Sir Willoughby Robert Dottin Maycock

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Sir Willoughby Robert Dottin Maycock

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, circa 1916
6 1/8 in. x 4 3/8 in. (155 mm x 112 mm) image size
Given by National Photographic Record and James Russell & Sons, 1917
Photographs Collection
NPG x186569

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  • Walter Stoneman (1876-1958), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 18527 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.

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Current affairs

As war drags on with heavy losses conscription is introduced with the Military Service Act. Conscientious objectors who refused to fight were compelled to do non-military war work, and some were jailed.
British Summer Time is introduced, putting the clocks forward an hour during the summer in order to capitalise on daylight hours.

Art and science

C. Hubert H. Parry sets William Blake's poem, Jerusalem, to music popularising the poem and tune as a patriotic English anthem. On hearing Edward Elgar's orchestrated version in 1922, King George V suggested that it replace God Save the King as the National Anthem.

International

The Irish Citizen Army starts a Nationalist rebellion in Dublin: The Easter Rising.
Massive losses are suffered on the Western Front at the battles of the Somme and Verdun.
The Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire (1916-18) led by Prince Faisal is assisted by T.E. Lawrence, who became known as Lawrence of Arabia.

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Will Davis-Coleman

01 November 2017, 12:20

I am a descendant of Sir Willoughby Maycock - he was born on 7th July 1849 in Leamington Spa. His father was Colonel Dottin Maycock (1815-1879). Sir Willoughby spent most of his career in the Foreign Office - he accompanied Chamberlain to Washington in 1887-88. He was also one of the early members of Our Society and gave talks regularly there - Our Society's founding member was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and it is a society for criminal enthusiasts.