//=time() ?>
Evelyn Denison, by Alfred Thompson - Published in Vanity Fair, 12 March 1870
He was a British statesman who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1857 to 1872. He is the eponym of Speaker Denison's rule.
Marquess Townshend, by Alfred Thompson - Vanity Fair, 26 February 1870
John Townshend was a Liberal British peer. He introduced a bill making it unlawful for anyone but a parent to box a child's ears, & to permit no corporeal punishment of children except for flogging.
Robert Porrett Collier, by Alfred Thompson - Published in Vanity Fair, 19 February 1870
He was an English lawyer, politician and judge. He was also a keen painter.
John Pakington, by Alfred Thompson - Vanity Fair, 12 February 1870
He was a British Conservative politician. He was also President of the Royal Statistical Society from 1861 to 1863 and Chief Civil Service Commissioner from 1875 until his death.
Lord Chelmsford, by Alfred Thompson - Vanity Fair, 5 February 1870
Frederic Thesiger was a British jurist and Conservative politician. He was twice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Pope Pius IX, by James Tissot - Vanity Fair, 1 January 1870
He was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign.
ME Grant-Duff, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 2 October 1869
Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff was a Scottish politician, administrator and author.
Lord Carnarvon, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 11 September 1869
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert was a British politician and a leading member of the Conservative Party. He was twice Secretary of State for the Colonies and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Napoleon III, by James Tissot - Vanity Fair, 4 September 1869
Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte was the first President of France from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870.
Austen Henry Layard, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 28 August 1869
He was an English Assyriologist, traveller, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat.
Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 14 August 1869
He was a British Liberal politician of the 19th century.
Lord Cairns, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 31 July 1869
Hugh McCalmont Cairns was an Irish-born British statesman who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain during the first two ministries of Benjamin Disraeli.
The Marquis of Salisbury, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 10 July 1869
He was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister 3 times for a total of over 13 years. He avoided alignments or alliances, maintaining the policy of "splendid isolation"
The Bishop of Peterborough, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 3 July 1869
He was an Irish clergyman of the Anglican church, Bishop of Peterborough 1868–1891 and Archbishop of York for a short period in 1891.
The Earl Grey, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 8 May 1869
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey, known as Viscount Howick from 1807 until 1845, was an English statesman.
The Viscount Sydney, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 1 May 1869
He was a British Liberal politician. In a ministerial career spanning over 30 years, he was twice Lord Chamberlain of the Household and twice Lord Steward of the Household.
The Duke of Argyll, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 17 April 1869
George John Douglas Campbell was a Scottish polymath and Liberal statesman.
James Stansfeld, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 10 April 1869
He was a British Radical and Liberal politician and social reformer.
The Marquis of Hartington, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 27 March 1869
Spencer Compton Cavendish was a British statesman. He has the distinction of having held leading positions in three political parties: leading the Liberal, the Liberal Unionist, & the Conservative Party
Lord Granville, by Carlo Pellegrini - Vanity Fair, 13 March 1869
He was a British Liberal statesman and diplomat from the Leveson-Gower family. He is best remembered for his service as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.