Sir Arthur Henderson Fairbairn

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Sir Arthur Henderson Fairbairn

by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax39062

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  • James Russell & Sons (active 1850s-1940s), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 692 portraits.
  • 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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Cheryl Nicol

17 December 2019, 02:36

3rd Baronet Fairbairn of Ardwick.
Son of Sir Thomas Fairbairn 2nd Baronet, of Beambridge House Twyford, Hampshire. Arthur and his sister were deaf mutes since birth. (source: census) He inherited the title from his father 12 Aug 1891.

His grandfather Sir William Fairbairn, npg ax16266 (created a Baronet of Ardwick in 1869), son of a farm servant, was one of Britain's great 19th century engineers, and was one of the primary forces in the development and introduction of mechanised manufacturing processes during the Industrial Revolution. Arthur married Florence Frydeswide Long in 1882, sister of Walter Hume Long (npg ax15928).