The Duke of Portland, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 3 June 1882

William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck was a British landowner, courtier, and Conservative politician. He notably served as Master of the Horse between 1886 and 1892 and again between 1895 and 1905.

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HJ Gladstone, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 6 May 1882

Herbert John Gladstone was a British Liberal politician. The youngest son of William Ewart Gladstone, he was Home Secretary from 1905-10 and Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1910-14.

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Thomas Charles Bruce, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 29 April 1882

He was a British barrister and a Conservative politician. He was chairman of the Highland Railway from 1885 to 1891.

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Avarice watches, seeking more and more to pilfer for its hoard. Never enough never enough never enough...

Vanity's visage strike madness and mortal fear into those that gaze at it. An irresistible temptation manifests in your mind while in its presence.

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Charles Robert Spencer, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 10 December 1881

Known as "Bobby", he was a British courtier and Liberal politician. He died, aged 64. after contracting a "chill" at a public event.

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Lord Blackburn, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 19 Nov 1881

Colin Blackburn was a Scottish judge, one of the greatest exponents of the common law. On 16 October 1876, he became the first person to be made a law lord under the terms of the newly passed Appellate Jurisdiction Act.

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Robert St Clair-Erskine, by Théobald Chartran - Vanity Fair, 12 November 1881

He was a British Conservative politician. He served as Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms under Lord Salisbury between 1886 and 1890. He was also a minor poet.

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Sir R Knightley, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 5 November 1881

Rainald Knightley was a British Conservative Party politician. The prominent de Knightley family originated at the Staffordshire manor of Knightley, acquired by them shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066.

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Hugh Fortescue, by Théobald Chartran - Vanity Fair, 17 September 1881

He was a British peer and occasional Liberal Party politician. He had fourteen children which explains why he was only an occasional politician.

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Sir M White Ridley, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 23 July 1881

Matthew White Ridley was a British Conservative statesman. He notably served as Home Secretary from 1895 to 1900.

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George Finch-Hatton, Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 2 October 1880

He was a British peer and Tory politician. Was declared bankrupt at one point.

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Mr Henry Richard, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 4 Sept 1880

He was a Congregational minister and Welsh Member of Parliament, an advocate of peace and international arbitration, as secretary of the Peace Society for forty years. His other interests included anti-slavery work.

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Mr MJ Guest, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 7 August 1880

Montague John Guest was a British Liberal politician. He was associated with freemasonry from 1867, and served as Provincial Grand Master of Dorset Freemasons until he resigned in 1902.

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Mr JE Gorst, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 31 July 1880

John Eldon Gorst was a British lawyer and politician. He served as Solicitor General for England and Wales from 1885 to 1886 and as Vice-President of the Committee on Education between 1895 and 1902.

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Viscount Folkestone, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 3 July 1880

William Pleydell-Bouverie was a British Conservative politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household under Lord Salisbury between 1885 and 1886 and again between 1886 and 1891.

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Mr C Bradlaugh, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 12 June 1880

Charles Bradlaugh was an English political activist and atheist. He founded the National Secular Society in 1866, 15 years after George Holyoake had coined the term "secularism" in 1851.

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Baron H de Worms, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 22 May 1880

Henry de Worms was a British Conservative politician. Born Jewish, he was an active member of the Jewish community until he married a Christian woman. He then dissociated himself entirely from Judaism.

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JLE Meissonier, by Théobald Chartran - Vanity Fair, 1 May 1880

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier was a French Classicist painter and sculptor famous for his depictions of Napoleon, his armies and military themes.

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Mr George Burrow Gregory, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 17 April 1880

He was an English lawyer and Conservative politician. He was treasurer of Foundling Hospital from 1857 to 1892.

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Commander Lord Ramsay, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 28 February 1880

John William Maule Ramsay was a Scottish naval commander, courtier and Liberal politician. He served as Secretary for Scotland in William Ewart Gladstone's short-lived 1886 administration.

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