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Hon Dorothy Paget with her horse, Golden Miller
Hon Dorothy Wyndham Paget (1905-1960) with her champion racehorse, Golden Miller (1927-1957). Date: circa 1930s

Lady Elizabeth and Lady Rose Paget by Mme Yevonde
Lady Elizabeth and Lady Rose Paget by Madame Yevonde. Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary Paget (1916-1980) was the second daughter of the 6th Marquess of Anglesey, making her debut in 1933

Mount Everest Expedition 1924
Mount Everest Expedition, 1924. Led by General The Hon. C. B. Bruce C.B. A view of Mount Everest from the Base Camp in the Rongbuk Valley, Tibet. Sent (and signed on front) by J. B. L

Winston Churchil visiting gun sites, England, 1944
Winston Churchill visiting anti flying bomb defences in June 1944. Seen here at a gun battery in southern England. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, " The Prime Minister today

Fitzwilliam Bewicke-Copley wedding
Scene at the wedding of Lord Fitzwilliam (Major Hubert Francis Fitzwilliam Brabazon Foljambe) to the Hon Gladys Bewicke-Copley, with an archway of swords provided by the Royal Horse Guards

The Right Hon. Cecil J. Rhodes
Rhodes was a diamond and gold mining entrepreneur and worked for the De Beers Mining Company. He was born on the 5th July 1853 and died March 26th 1902

Suffragettes WSPU Wimbledon Banner
Members of the Wimbledon branch of the Womens Social and Political Union, with their banner displayed. Probably taken at an at home meeting in the garden of Rose Lamartine-Yates house - Dorset Hall

Bystander cover 1929 featuring Diana Mitford
Front cover of The Bystander featuring a photograph of the Hon. Diana Freeman-Mitford (1910-2003), third daughter of Lord and Lady Redesdale and one of the six infamous Mitford sisters

M. Pease Golfing 1927
The Hon. Miriam Pease playing golf at North Berwick links, Scotland

Tatler cover - The Hon. Lady Mosley, Diana Mitford
The Hon. Lady Mosley, formerly Mrs Bryan Guinness and before that, Diana Freeman Mitford (1910-2003), one of the notorious Mitford sisters

Mrs Bryan Guinness (Diana Freeman Mitford) as Venus
Front cover photograph from The Sketch of the Hon. Mrs. Bryan Guinness, formerly the Hon. Diana Mitford, cast as the role of Venus at the Olympian Party

Loelia Ponsonby and the Duke of Westminster
Hugh ( Bendor ) Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, with Loelia Ponsonby who he would marry at Princes Row Register Office in London, 20th February 1930

Yorkshire Rugby County Football Team, 1894-95: Hirst (Hon Sec), Donaldson, Barraclough, Nowell, Riley, Walton, Millar (President), Broadley, Arnold, Toothill (Captain), Jackson, Dobson, Firth, Riley

Aston Villa FA Cup Winners, 1894-5: Grierson (Trainer), Dunkley (Hon Sec), Johnstone, Spencer, Wilkes, Lees, Rinder, Margoschis (Chairman), Reynolds, Devey (Captain), Welford, Ramsay (Secretary)

Deborah Mitford at Cheltenham National Hunt Meeting
Deborah Mitford (1920-2014), later Duchess of Devonshire, pictured at the age of sixteen (nearly seventeen) in 1937 at Cheltenham races with Mr Dixon

Professor Martyn Graham Farley, Hon CGIA, CEng, FRAeS, RAeS President 1983-1984. Date: 1983

Not a Word! Personalities at the Derby by The Tout
Not a Word! Everyone know this years Derby winner. What they may be doing just before the race on June 6. Caricatures of notable personalities of the turf drawn by The Tout for The Tatler magazine

The UK Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Harold Macmillan, insp?
The UK Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Harold Macmillan, inspects a de Havilland Firestreak air-to-air missile on Gloster Javelin F(AW)7, XH900, as the pilot, Flt Lt Ian Keppie, looks on at Cottesmore

Viscountess Harcourt and daughters by Madame Yevonde
Viscountess Harcourt and two daughters by Madame Yevonde. She was the wife of the 2nd Viscount Harcourt. Her daughters are the Hon. Elizabeth Ann Harcourt (b. 1932) and the Hon

The General Strike - Government leaders
Government leaders during the General Strike: Ministers and Commissioners. 1. Chief Civil Commissioner: Sir W. Mitchell-Thomson, 2. Principal Chief Assistant Commissioner, Mr. A. B. Lowry, 3

Rt Hon Viscount Craigavon, First Prime Minister Northern Ire
Rt. Hon. The Viscount Craigavon 1871 - 1940, First Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1923). Lavery, Sir John 1856-1941. Date: 1923

The Hon Charles Rolls? balloon at Monmouth

Griffith Brewer and Wilbur Wright after the flight at Camp dAuvours, 8 October 1908. Later that same day Wilbur took Hon C.S. Rolls, Frank Hedges Butler and Major B.F.S

The scout Buffalo Bill. Hon. W. F. Cody
The scout Buffalo Bill. Hon. W.F. Cody. Buffalo Bill on horseback, holding smoking rifle, in front of soldiers on horseback. Date between 1872 and 1890(?)

Tatler front-cover: The Countess of Dudley
Daughter of the Hon. Guy Charteris and a cousin of the Earl of Wemyss and March, the Countess of Dudley married the third Earl in 1943

Lady Rosemary Leveson-Gower with her children
Lady Rosemary Leveson-Gower, the sister of H.R.H. The Duchess of York, with her two children, Granville and Mary. She was the second daughter of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore

Standing Lurcher
A Lurcher is not a purebred dog. It is usually a cross between a Greyhound, or other Sighthound, and a Working or Terrier breed. Owner: The Hon. Mrs Ionides. Date: 1938

Celebrities in the guise of Gods and Muses - Anrep Mosaic
Celebrities in the guise of Gods and Muses - represented in mosaics in the National Gallery, London Entrance Hall - the work of Boris Anrep (1883 - 1969), a Russian mosaicist active in Britain. 1933

Marriage of Hon. Angela Pearson to Tony Murray - Cowdray
The Marriage of Hon. Angela Pearson, third daughter of Viscount and Viscountess Cowdray to George Anthony ( Tony ) Murray - the wedding party at Cowdray after the ceremony at Easebourne Church

1931 British General Election, women MPs
1931 British General Election, twelve women MPs elected. From left to right: Mrs Helen Shaw, Lady Gwendolen Iveagh, Miss Irene Ward, Miss Thelma Cazalet, Mrs Mavis Tate, Mrs Ida Copeland

Sir Savile Crossleys Shoot at Somerleyton Hall, Lowestoft - an after-luncheon group, featuring: Sir Savile and Lady Crossley, Lord and Lady Vivian, Lord and Lady Hastings, Colonel and the Hon

Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon - Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
An interesting group portrait taken at the Hertfordshire home of the Earl of Strathmore in 1920: (left) Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) (1900-2002)

Rt Hon Joseph Chamberlain

Rt Hon Joseph Chamberlain MP - Mayor of Birmingham - father of Neville Chamberlain - Victorian period

General and Staff, Maj F. S. Maude, Maj Hon A. H. Hamilton
General and Staff, Maj F.S.Maude, Maj Hon A.H. Hamilton, Lord Methuen Col Mackinnon, Capt C.F. Vandeleur - Boer War Military print, photo by Gregory and Co

WW2 Christmas Card, Union Jack
A WW2 Christmas greetings card, the illustration simply shows a Union Jack flag, with a quote by the Right Hon. Arthur Greenwood. Date: circa 1940s

Samuel Cody assorted memorabilia
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Extremely important Royal Aero Club Aviators Certificate No.9, 1910, issued to S. F

Roslyn Manor Gate Design
This drawing shows a design for some wrought iron gates for the Hon. Mrs. Frederick Guest, at Roslyn Manor. Date: early 1900s

RT. Hon. Sir Geo. H. Perley, K. C. M. G
A portrait painting of Sir George Halsey Perley, a Canadian politician and diplomat who was High Commissioner of Canada and filled the post of overseas minister of militia until the appointment of

George Henry Hubert Lascelles & Gerald David Lascelles
The sons of Princess Mary and Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood - The Hon. George Henry Hubert Lascelles, (later 7th Earl of Harewood) (1923-2011) and the Hon. Gerald David Lascelles (1924-1998)

Eton Tapestry war memorial
The creation of the Eton tapestry war memorial. Made at Merton Abbey Tapestry works, which was founded by William Morris. The weavers can bee seen, but the design was by Hon Mrs Akers Douglas

King of Siam, coronation
The coronation of the King of Siam took place on December 2nd 1911 in Bangkok, in the capital and chief port of King Vajiravudh's kingdom

Portrait of Professor Max Muller
Professor Max Muller (December 1823- October 1900). Born Friedrich Max Muller was a German-born philologist and Orientalist, who lived and studied in Britain for most of his life

Portrait of the Hon W F D Smith
Portrait of the HON. W. F. D. SMITH, (12 August 1868 ?? 16 June 1928), known as Frederick Smith. He was an English business man and politician

Sierra Leone, the Racehorse
Racehorse Sierra Leone had achieved a run of seven races without being unplaced. Also pictured are owner Edward Stanley, Lord Derby (1865-1948), jockey Tommy Weston(1902-1981) and the Hon

The Hon. Mrs. Pitt-Rivers
A side profile portrait pencil drawing of The Hon. Mrs. Pitt-Rivers, wearing a pearl necklace. Date: 1922

Grouse hunting
Hon. James Boyle and his sister Lady Hersey Boyle, children of Lord Glasgow, grouse hunting on his Knockendon Moor. Date: 1939

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"Hon: A Tapestry of Remarkable Moments in History" Step back in time to 1944, as Winston Churchill, the iconic leader, visits gun sites across England. His presence exudes resilience and determination during a pivotal moment in World War II. In 1924, brave souls embarked on an extraordinary journey towards the summit of Mount Everest. The mountaineers' unwavering spirit and relentless pursuit of greatness echo through the ages. Hon Dorothy Paget gracefully poses with her beloved horse, Golden Miller. Their bond transcends words, showcasing the beauty and harmony between humans and animals. The Right Honorable Cecil J. Rhodes stands tall as a symbol of ambition and influence. His legacy continues to shape our world today. Love blossoms amidst grandeur at the Fitzwilliam Bewicke-Copley wedding. This union represents not only two hearts intertwining but also a celebration of tradition and heritage. The suffragettes proudly march under their Wimbledon Banner, demanding equality for women everywhere. Their courage ignites change that resonates throughout history. Diana Mitford graces the cover of Bystander magazine in 1929, captivating readers with her timeless elegance and magnetic charm. M. Pease showcases his golfing prowess in 1927 - a testament to dedication and skill on the green fields that transcend time itself. The Tatler cover featuring The Honorable Lady Mosley (Diana Mitford) encapsulates sophistication personified - an embodiment of grace amidst societal expectations. Lady Elizabeth Paget's radiant smile alongside Lady Rose Paget evokes joyous sisterhood captured by Mme Yevonde's lens – a portrait painted with love for eternity. Loelia Ponsonby finds herself entwined with destiny as she dances through life alongside none other than the Duke of Westminster – their story etched into history's tapestry forevermore.