The Tichborne Trials
Past display archive
23 April - 21 October 2012
Room 24: case display
Free
Henry Hawkins, Baron Brampton; Arthur Orton; Edward Vaughan Hyde Kenealy
by Faustin Betbeder ('Faustin')
1874
NPG D23025
The Jury at the Tichborne Criminal Trial
by Watkins & Haigh
1873
NPG x135499
This legal event left a legacy that is also political and cultural. The trials led to English legal reform and changes in the law. They revealed the divisions of power inherent in English society, splitting public opinion as the establishment mainly stood against the Claimant, who was also called Tomas Castro or Arthur Orton, while the working-classes mainly supported him. Press commentary was vociferous throughout and the public revelled in the daily reports of the case. Collectible cartes-de-visite of the main protagonists and other ephemera contributed to the sense of spectacle. The Claimant had become a popular hero and celebrity, who still excites intrigue and analysis generations on.
Consisting of photographs, prints and drawings of the main protagonists in this cause célèbre.
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Related resources
Related portraits
- Edward Vaughan Hyde Kenealy (NPG 2685)
- Roger Charles Doughty-Tichborne (NPG Ax28421)
- Harriette Felicité (née Seymour), Lady Doughty-Tichborne (NPG x45953)
- Guildford James Hillier Onslow (NPG Ax77113)
- Sir Alfred Joseph Doughty-Tichborne, 11th Bt (NPG x136037)
- Katherine (née Arundell), Lady Doughty (NPG Ax46822)
- Arthur Orton (NPG Ax30397)
- 'Before Prison - The Claimant' (Arthur Orton) (NPG x29188)
- 'The alleged "Rightful Heir" age 5 years (son of the late Sir A. Tichborne, Bart.' (NPG Ax28419)
- 'The Gentlemen of the Tichborne Jury' (NPG x135898)
- Henry Hawkins, Baron Brampton (NPG x134628)
- Edward Vaughan Hyde Kenealy (NPG Ax16418)
- George Hammond Whalley (NPG Ax18365)
- Andrew Bogle (NPG Ax28455)
- Vincent Gosford (NPG Ax28429)
- Charles Orton (NPG Ax28425)
- Jean Luie (NPG Ax28453)
- Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Bt (NPG Ax46209)
- Sir John Mellor (NPG Ax28449)
- The Jury at the Tichborne Criminal Trial (NPG x135499)
- Sir Robert Lush (NPG x135621)
- 'After Prison - The Claimant' (Arthur Orton) (NPG x29189)
- Henry Hawkins, Baron Brampton (NPG D42328)
- Henry Hawkins, Baron Brampton; Arthur Orton; Edward Vaughan Hyde Kenealy (NPG D23025)
- Contempt of Court (includes Arthur Orton; George Borman Skipworth; Colin Blackburn, Baron Blackburn of Killearn and 34 other figures) (NPG D42341)
Related sitters
- Frederick Robertson Aikman
- Colin Blackburn, Baron Blackburn of Killearn
- Andrew Bogle
- Henry Hawkins, Baron Brampton
- Edward Clark
- Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Bt
- William Hamilton Crake
- Henry Deedes
- Captain Dennis
- Henry Francis Dickins (Dickens)
- W. Docwra
- Katherine (née Arundell), Lady Doughty
- Sir Alfred Joseph Doughty-Tichborne, 11th Bt
- Harriette Felicité (née Seymour), Lady Doughty-Tichborne
- Sir Henry Alfred Joseph Doughty-Tichborne, 12th Bt
- Roger Charles Doughty-Tichborne
- Charles Dunsby
- R. Edwards
- J.B. Franklin
- Vincent Gosford
- Captain Gunnell
- Henry Dudley Ryder, 4th Earl of Harrowby
- Edward Vaughan Hyde Kenealy
- Jean Luie
- Sir Robert Lush
- Sir John Mellor
- P.T. Morgan
- Guildford James Hillier Onslow
- Arthur Orton
- Charles Orton
- W. Paige
- J. Parsons
- Bonamy Mansell Power
- W.S. Richardson
- J.G. Sheppard
- J. Simpson
- George Borman Skipworth
- Thomas Taylor
- W.J. Taylor
- Jonas Turner
- George Hammond Whalley
- G.B. Winter