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Brett Collection (#6)

"Brett: A Multifaceted Name with a Rich History" Brett, a name that has been associated with various individuals and accomplishments throughout history

Background imageBrett Collection: Brett Lee - Australian cricketer

Brett Lee - Australian cricketer Date: 1990s - 2000s

Background imageBrett Collection: Brett Lee & Ricky Ponting

Brett Lee & Ricky Ponting
Brett Lee and Ricky Ponting Australia V Sri Lanka Australia V Sri Lanka 20 20 Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 08 June 2009 Date: 08 June 2009

Background imageBrett Collection: London-Paris Air Race: the winner, Mr WL Brock, the American racing pilot, 1914, (1934)

London-Paris Air Race: the winner, Mr WL Brock, the American racing pilot, 1914, (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
London-Paris Air Race: the winner, Mr WL Brock, the American racing pilot, 1914, (1934). The London to Paris Air Race 1914, ran from Hendon to Buc and back with a total distance of 508 miles

Background imageBrett Collection: The Hon. Priscilla Brett

The Hon. Priscilla Brett
The Hon. Priscilla Leonie Brett (1921 - 2000), third daughter of Viscount and Viscountess Esher pictured in The Bystander as a debutante in 1939

Background imageBrett Collection: The Hon. Sylvia Brett

The Hon. Sylvia Brett
Sylvia Leonora, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak, born The Hon. Sylvia Leonora Brett, (1885 - 1971). Married Charles Vyner Brooke in 1911

Background imageBrett Collection: A great cross-country pilot: Mr WB Rhodes-Moorhouse, 1912 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo

A great cross-country pilot: Mr WB Rhodes-Moorhouse, 1912 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
A great cross-country pilot: Mr WB Rhodes-Moorhouse, 1912 (1933). William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse (1887-1915) competed in aviation races and was the first to cross the English Channel

Background imageBrett Collection: Henri Salmet, the great Bleriot pilot, at Hendon, London, 1912 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo

Henri Salmet, the great Bleriot pilot, at Hendon, London, 1912 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
Henri Salmet, the great Bleriot pilot, at Hendon, London, 1912 (1933). Henri Salmet (1878-1929) was an early French aviator

Background imageBrett Collection: Lieutenant BH Barrington-Kennett, the first Adjutant of the RFC, 1912 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo

Lieutenant BH Barrington-Kennett, the first Adjutant of the RFC, 1912 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
A world record breaker: Lieutenant BH Barrington-Kennett, the first Adjutant of the RFC, 1912 (1933). Lieutenant Basil Herbert Barrington-Kennett made the first passenger flight in Portholme

Background imageBrett Collection: The second British woman pilot: Mrs. de Beauvoir Stocks in her Farman biplane, 1911 (1933)

The second British woman pilot: Mrs. de Beauvoir Stocks in her Farman biplane, 1911 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
The second British woman pilot: Mrs. de Beauvoir Stocks in her Farman biplane, 1911 (1933). Cheridah de Beauvoir Stocks (1887-1971)

Background imageBrett Collection: Circuit of Britain air race: Jules Vedrines at Shoreham Control, Sussex, 1911 (1933)

Circuit of Britain air race: Jules Vedrines at Shoreham Control, Sussex, 1911 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
Circuit of Britain air race: Jules Vedrines at Shoreham Control, Sussex, 1911 (1933). Jules Charles Toussaint Vedrines (1881-1919)

Background imageBrett Collection: Gustav Hamel, winner of the first air race to Brighton, 1911 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo

Gustav Hamel, winner of the first air race to Brighton, 1911 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
Gustav Hamel, winner of the first air race to Brighton, 1911 (1933). Gustav Hamel (1889-1914) was a pioneer British aviator

Background imageBrett Collection: The First British pilot to break a world record: Captain Bertram Dickson, 1910 (1933)

The First British pilot to break a world record: Captain Bertram Dickson, 1910 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
The First British pilot to break a world record: Captain Bertram Dickson, 1910 (1933). Bertram Dickson (1873-1913), a pioneering Scottish airman

Background imageBrett Collection: Claude Grahame-White, English aviation pioneer, 1910 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo

Claude Grahame-White, English aviation pioneer, 1910 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
Claude Grahame-White, English aviation pioneer, 1910 (1933). Grahame-White (1879-1959) was the first aviator first to make a night flight

Background imageBrett Collection: Henri Farman and his 50 hp Gnome biplane, Blackpool Aviation Meeting, Lancashire, 1909 (1933)

Henri Farman and his 50 hp Gnome biplane, Blackpool Aviation Meeting, Lancashire, 1909 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
Henri Farman and his 50 hp Gnome biplane, Blackpool Aviation Meeting, Lancashire, 1909 (1933). From History of British Aviation 1908-1914, Volume I, by R

Background imageBrett Collection: The conqueror of the Channel: Louis Bleriot, 1909 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo

The conqueror of the Channel: Louis Bleriot, 1909 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
The conqueror of the Channel: Louis Bleriot, 1909 (1933). Louis Charles Joseph Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, inventor and engineer

Background imageBrett Collection: Henri Farman, French aircraft designer, constructor and pilot, c1910 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo

Henri Farman, French aircraft designer, constructor and pilot, c1910 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo
Henri Farman, French aircraft designer, constructor and pilot, c1910 (1933). Henri Farman (1874-1958) set numerous official records for both distance and duration in the Voisin 1907 biplane

Background imageBrett Collection: Probably The Fastest Aeroplane in Existence at the Outbreak of War

Probably The Fastest Aeroplane in Existence at the Outbreak of War: The Deperdussin Monoplane (160 Artist: Flight Photo)
Probably the fastest aeroplane in existence at the outbreak of the First World War, 1914 (1934). The Deperdussin monoplane, built by French manufacturer Aeroplanes Deperdussin

Background imageBrett Collection: Englands greatest pre-war pilot: Mr BC Hucks, 1914 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo

Englands greatest pre-war pilot: Mr BC Hucks, 1914 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
Englands greatest pre-war pilot: Mr BC Hucks, 1914 (1934). Bentfield Charles Hucks (1884-1918) was a British aviation pioneer who became the first Briton to perform a loop in an aircraft in September

Background imageBrett Collection: London-Manchester Air Race: Mr Jack Alcock and his Maurice Farman biplane, 1914 (1934)

London-Manchester Air Race: Mr Jack Alcock and his Maurice Farman biplane, 1914 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
London-Manchester Air Race: Mr Jack Alcock and his Maurice Farman biplane, 1914 (1934). The first all-British aeroplane to finish a long-distance race

Background imageBrett Collection: The Aerial Derby: Lord Carbery with his Morane-Saulnier monoplane, 1914 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo

The Aerial Derby: Lord Carbery with his Morane-Saulnier monoplane, 1914 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
The Aerial Derby: Lord Carbery with his Morane-Saulnier monoplane, 1914 (1934). John Evans-Freke, 10th Baron Carbery (1892-1970) at the Aerial Derby

Background imageBrett Collection: The first parachute drop from an aeroplane in England, 1914 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo

The first parachute drop from an aeroplane in England, 1914 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
The first parachute drop from an aeroplane in England: Mr Guy Newall on the GW Charabancs, 1914 (1934). From History of British Aviation 1908-1914, Volume II, by R

Background imageBrett Collection: The Schneider Trophy: Howard Pixton talking to Jacques Schneider after his victory, 1914 (1934)

The Schneider Trophy: Howard Pixton talking to Jacques Schneider after his victory, 1914 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
The Schneider Trophy: Howard Pixton talking to Jacques Schneider after his victory, 1914 (1934). The Coupe d Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (Schneider Trophy)

Background imageBrett Collection: Miss Trehawke-Davies in the passengers seat of one of her Bleriot monoplanes, 1913 (1934)

Miss Trehawke-Davies in the passengers seat of one of her Bleriot monoplanes, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
Miss Trehawke-Davies in the passengers seat of one of her Bleriot monoplanes, 1913 (1934). Eleanor Josephine Trehawke Davies (1880-1915)

Background imageBrett Collection: Survivor of a terrible smash: Mr Sydney Pickles, the Caudron expert, 1913 (1934)

Survivor of a terrible smash: Mr Sydney Pickles, the Caudron expert, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
Survivor of a terrible smash: Mr Sydney Pickles, the Caudron expert, 1913 (1934). Sydney Pickles (1894-1975) was an Australian aviator

Background imageBrett Collection: London-Brighton Race: Harold Barnwell, the pilot of the Martinsyde, 1913 (1934)

London-Brighton Race: Harold Barnwell, the pilot of the Martinsyde, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
London-Brighton Race: Harold Barnwell, the pilot of the Martinsyde, 1913 (1934). From History of British Aviation 1908-1914, Volume II, by R. Dallas Brett [The Aviation Book Club, London, 1934]

Background imageBrett Collection: The Aerial Derby: the pilot of the Avro, Mr FP Raynham, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo

The Aerial Derby: the pilot of the Avro, Mr FP Raynham, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
The Aerial Derby: the pilot of the Avro, Mr FP Raynham, 1913 (1934). Frederick Phillips Raynham (1893-1954) gained his aviators certificate in 1911 aged 17

Background imageBrett Collection: The end of a great flight: Mr Robert Slacks arrival at Hendon, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo

The end of a great flight: Mr Robert Slacks arrival at Hendon, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
The end of a great flight: Mr Robert Slacks arrival at Hendon, 1913 (1934). Robert Slack qualified for his aviators certificate on 14 November 1911

Background imageBrett Collection: Mr Gordon Bell, who flew more different types than any other pilot of his time, 1913 (1934)

Mr Gordon Bell, who flew more different types than any other pilot of his time, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
Mr Gordon Bell, who flew more different types than any other pilot of his time, 1913 (1934). Gerald Gordon Bell (1890-c1989) was a Canadian First World War flying ace

Background imageBrett Collection: One of the best instructors: Lewis WF Turner standing by a Caudron training biplane, 1913 (1934)

One of the best instructors: Lewis WF Turner standing by a Caudron training biplane, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
One of the best instructors: Lewis WF Turner standing by a Caudron training biplane, 1913 (1934). From History of British Aviation 1908-1914, Volume II, by R

Background imageBrett Collection: Samuel Franklin Cody, American aviation pioneer, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo

Samuel Franklin Cody, American aviation pioneer, 1913 (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
Samuel Franklin Cody, American aviation pioneer, 1913 (1934). Mr SF Cody: the great Anglo-American pioneer enthroned in the pilots seat of his cathedral

Background imageBrett Collection: Right Hon Sir William Baliol Brett, Judge of the Court of Appeal, 1877. Artist: Lock & Whitfield

Right Hon Sir William Baliol Brett, Judge of the Court of Appeal, 1877. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Right Hon Sir William Baliol Brett, Judge of the Court of Appeal, 1877. Brett went on to become Master of the Rolls in 1883

Background imageBrett Collection: William Viscount Esher

William Viscount Esher
WILLIAM BALLIOL BRETT, viscount ESHER Judge Date: 1817 - 1899

Background imageBrett Collection: The Village, Sampford Brett, Williton, England

The Village, Sampford Brett, Williton, England
The Village, Sampford Brett, Williton, near Minehead, Somerset, England. Date: 1950s

Background imageBrett Collection: Zena Dare working at the front during WW1

Zena Dare working at the front during WW1
Mrs Maurice Brett, formerly the theatre and music hall star, Zena Dare pictured waiting on soldiers in a cellar at the front while she was working in France during the First World War

Background imageBrett Collection: Lord Esher

Lord Esher
Reginald Baliol Brett, Viscount Esher (1852-1930), historian, courtier and Liberal politician. He held a number of influential posts in the diplomatic and military spheres

Background imageBrett Collection: Drawings Prints, Drawing, Bonchurch Downs, Artist, John Brett, British, Bletchingly

Drawings Prints, Drawing, Bonchurch Downs, Artist, John Brett, British, Bletchingly
Drawings and Prints, Drawing, Bonchurch Downs, Artist, John Brett, British, Bletchingly 1831-1902 London, Brett, John, 1831, 1902, 1865, 1865

Background imageBrett Collection: HARTE: ROARING CAMP. Gold miners gathered arouned a newborn baby boy at Roaring Camp, California

HARTE: ROARING CAMP. Gold miners gathered arouned a newborn baby boy at Roaring Camp, California. Woodcut illustration by Paul Honor from a 1941 edition of the Bret Harte short story The Luck of

Background imageBrett Collection: Source Size = 2523 x 2888

Source Size = 2523 x 2888
Sir W.B. Brett, the New Solicitor-General, 1868

Background imageBrett Collection: Facsimile of the original manuscript of The Heathen Chinee by Francis Bret Harte

Facsimile of the original manuscript of The Heathen Chinee by Francis Bret Harte
XJF119864 Facsimile of the original manuscript of The Heathen Chinee by Francis Bret Harte (1836-1902), from Overland Monthly, 1871 (engraving) (b&w photo) by American School

Background imageBrett Collection: Seascape Coastal landscape with cliffs and jagged rocks [signed and dated lower right]

Seascape Coastal landscape with cliffs and jagged rocks [signed and dated lower right] Signed and dated, lower right: " John Brett 1887", John Brett, 1831-1902, British

Background imageBrett Collection: On the Welsh Coast Seascape Dated, upper left: 19 July [6 or 8; symbol historically

On the Welsh Coast Seascape Dated, upper left: 19 July [6 or 8; symbol historically
On the Welsh Coast Seascape Dated, upper left: " 19 July [6 or 8; symbol historically an 8]2, John Brett, 1831-1902, British

Background imageBrett Collection: Man of War Rocks, Coast of Dorset Distant Thunder Signed and dated, lower left: John

Man of War Rocks, Coast of Dorset Distant Thunder Signed and dated, lower left: John
Man of War Rocks, Coast of Dorset Distant Thunder Signed and dated, lower left: " John Brett 1884", John Brett, 1831-1902, British

Background imageBrett Collection: FRANCIS BRETT HARTE (1836-1902). Known as Bret. American writer. Oil over a photograph

FRANCIS BRETT HARTE (1836-1902). Known as Bret. American writer. Oil over a photograph, c1890

Background imageBrett Collection: WILLIAM BALLIOL BRETT (1817-1899). 1st Viscout Esher and English jurist. Photograph

WILLIAM BALLIOL BRETT (1817-1899). 1st Viscout Esher and English jurist. Photograph, c1877

Background imageBrett Collection: COUNTRY STORE, 1906. Checkers at the country store. Drawing by Harold Matthews Brett

COUNTRY STORE, 1906. Checkers at the country store. Drawing by Harold Matthews Brett

Background imageBrett Collection: Picture No. 10882456

Picture No. 10882456
Bottle-nosed Dolphin Release - Brett Long of The Long Marine Lab with crew of rehab staff and volunteers releases a rehabilitated bottle-nosed dolphin named Baker in the Monterey Bay

Background imageBrett Collection: John Watkins Brett (1805-1863) English telegraph pioneer who, with his brother Jacob

John Watkins Brett (1805-1863) English telegraph pioneer who, with his brother Jacob, founded the General Oceanic Electric Telegraph Company (1845)

Background imageBrett Collection: Francis Brett Young (1844-1954) British novelist and poet. From a series of cards

Francis Brett Young (1844-1954) British novelist and poet. From a series of cards of Famous British Authors (London, 1937)




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"Brett: A Multifaceted Name with a Rich History" Brett, a name that has been associated with various individuals and accomplishments throughout history. From actors to athletes, artists to war heroes, the name Brett carries a legacy of talent and distinction. One notable figure named Brett was Jeremy Brett, an English actor best known for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in "The Hound of the Baskervilles" in 1988. With his impeccable acting skills and captivating presence, Brett brought the iconic detective character to life on screen. Another mention goes to Thos. Brett Cleveland from the O. Diebold Safe & Lock Company. This individual played a significant role in ensuring security through their innovative lock systems, leaving behind a lasting impact on the industry. In the realm of artistry, John Brett's creation titled "Britannias Realm" showcases his artistic prowess dating back to 1880. His work continues to captivate audiences even today due to its timeless beauty. During World War I, Zena Dare served as a nurse - her dedication and compassion shining through during challenging times. Alongside her were Lt Browning, Major Kinloch, and Dr Francis Brett Young who selflessly provided medical care amidst chaos and uncertainty. Francis Brett Young himself deserves recognition as an accomplished author whose literary works have left an indelible mark on readers worldwide. His contributions continue to inspire generations of writers even after his passing. Moving onto entertainment realms once again is Stanley Brett portraying the Mad Hatter alongside Marie Studholme's Alice at The Prince of Wales Theatre in London during 1907's rendition of "Alice in Wonderland. " Their performances undoubtedly enchanted audiences with their whimsical portrayals. Not forgetting those who bear this illustrious name today; Priscilla Brett holds her own place among distinguished individuals as The Honorable Priscilla Brett – an embodiment of grace and elegance that commands respect wherever she goes.