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William Beckford, MP, Sheriff and Lord Mayor of LondonWilliam Beckford (1709-1770), MP for the City of London, Sheriff of London, and Lord Mayor of London in 1762 and 1769. circa 1760s
John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord ChancellorJohn Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838), British barrister and politician, serving as Lord Chancellor for a number of years during the early 19th century. circa 1810s
John Horne Tooke, clergyman, politician, philologistJohn Horne Tooke (1736-1812), English clergyman, politician and philologist. circa 1800s
General John Burgoyne, British army officerGeneral John Burgoyne (1722-1792), British army officer, dramatist and politician. circa 1770s
Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow (1731-1806), British lawyer and Conservative politician. He served as Lord Chancellor for fourteen years under four different Prime Ministers. circa 1790s
Richard Potter, English Liberal politicianRichard Potter (1778-1842), English Liberal reformist politician, MP for Wigan, founding member of the Little Circle which helped to put through the Reform Act of 1832. Date: circa 1830s
Cartoon, General Gordon, Called Back -- Gladstone sees a vision of Gordons death in the Sudan. 1884
Disraeli statue, Parliament Square, LondonStatue to Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfield, in Parliament Square, London. circa 1901
Statue of Gladstone in The Strand, LondonStatue of William Ewart Gladstone by Hamo Thornycroft in The Strand, London. circa 1901
Lady Violet Bonham-CarterViolet Bonham-Carter (1887-1969), nee Asquith, the Liberal politician and Governor of the BBC. Pictured during the Liberal Assembly, over which she presided as Chairperson. Date: 1946
Statue of Bishop Alves Martins, Viseu, Central PortugalStatue of Antonio Alves Martins (1808-1882), Portuguese bishop, professor, journalist and politician, Viseu, Central Portugal
Alberto da Silveira, WW1 Minister of War, PortugalAlberto Carlos da Silveira (1859-1927), Portuguese military leader and politician, Minister of War during the First World War. Date: circa 1915
Cartoons, W H Smith as Secretary for War - a Fancy German Portrait, and the Reality. William Henry Smith, newsagent, bookseller and Conservative MP
Joseph Chamberlain in his Library, Princes Gardens, LondonJoseph Chamberlain in the Library of his Princes Gardens home in SW London. circa 1900
Joseph Chamberlain, as a Birmingham City councillorJoseph Chamberlain, early portrait as a Birmingham City councillor. 19th century
Cartoon, Sir Thomas William Boord, 1st Baronet (1838-1912), British Conservative politician, MP for Greenwich. circa 1870s
Arthur Edward Guinness, Lord Ardilaun of Guinness BreweryArthur Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, 2nd Baronet (1840-1915), British businessman, politician and philanthropist
Sun Yat Sen and wife with first plane manufactured in ChinaSun Yat Sen (1866-1925), one of the leaders of the Chinese Revolution of 1911, first president and founding father of the Republic of China, and his wife Soong Ching Ling (1893-1981)
Lord Weir, Secretary of State for the Royal Air ForceWilliam Douglas Weir, 1st Viscount Weir GCB PC (1877-1959), Scottish industrialist and politician, who served as Secretary of State for the Royal Air Force and President of the Air Council in 1918
Scrap - Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (1802-1894), Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman and Governor-President of Hungary during the 1848-1849 revolution. 19th century
Aspects of the inner parliamentary life of Irish members: " The members of no other Party make so much use of the House of Commons as the Nationalists
Louis Botha (1862 - 1919), South African politician who was the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa. Date: 1916
Sir Arthur du CrosSir Arthur Philip du Cros, 1st Baronet du Cros (1871 - 1955), British industrialist and politician. Managing director of Dunlop Rubber Company and Unionist member for Hastings. Date: 1896
Sarah Churchill (7 October 1914), daughter of Winston Churchill, at the age of 21 1936
Frederick MacquistenFrederick Alexander Macquisten (1870 - 1940), British lawyer and politician. MP for Argyllshire. C.1930
George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen - ChancellorThe Augmentative Y. George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen (1831-1907) - Financier and then Director of the Bank of England and later Chancellor of the Exchequer (1887-92). Date: 1900
First Viscount Wolseley and George WyndhamWs. Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, First Viscount Wolseley (1833-1913) issues orders to George Wyndham (1863-1913), former soldier, Politician and author. Date: 1900
Leonard Henry Courtney - Radical British PoliticianU=Nivocal. Leonard Henry Courtney (1832-1913) - Radical British Politician and exponent of Proportional Representation and Critic of Imperial Expansion. Date: 1900
3rd Marquess of Salisbury - British Prime MinisterThe Marks. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830-1903) - British Conservative statesman and thrice Prime Minister, serving for a total of over 13 years. Date: 1900
John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of BlackburnThe M Pyrean. John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (18381923) - British Liberal statesman, writer and newspaper editor. Date: 1900
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Chancellor of the ExchequerAspiring H. Sir William Vernon Harcourt (1827-1904) - Chancellor of the Exchequer (1892-1895) - seated by the bedside of the church - bearing medicine for Bishops. Date: 1900
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl of St AldwynCapital F. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl of St Aldwyn (1837-1916), British Conservative politician - Chancellor of the Exchequer (1885-1886 and 1895-1902) Date: 1900
Sir Edward George Clarke and Joseph ChamberlainA Queer C. Sir Edward George Clarke (1841-1931), British Statesman and Lawyer and (in background, shooting) Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914). Date: 1900
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl BalfourThe Indefinite Article - Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl Balfour (1848-1930) - Prime Minister (1902-05). Date: 1900
Charles James Fox speaking out in Parliament against slaveryCharles James Fox (1749-1806), British Whig Statesman, MP and ardent anti-slavery campaigner, shown here speaking out in Parliament against the slave trade
Otto von Bismarck playing the penny whistle, German Emperor William I and Russian bear dancing alone to the music. Date: 1875
Cecil Rhodes (1853 - 1902), British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. Date: late 1890s
Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier (1841 - 1919), Canadian politician and statesman who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada, in office from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911. Date: late 1890s
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian (1847 - 1929), British Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Date: late 1890s
Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881), British statesman and Conservative politician, who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Date: late 1890s
William Ewart Gladstone (1809 - 1898), British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Date: late 1890s
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne, 3rd marquess of Salisbury (1830 - 1903), British statesman, speaking in the House of Lords. Date: late 1890s
John BurnsJohn Elliot Burns (1858 - 1943), English labour leader. Date: 1913
Josef StalinJOSEF STALIN (1879-1953) Russian Politician Cartoon : " A man of many parts" Date: 1936
Sir Donald Currie (1825 - 1909), Scottish shipowner, politician and philanthropist, founded the Castle line in 1862, running clippers to India
Robert Waithman (1764 - 1833), draper and British politician, employed for some time in a London linen draper s, he opened, about 1786, a drapers shop of his own in Ludgate Circus, London
The annual celebration of the Relief of Derry, attracted a large group of nationalist protesters in Londonderry, commemorate the events in 1689 when a 105 day siege of the city by Jacobites was
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon1914