Images Dated 29th March 2010

The Lord Chief Baron, 1871.Artist: Coide

The Lord Chief Baron, 1871. A caricature of Sir Fitzroy Edward Kelly (1796-1880), Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Kelly was appointed solicitor-general in 1845, during the administration of Sir Robert Peel. He was also solicitor-general under Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby's administration in 1852, and was attorney-general in Lord Derby's second administration. He was raised to the bench in 1866 and appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and was sworn into the Privy Council. In 1875 he became Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature. A print from Vanity Fair, 4 November 1871

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Mohammed Alim Khan, the last Emir of Bukhara, 1911. Artist: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky

Mohammed Alim Khan, the last Emir of Bukhara, 1911. The Emirate of Bukhara was established in 1785. Mohammed Alim Khan (1880-1944) claimed to be a direct descendant of Ghengis Khan. He ruled Bukhara as an absolute monarch from 1911 until 1920, when Bukhara was taken by the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. He died in exile in Kabul, Afghanistan. Found in the collection of the Library of Congress, Washington DC

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