Raymond Desvarreux (1876–1961)- Three British Sailors. Date c.1916

Trafalgar Square London

The Library at Osterley Park was designed by Robert Adam in 1766.

Sir Anthony John Charles Meyer

Sir Anthony John Charles Meyer, 3rd Baronet (27 October 1920 – 24 December 2004) was a British soldier, diplomat, and Conservative and later Liberal Democrat politician, best known for standing against Margaret Thatcher for the party leadership in 1989. In spite of his staunch right-wing views on economic policy, his passionate support of increased British integration into the European Union led to him becoming increasingly marginalised in Thatcher's Conservative Party.

Fredrick Smith, Earl Birkenhead

Colonel Probyn, CB, VC, and Honorary ADC to the Viceroy of India

Colonel Probyn, CB, VC, and Honorary ADC to the Viceroy of India and HM’s Indian Cavalry, 1867 by James Rannie Swinton

British actor Leslie Howard

1 June, in 1943 a BOAC Douglas DC-3 such as seen above was intercepted and shot down over the Bay of Biscay by a German Junkers Ju 88. Amongst the 17 on board who perished was British actor Leslie Howard, at the height of his career following The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), Gone with the Wind (1939) and a number of wartime propaganda films.

At the time of his death, Howard was on a promotional tour in Spain and Portugal, curiously encouraged to be there by the British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. There has been much speculation since the event over his potential links to Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service. Howard remained the only major British star killed during the Second World War.