#New Zealand Colonial Statesmen

[richmonduponthamesnotables]

BERNARD FREYBERG,1ST BARON FREYBERG (1889-1963).British-born New Zealand military officer who was the youngest General in the British army during the dark days of WWI,seeing action at the Gallipoli campaign and the Western Front,the latter of which,saw him win the Victoria Cross.Winston Churchill nicknamed him ‘the Salamander’ for his seemingly amazing ability to come through battles without much harm. During WWII he served as the Commander-in-Chief of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces at .the allied defeats in the Battle of Crete,the Battle of Greece,& the second Battle of Monte Cassino,early in the war,but had successes during the later North Africa Campaign, Following the war,he served as the 7th Governor-General of New Zealand,from 1946 to 1952. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Freyberg,_1st_Baron_Freyberg

BORN AT: 8 Dynevor Road,Richmond TW10 6PF.1889

Residence: 1889-1871.Birthplace,Lived first 2 years before family emigrated to New Zealand.

Plaque?: YES. BLUE. Private society/group plaque. 2016 (see plaque image link)..

Source: http://vconline.org.uk/bernard-c-freyberg-vc/4586743854

[the-paintrist]

Sir James Guthrie - Statesmen of World War I - 1924-30

Work given to the National Portrait Gallery, London in 1930. See source website for additional information. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG.

The individuals depicted are, from left to right, starting with those seated on the left side of the table:

Sir Joseph Cook, former Prime Minister of Australia (1913–14), Leader of the Opposition (Australia) (1914–1916), Minister for the Navy (1917–20) (with beard)

Billy Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia (1915–23) (head resting on hand)

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1908–1915), Minister of Munitions (1915–1916), Secretary of State for War (1916), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1916–1922)

Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, Secretary of State for War (1918–19) (leaning forward)

William Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1912–25) (seated facing away)

Sir Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty (1911–15), Minister of Munitions (1917–19) (later Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1940–45 and 1951–55) (illuminated)

Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Foreign Secretary (1905–16) (in profile with aquiline nose)

Standing behind Lloyd George are:

Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner, only "non-White" member of the Imperial War Cabinet

Louis Botha, Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa (1910–19)

Behind Churchill are:

George Nicoll Barnes, leader of the National Democratic and Labour Party

Sir Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada (1911–20)

To their right are:

Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1902-05); First Lord of the Admiralty (1915–16) and Foreign Secretary (1916–19) (standing adlocutio in a black suit)

Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1908–16) (sitting in front)

Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, First Lord of the Admiralty (1917–19) (behind, cleanshaven)

Andrew Bonar Law, Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom) (1911–15), Secretary of State for the Colonies (1915–16), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1916–19) (later *Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1922–23) (dark moustache)

Edward Morris, 1st Baron Morris, Prime Minister of Newfoundland (1909–17) (white moustache, in the shadows)

Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Secretary of State for War (1914–1916) (in the shadows)

Sir James Guthrie (10 June 1859 – 6 September 1930) was a Scottish painter, best known in his own lifetime for his portraiture, although today more generally regarded as a painter of Scottish Realism.