SOUTHBOROUGH, RT HON LORD.
Neg. No: (GP) 9398
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 08-05-1925

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Sitter: Francis John Stephens Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough (1860-1947).

Biog: Senior Civil Servant; member of several Royal Commissions; Permanent Secretary, Board of Trade, 1901-7; Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Colonies, 1907-11; a Civil Lord of the Admiralty, 1912-17 and Committee on War Trade; President, Commission to India on Reform, 1918-19; Chairman, Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., 1926.

Date: 8 May 1925.

Occasion: -

Location: The Lafayette Studio.

Descr: FL standing.

Costume: Ceremonial robes of a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath over Civil Uniform, Full Dress, Privy Counsellor.

Orders, Decorations & Medals: Robes, collar and badge of a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (civil division) [GCB cr. 1916]; Star of a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George [GCMG cr. 1908]; Star and badge of a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India [KCSI cr. 1920]; Sash, badge and star (not visible) of a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order [GCVO cr. 1917].

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop; chair; table.

Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 160 New Bond Street, London.

Evidence of photographer at work:

No of poses: 4.

Copyright: V&A Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: Dictionary of National Biography; Burke's Peerage; Who's Who; The Times, 18 January 1947, p 7d.

Occasion: -

Costume: (Ceremonial robes) James Risk, The History of The Order of the Bath and its insignia, London, 1972; (uniform) Herbert A.P. Trendell, ed, Dress and Insignia Worn at His Majesty's Court, London, 1921.

Orders, Decorations & Medals: Burke's Peerage.

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