - Edinburgh
Rev. Dr Clason (1789-1868) of Buccleuch Street Chapel facing Rev. Robert Gordon (1786-1853) of High Church. Two well remembered ministers of the old establishment in conversation

Background imageMinisters Collection: Medieval Banquet

Medieval Banquet
A king entertains a lady at table, accompanied by two of his ministers

Background imageMinisters Collection: Russo-Japanese War - (Chinese) Ministers of guard

Russo-Japanese War - (Chinese) Ministers of guard - Soldiers and horses in street. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

Background imageMinisters Collection: Japanese Ministers in Paris and Saint Petersburg

Japanese Ministers in Paris and Saint Petersburg
Japanese Ministers in Paris, France (Mr Motono) and Saint Petersburg (Mr Kurino). Date: circa 1901

Background imageMinisters Collection: The US Ministers or Ambassadors residence, Japan, 1870s

The US Ministers or Ambassadors residence, Japan, 1870s. Date: 1870s

Background imageMinisters Collection: Sultan received in the Topkapi Palace counselors. Istanbul

Sultan received in the Topkapi Palace counselors. Istanbul
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Sultan received in the courtroom of the Topkapi Palace counselors. Istanbul. Recorded. Engraving 19th century

Background imageMinisters Collection: Cartoon, Disraeli, Northcote and the Deficit

Cartoon, Disraeli, Northcote and the Deficit
Cartoon, Benjamin Disraeli, Tory Prime Minister, and Sir Stafford Northcote, Chancellor of the Exchequer, worrying over the Deficit

Background imageMinisters Collection: Victoria and Ministers

Victoria and Ministers
The Queen and her ministers in council Date: 1846

Background imageMinisters Collection: Italian Court Scene

Italian Court Scene
This picture purports to show an Italian court, a king sitting with his ministers Date: 1553

Background imageMinisters Collection: Peter I / Cartoon

Peter I / Cartoon
Europe watches while King Peter I of Serbia tries to control his ministers Date: 1903

Background imageMinisters Collection: Charles II Le Chauve (The Bald)

Charles II Le Chauve (The Bald), Holy Roman Emperor (875-877) and King of France (West Francia 840-877, Aquitaine 838-855). Date: 823 - 877

Background imageMinisters Collection: Cabinet changes: new ministers and where they work

Cabinet changes: new ministers and where they work
The four promotions of the Liberal Ministry: Mr Reginald M Kenna, First Lord Admiralty; Mr Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Education; The Earl of Crewe

Background imageMinisters Collection: Cartoon, Delicious Dreams! Castles in the Air

Cartoon, Delicious Dreams! Castles in the Air! Glorious Prospects! Vide An Afternoon Nap after the Fatigues of an Official Dinner, by James Gillray

Background imageMinisters Collection: Cartoon, British Tars, towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour

Cartoon, British Tars, towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broadbottom Leviathan trying to swamp Billys old Boat, & the little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition, by James Gillray

Background imageMinisters Collection: Cartoon, The Pigs Possessed

Cartoon, The Pigs Possessed, or, the Broad-bottomd Litter running headlong into the Sea of Perdition, by James Gillray



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