Secretary Collection (page 9)

The Private Secretary by Charles Hawtrey
Promotional postcard for The Private Secretary by Charles Hawtrey, from Der B|ibliothekar by Gustav Von Moser (1878). First pro-duced Theatre Royal, Cambridge 14th November 1883 and Princes Theatre

Billingham FC football team 1934-1935. Back row: Thompson (Secretary), Finlayson, Simpson (Captain), Redpath, Bains, Walker, Lowes, Ferguson (Trainer)

Liars License Card, from The Ancient, Reckless & Independent Order of Prevaricators, entitling the recipient to lie for a whole year, to be signed by U. R. A. Nother, Secretary of State

Antoinette Powell-Cotton with Miss May Glass
Antoinette Powell-Cotton (1913-1997) by a tennis net in the garden at Quex Park with her fathers secretary, Miss May Glass in August 1916

Patients & Staff, Quex Park
Group of patients, VAD nurses and Quex House staff at the front of Quex House, Autumn 1917. Seated in the centre are (left to right) Major Powell-Cotton, Mrs HB Powell-Cotton and Dr Worthington

HG Copeland, Shaftesbury Homes Joint General Secretary 1890
Henry G Copeland, Joint General Secretary of Shaftesbury Homes, 1890-1926. Date: 1890s

H Bristow Wallen, Shaftesbury Homes Joint General Secretary
H Bristow Wallen, Joint General Secretary of Shaftesbury Homes, 1890-1926. Date: 1890s

Receipt, Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey
Receipt from the Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey, dated 6 June 1889, confirming one years subscription of one guinea from Mrs R Blake Byass, signed by James Downing, Secretary

Caricature of Winston Churchill and Francis Howard
Caricature entitled " Winston asking for trouble? A caricaturists dream" showing a would-be Grosvenor Gallery young man (Churchill)

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

Charlotte Knollys - Elizabeth Charlotte Knollys (c. 1835 24 April 1930) Lady of the Bedchamber, and the first woman private secretary, to Princess Alexandra of Denmark

Winston Churchill at work in 1924
Winston Churchill at work with his secretary at his home at Sussex Square, 1924. Back of the photograph reads: The fight for the Abbey seat

Brokenhurst Manor Silver Jubilee Golf Match
Group photo of golfers gathered for the Brokenhurst Manor Golf Club Silver Jubilee Golf Match, New Forest, Hampshire. They are (from right to left) Captain A E Phillips (Referee), Laurie Ayton

Signing of Anglo-US loan agreement
The signing of the Anglo-U.S. loan agreement in Washington D.C. on 6 December 1945 following twelve weeks of negotiation. From left to right: Lord (John Maynard) Keynes

Edward Henry Stanley - 15th Earl of Derby
Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (1826-1893), British statesman. He served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs twice, from 1866 to 1868 and from 1874 to 1878. Date: 1890

Rev WJ - Mayers
Rev W.J. Mayers holding a baby. Mayers was Senior Deputation Secretary for Dr Barnardos Homes and particularly involved in overseas fund-raising in countries such as Canada and Australia

Sir William Joynson-Hicks, politician
William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford (1865-1932), English solicitor and Conservative politician, best known as a long-serving (and controversial) Home Secretary from 1924 to 1929. Date: 1925

John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton (1786-1869), English radical politician and writer, Secretary of War (1832-33). Date: circa 1830s

Joseph Henry - American Physicist
Joseph Henry (1797-1878) - American physicist associated with electro-magnetism. The SI unit of inductance, the henry, is named in his honor

Female Office Worker - Secretary
Female Office Worker/Secretary, England. Date: 1938

Mr Asquith watching field operations, May 1914
Photograph of Herbert Asquith, watching field operations before the King in May 1914. The Sketch merges this picture with a painting of Wellington facing Napoleon

Asquith, Herbert Henry, 1st Earl Of Oxford And Asquith (1852-1928). Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. United Kingdom (1914)

Campin, Robert, called Master of Fl魡lle (1378-1444)
Campin, Robert, called Master of Fl魡 lle (1378-1444). Barth鬥 my Alatruye. ca. 1415-1440. Portrait of a secretary belonging to the court of Philip the Good. Oil on wood. BELGIUM

MENJAUD, Alexandre (1773-1832). Napoleon, Marie Louise and the King of Rome. 1812. Familiar scene of Napoleon Bonaparte with his second wife, Marie Louise of Austria and his son Napoleon II

ACEVEDO, Isidoro (1867-1952). Spanish writer and socialist politician. Secretary of PSOE (Spanish Socialist Party) in 1896

If, by Bairnsfather
IF Old Bill Edited " The Bystander" " Ow the ell do ye spell Bairnsfather, Miss Clutterbuck?" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather which appeared in an issue of The Bystander

The Last Tea by Higgins
Swiftly fled each honey d hour Spent with military male; Metropole became a bower Cecil an Arcadian vale. A rather mournful female clerical worker or secretary takes her last cup of tea of her

Suffragette Jigsaw Puzzle Forcible Feeding
A suffragette jigsaw puzzle, based on a contemporary print, showing John Bull being fed by force. He is surrounded by a number of prominent political figures including Prime Minister Asquith

HM Queen Mother at the Royal Cornwall Show, Wadebridge. She is talking to Show Secretary Albert Riddle whilst a prize Hereford bull looks on. circa 1982

Harold John Tennant (1865 1935), Scottish Liberal politician. Served as under-secretary for the First World War between July and December 1916. Date: 1909

Changes in Whitehall, WW1 cartoon
Cartoon demonstrating the changes at Whitehall during the First World War, when women replaced men in most of the clerical roles, and the war necessitated the War Offices expansion. Date: 1916

John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone (1868 1947), British soldier and politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament MP from 1900 to 1904 and a Liberal MP from 1904 to 1922

Suffragette Augustine Birrells Doorstep. Suffragette on the doorstep of Augustine Birrells Chelsea Home, and Votes for Women placard tied to the railings

Suffragette Protest Meeting Home Secretary. The scenes of uproar at a meeting addressed by Herbert Gladstone, Home Secretary in Leeds, November 30th, 1907

VIP visitor from Congo at Baden Powell House, London
A VIP visitor from the Congo, Central Africa, signing the visitors book at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, SW London, September 1961

Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff (1826 - 1913), politician and lawyer. Home Secretary in Lord Salisburys first government. Caption: the Home Secretary. Date: 1887

Reginald Mckenna (1863 - 1943), British banker and Liberal politician, serving as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer during the Asquith premiership. Caption In the winning Crew. Date: 1906

First mobile kitchen donation, WW2
The Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison, receiving the keys to the first mobile kitchen from Lord Bennett (Richard Bedford Bennett)

LFB annual review and inspection at HQ
LFB annual review at HQ, 2 July 1955, with the Home Secretary, Major Gwilym Lloyd George (1st Viscount Tenby, 1894-1967), inspecting the parade. Date: 1955

George Canning - Statue in Westminster Abbey, London
Statue in Westminster Abbey, London of George Canning (1770-1827) - a British statesman and politician who served as Foreign Secretary and briefly Prime Minister. Date: circa 1835

Lord Kitchener and Lord Haldane arriving at the War Office
Mr Asquiths departure from precedent in calling Lord Kitchener, a soldier and member of the opposite party, to the office of Secretary for War met with enthusiastic approval

Sir Edward Grey (1862 - 1933), British Liberal statesman and Foreign Secretary during World War One Date: c. 1914

Young woman with notebook and pen
Young woman with shorthand notebook and pen -- a typical secretary. circa 1960s

Office girls drawn by Fish, WW1
Uncle Fred, a character in the Letters of Eve in The Tatler, drawn by Annie Fish, is pictured njoying his time in the office now that girls are taking on wartime clerical roles. Date: 1917

Lord Curzon of Kedleston (1859 - 1925), Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905 and later (1919 - 1924) served as Foreign Secretary 1914

Harold John Tennant in 1915
Harold John Tennant (1865 1935), Scottish Liberal politician. Served as under-secretary for the First World War between July and December 1916. Date: 1915

Sir Edward Grey in 1915
Sir Edward Grey (1862 - 1933), British Liberal statesman who served as Foreign Secretary from 1905 to 1916. Date: 1915

Sir Edward Grey by Tom Hutt
SIR EDWARD GREY (1862-1933) British Liberal statesman who served as Foreign Secretary from 1905 to 1916. Date: 1914

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