Peer Collection

Major General Lord Cheylesmore / Stamp
Major General HERBERT FRANCIS EATON, 3rd Baron CHEYLESMORE (1848 - 1925) British Army officer and peer

Lord Desborough with remaining son, Ivo Grenfell
William Henry Grenfell, Lord Desborough (1855-1945), pictured at his home, Taplow court near Maidenhead with his remaining son, the Hon. Ivo Grenfell, and his daughter, the Hon. Imogen Grenfell

Wedding of the Duke of Westminster & Loelia Ponsonby
Page from The Tatler reporting on the society wedding of Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster and Loelia Ponsonby (his third wife) at Princes Row registry office on 20 February 1930

William Clive Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman (18641935) - British Conservative politician and peer

William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire
William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (17901-1858), British peer, courtier, nobleman, and Whig politician. early 19th century

6th Earl of Donoughmore, Vanity Fair, Spy
RICHARD WALTER HELY-HUTCHINSON, 6th Earl of Donoughmore (1875-1948) Irish peer and politician. Caption: A most discreet under secretary, drawn for the first time Date: 1848 - 1900

Marquess of Abergavenny, Vanity Fair, Ape
WILLIAM NEVILL, 1st Marquess of ABERGAVENNY (1826 -1915) English peer. Caption: The Tory bloodhound Date: 1875

Peer Gynt / Troll Dance
PEER GYNT The dance of the Trolls

Lady Swaythling
Gladys Helen Rachel (n饠 Goldsmid), Lady Swaythling (1879-1965), Vice-President of the NSPCC; wife of 2nd Baron Swaythling (head of the banking firm)

George Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull (1902-1938), whose second wife was May Meyrick, eldest daughter of famed nightclub owner, Kate Meyrick

John Osborne, 11th Duke of Leeds
John Francis Godolphin Osborne, 11th Duke of Leeds (1901 ? 1963). Date: 1940s

"The English Daumier Looks On Life:English Types by Blampied. Series 5: East End and West End." Three visitors to an art gallery peering at one of the artworks on display. Date: 1933

Debate on the second reading of the Home Rule Bill in the House of Lords - the Duke of Devonshire moving the rejection of the bill. Date: 1893

If you knows of a better ole - go to it! McGill postcard
If you knows of a better ole - go to it! A humorous seaside postcard by Donald McGill showing two rotund Peeping Toms voyeuristically peering through a crack in the door of a bathing machine

James Hamilton, 2nd Marquis of Hamilton, 1589-1625
James Hamilton, 2nd Marquis of Hamilton and 4th Earl of Arran, 1589-1625. Scottish nobleman and politician. In van Dyke beard, ruff collar, brocade doublet, gloves. James Hamleton

John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton, 1539-1613. English courtier and politician. With earring, in ruff collar, cloak and embroidered doublet, with heraldic figures of lion rampant and cock

Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, 1607-1661
Archibald Campbell, Marquess of Argyll, 8th Earl of Argyll, Chief of Clan Campbell, 1607-1661

Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, 1429. Duke of royal blood, peer under King Charles VII of France

Member of the Chamber of Peers of France, 1820
Member of the Chamber of Peers of France in full ceremonial robes, Bourbon Restoration, 1820. In bicorne with plumes, ermine-lined cape, blue coat, breeches, sash and court sword

Sarah, Countess of Kinnoull, 1760-1837. Sarah Harley was the fourth daughter of Right Hon. Thomas Harley, Lord Mayor of London and married Robert Hay-Drummond, Earl of Kinnoull in 1781

Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, c. 1590-1664. English politician and Royalist, knighted by King Charles I and later privy counsellor to Charles II after the Restoration

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan, four planes
Advance Training Machines

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan, Avro 504
The Avro Flight (A) Staff, group photo with Avro 504

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron, English poet
George Gordon Byron (1788-1824), Lord Byron, English poet, aristocrat and politician. Date: early 19th century

Cartoon, The Veto Bill, by W H Toy. The new legislation was designed to limit the powers of veto of the House of Lords, and became law later the same year. 1911

Clementine Churchill (1885 -1977), in her house in Sussex Square

Viscount Clive and his daughter Davina
Mervyn Horatio Herbert, 17th Baron Darcy de Knayth, styled Viscount Clive (1904 1943), British peer and Royal Air Force officer, pictured with his daughter Davina (born 1938). Date: 1942

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. Date: early 1970s

Charles Cornwallis Neville, 5th Baron Braybrooke (1823a'1902) - British peer. Date
Charles Cornwallis Neville, 5th Baron Braybrooke (1823-1902) - British peer. Date: 1890

Lord and Lady St Levan, St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
Lord John Francis Arthur St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan (1919-2013), and his wife Lady Susan St Levan (d 2003), walk along the causeway from their home on St Michaels Mount, Cornwall

Things are looking up - two passing Gents are delighted to see their attentions have been spotted by a housemaid cleaning the upstairs windows of a streetside property Date: 1908

Charles Grey, Viscount Howick, 1st Earl Grey (1729-1807), British General in various wars

Lady Trumpington and Nigel Wright discuss Sunday trading
The Conservative peer Lady Trumpington (Jean Alys Barker, Baroness Trumpington, b.1922) and Nigel Wright, the Dickie Dirts clothing retailer, discuss the issue of Sunday trading, 4 February 1982

GEOFFREY HOWE (1926 - )
GEOFFREY MP and Thatcher's longest serving cabinet minister. Became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1979. Made a life peer in 1992. Date: 1979

Noel Coward acts in his own play with Ann Trevor. Dressed for dinner, they peer anxiously out of a window. Date: 1923

An artistic representation - Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb
An artistic representation of the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun by (on right) Archeologist Howard Carter (1874-1939) and his backer (on left) George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923)

Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter KG PC
Vintage 19th century photograph: Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter KG PC (2 July 1795 - 16 January 1867), styled Lord Burghley until 1804, was a British peer, courtier, and Tory politician

John William Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich PC
Vintage 19th century photograph: John William Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich PC (8 November 1811 - 3 March 1884), styled Viscount Hinchingbrooke from 1814 to 1818

Page from The Tatler reporting on the marriage of Mrs Stirling (formerly Clare Elizabeth Taylor) of the Gaiety Theatre and Lord George Cholmondeley, second son of the Marquess of Cholmondeley

Cartoon, Land and Labour (Agricultural Union)
Cartoon, Land and Labour; or, How to Settle It

Tatler Cover - Jose Collins & Lord Robert Innes-Ker
Lord and Lady Robert Innes-Kerr. Lady Innes-Kerr was formerly the stage actress Jose Collins and daughter of the famous Lottie Collins

Cartoon, Swell Mob at the Opening of Parliament -- satirical comment on Conservative MPs such as Benjamin Disraeli and Lord Derby, waiting for a party

Cartoon, A Parcel of Old ------ Frightened at a... Bill
Cartoon, A Parcel of Old ------ Frightened at a Nasty! Great! Ugly! Jew Bill

Cartoon, The Last Chance! Lord Cairns (Arthur William Cairns, 2nd Earl Cairns) succeeded to the title on the death of his father on 2 April 1885. 1885

Cartoon, Mr Holland and the injunction balloon
Cartoon, Don t let that injunction balloon stop you, Mr Holland - a comment on the attempt by the Duke of Bedford (freeholder) to stop the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

Cartoon, Lord Cairns, In A New Part
Cartoon, Lord Cairns (Arthur William Cairns, 2nd Earl Cairns) - In A New Part. He had just succeeded to the title on the death of his father. 1885

Funeral of the 3rd Marquess of Downshire at Hillsborough
Funeral of Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire at Hillsborough. Date: 1845

The Marquess of Downshire on horseback
Lord Downshire, the 6th Marquess of Downshire seen here on horseback talking to Mr van der Weyer. Date: 1912

Ian Lawson Johnston, 2nd Baron Luke (1905-1996), British peer, businessman and philanthropist, Chairman of Bovril Ltd and other companies. Date: 1946

WILLIAM ALEXANDER LOUIS STEPHEN DOUGLAS-HAMILTON, 12th Duke of HAMILTON, 9th Duke of Brandon, 2nd Duke of Chatellerault (1845-1895) Scottish nobleman and son to Princess Marie of Baden

William Hay
Date: 1874

2 BULL TERRIER PUPS
These two bull terrier puppies peer out of their pen at the camera. Owned by Adlam Date: 1939

Fall - Sealyham - 1949
ILMER CHERIE OF EASTFIELD Owned by Lucas. Her six puppies peer down on her from the suitcase they are sitting in. Date: 1943

THE LION HOUSE LONDON
Regents Park, London : a group of Victorian visitors peer through the bars of the Lion house at a rather grumpy and stern looking male. Date: 1873

Satire on womens pursuit of aristocratic status
A satire on womens pursuit of aristocratic status in marriage, showing women angling for fish wearing crowns of the peerage. Date: circa 1840

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan, Carrier Fighter
Mitsubishi Navy type 10-2 Carrier Fighter on the landing on deck

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan, Supermarine
Supermarine Seagull Mk.II taxiing on a lake

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan, Sopwith Cuckoo
Torpedo Dropping Instruction, Sopwith Cuckoo making a big splash

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan, Blackburn Swift
Blackburn Swift Mk.II (foreground) dropping a torpedo, with a Sopwith T.1 Cuckoo (background)

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan, Blackburn Swift
Blackburn Swift Mk.II (foreground) dropping a torpedo, with a Sopwith T.1 Cuckoo in the background

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan, Parnall Panthers
Fleet Training Squadron - Parnall Panthers (foreground) and Gloster Sparrowhawks (background) leaving Kasumi-ga-ura for fleet course at Yokosuka Naval Base

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan, flying boat
Bringing out the first Felixstowe F.5 flying boat for trial

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan, crashed plane
Instruction in Salving (Salvaging-) Machine - a crashed Gloster Sparrowhawk

Lord Waddington (1929-2017)
David Charles Waddington, Baron Waddington, Lord Waddington (1929-2017) GCVO, DL, QC, PC British politician. Governor of Bermuda from 1992-1997. Pictured outside Government House, Bermuda. Date: 1992

William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham - Memorial - Helmsley
Lord Fevershams Memorial - Helmsley, North Yorkshire - erected to the memory of William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham (17981867) - a British peer with a large estate in the North Riding of Yorkshire

George Montagu, 8th Duke of Manchester (1853-1892). In 1876 he married Consuelo Yznaga, a Cuban-American and had one son and twin daughters

Lord Lansdowne, Viceroy of India
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, (1845-1927), British politician and Irish peer. Probably at the time he served as Viceroy and Governor-General of India (1888-1894)

Lord Spencer
Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (23 May 1892 9 June 1975), known formally as The Hon Albert Spencer until 1910 and from then until 1922 as Viscount Althorp

Laldy Seafield and Mr Derek Studley Herbert
Newly married Lady Seafield - Nina Caroline Studley-Herbert, 12th Countess of Seafield (17 April 1906 30 September 1969) and her husband, Derek Studley Herbert. The couple divorced in 1950

Lord Lansdowne. Part of Box 104 Boswell Collection. Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne

The Countess of Yarborough in fancy dress
Marcia Amelia Mary Pelham, Countess of Yarborough, 13th Baroness Conyers and 7th Baroness Fauconberg, OBE (18 October 1863 17 November 1926), British peer

Grenadier Guards, St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
Corps of Drums of the Grenadier Guards with Lord John Francis Arthur St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan (1919-2013), and his wife Lady Susan St Levan (d 2003), at their home on St Michaels Mount, Cornwall

Lady Brooke with baby Charles Fulke Greville
Lady Brooke, formerly Elfrida Eden, with her baby son Charles Guy Fulke Greville, who became 7th Earl of Warwick, 7th Earl Brooke (4 March 1911 20 January 1984)

Peers entering Westminster Abbey for Coronation
Peers in their robes, entering Westminster Abbey to take their places for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953

Lord Norbury, a fitter in an aeroplane factory during WW1
Well-known peer doing his " bit" as a fitter in an aeroplane factory. The Earl and Countess of Norbury pictured together at Weybridge

Charles Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington on polo pony
Charles Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington (1844 - 1917), British peer and polo player, pictured mounted on a polo pony, despite his advanced age! Date: 1917

Lord and Lady Brougham and Vaux by Madame Yevonde

Lord Willoughby de Broke, Vanity Fair, Spy
RICHARD GREVILLE VERNEY, 19th Baron WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE (1869-1923) British peer and conservative politician. He wrote a book on foxhunting called Hunting the Fox, published in 1921

The 9th Duke of Manchester
William Angus Drogo Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester (3 March 1877 9 February 1947), styled Viscount Mandeville from 1890 to 1892

The marriage of Mary Leiter and The Hon. G. N. Curzon
Photographs in honour of the marriage of the Hon. George N. Curzon M.P. to Miss Mary Leiter on 22nd April 1895 in Washington, USA. 1895

View to Jersey City over the Hudson River Docks
Postcard showing Jersey ferry from New York. At the Hudson river docks are the Providence Line and the Fall River Line located. Date: circa 1905

Cartoon, Lord Cairns and Miss Fortescue
Cartoon, Lord Cairns to Miss Fortescue -- Delighted, my dear, that my son has shown such good taste

Sir Robert Raymond, Lord Chief Justice
Sir Robert Raymond (1673-1733), 1st Baron Raymond, British judge, MP, and Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench from 1725 until his death. circa 1710s

11th Duke of Argyll by Glan Williams
Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th and 4th Duke of Argyll (18 June 1903 7 April 1973), Scottish peer. He is chiefly remembered for his unhappy marriage to, and scandalous 1963 divorce from, Margaret Whigham

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