Eccles Bequest. Vol. CLXXXI. Photographs of the following, with some caricatures; 1886-1982, n.d.1.Lord Alfred Douglas; 1895, 1982, n.d. With photographs taken by H. Montgomery Hyde of the birthplace of Douglas and the church in which he was baptise... 1886-1982

Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905

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Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) was a British actor-manager. Born Feb. 6, 1838, in Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, Eng., he died Oct. 13, 1905, in Bradford, Yorkshire. Irving's original name was John Henry Brodribb. He achieved early success and began to play leading roles throughout London, often with Ellen Terry. In 1878, he took over the Lyceum Theatre and hired Terry as the company's leading lady. This partnership lasted for 25 years and was reknowned throughout England and the United States. Bra...

Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898

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William Ewart Gladstone, prime minister and author, was born in Liverpool, on Dec. 29, 1809; the fifth child and youngest son of Sir John Gladstone and Anne Mackenzie Gladstone. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, in preparation for a future in the British political world. He married Catherine Glynne, whom he met in Rome, in 1839, and together they had eight children. Gladstone was first elected to Parliament in January 1833, and over the next sixty years was involved i...

Allen, Edward Heron-

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Forbes-Robertson, Norman, actor

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Hanbury, Lily, afterwards Guedalla actress, wife of H Guedalla

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Hans, Reitz, cartoonist

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Hughes, Annie

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Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x0002e5 ...

Hawkins, Anthony Hope, Sir, alias 'Anthony Hope', novelist

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Epithet: alias 'Anthony Hope', novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000298.0x00007c ...

Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928

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Edmund Gosse, a well known man of letters, librarian to the House of Lords (1904-1914), and author of the autobiography, Father and Son (1907), was a pioneering translator of Ibsen and author of numerous volumes of poetry, criticism and biography. Charles Edmund Merrill was an active member of the Grolier Club from 1910 until his death in 1942. From the description of Letters : to Charles E. Merrill, 1910-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577035 English poet and man of...

Epstein, Jacob, 1880-1959

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Jacob Epstein was born on 10 November 1880 in New York. While working in a bronze foundry, he studied sculptural modelling at evening classes. In 1902, he went to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian. He moved to London in 1905, where he settled permanently, becoming a British subject in 1911. Among his major works is a figure of Christ in bronze, made during the First World War, which was bought by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Epstein was knighted in 1954 and died in Lon...

Granville-Barker, Harley G.

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Epithet: actor theatrical critic and manager British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001123.0x0002a9 ...

Gleeson-White, Cicely, singer

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Enthoven, Augusta Gabrielle Eden, OBE

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Hawtrey, Charles Henry, actor, Knight 1922

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Froude, James Anthony, historian, d1894

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Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F234 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x00039f Epithet: historian, d1894 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x0000e7 ...

Douglas, Raymond

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Epithet: son of Lord Alfred Douglas British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x0002e0 ...

Hare, John, 1844-1921

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English actor and manager of the Garrick Theatre. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Overstrand, to Joan Severn, 1908 July 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 763439218 English actor and theatre manager; stage name of John Fairs. From the description of Autograph letters signed : St. James Theatre, SW., [London] ; and Garrick Club, W.C., [London], to Arthur Sullivan, 1884 June 29 and 1889 Apr. 29, with 1 undated letter. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, actor

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Gray, John

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Shoemaker in Cape Cod, Province of Massachusetts Bay. From the guide to the John and Robert quit claim deed, 1726, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Epithet: Town Clerk of Edinburgh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x000047 Epithet: of Add MS 40631 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x00003c Joh...

Haldane, Richard Burdon, Viscount Haldane

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Epithet: Viscount Haldane British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x000302 ...

Douglas, Alfred Bruce, Lord

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Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, writer

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Gould, Nutcombe, actor

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Douglas, Olive Eleanor, wife of Lord Alfred Douglas

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D'Oyly Carte, Richard, theatre impresario

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Housman, A.E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936

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A.E. Housman was a classical scholar, professor of Latin at Cambridge University, and poet. From the description of Letter to "Dear Sirs," 1922. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122288834 English poet and classical scholar. At Trinity College, Cambridge, 1911-1936. From the description of [Letter] 1931 Apr. 15, Trinity College, Cambridge, England [to Helen] Peck / A. E. Housman. (Smith College). WorldCat record id...