A portraitist and landscape painter, he took a keen interest in industrial and scientific developments, experimenting in lighting effects and candlelit subjects. Wright travelled to Italy with his ...

John Colborne entered the Army in 1794. He first saw active service in the Dutch Helder campaign of 1799 and took part in an expedition to Egypt two years later. Colborne served in the Peninsular War ...

Son of the Duke of Lennox, Lord George was brought up in France, inheriting the Seigneury of Aubigny in 1632. At the outbreak of civil war he joined the King, and this 'gentleman of great hopes' fell ...

Rich began his artistic career working for a firm of heraldic painters from 1870 until 1890, when he started studying at the Slade School of art. His first public exhibition was at his studio in ...

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Alexander worked as both architect and engineer. As Surveyor to the London Dock Company, 1796-1831, he was responsible for the early development of the London Docks, and also designed lighthouses and ...

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Given by the artist's granddaughter, Mona M. Brown, 1922 ...

(1852-1929), Author and journalist; wife of Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard ...

The eldest son of Edward II and Isabella of France, Edward became king at the age of fourteen after his father was deposed by his mother and her lover Roger Mortimer and subsequently murdered. They ...

An influential churchman and statesman, Warham was appointed Bishop of London in 1502 and Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor in 1504, crowning Henry VIII in 1509. Though he clashed with ...

Artist and playwright, born in Jamaica, Lloyd came to London in 1963 where he studied Law. He switched careers becoming an active artist. His commissioned work includes busts of Sir Alexander ...