Samuel Plimsoll, British politician and social reformer mb-code SF22982 Street scene showing figures

Street scene showing figures

She also served as the Viceregal Consort of Canada when her husband served as the Governor General of Canada from 1911 to 1916

with wealth estimated at between $200 million and $600 million

A busy freight canal in Tokyo

Plate 24 from Museum Leverianum containing select specimens from the museum of the late Sir Ashton Lever

Samuel Plimsoll, British politician and social reformer mb-code SF22982 Street scene showing figuresSamuel Plimsoll, British politician and social reformer, c1890. Known popularly as 'the sailor's friend' because of his championing of sailors' interests, Plimsoll (1824 1898) was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1868 1880. He is best remembered for his role in the passing of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876 and for the 'Plimsoll Mark' on ships which is named for him. A lithograph from The Modern Portrait Gallery, Cassell, Petter and Galpin,