Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby NPG D2668

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie

Lord Stanley served as private secretary to Lord Roberts during the Second Boer War, 1900. Appointed Director of Recruiting in World War One, his schemes paved the way for conscription. He was promoted to Secretary of State for War, 1916, and several times offered his resignation in support of Field Marshal Robertson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff. He was Ambassador to France 1918-20. In later life, he focused on re-establishing his family's place in the world of horseracing. Having developed the largest... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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