Sir Richard Airey mb-code U1187687 Plate 11 from the paper

Plate 11 from the paper 'Some particulars of the present state of Mount Vesuvius

Plate 23 from The zoological miscellany

It later became the favourite residence of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

John Hatherle

View of Cheesecake House in Hyde Park

Sir Richard Airey mb-code U1187687 Plate 11 from the paperSir Richard Airey, 1878. Airey was Quarter Master General of the 1st Brigade of the Light Division, and was present at the battles of Alma and Inkermann during the Crimean War, and wrote the order for the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava. He was also Governor of Gibraltar. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc.