Prime Collection (page 9)

Herbert Henry Asquith, Liberal Party politician
Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928), Liberal Party politician, British Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916. 1906

Handwritten address on a letter with red sealing wax
Handwritten address on a letter to the 3rd Earl of Portsmouth (John Wallop, 1767-1853), 61 Lincolns Inn Fields, London, from Spencer Perceval (1762-1812), British Prime Minister

Prime and Inferior Meat (chromolitho)
969969 Prime and Inferior Meat (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prime and Inferior Meat)

Churchill cheered for Oran speech, 1940
After his Oran speech in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Winston Churchill(1874-1965) is cheered by his fellow MPs. After the bombing of the French Navy at Mers-el-Kebir

Lloyd George speaking at the Welsh National Eisteddfod
Prime Minister, David Lloyd George making a speech at the Welsh National Eisteddfod at Birkenhead in 1917. Date: 1917

Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Liberal Prime Minister
Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British Liberal Prime Minister (1905-1908)

Ramsay MacDonalds Cabinet, first Labour Government
Group photo, Ramsay MacDonalds Cabinet in the first Labour Government. Front row (left to right): Adamson, Lord Parmoor, Snowden, Lord Haldane, MacDonald, Clynes, Thomas, Henderson

Georges Clemenceau, Prime Minister of France, WW1
Georges Benjamin Clemenceau, Prime Minister of France during the First World War. 1910s

Political poster, Vote for Hambro, design by Winnie Burnand. Showing the Liberal Prime Minister Campbell Bannerman trying to keep the lid on Irish Nationalism

Cartoon comment on Prime Minister Charles Grey
Cartoon, Politics - a comment on the Whig Prime Minister Charles Grey. circa 1833

Cartoon of W E Gladstone as Bubbles
Cartoon of W E Gladstone as John Everett Millais Bubbles. 1887

Cartoon, General Gordon, Called Back -- Gladstone sees a vision of Gordons death in the Sudan. 1884

Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), British statesman, army officer, and writer, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Date: March 1905

Auberge de Castille, Valletta, Malta, originally designed in the 16th century to house knights of the Order of Saint John, rebuilt in the 1740s in Baroque style

New Port of London Authority Building opened by Lloyd George
The New Port of London Authority Building, Trinity Square, Tower Hill, London - opened by Prime Minister David Lloyd George on 17th October 1922. Date: 1922

Louis Botha (1862 - 1919), South African politician who was the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa. Date: 1916

Two suffragettes signing a petition for womens suffrage to be presented to the Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, following the conclusion of a Womens March from Edinburgh to London Date: 1912

3rd Marquess of Salisbury - British Prime Minister
The Marks. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830-1903) - British Conservative statesman and thrice Prime Minister, serving for a total of over 13 years. Date: 1900

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl Balfour
The Indefinite Article - Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl Balfour (1848-1930) - Prime Minister (1902-05). Date: 1900

Stalin and Churchill at Yalta; Second World War, 1945
Photograph showing Josef Stalin (1879-1953)(left), leader of the Soviet Union, and Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Prime Minister of Great Britain, at the Yalta Conference in the Crimea

Ramsay MacDonald and Benito Mussolini, Ostia, 1933
James Ramsay MacDonald, British Prime Minister, being welcomed to Ostia, Italy, by Benito Mussolini, the Italian dictator, 1933

Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone (1809 - 1898), delivering the Peroration of his Speech on the Introduction of the Home Rule Bill, granting Ireland limited self-rule within the British Empire

Cecil Rhodes (1853 - 1902), British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. Date: late 1890s

Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier (1841 - 1919), Canadian politician and statesman who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada, in office from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911. Date: late 1890s

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian (1847 - 1929), British Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Date: late 1890s

Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881), British statesman and Conservative politician, who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Date: late 1890s

William Ewart Gladstone (1809 - 1898), British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Date: late 1890s

N CHAMBERLAIN / MARCH 1938 NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN British Prime Minister and his wife in March 1938, given flowers by an admirer in gratitude for his peacemaking Date: 1869 - 1940

Beef (chromolitho)
3651690 Beef (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beef. Illustration for The Royal Cookery Book (Le Livre De Cuisine) by Jules Gouffe (Sampson Low)

The late Lord Palmerston (engraving)
728951 The late Lord Palmerston (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The late Lord Palmerston, K.G. and G.C.B. First Lord of the Treasury)

Wheres the (Irish) Police?: William Gladstone, British Prime Minister
527700 Wheres the (Irish) Police?: William Gladstone, British Prime Minister, watching the unrest in Ireland and waiting to intervene

Mr Gladstones illness: anxious inquirers in Downing Street (engraving)
583260 Mr Gladstones illness: anxious inquirers in Downing Street (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Gladstones illness)

Louis Botha, Afrikaner and first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa
498892 Louis Botha, Afrikaner and first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, from The Year 1919 Illustrated by English Photographer

Sir Mir Turab Ali Khan, from The Magazine of Art, published 1878 (litho)
1772383 Sir Mir Turab Ali Khan, from The Magazine of Art, published 1878 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Mir Turab Ali Khan, Salar Jung I, 1829A-1883)

The Three Ages of Man, 1931 (screen print)
2622224 The Three Ages of Man, 1931 (screen print) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vintage illustration of the three ages of man; screen print)

Klement Gottwald (b / w photo)
820992 Klement Gottwald (b/w photo) by Czech Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Klement Gottwald (1896-1953)

William Ewart Gladstone (engraving)
728904 William Ewart Gladstone (engraving) by Richmond, George (1809-96); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Ewart Gladstone, from a portrait by the late George Richmond, R.A)

Pitt drilling militia at Walmer Castle in 1803 (engraving)
726097 Pitt drilling militia at Walmer Castle in 1803 (engraving) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pitt drilling militia at Walmer Castle in 1803)

Opening of the Anglo-French telephone line. The British Prime Minister (Lord Salisbury
541328 Opening of the Anglo-French telephone line. The British Prime Minister (Lord Salisbury) in conversation with the French President (Sadi Carnot)

Political Economy: Reform of Parliament - extension of the franchise
527690 Political Economy: Reform of Parliament - extension of the franchise. Disraeli (Chancellor) and Derby (Prime Minister) dusting off the Reform Bill. In 1867 Disraeli introduced a new bill

Tulips in their Prime (colour litho)
6023985 Tulips in their Prime (colour litho) by Nixon, Mima (1861-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tulips in their Prime)

Portrait de Rainilaiarivony, premier ministre (colour litho)
2796796 Portrait de Rainilaiarivony, premier ministre (colour litho) by Bombled, Louis Charles (1862-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait de Rainilaiarivony, premier ministre)

Hugues-Bernard Maret (engraving)
726061 Hugues-Bernard Maret (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hugues-Bernard Maret, Duke of Bassano. From the painting by Robert Lefevre, engraved by T)

Mr Gladstone in his library at Hawarden Castle (engraving)
728905 Mr Gladstone in his library at Hawarden Castle (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Gladstone in his library at Hawarden Castle)

Set Down Two, and Carry One. ?: Gladstone, the British Prime Minister
527705 Set Down Two, and Carry One.?: Gladstone, the British Prime Minister, in a quandary over which of the controversial Irish bills to jettison

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