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His Excellency Jan Masaryk, Vice-President of the Czechoslovak Republic. Jan Garrigue Masaryk (14th September 1886-10th March 1948) was a Czech diplomat and politician and Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1940 to 1948. Born in Prague, he was a son of professor T.G Masaryk (who became the first President of Czechoslovakia in 1918). In 1925 Jan Masaryk was made ambassador to Britain. His father resigned as President in 1935 and died two years later. In September 1938 the Sudetenland was occupied by German forces and Masaryk resigned as ambassador in protest, although he remained in London. When a Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile was established in Britain in 1940, Masaryk was appointed Foreign Minister. During the war he regularly made broadcasts over the BBC to occupied Czechoslovakia. He had a flat at Westminster Gardens, Marsham Street in London but often stayed at the Czechoslovak Chancellery residence at Wingrave. In 1942, about the time this photo was taken, Masaryk received an LL.D. from Bates College. Masaryk remained Foreign Minister following the liberation of Czechoslovakia as part of the multi-party, Communist-dominated National Front government. The Communists under Klement Gottwald saw their position strengthened after the 1946 elections but Masaryk stayed on as Foreign Minister. On 10th March 1948 Masaryk was found dead, dressed in his pajamas, in the courtyard of the Foreign Ministry below his bathroom window. The initial investigation by the Communist ministry of interior stated that he had committed suicide by jumping out of the window, although for a long time it was been believed by some that he was murdered by the nascent Communist government. In a second investigation taken in 1968 during the Prague Spring, Masaryk's death was ruled an accident, not excluding a murder and a third investigation in the early 1990s after the Velvet Revolution concluded that it had been a murder.
Reference: 37639
His Excellency Jan Masaryk, Vi...
Lieutenant John C.O.R Hopkinson photographed in about 1956 as Adjutant of the Seaforth Highlanders Depot at Fort George. He later commanded 1st Battalion Queen's Own Highlanders 1972-74, and was Colonel of the Regiment 1983-94. On retiring as a Major General in 1984 he was awarded the CB and became Director of the British Field Sports Society.
Reference: 44611f
Lieutenant John C.O.R Hopkinso...
Lieutenant John C.O.R Hopkinson photographed in about 1956 as Adjutant of the Seaforth Highlanders Depot at Fort George. He later commanded 1st Battalion Queen's Own Highlanders 1972-74, and was Colonel of the Regiment 1983-94. On retiring as a Major General in 1984 he was awarded the CB and became Director of the British Field Sports Society.
Reference: 44611e
Lieutenant John C.O.R Hopkinso...
Mrs Neil M. Gunn c1960 (1885-1963). Jessie Dallas Frew (or 'Daisy') married novelist Gunn in 1921 and they settled in Inverness, near his permanent excise post at the Glen Mhor distillery. She was the fifth of seven daughters of Dingwall Provost John Rose Frew. (See 25980).
Reference: 45732b
Mrs Neil M. Gunn c1960 (1885-1...
Neil M. Gunn c1960. Neil Miller Gunn (8th November 1891-15th January 1973) was a prolific novelist, critic and dramatist who emerged as one of the leading lights of the Scottish Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. With over 20 novels to his credit, Gunn was arguably the most influential Scottish fiction writer of the first half of the 20th century (with the possible exception of Lewis Grassic Gibbon). His fiction dealt primarily with the Highland communities and landscapes of his youth. Born in Dunbeath, his father was the captain of a herring boat, and Gunn's fascination with the sea and the courage of fishermen can be traced directly back his childhood memories of his father's work. In 1910 Gunn became a Customs and Excise Officer, remaining one throughout the First World War and until he was well established as a writer in 1937. Gunn married Jessie Dallas Frew (or 'Daisy') in 1921 and they settled in Inverness, near his permanent excise post at the Glen Mhor distillery. His first novel was The Grey Coast (1926) with The Lost Glen following in 1928. Highland River came in 1937 and The Silver Darlings in 1941.
Reference: 45732a
Neil M. Gunn c1960. Neil Mille...
Neil M. Gunn in June 1927. Neil Miller Gunn (8th November 1891-15th January 1973) was a prolific novelist, critic and dramatist who emerged as one of the leading lights of the Scottish Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. With over 20 novels to his credit, Gunn was arguably the most influential Scottish fiction writer of the first half of the 20th century (with the possible exception of Lewis Grassic Gibbon). His fiction dealt primarily with the Highland communities and landscapes of his youth. Born in Dunbeath, his father was the captain of a herring boat, and Gunn's fascination with the sea and the courage of fishermen can be traced directly back his childhood memories of his father's work. In 1910 Gunn became a Customs and Excise Officer, remaining one throughout the First World War and until he was well established as a writer in 1937. Gunn married Jessie Dallas Frew (or 'Daisy') in 1921 and they settled in Inverness, near his permanent excise post at the Glen Mhor distillery. By the time of this photo, he had written the novel The Grey Coast (1926) with The Lost Glen following in 1928. Highland River came in 1937 and The Silver Darlings in 1941.
Reference: 25909a
Neil M. Gunn in June 1927. Nei...
Scottish Home Rule Group outside the Palace Hotel, standing beside vintage car with Ness Bridge in the background. Badge on front of the vehicle, RMC, possibly stands for Renault Motor Company. *
Reference: 25475c
Scottish Home Rule Group outsi...
Mrs Joyce Georgina Ross (nee Duff), 9 Brown Street, Inverness. Joyce Ross was a swimsuit model who also competed in beauty pageants. She also worked for the Andrew Paterson Studio in the 1950s (see also H-0290_PS and 42555a-h). She can be seen at the beginning of this Pathe newsreel from Morecambe, in 1953: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/beauty-on-parade/query/BEAUTY+PARADE
Reference: 43298a
Mrs Joyce Georgina Ross (nee D...
Mrs Joyce Georgina Ross (nee Duff), 9 Brown Street, Inverness. Joyce Ross was a swimsuit model who also competed in beauty pageants. She also worked for the Andrew Paterson Studio in the 1950s (see also H-0290_PS and 42555a-h). She can be seen at the beginning of this Pathe newsreel from Morecambe, in 1953: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/beauty-on-parade/query/BEAUTY+PARADE
Reference: 43298b
Mrs Joyce Georgina Ross (nee D...
Mrs Joyce Georgina Ross (nee Duff), 9 Brown Street, Inverness. Joyce Ross was a swimsuit model who also competed in beauty pageants. She also worked for the Andrew Paterson Studio in the 1950s (see also H-0290_PS and 42555a-h). She can be seen at the beginning of this Pathe newsreel from Morecambe, in 1953: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/beauty-on-parade/query/BEAUTY+PARADE
Reference: 43298d
Mrs Joyce Georgina Ross (nee D...
Mrs Joyce Georgina Ross (nee Duff), 9 Brown Street, Inverness. Joyce Ross was a swimsuit model who also competed in beauty pageants. She also worked for the Andrew Paterson Studio in the 1950s (see also H-0290_PS and 42555a-h). She can be seen at the beginning of this Pathe newsreel from Morecambe, in 1953: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/beauty-on-parade/query/BEAUTY+PARADE
Reference: 43298e
Mrs Joyce Georgina Ross (nee D...
Mrs Joyce Georgina Ross (nee Duff), 9 Brown Street, Inverness. Joyce Ross was a swimsuit model who also competed in beauty pageants. She also worked for the Andrew Paterson Studio in the 1950s (see also H-0290_PS and 42555a-h). She can be seen at the beginning of this Pathe newsreel from Morecambe, in 1953: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/beauty-on-parade/query/BEAUTY+PARADE
Reference: 43298f
Mrs Joyce Georgina Ross (nee D...