House Finch Gallery

Cabinet Minister as Fireman: Winston Churchills daring

Winston Churchill, then President of the Board of Trade, is shown in his pyjamas and a fireman's helmet taking part in yeoman service at the burning of Burley-on-the-Hill. Churchill had been at a party at the home of the Finch family which was destroyed by fire on 6th August 1908. He helped to save precious treasures from the mansion, dashing in to the flames again and again to save many valuable items. Date: 1908

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Greenfinch (Ligurinus chloris) (hand-coloured litho)

1773126 Greenfinch (Ligurinus chloris) (hand-coloured litho) by Gould, John (1804-81) (after); Collection of the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth House, UK; (add.info.: Illustration from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould, printed in London, 1862-73.
Most plates engraved by H. Richter.); © Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth; Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; English, out of copyright

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Eastwell Park, near Ashford, Kent, home of the Duke of Edinburgh, c1880

Eastwell Park, near Ashford, Kent, home of the Duke of Edinburgh, c1880. The house was built for George Finch Hatton in the late 18th century. It was rented by the Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria, from 1874 until 1893. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume VI, William Mackenzie, London, c1880. Wood-engraved plates after paintings by Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon

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