Charles John Lyttleton, 10th Viscount Cobham with his family
1 portrait of Hon. Lucy Kemp-Gee (née Lyttelton)
Charles John Lyttleton, 10th Viscount Cobham with his family
by Unknown photographer
bromide press print, 15 January 1962
7 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in. (190 mm x 240 mm) image size
Transferred from Evening Standard Library, before 1983
Photographs Collection
NPG x184323
Sittersback to top
- Hon. Sarah Bedford (née Lyttelton) (1954-), Wife of Nicholas Bedford; daughter of 10th Viscount Cobham. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Charles John Lyttleton, 10th Viscount Cobham (1909-1977), Governor-General, New Zealand. Sitter in 15 portraits. Identify
- Elizabeth Alison (née Makeig-Jones), Viscountess Cobham (died 1986), Wife of 10th Viscount Cobham; daughter of John Reeder Makeig-Jones. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Elizabeth Catherine (née Lyttelton), Lady Forester (1946-), Wife of 8th Baron Forester; daughter of 10th Viscount Cobham. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Hon. Lucy Kemp-Gee (née Lyttelton) (1954-), Wife of Mark Norman Kemp-Gee; daughter of 10th Viscount Cobham. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6582 portraits.
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1962back to top
Current affairs
After a series of by-election defeats, the prime minister, Harold MacMillan organises a drastic cabinet reshuffle, dismissing one third of his cabinet. Liberal MP Jeremy Thorpe's wry comment summed up the desperate action: 'greater love hath no man than this, than to lay down his friends for his life.'Britain suffers the 'Big Freeze' with no frost-free nights between 22nd December 1962 and 5th March 1963.
Art and science
The Beatles have their first hit with Love Me Do and release their first album Please Please Me.The new Coventry Cathedral is consecrated and creates a showcase for British artistic talent with the first performance of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, a wall hanging by Graham Sutherland, stained glass by John Piper, and sculptures by Jacob Epstein and Elizabeth Frink.
International
The world comes to the brink of nuclear war with the Cuban Missile Crisis. In response to the USA's nuclear advantage, the USSR sent missiles to Cuba. The crisis lasted for 12 days before a deal was finally stuck between Khrushchev and Kennedy in which the Cuban missile bases were dismantled in return for the secret removal of US missiles from Turkey.Comments back to top
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