Sir (Charles) Richard Fairey
(1887-1956), Aircraft manufacturerSitter in 8 portraits
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 19 July 1935
NPG x151687
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 19 July 1935
NPG x151688
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 19 July 1935
NPG x151689
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 19 July 1935
NPG x151690
Esther Sarah (née Whitmey), Lady Fairey; Sir (Charles) Richard Fairey
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 19 July 1935
NPG x151691
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 19 July 1935
NPG x84209
Esther Sarah (née Whitmey), Lady Fairey; Sir (Charles) Richard Fairey
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 19 July 1935
NPG x84226
Esther Sarah (née Whitmey), Lady Fairey; Sir (Charles) Richard Fairey
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 19 July 1935
NPG x151692
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Professor Adrian Smith
11 March 2018, 17:33
These photographs were taken two months after the birth of John Fairey, the first child of Richard Fairey and his second wife Esther. The location is Woodlands Park, the couple's rented home in Buckinghamshire. The future Sir Richard was arguably the best known plane maker in Britain at the time, his company Fairey Aviation being a major supplier to the RAF and the Fleet Air Arm. Around this time Fairey's most iconic aircraft, the Swordfish, entered service. A suggestion: the portrait of CR Fairey and/or the joint portrait of the Faireys could be put on display as this spring IB Tauris is publishing The Man Who Built The Swordfish: The Life of Sir Richard Fairey, 1887-1956, which I wrote at the behest of the Fairey family.
Adrian Smith, Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of Southampton