Nineteenth Collection (page 3)

Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, 1867 - 1947. British statesman of the Conservative Party and three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Signature of Sir Edmund William Gosse, 1849 - 1928. English poet, author and critic. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Charles James Lever, 1806 - 1872. Irish novelist and raconteur. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c.1900

Maria Edgeworth, 1768 - 1849. Anglo-Irish writer of adults and childrens literature. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c.1900

Edgar Allan Poe, 1809 - 1849. American writer, editor, and literary critic. From International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

The Old Manse, Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America, home of Nathaniel Hawthorne, born Nathaniel Hathorne, 1804 - 1864. American novelist, Dark Romantic, and short story writer

Downe, Beckenham, Kent, England. The home of Charles Darwin. Inset left, his study where The Origin of the Species was written and inset right, his favourite walk. Charles Robert Darwin, 1809 - 1882

Signature of Henry Smith Williams, 1863 - 1943. American medical doctor, lawyer, and author. From International Library of Famous Literature, published c.1900

Signature of Marie-Eugene-Melchior, vicomte de Vogue, 1848 - 1910. French diplomat, Orientalist, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist and literary critic

James Ramsay MacDonald, 1866 -1937. British statesman, the first Labour Party politician to become Prime Minister. From Forty Wonderful Years, published 1938

Lieutenant Daniel Godfrey, 1831-1903, father of Sir Dan Godfrey, 1868 - 1939, British music conductor. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 1894

Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, 1821 - 1915. Canadian father of Confederation, Premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led Nova Scotia into Confederation

Eamon de Valera, first registered as George de Valero but changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera, 1882 - 1975. Irish statesman and political leader

Sir John Franklin, 1786 - 1847. English Royal Navy officer, explorer of the Arctic and Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemens Land (now Tasmania) from 1837 to 1843

Frank Richard Stockton, 1834 - 1902. American writer and humorist. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, 1863 - 1945. British statesman of the Liberal Party, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Ned Ludd disguised as a woman. Ned Ludd, possibly born Edward Ludlam, allegedly the person from whom the Luddites took their name.The Luddites were a group of English textile workers

Andrew Bonar Law, 1858 - 1923, commonly called Bonar Law. British Conservative Party politician and Prime Minister. From Forty Wonderful Years, published 1938

George Loveless, 1797-1874. Dorchester labourer and Tolpuddle martyr. The Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of 19th-century Dorset agricultural labourers who were arrested for

Isabel, Lady Burton, 1831 - 1896, nee Isabel Arundell. Writer and the wife and partner of explorer, adventurer, and writer Sir Richard Francis Burton. Seen here aged 43

Feargus Edward O Connor, 1794 - 1855. Irish Chartist leader and advocate of the Land Plan, which sought to provide smallholdings for the labouring classes

Augustus Legge, 1839 - 1913. Bishop of Lichfield. Seen here aged 55. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June 1894

William Hickling Prescott, 1796 - 1859. American historian and Hispanist. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Fanny Lily Gipsey Davenport, 1850 - 1898. English-American stage actress. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

EDITORIAL Andrew Conley, c. 1880 - 1952. British trade unionist. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934
EDITORIAL Andrew Conley, c.1880 - 1952. British trade unionist. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934

EDITORIAL George Bernard Shaw, 1856 - 1950, aka Bernard Shaw. Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934

The Prince of Wales in 1935. Later Edward VIII, Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; later The Duke of Windsor, 1894 to 1972

Wallis Simpson, later the Duchess of Windsor, born Bessie Wallis Warfield, 1896 - 1986. American socialite for whom King Edward VIII abdicated in 1936. From The Weekly Illustrated, published 1936

Pasquale Villari, 1827 - 1917. Italian historian and politician. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Celia Laighton Thaxter, 1835 - 1894. American writer of poetry and stories. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

James Whitcomb Riley, 1849 -1916. American writer, poet, and best-selling author. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Zola in his study. Emile Edouard Charles Antoine Zola, 1840 - 1902. French novelist, playwright and journalist. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Joseph Rudyard Kipling, 1865 - 1936. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Marie-Eugene-Melchior, vicomte de Vogue, 1848 - 1910. French diplomat, Orientalist, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist and literary critic

A deep sea diver in thge 19th century. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 1894

Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps, 1805 - 1894. French diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 1894

Ernest Louis Charles Albert William, 1868 - 1937. The last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 1894

A contemporary impression of four of the Tolpuddle Martyrs after their return from penal servitude in Australia in 1836. Left to right, James Brine, Thomas Stanfield, John Stanfield, James Loveless

The burning of The Houses of Parliament, London, England, 1834. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934

The Royal Coburg Theatrre, later The Vactoria or Old Vic, London, England, 1830. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, 1764 - 1845, aka Viscount Howick. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934

Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, 1778 -1868. British statesman who became Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934

Joseph Hume, 1777 - 1855. Scottish doctor and Radical MP. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934

Lieutenant-General Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet, 1784 - 1854. Lieutenant Governor of British Honduras (1814-1822), Van Diemens Land (now the State of Tasmania)

The Gallery on board The HMS York, a British prison hulk used to house the Tolpuddle Martyrs. Prison hulks were decommissioned ships that authorities used as floating prisons in the 18th

The washing room on board The HMS York, a British prison hulk used to house the Tolpuddle Martyrs. Prison hulks were decommissioned ships that authorities used as floating prisons in the 18th

Facsimilie of one of Robert Owens Labour Notes. Robert Owen, 1771 - 1858. Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropic social reformer

Sir William Rann Kennedy, 1846 - 1915. British jurist, Lord Justice of Appeal and an accomplished classical scholar. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 1894

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