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G Lenotre was the pseudonym of French historian and dramatist Theodore Gosselin (1855-1935) A photograph from Album de Photographies

18th century Scottish lawyer and diarist

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King George V (1865-1936) Size:XL: 90 x 60cm the window thro' which sheKing George V (1865 1936), early 20th century. 'Admiral of the Fleet, our Sailor King'. George V was king of Great Britain from 1910 to 1936. In 1924 he appointed Ramsay MacDonald, Britain's first Labour Prime Minister, and in 1932 he introduced the idea of broadcasting a Christmas message to the people. He died of influenza on 20 January 1936 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward.