A Difficult Part Sir Henry Segrave 'Lilly-white Sand

'Lilly-white Sand

Home of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers

20th May 1982

Foots Cray is now in the London borough of Bexley

Jimmy Steele & girlfriend Jenny Kent

A Difficult Part Sir Henry Segrave 'Lilly-white SandThe Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone, is shown standing beside a table loaded with all the matters he must deal with during his term in office. Many of them relate to his predecessor's time in office. This cartoon was prompted by the Boer War which started under Disraeli's government. An armistice had been agreed recently, but in the House, Gladstone explained that although he, and many other Liberals, had opposed the annexation of the