William Smith O’Brien
In 1845 Davis died, and the leadership of the Party passed into the hands of William Smith O’Brien, his lieutenants being John Mitchel and John Martin. All three were Protestants. Mr. Smith O’Brien was descended from King Brian Borhoimè—who played the part of Alfred the Great in Irish history. A brother of Lord Inchiquin, he was an aristocrat and a Tory, with frigid manners, and a high and chivalrous sense of honour. He had drifted into the “Young Ireland” Party, firstly, because fourteen years’ experience of the Imperial Parliament convinced him that it could not legislate wisely for Ireland, and, secondly, because he despaired of any other Party obtaining for Ireland the only Government that could lift her to her place among the nations. As a speaker he was cold, logical, and stilted. But he had a severe and ascetic sense of public duty, and his fidelity and truthfulness secured for him the unswerving loyalty of his followers.
Westminster Hall
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
The Victoria Tower, Westminster Palace
The South-East Corridor, Windsor Castle
The Royal Visit to Fingal’s Cave
The Royal Palace, Madrid
The Revolution in Paris
The Remnant of an army
The Queens visit to France
The Queens Entrry in Edinburgh
The Queen Visiting a Cornish Iron Mine
The Queen Opening Parliament in 1846
The Queen in the Woodwardian Museum
The Queen in the Royal Gallery, St George’s Chapel, 1846
The Queen and the Reapers at Blair Castle
The Queen and the Deserter’s Death-Warrant
The Queen and Prince Albert at the Children’s Fête in Coburg on St. Gregory’s Day
The Prince-Chancellor of Cambridge University Presenting an Address to the Queen
The Overland Route
The Municipal Dignitaries of Penryn introduced to the Prince of Wales
The Marble Hall, Buckingham Palace
The Lower Ward, Windsor Castle
The King of Prussia Addressing the Berliners
The Irish Rebellion of 1848
Forging Pikes
The Houses of Parliament
The Grand Staircase, Buckingham Palace
The Four Courts, Dublin
The Exchange and Frederick’s Bridge, Berlin
The Earl of Clarendon, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland
The Earl of Aberdeen
The Duke of Wellington at Windsor Castle
The Deputation from London and Dublin Corporations before the Queen
The Custom House, Dublin
The Chartist Demonstration on Kennington Common
The Castle of the Wartburg
the British Consulate in Canton
The British Army Crossing the Sutlej
The Battle of Ferozeshah
The Bank of England
Starving Peasants at a Work-house Gate
St. Stephen’s Cloisters, Westminster Hall
St Georges Chapel, Windsor
Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert and Lady Sale
Sir James Graham
Sir Henry Hardinge
Sir George Grey
Richard Cobden
Reception of Louis Philippe at Windsor Castle
'Rebecca' riot in South Wales
Queen’s College, Belfast
Queen Victoria at the launch of the 'Trafalgar'
Professor Faraday
Professor Anderson at Balmoral
Prince Metternich
Prince Albert Hunting near Belvoir Castle
Prince Albert deerstaling in the highlands
Old Parliament House, Dublin
Old French House, Quebec