Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett
(1868-1930), Industrialist, financier and Liberal politician; MP for Chester, Swansea and CarmarthenSitter in 10 portraits
Industrialist, financier and politician; The son of Ludwig Mond, a prominent industrialist, Melchett joined the family firm and through numerous amalgamations consolidated in 1926 the firm of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd (ICI). An advocate of co-operation and co-ordination between employers and the employed, his considerable negotiating skills were a useful adjunct to his political career as a Liberal MP between 1906 and 1928. Minister of Health (1921-2).
Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett
by Powys Evans
pen and ink, 1926
NPG 5062
Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett
by William Rothenstein
sanguine, circa 1929
NPG 4788
''Imperial Press Conference' Luncheon Party at the House of Commons'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 7 June 1909
NPG x135514
Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett
by H. Walter Barnett
vintage bromide print, 1910-1920
NPG x45440
Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett
published by J. Millhoff & Co Ltd
bromide cigarette card, published circa 1930
NPG x196380
The Westminster Follies: Second Edition. New Turns! New Dresses!
by Bernard Partridge
ink and watercolour on artists' board, 1926
NPG D9611
Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass copy negative, January 1949 (1917)
NPG x189766
Related People
- Mary Angela Willoughby Hordern (née Mond) (daughter)
- Violet Florence Mabel Mond (née Goetze), Lady Melchett (wife)
- Ludwig Mond (father)
- Sir Robert Ludwig Mond (brother)
- Eva Violet Isaacs (née Mond), Marchioness of Reading (daughter)
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