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Frederick Locker-Lampson

by Charles William Sherborn, after George Du Maurier
etching, 1885 (1872)
6 1/2 in. x 4 5/8 in. (164 mm x 118 mm) plate size; 10 3/4 in. x 7 3/8 in. (273 mm x 187 mm) paper size
Given by Timothy Aidan John Knox, 2005
Reference Collection
NPG D21184

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Redistribution Act; continues Gladstone's extensive package of electoral reform, although his Liberal government is later defeated when the Irish Nationalists, seeking support for Home Rule, side with the Conservatives over a budget measure. The Marquess of Salisbury is invited to form a 'caretaker' government.

Art and science

The Dictionary of National Biography is first published quarterly, under the editorship of Leslie Stephen, and sub-editorship of Sidney Lee. Volume 63 completed the work in 1900. Setting new standards in life writing, the DNB exemplified the form of the brief biography, formalising a style and approach to writing lives, based on Stephen's guiding principles of selection and presentation in 'business-like form'.

International

The death of the famous General Charles Gordon sparks outrage in Britain. Sent to the Sudan to evacuate Egyptian forces from Khartoum, threatened by Sudanese rebels under Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi, Khartoum quickly came under siege, and Gordon is killed and beheaded two days before the relief force arrived. The British public proclaimed Gordon a martyr, and attacked government, particularly Gladstone, for not relieving British forces earlier.

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Susy Carnaghan

07 March 2021, 14:53

I have a small full length drawing of Fredric Locker Lampson signed by George du Maurier dated Mars 1872 27 Church Row standing in front of a fireplace.
On the right hand bottom mount is a note, “ W.F. Forsyth from Fred’ Locker-Lampson.”
There is a small printed name Autotype company on the bottom right hand side.
It has been in our family’s possession for many years as W. F. Forsyth was my great grandfather