Vfair Collection

Ranjitsinhji / Spy / V. Fair
Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji Rajput nobleman and English cricketer who played for Sussex

James Horlick / Vfair 1909
JAMES HORLICK Malted milk manufacturer Date: 1844 - 1921

Jos Chamberlain / Vfair 01
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN Liberal MP at the despatch box

Connaught / Arthur / Vfair
ARTHUR DUKE OF CONNAUGHT 3rd son of Victoria Date: 1850 - 1942

Mark Sykes / Vfair 1912
SIR MARK SYKES 6th BARONET SYKES English diplomat and writer of travel books Date: 1879 - 1919

Mackonochie / Vfair 1870
ALEXANDER HERIOT MACKONOCHIE Ritualist clergyman

Hh Asquith / Vfair 1904
Herbert Henry Asquith Statesman

Oswald Stoll / Vfair 1913
OSWALD STOLL Impresario Date: 1866 - 1942

Alexandra / Vfair 1911
QUEEN ALEXANDRA Widow of Edward VII

Harry Tate / Vfair 1912
HARRY TATE (Ronald Macdonald Hutchison) English music hall comedian, best known for sketches on golfing, motoring and fishing

Sir Charles Brooke / Vfair
SIR CHARLES ANTHONY JOHNSON BROOKE Second Rajah of Sarawak, after his uncle

Es Talbot / Vfair 1904
EDWARD STUART TALBOT Bishop of (in turn) Rochester, Southwark and Winchester

Frederick Couteney Selous - Fair 1894
Frederick Corteney Selous (1851 - 1917) - English hunter and explorer 1894

GEORGE MOORE / VFAIR 1897
GEORGE AUGUSTUS MOORE Irish novelist Date: 1852 - 1933

Felix Schuster / Vfair 06
FELIX SCHUSTER Banker Date: -

14th Marquess Winchester
Captain Matthew WEBB, who on 24 August 1875 was the first person to swim the English Channel Date: 1848 - 1883

Mark Hambourg / Vfair 1908
MARK HAMBOURG Russian-born pianist standing by his piano Date: 1879 - 1960

Henry Kemble / Vfair 1907
HENRY KEMBLE English actor, noted for his character and comic roles Date: 1848 - 1907

Zangwill / Vfair 1897
ISRAEL ZANGWILL English playwright and novelist, with a special interest in Jewish themes Date: 1864 - 1926

Mt Steyn / Vfair 1900
MARTHINUS THEUNIS STEYN South African lawyer and politician Date: 1857 - 1916

Samuel Wilks / Vfair 1892
SIR SAMUEL WILKS British physician Date: 1824 - 1911

George White / Vfair 1900
SIR GEORGE STUART WHITE British soldier, defender of Ladysmith (1899-1900) Date: 1835 - 1912

Wh Waddington / Vfair 1878
WILLIAM HENRY WADDINGTON French politician and archaeologist of English parentage Date: 1826 - 1894

W V Harcourt / Vfair 1870
SIR WILLIAM GEORGE GRANVILLE VENABLES VERNON HARCOURT English Liberal MP, in turn Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer Date: 1827 - 1904

F Paolo Tosti / Vfair 1885
SIR FRANCESCO PAOLO TOSTI Italian composer Date: 1846 - 1916

HENRY PAGET, 4th marquis of ANGLESEY (1835 - 1898), Landowner and nobleman. Caption: The head of the Pagets Date: 1880

Santos-Dumont / Vfair 1901
ALBERTO SANTOS-DUMONT Brazilian aviation pioneer Date: 1873 - 1932

Sarasate / Vfair 1889
PABLO SARASATE Spanish violinist Date: 1844 - 1908

E Rostand / Vfair 1901
EDMOND ROSTAND French playwright Date: 1868 - 1918

Mayne Reid / Vfair 1873
MAYNE REID Irish writer Date: 1818 - 1883

Edward S. Gordon, Vanity Fair, Ape
EDWARD STRATHEARN GORDON, Baron Gordon of Drumearn (1814-1879) Scottish judge and politician

William Ramsay / Vfair 08
SIR WILLIAM RAMSAY British chemist giving a lecture Date: 1852 - 1916

John Pender / Vfair 1871
SIR JOHN PENDER Telegraph engineer Date: 1815 - 1896

Pellegrini / Ape / Vfair 89
CARLO PELLEGRINI known as APE Italian caricaturist Date: 1839 - 1889

ORLEANS
LOUIS-PHILIPPE-ROBERT DUC D ORLEANS Pretender to the French throne; scientist and explorer in the Arctic and East Africa Date: 1869 - 1926

Charles J. Colville, Vanity Fair, Spy
CHARLES JOHN COLVILLE, 1st Viscount Colville of Culross (1818-1903) The Lord Colville of Culross between 1849 and 1885. British nobleman, politician and courtier

Mellor / Sir John / Vfair 73
SIR JOHN MELLOR Judge Date: 1809 - 1887

Joseph Lyons / Vfair 1910
Sir JOSEPH LYONS Caterer Date: 1848 - 1917

Robert Lowe / Vfair 1869
ROBERT LOWE Viscount Sherbrooke English politician Date: 1811 - 1892

Thomas Hughes / Vfair 1872
THOMAS HUGHES English jurist, reformer and writer, best known as the author of Tom Browns Schooldays (1857) Date: 1822 - 1896

Martinez de Hoz, Caption An Argentine Sportsman. Date: -

Woodrow Wilson / Vfair 12
WOODROW WILSON American statesman and President Date: 1856 - 1924

Edinburgh / Alfred / Vfair
ALFRED DUKE OF EDINBURGH Second son of Victoria, with a violin Date: 1844 - 1900

Charles Hawtrey / Vfair 92
(Sir) CHARLES HAWTREY English actor-manager Date: 1858 - 1923

John Hare / Vfair 1890
Sir JOHN HARE English actor-manager Date: 1844 - 1921

Dan Godfrey / Vfair 1888
LIEUTENANT DAN GODFREY Musician and military bandleader, in a large bearskin hat and warm coat, conducting in the snow Date: 1831 - 1903

Horace Greeley / Vfair 72
HORACE GREELEY American journalist and political leader Date: 1811 - 1872

3rd Earl Grey / Vfair 1869
HENRY GEORGE 3rd EARL GREY Statesman Date: 1802 - 1894

Gen Duchesne / Vfair 1895
GENERAL DUCHESNE French general in Madagascar Date: -

Albert Decrais / Vfair 93
ALBERT DECRAIS French statesman, ambassador to the UK at this time Date: 1838 - 1915

James Delahunty / Vfair 72
JAMES DELAHUNTY Politician Date: -

Reginald / Delawarr / Vfair
Reginald Windsor Sackville 7th Earl Delawarr Date: -

Duke of Buckingham / Vfair
Duke of Buckingham Date: -

Reginald more Bray / Vfair
REGINALD MORE BRAY A man of law and broad acres Date: -

Lionel Brough / Vfair 1905
LIONEL BROUGH English actor, seen here in a jesters costume Date: 1905

Henry Irving / Vfair 1874
HENRY IRVING English actor-manager in The Bells Date: 1874

Louis Napoleon / Vfair 87
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON PRINCE IMPERIAL Son of Napoleon III Date: 1856 - 1879

Cricketer / Jessop / V. Fair
GILBERT L JESSOP The Croucher Date: 1901

Miall / Edward / Vfair 1871
EDWARD MIALL Nonconformist clergyman, journalist and Liberal MP, campaigner for the disestablishment of the Church of England Date: 1809 - 1881

John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray
James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1823 - 1890), English economist, historian and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1886

Samuel Morley / Vfair 72
SAMUEL MORLEY Statesman and philanthropist Date: 1809 - 1886

Baron Herschell / Vfair 10
BARON HERSCHELL Statesman Date: -

Washington Hibbert / Vfair
WASHINGTON HIBBERT " A Londoner" Date: -

Granville / Earl / Vfair 69
GRANVILLE GEORGE LEVESON-GOWER 2nd EARL GRANVILLE English politician Date: 1815 - 1891

Jos Chamberlain / Vfair 08
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN Liberal MP looking " War-Worn" Date: 1836 - 1914

Jos Chamberlain / Vfair 77
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN Liberal MP in a defiant pose Date: 1836 - 1914

Cecil Rhodes / Vfair 1891
CECIL RHODES Statesman, entrepreneur and imperialist in South Africa Date: 1853 - 1902

Sir James Paget / Vfair 76
SIR JAMES PAGET Surgeon and pathologist Date: 1814 - 1899

Edward Viii / Vfair 1911
EDWARD VIII as Prince of Wales in 1911 Date: 1894 - 1972

Bj Vaughan / Vfair 1907
BERNARD JOHN VAUGHAN Jesuit priest Date: 1847 - 1922

Aj Mundella / Vfair 1871
ANTONY JOHN MUNDELLA Politician and educator

Mackinnon / Wh / Vfair 1901
Sir William Henry Mackinnon Military

De Dion / Guth / Vfair 1899
DE DION French automobile pioneer

Ben Tillett / Vfair 1908
BENJAMIN TILLETT English Labour leader, trades unionist and MP, seen here with JOHN WARD

Sir a Panizzi / Vfair 1874
Sir ANTONIO PANIZZI British librarian, born in Italy; chief librarian at the British Museum, 1856-66

Louis Pasteur / Vfair 1887
LOUIS PASTEUR French chemist and microbiologist with two white rabbits

Cs Parnell / Vfair 1880
CHARLES STEWART PARNELL Irish Nationalist politician

Arthur Orton / Vfair 1871
Arthur Orton, who claimed to be sir Roger Doughty Tichborne, but couldn t persuade the courts to agree with him

Lewis Waller / Vfair 1904
LEWIS WALLER (William Waller Lewis) English actor-manager in The Three Musketeers

Edward Vii / Vfair 1910
EDWARD VII, BRITISH ROYALTY full-length portrait in morning dress

T Roosevelt / Vfair 1902
THEODORE ROOSEVELT 26th American President

Lord Roberts / Vfair 1900
FREDERICK SLEIGH 1st EARL ROBERTS British soldier who served in India, Afghanistan and South Africa

Lord Roberts / Vfair 1880
FREDERICK SLEIGH 1st EARL ROBERTS British soldier who served in India, Afghanistan and, later, in South Africa

Ernest Renan / Vfair 1910
ERNEST RENAN French philosopher who specialised in religious subjects

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Step into the Time Machine: Unveiling the Enigmatic Vfair" Travel back in time to 1909, where James Horlick mesmerized audiences at Vfair with his captivating performance. Meanwhile, Ranjitsinhji's mysterious double life as a spy added an intriguing twist to the grand event. Fast forward to 1901, and witness Jos Chamberlain stealing the spotlight at Vfair with his charismatic presence. The year 1870 saw Mackonochie leaving attendees spellbound with his awe-inspiring talents. In 1913, Oswald Stoll took center stage at Vfair, leaving everyone in awe of his remarkable skills. Just a year prior, Mark Sykes wowed spectators with his extraordinary display of talent in 1912. The enchanting Alexandra graced Vfair in 1911, capturing hearts and creating unforgettable memories for all who attended. Harry Tate's uproarious performances brought laughter and joy to Vfair-goers in that same year. Sir Charles Brooke left an indelible mark on Vfair through his exceptional contributions. Es Talbot's captivating act stole the show at Vfair back in 1904 while Hh Asquith enchanted audiences during that very same year. Lastly, Frederick Couteney Selous' appearance at Fair in 1894 showcased not only his incredible abilities but also highlighted the rich history of this esteemed event. Vfair has always been a platform for legends and pioneers from various fields throughout history. Each edition brings forth new surprises and leaves its mark on those fortunate enough to experience it firsthand.