Sir William Henry Gregory

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Sir William Henry Gregory

by William Roffe, after Sir Arthur Clay
stipple engraving, late 19th century
12 in. x 9 in. (304 mm x 229 mm) plate size; 14 7/8 in. x 12 in. (379 mm x 306 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D2806

Sitterback to top

  • Sir William Henry Gregory (1817-1892), Anglo-Irish writer and politician, and Governor of Ceylon; husband of Lady Gregory, the writer and folklorist. Sitter in 5 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Sir Arthur Clay. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
  • William Roffe (active 1889-1893), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D2805: Sir William Henry Gregory (from same plate)
  • NPG D20770: Sir William Henry Gregory (from same plate)

Events of 1870back to top

Current affairs

William Edward Forster's Education Act is passed, making provisions for education for all under-13s. It demonstrated the balance in Gladstone's first ministry between progressive reform and conservativism by spreading literacy, whilst maintaining the status of Church schools.
The Married Women's Property Act gives wives rights over their own earnings.

Art and science

The Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's fantasy-overture Romeo and Juliet, based on Shakespeare's play and written with the aid of composer Mily Balakirev, debuts in Moscow, conducted by Nikolai Rubenstein.
W. G. Grace becomes cricket captain of Gloucestershire, marking the start of a successful decade for the club in which they won three 'Champion County' titles.

International

Isaac Butt, an Irish MP at Westminster, forms the Home Rule Association.
The Franco-Prussian war breaks out between France and a coalition of German states led by Prussia. Provoked by the candidacy of German Prince Leopold Hohenzollen-Sigmaringen for the Spanish throne, France declared war in July after Bismark published the deliberately provocative Ems telegraph, in which the French were represented in an offensive light on the issue.

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