British politicians

[shredder]

Mr & Mrs Anthony Eden, 1935

[marcelo]

Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, British Ambassador in Washington during WW II.





Lord Halifax was born without his left hand. Still, he is reported to have been a good shot, and a great horseman.

[storeynicholas]

Sir Joseph Chamberlain, immensely rich screw manufacturer; sometime Mayor of Birmingham and later MP and Minister who famously split both the Conservative and the Liberal parties; also a great orchid collector who employed a botanist to look after them and he was also father of Sir Austin Chamberlain, Nobel Laureate for Peace, and Neville who brought "Peace in our time":





NJS

[Bishop of Briggs]

The best dressed British politician today is William Hague MP - suits from Henry Poole, bespoke shoes from Cleverly, bespoke shirts from Budd and ties from Turnbull & Asser.

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Hague is on the left. In the middle is George Osborne, Shadow Chancellor, who is a customer of T&A.

[storeynicholas]

Not only is Hague the best dressed, he also has the most exacting barber.
NJS

[Miles Messervy]

John Enoch Powell: