Peers Collection

Notables assembled in the Abbey annexe at 1937 Coronation
Ecclesiastics, distinguished officers of state and regalia bearers awaiting the arrival of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the tapestried hall of the temporary annexe of Westminster Abbey

Bank of England / Busy
Busy street scene including coaches and a crossing sweeper, a figure peers out of an upstairs window and a flag flies from a tower

GREERs WHISKY 1904
A man peers into a bottle of Greers Whisky, claimed to be The last Good Thing

The Duke of Roxburghe and Miss May Goelet
America and the Peerage - Miss Mary ( May ) Goelet, American heiress, who married Henry Innes-Kerr, 8th Duke of Roxburghe in 1903

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)

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

Horace Mann Date: 1950

Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes, lyrics by Mann Curtis, music by Vic Mizzy. Featured and broadcast by Donald Peers

Russia - Tsar Nicholas II - Military manoeuvres at Ropcha
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II attending military manoeuvres at Ropcha, a village in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. Date: circa 1912

The Fight
Painting showing a hectic fight scene between two large school boys, being encouraged by their peers. Date: circa 1930

Advertisment for Debrett's Peerage. With a photograph of the book, and photomontage with illustrations, of titled men of note. Designed by Zec

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)

The Coronation of King George VI - The Homage
circa 1910s

Cartoon, That Ballot-Boy Again! (Ballot Bill)
Cartoon, That Ballot-Boy Again! The Ballot Bill (legislation for the use of a secret ballot in elections) was proving difficult to get through

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. A satirical comment on the House of Lords rejection of the Jewish Disabilities Bill

A house party at Hillsborough, Northern Ireland
a house party at Hillsborough, Northern Ireland. In the foreground are Lady Mary Leveson-Gower (the Queens niece), Princess Margaret, the Countess of Granville (the Queens elder sister), The Queen

The Barrister - " And peers through all things with his half-shut eyes." Date: 1840

FALL / BULLDOG / 1931
An unnamed bulldog peers suspiciously round a stone wall. Date: 1931

1937 Coronation - A Sea of Coronets
Henry, Duke of Gloucester, wearing the coronet of a Prince of the Blood Royalwhich is similar to that of an Heir-apparent but without the arch and orb

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

The British Empire - Britannia looks out to sea from her perch atop the White Cliffs of Dover, defender of a proud nation, yet with her sights set further afield... Date: circa 1900

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

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

Strangling of the Beer Bill by Lord Brougham
Newspaper article, Strangling (with a misprint!) of the Beer Bill by Lord Brougham and other peers in the House of Lords. The writer claims that many families will be ruined as a result

Cartoon, The Undertakers Arms (after Hogarth), Endum Non Mendum, depicting the imagined demise of the House of Lords. A Bill had been put forward to abolish the Upper House, but was not successful

Driver Peers Ahead
The driver peers ahead from his open footplate which gives him only minimum protection from rain and wind, hail and snow. Date: 1888

Disraeli / Furniss / 1882
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield, Conservative MPs last appearance in the Peers Gallery of the House of Commons Date: 1804 - 1881

Disraeli / Furniss
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield, Conservative MPs last appearance in the Peers Gallery of the House of Commons Date: 1804 - 1881

Disraeli / Headmaster
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Dizzy becomes the New Head Master, alias Prime Minister, on the resignation of Lord Derby on 27 February 1868 Date: 7 March 1868

Francis Bacon / Misdeeds
LORD FRANCIS BACON confessing his misdeeds to Parliament - he took bribes as a judge, was fined, and went to the Tower for a time Date: 1561 - 1626

Events / Britain / Bacon
LORD FRANCIS BACON confessing his misdeeds to Parliament - he took bribes as a judge, was fined, and went to the Tower for a time Date: 1621

House of Lords 1914
THE HOUSE OF LORDS Peers and peeresses assemble in the ante-room in their state robes, coronets, tiaras, and all... Date: 1912

The Royal Robing Room Reintated
The Royal Robing-Room in the Palace of Westminster restored to its use as the room in which the Sovereign prepares for ceremonial occasions at the Houses of Parliament

Lord Lonsdale
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, KG, GCVO (25 January 1857 13 April 1944) English nobleman and sportsman. An avid sports enthusiast and bon vivant

Interior House or Hall of Peers
Black and white lantern slide capturing image of the Interior House or Interior Hall of Peers. Part of Box 35 that forms part of the large Boswell lantern slide collection Date: circa 1895

Msai GIRAFFE - x three, Giraffe peers over 2nd giraffes back with tongue out (Giraffa camelopardalis). Ruaha National Park, Tanzania, Africa

Suffragette and Judge in Court. A Judge in court peers down on two little suffragettes. One defiantly waving a VFW flag. Date: circa 1908

Peers of the Realm who had joined up, WW1
Double page spread from The Sketch showing portraits of peers of the realm who had joined up during the early weeks of the First World War

1937 Coronation - Abbey guests stranded in rain after ceremo
Peers and peeresses taking shelter during the height of the downpour which occurred at the most inconvenient possible moment after having held off during the Coronation ceremony of King George VI

Crowning of King George V
The crowning of King George V during his 1911 Coronation. Date: 1911

10th Duke of Malborough, World War One
John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough (18 September 1897 11 March 1972), styled Marquess of Blandford until 1934, British peer

Coronation ceremonial procession 1937
The Coronation procession up Westminster Abbeys blue-carpeted nave for the coronation of King George VI: a colourful pageant as peers

15th Earl of Suffolk
JOHN HOWARD (1739 - 1820), fifteenth earl of Suffolk and 8th Earl of Berkshire, depicted in his peers robes Date: 1806

Moltke Besieges Paris
Graf von Moltke, the Prussian commander during the Franco- Prussian war, peers into one of the massive guns targetting Paris, which he will soon occupy. Date: 1870

Edmund Henry Pery, 1st Earl of Limerick
Edmund (Edmond) Henry Pery, 1st Earl of Limerick PC (1758 - 1844), styled Lord Glentworth between 1794 and 1800, and Viscount Limerick until 1803 - an Irish peer and politician

Philip Earl Hardwicke
PHILIP YORKE, third earl of HARDWICKE statesman, in his peers robes Date: 1757 - 1834

William Vct Grimston
WILLIAM LUCKYN, first viscount GRIMSTON in his peers robes. Date: 1683 - 1756

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