Images Dated 18th December 2015

Pamela Digby (later Churchill, then Harriman)

Pamela Harriman Churchill (1920 - 1997), photographed here to announce her engagement to Randolph Churchill, child of Winston Churchill, socialite, political activist and diplomat. Date: 1939

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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Heil, Cinderella! The Wilton pantomime for the troops

Photographs from Heil, Cinderella, produced by Cecil Beaton in aid of a Comforts Fund for H.M. Forces. The cast include Lady Pembroke and her son Hon. David Herbert, who plays the part of Buttons, Miss Olga Lynn who interprets Ugly Sister. Date: 1940

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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Francis Drake knighted by Queen Elizabeth I

Francis Drake knighted by Queen Elizabeth I on board his ship, the Golden Hind, in April 1581, not long after his circumnavigation of the world.
1581

© Terry Parker / Mary Evans Picture Library

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