Retires Collection

Cricket Player / 1929
A cricket player raises his cap as he retires from the pitch

Cartoon, Brigadier-General Sir St John Chelsea, RA, VC, having done his bit, retires to HQ Date: 1919

LORGUES / RABIDA CONVENT
Columbus retires to the convent of La Rabida. Date: 1490

DUKE ENTERING CHARTRES
The Duke of Burgundy having received the commard of an expedition from his brother, Charles the Fifth of France, after taking several towns, retires to Chartes. Date: 1370s

LA Valliere Becomes Nun
LOUISE DE LA VALLIERE mistress of Louis XIV and mother of four of his sons, she is replaced by Mme de Montespan, so retires to a Carmelite convent in 1674 Date: 1644 - 1710

E. M. J. Schaffter, retires as Royal Aeronautical Society ?
E.M.J. Schaffter, retires as Royal Aeronautical Society Secretary 1973-1983. Capt Eric Brown, RAeS President 1982-1983, is on the right and Mrs Schaffter on the left

Japanese Boxer Retires
A ceremony honouring an old Japanese boxer upon his retirement. Date: early 1930s

Pius IX Retires
Alarmed by the Republican triumph in Rome, pope Pius IX retires to Gaeta

Charles X Leaves
Charles X realises that all is over, and retires first to Versailles and then to Rambouillet : soon he will flee to England

Carlo V Abdicates
Carlo (Charles) V abdicates and retires to the monastery of San Jeronimo de Yuste

Duke Entering Chartres
The Duke of Burgundy having received the commard of an expedition from his brother, Charles the Fifth of France, after taking several towns, retires to Chartes

Harrow Teacher Retiring
Mr Pope receives a hearty send off from his Harrow boys when he retires. They wave their straw boaters in the air

Lorgues / Rabida Convent
Columbus retires to the convent of La Rabida

Rat Retired from World
THE RAT WHO RETIRED FROM THE WORLD: A rat, tired of worldly cares, retires to live in a cheese; when fellow rats request help, he says he is unable to assist

Diocletian Retires
After establishing a degree of stability in the Empire thanks to the tetrarchy system, emperor Diocletian retires to Split in Croatia, building a huge palace which survives

Sulla Resigns
Lucius Cornelius Sulla, after three years as dictator during which he imposes many useful reforms, retires to live peaceably in the country writing his memoirs

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