Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee
by1887 marked the fiftieth year since Queen Victoria’s ascension and a jubilee was planned to celebrate this remarkable date in history. In those fifty…
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Lord Desborough’s Sporting Legacy Exhibition
byAt 6’5, William Grenfell (cr. Baron Desborough in 1905) towered above men of the Edwardian era. He was also the ultimate sportsman: rowing, mountaineering,…
Lady Warwick’s Horticultural & Agricultural College for Women
byIn the mid-1890s, Daisy Warwick shocked society with her interest in socialist politics. At the time, British Socialism was a growing menace to the…