Alec Collection

Hardy / Tess D urbervilles
Tesss first encounter with Alec D Urberville

Douglas-Home / Alec
SIR ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME British Prime Minister (Conservative) 1963-4

Baba Beaton
Barbara ( Baba ) Beaton (1912 - 1973), Mrs Alec Hambro, younger sister of Cecil Beaton and the subject of many of his early portraits

Prime Ministers of Great Britain
Winston Churchill, James Callaghan, John Major, Harold Macmillan, Tony Blair, Harold Wilson, Alec Douglas Hume, Gordon Brown, Ted Heath, Margaret Thatcher - Prime Ministers of Great Britain

Morris Minor Alec Issigonis

Portraits by Cecil Beaton in The Sketch, 1927
Photographs and a painting by Cecil Beaton, featuring Lady Florence Jane Alexander, Miss Baba Beaton(1912-1973) and Viscountess Grey of Fallodon (1871-1928), in a page in The Sketch

Alec James of Arsenal in the gym
Arsenal player Alec James tries out the Vita Gymno Frame in the Gym at Arsenals Highbury Football Ground

The first authentic stage Tess
Photographs of the first production of Thomas Hardys own dramatic version of his novel Tess of the d Urbervilles on 26th November 1924 by the Hardy Players at the Corn Exchange, Dorchester

Alec ( Sir Affable ) Knowles - Theatrical Journalist
Alec (" Sir Affable" ) Knowles (1851-1917) - Theatrical Journalist and member of Londons notorious Pelican Club

At the Sandown races
The British thoroughbred racehorse, Bayardo, wins the Eclipse Stakes at the Sandown Park meeting

Head shot of football player Alex Smith. Smith is the current kit manager at Middlesbrough

A few top London dancing celebrities, 1922: Edgar Newman and Galdys Harrion (from the Midland Hotel, Manchester); M

Racehorse Saucy Sue, a recent winner at Goodwood. Also pictured are her owner Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor (1879-1952) and trainer Alec Taylor Jr (1862-1943). Date: 1924

Ursula Jeans and Alec Waugh, cricketing
Actress Ursula Jeans (1906-1973) and novelist Alec Waugh (1898-1981) in an actresses versus authors cricket match in Regent's Park. Date: 1939

Alec Guinness (1914 - 2000) portraying G. K. Chesterton's sleuth Father Brown in the 1954 film of the same name

Sir Alec Douglas-Home, British Prime Minister
Sir Alec Douglas-Home (Sir Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, 1903-1995), Conservative politician and British Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964

Neville Chamberlain and Alec Douglas-Home
Neville Chamberlain (Arthur Neville Chamberlain, 1869-1940), British Conservative politician, and Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940

Inzimam Ul-Haq & Alec Davies Pakistan V Scotland 21 May 1999 Date: 21 May 1999

Mark Butcher & Alec Stewart England V Sri Lanka England V Sri Lanka Old Trafford, Manchester 13 June 2002 Date: 13 June 2002

Alec Davies Scotland 12 May 1999 Date: 12 May 1999

Hansie Cronje & Alec Stewart South Africa V England 03 September 1998 Date: 03 September 1998

Alec Stewart With Trophy England V South Africa 10 August 1998 Date: 10 August 1998

Alec Stewart Appeal England V South Africa 27 May 1998 Date: 27 May 1998

Shaun Pollock & Alec Stewart England V South Africa 27 May 1998 Date: 27 May 1998

Alec Stewart England & Surrey CCC 26 May 1995 Date: 26 May 1995

Alec Stewart. Race Horse Trainer St Leger Festival Doncaster Racecourse, Doncaster 11 September 2003 Date: 11 September 2003

Alec Head Race Horse Trainer 06 October 1993 Date: 06 October 1993

Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of Lilian Lambton, at the time of her marriage to Charles Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass (later Earl Home)

IMechE Trustee Board. Front row left to right: Prof Isobel Pollock; Prof Christopher Taylor; John McDougall; William Edgar; and John Baxter

Engagement of the Beaton sisters
An impression by society sketch portraitist Pat Charles of the two recently engaged sisters of Cecil Beaton with their fiancÚ│« Nancy Beaton is seen with Sir Hugh Smiley

Ethel Brilliana Tweedie, English writer and photographer
Ethel Brilliana Tweedie (1862-1940), English writer, photographer and illustrator. She wrote under the name of Mrs Alec Tweedie. 1898

Alec Stewart - England cricketer Date: 1980s - 1990s

Action shot of football player Alex Smith (left). Smith is the current kit manager at Middlesbrough

John Dankworth, Norwich, July 2007. Creator: Brian Foskett
John Dankworth, Norwich, July 2007

John and Alec Dankworth, Brecon Jazz Festival, Wales, 1995. Creator: Brian Foskett
John and Alec Dankworth, Brecon Jazz Festival, Wales, 1995

Alec Dankworh, Stan Reynolds Big Band, New Milton, Hampshire, 2008. Creator: Brian Foskett
Alec Dankworh, Stan Reynolds Big Band, New Milton, Hampshire, 2008

Alec Dankworth, Stan Reynolds Big Band, New Milton, Hampshire, 2008

Promotional card for Margarita Spanish Restaurant, London
Promotional postcard for the Margarita Spanish Restaurant, 17 Cork Street, London. - Spectacular Cabaret - Spanish Music and Dance featuring Alec Alexander and his music (during Dinner and Dancing)

The Hambro - Beaton wedding, 1934
Mr Alec Hambro with his bride Barbara (Baba) Beaton, pictured at their wedding reception held at Mrs Cunningham-Reids house in Upper Brook Street, London

Wedding of Captain Cunningham Reid and Lady Mary Ashley
The wedding of World War I flying ace, Captain Alec Cunningham-Reid (1895 - 1977) to Hon

Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Photograph of Conservative politician Sir Alec Douglas-Home (1903-1995), who served as Prime Minister from October 1963 to October 1964. Date: 1964

Front cover of Tatler featuring wedding of Alec Cunningham R
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of the wedding of World War I flying ace, Captain Alec Cunningham-Reid (1895 - 1977) to Hon

John Critchinson, Stan Tracey, Simon Spillett and Alec Dankworth, February 11, 2017
John Critchinson, Stan Tracey, Simon Spillett and Alec Dankworth, National Jazz Archive fundraising gig, Loughton Methodist Church, Loughton, Essex, February 11, 2017

Alec Dankworth, NJA fundraising gig
Alec Dankworth, National Jazz Archive fundraising gig, Loughton Methodist Church, Loughton, Essex, November 2, 2017

Alec Dankworth, Love Supremem Jazz Festival, Glynde Place, East Sussex, July 2015. Winner of British Jazz Awards 2015

Chico Freeman, Alec Dankworth and Peter King, Brecon Jazz Festival, Powys, Wales, 2006

Alec Dankworth, Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking, Surrey, 2014. Artist: Brian O Connor
Alec Dankworth, Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking, Surrey, 2014

C Allard, E Dankworth, C Garrick
Chris Allard, Emily Dankworth, Chris Garrick, Mark Lockheart, Alec Dankworth and Demi Garcia, Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking, Surrey, 2014

Cleo Laine and Alec Dankworth, Brecon Jazz Festival, Powys, Wales, 2008

Cleo Laine and Alec Dankworth, The Globe, London, 2000. Artist: Brian O Connor
Cleo Laine and Alec Dankworth, The Globe, London, 2000

John Horler, Tony Kinsey, Alec Dankworth and John Dankworth performing in London, 1985
John Horler (piano), Tony Kinsey (drums), Alec Dankworth (double bass) and John Dankworth (saxophone) performing in London, 1985

Bassist Alec Dankworth at The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 14 April 1991

Cleo Laine, John Dankworth, Tim Garland and Alec Dankworth, The Globe, London, 2008

Lemberg, 1911. From British Sports and Sportsmen Part 1. [British Sports and Sportsmen, London, 1911]

Bayardo, 1911. From British Sports and Sportsmen Part 1. [British Sports and Sportsmen, London, 1911]

Alec Waugh (1898-1981), English novelist, early 20th century. Alec Waugh was the elder brother of the better known Evelyn Waugh

Alec Hurley (1871-1913), music hall star, late 19th century. Hurley was best known for being Marie Lloyds second husband, though he was also a successful and talented performer in his own right

Lieutenant Colonel AW Thorneycroft, commanding Thorneycrofts Mounted Infantry, 1902. Thorneycrofts Mounted Infantry was a unit of irregulars that saw service in the Boer War

How they brought the news of the Queen Victorias accession, June 20th, 1837, (1901). Queen Victoria (1819-1901), became queen at the age of 18 on the death of William IV

Alec Dankworth, 2008. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Alec Dankworth, Wigan International Jazz Festival, 2008

Alec Dankworth, 2007. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Alec Dankworth, Wigan International Jazz Festival, 2007

Worlds Dancing Championships at the Queens Hall Rooms
Three photographs relating to the Worlds Dancing Championships held in December 1922 at the Queens Hall Rooms, London

The exhibition dancers Alec Ross and Gladys Evelyn, London, 1923 - will shortly be seen at the London Palladium Date: 1923

The dancing team of Alec Ross and Gladys Evelyn, London, 1923 Date: 1923

Lively Lady yacht under construction, Calcutta, India
Lively Lady yacht under construction in Calcutta, India. It was built bys J P Cambridge with the help of two Indian cabinetmakers

Alec Guinness / Postcard
Alec Guinness Date: 1914 - 2000

Tess harassed by Alec D Urberville, plate 21 from the monthly serialisation of
XJF466239 Tess harassed by Alec D Urberville, plate 21 from the monthly serialisation of Tess of the D Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, printed in The Graphic, 1891 (litho) by Herkomer

Griffith Brewer and Alec Ogilvie in the basket of 1, 800cu ft hydrogen balloon Bee standing in the airship shed at Etterbeck, Brussels, before ascending on 27 July 1912

Alec Ogilvies mechanics with modified Short Wright biplane
Alec Ogilvies mechanics with his modified Short Wright biplane

Alec Ogilvies Wright biplane in 1912. Date: 1912

Alec Ogilvie in his Wright biplane

REID, Alec (1932). Irish priest mediator in conflicts of terrorism. Portrait of 2007. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona

Costume design by Alec Shanks for the Paris Music Hall, 1930s 1930s

What Every Woman Knows by Nerman
Einar Nermans (1888-1983) artistic and vibrant depiction of the Play What Every Woman Knows - at The Apollo Theatre, London (from left to right) Mr Henry Vibart as Alec Wilye

Marie Lloyd marrying Alec Hurley
Marie Lloyd, born Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (1870 - 1922), British music hall singer, entertainer and comedienne pictured at her wedding to her second husband

Professor Alec Jeffreys
Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys (born 1950), English molecular biologist and discoverer of DNA fingerprinting. He is holding up autoradiograms of DNA fingerprints

Watching Bayardo at exercise
The British thoroughbred racehorse exercising at Alec Taylors stable at Manton, near Marlborough

Alec Hurley / Pyke 1927
ALEC HURLEY Music hall entertainer, tenor singer of coster songs

Alec Allan and Husky
ALEC ALLAN Scotsman best known for training sled-dogs for work and racing. This is termed mushing. Trained dogs to carry munitions for the French

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"Alec: A Multifaceted Name that Echoes Through History" From the distinguished Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home to the enigmatic character Hardy in Thomas Hardy's "Tess D'Urbervilles, " this name has left an indelible mark on various realms. In the automotive world, we cannot overlook the genius behind the iconic Morris Minor - Alec Issigonis. His innovative design revolutionized transportation and became a symbol of British engineering prowess. Even in art, Alec finds its place. Cecil Beaton captured timeless portraits of society figures like Baba Beaton, showcasing their elegance and sophistication in The Sketch magazine back in 1927. Sports enthusiasts might recall Alec James, who honed his skills at Arsenal's gymnasium, becoming a prominent figure for football fans worldwide. The theatrical realm also boasts its own share of notable Alecs. From Sir Affable Knowles, a renowned theatrical journalist with an affable personality that charmed audiences both on and off stage to Ursula Jeans and Alec Waugh engaging in cricketing pursuits while leaving their artistic imprints elsewhere. For those seeking excitement beyond sports or arts, Sandown races were where they found it. And among those present was surely an Alec or two relishing every moment as horses like Saucy Sue thundered past them towards victory. Lastly, let us not forget London's vibrant nightlife scene from 1922 when dancing celebrities took center stage. Among them must have been a few top-notch Alecs who dazzled with their moves and added charm to any soirée they attended. With such diverse associations across history and culture, it is no wonder that "Alec" remains etched into our collective memory as a name synonymous with talent, creativity, and unforgettable moments.