Images Dated 11th January 2005

Portrait of The Duchess of Kent, Mother of Queen Victoria

Portrait of H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent, mother of Queen Victoria, an engraaving after the portrait by Winterhalter. Formerly Victoria of Saxe-Coburg, she was the widowed sister of Leopold of Saxe-Coburg who had himself been widowed in 1817 when Princess Charlotte, George IV's heir, had died in childbirth. The event led to the infamous 'race for wives' among George III's sons and it was Victoria, following her marriage to the Duke of Kent who was the first to produce a female heir to the British throne in 1819

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Raising the Great Bell into the Tower of St. Paul's Cathedra

Engraving showing three stages in the raising of a new Great Bell into the tower of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, in 1882. At left, the bell is shown within the South-west tower doorway. At centre, workmen are seen working the 'crabs' to raise the bell. At right, the bell is shown ascending through the geometrical staircase

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Prince Alexander of Teck, Earl of Athlone

Major General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, formerly Prince Alexander of Teck (14 April 1874-16 January 1957), was a member of the British Royal Family who served as the Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 21 January 1923 to 21 December 1930 and then as Governor General of Canada from 21 June 1940 to 12 April 1946. He was the youngest brother of Queen Mary, consort of King George V. He married Princess Alice of Albany (daughter of the late Prince Leopold) in 1904. This picture was included in the ILN in celebration of the event

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