Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury NPG 2792

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by William Walker & Sons

Called to the Bar in 1823, Bethell progressed rapidly and by 1840 had been made a Queen's Counsel. He entered Parliament as an MP in 1851 where he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the Country Palatine of Lancaster almost immediately. He was swiftly promoted, first as Solicitor-General and then Attorney-General. In 1861, he was made Lord High Chancellor with the title Baron Westbury. However, his career ended rather sourly: he was forced to resign in 1865 having misled a House of Lords committee over a corrupt... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.