Minister Collection (page 10)

The Russian Minister of War inspecting a Red Cross train leaving for the front, 1915. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War Vol. III - 1915.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]

John Russell, Earl of Bedford, c1532-1543 (1945). Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
John Russell, Earl of Bedford, c1532-1543 (1945). John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford KG PC JP (c. 1485 -1554/1555) was an English royal minister in the Tudor era

Mr. Churchills War Cabinet in the Spirng of 1941, 1941 (1955). Back row, from left to right: Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Mr. Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour; Lord Beaverbrook

Rev. Sylvester Horne, B. A. In His Study, 1901
Rev. Sylvester Horne, B.A. In His Study, 1901. Charles Silvester Horne (1865-1914) was a member of the Congregational Church, a British politician and a well-known orator. From The Sunday Strand Vol

Dr. Syntax at the Funeral of His Wife, 1820. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Dr. Syntax at the Funeral of His Wife, 1820. From The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of Consolation, by William Combe. [Ackermann, London, 1820]

IOH. IOACH. SPALDING, 1778. Artist: Johann Friedrich Bause
IOH. IOACH. SPALDING, 1778

Mrs. Judson Takes Her Child To Her Chained Husband, c1912. Adoniram Judson, Jr. (1788-1850), American Congregationalist and later Baptist missionary

Sleepy Congregation, 1785. Artist: John Kay
Sleepy Congregation, 1785. Caricature of the Scottish preacher Dr Alexander Webster preaching in the Tolbooth Church, Edinburgh. [Edinburgh, 1785]

William Carey (1761-1834), British missionary and Baptist minister, c1910

The Earl of Chesterfield, c1800 (1878). Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773) was a British statesman and ambassador

Hussein Abni Pasha, c1906, (1907). Hussein Abni Pasha (1819-1876), influential military leader, holding positions; General governor of Smyrna in 1872

George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, British diplomat and politician, c1864 (1883)
George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, British diplomat and politician, c1864 (1883). From William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries, Vol

The Disgrace of Lord Clarendon 1667 (1905)
The Disgrace of Lord Clarendon after His Last Interview with the King in Whitehall Palace, 1667 (1905). Edward Hyde, 1st Earl Clarendon was King Charles IIs Chief Minister after the King`s

Sketch Portrait of Dr Jules De Wlassics, Hungarian Minister of Education, c1901 (1901-1902). From The Studio Volume 24. [The Offices of the Studio Ltd. London, 1901-1902]

Joseph Gallieni (1849-1916), French First World War general, 1917. Gallieni (1849-1916) was recalled from retirement to assist with the defence of Paris as the city was threatened by the German

Russian Minister of Finance in England: M. Bark on his way to the House of Commons, 1914
The Russian Minister of Finance in England: M. Bark on his way to the House of Commons, accompanied by Mr Lloyd George and Mr. Winston Churchill c1914

Antonio Maura, (1853-1925), 1920s
Antonio Maura, born in Palma de Majorca in 1853 and was the Minister of Overseas trade from December 1892 until March 1894

Gonzalo de Quesada, (1868-1915), 1920s
Gonzalo de Quesada, born in Havana 1868, lived much of his life in New York. Was a great patriot and secretary of Jose Marti and during the Republic was Minister of Cuba in Washington and Berlin

Carlos Roloff, (1842-1907), 1920s
General Carlos Roloff, born in East Prussia in 1842 was bookkeeper in the Caibarien in 1869. Revolted in the Villas in 1869

Robert Cecil (c1563-1612), 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman, 1912
Robert Cecil (c1563-1612), 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman. The son of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, chief advisor to Elizabeth I

A far advanced Radical, 1871. Artist: Coide
A far advanced Radical, 1871. Caricature of Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke (1843-1911), British politician. Dilke was a radical Liberal politician who served as MP for Chelsea between 1866 and 1886

Charles Alexandre de Calonne and Lomenie de Brienne, French statemen, 18th century (1882-1884). Artist: Pannemaker
Charles Alexandre de Calonne and Lomenie de Brienne, French statemen, 18th century (1882-1884). Calonne (1734-1802) was Controller-General of Finances under Louis XVI from 1783-1787

National Government composed of members from the three main political parties, 1931 (1937). An economic crisis in 1931 led to the resignation of Ramsay MacDonalds Labour government

Marshal Lyautey, French soldier, 1930. Lyautey (1854-1934) commanded French troops in the invasion and conquest of Madagascar in 1896-1898

John Wesley, English non-conformist preacher, 18th century (c1880). John Wesley (1703-1791) and his brother Charles were the founders of Methodism

The Reverend Cotton Mather, late 17th or early 18th century (c1880). The son of a Puritan minister, Increase Mather, Cotton Mather (1663-1728) followed his father into the church

Increase Mather, Puritan minister and American colonist, 17th century (c1880). Mather was involved in the government of the Massachusetts Bay colony, the administration of Harvard University

Admiral Yamamoto, Japanese Minister of the Navy, c1904-1905. Yamamoto was Navy Minister during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905

Walter Elliot, Scottish Unionist politician, 1933. Elliot first entered Parliament as the Member for Lanark in 1918. He entered the Cabinet in 1932 as Minister of Agriculture

Ernest Bevin, British Labour politician, 1933. Bevin was an outspoken opponent of fascism and of the Conservative governments policy of appeasement during the 1930s

A procession of seceding ministers from St. Andrews Church, Edinburgh, c1895
A procession of seceding ministers from St.Andrews Church, Edinburgh, c1895. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume VII (c1895)

M Tseng, Chinese minister in Paris, 1895. Artist: Armand Kohl
M Tseng, Chinese minister in Paris, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XIV, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Manchu ministers, chiefs of bankers, c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, (Virtue & Co Limited, London, c1890)

Louis XIV dismisses Nicolas Fouquet, 1898. Artist: Laplante
Louis XIV dismisses Nicolas Fouquet, 1898. A print from Les Francais Illustres, by Gustave Demoulin, Hachette, Paris, 1898

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance, 1898. Artist: Gilbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance, 1898. A print from Les Francais Illustres, by Gustave Demoulin, Hachette, Paris, 1898

Modern moderation strikingly displayed, 1799. Artist: Kay
Modern moderation strikingly displayed, 1799. Modern moderation strikingly displayed, or a ministerial visitation of a sabbath evening school

Andrew Cant, Presbyterian minister and leader of the Scottish Covenanters, (1870). Artist:s Freeman
Andrew Cant, Presbyterian minister and leader of the Scottish Covenanters, (1870). An engraving of Cant (1590-1663) from Robert Chambers A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen

Sir Douglas Haig emphasises a point at the front, France, First World War, 1916-1918, (c1920). Douglas Haig, commander in chief of British forces

Reverend Richard Herdsman, 1816. Artist: Blood
Reverend Richard Herdsman, 1816

Thomas Herring (1693-1757), Archbishop of Canterbury. Herring was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1747 to 1757

Reverend Robert Newton, Wesleyan Methodist minister

Gathorne Hardy (1814-1906), 1st Earl of Cranbrook, British Conservative politician. Hardy first entered Parliament as a Conservative member for Leominster in 1856

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 17th century French statesman, (1836). Artist: W Holl
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 17th century French statesman, (1836). Colbert (1619-1683) served as Louis XIVs Chief Minister. He was responsible for reforming the chaotic financial administration

Nicolas Joseph Maison (1770-1840), Marshal of France and Minister of War, 1839. Artist: Leclerc
Nicolas Joseph Maison (1770-1840), Marshal of France and Minister of War, 1839

Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, British politician, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, British politician, 1926. Portrait of Campbell Geddes (1875-1937) who was Minister of Transport. Cigarette card with straight-line caricature, issued by John Player & Sons

Henry Allon, English Nonconformist divine, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Henry Allon, English Nonconformist divine, c1890. Allon (1818-1892) was pastor of the Congregational Union Chapel, Islington, from 1852 until his death in 1892

Gathorne Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, British Conservative politician, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Gathorne Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, British Conservative politician, c1890. Hardy (1814-1906) first entered Parliament as a Conservative member for Leominster in 1856

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Duke of Richmond and Gordon, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Duke of Richmond and Gordon, c1890. The Duke of Richmond (1818-1903) held various cabinet posts in the Conservative governments of Lord Derby

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