Self and Partner Hartington wielding a cricket bat

wielding a cricket bat

18 December

HRD bikes were founded by Howard Raymond Davies

ten days before his retirement

who had abdicated

Self and Partner Hartington wielding a cricket batSelf and Partner, 1873. Mr Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister, shakes hands warmly with Mr Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer. This cartoon relates to the state of Mr Gladstone's government at the end of the last session of parliament in the summer of 1873. The Liberals were weakening, as illustrated by a recent by election in Greenwich at which the Conservative candidate was returned with a very healthy majority. Gladstone was also experiencing