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The Papers of Leopold Amery

Title Photographs
Reference AMEL 10
Covering Dates 1870–1964
Extent and Medium 36 archive boxes
Content and context

This collection of photographs spans the whole of LSA's life. It contains both personal photographs of family and friends, and official and press photographs from his political career.

The photographs have been arranged in two sections. The first half [up to and including AMEL 10/38] contains family photographs. The second half [from AMEL 10/38 onwards] contains photographs from his political career. Both sections have been arranged in chronological order, as far as is possible.

Further information

See also AMEL 1/4/13-29 for the Empire Tour.

Index Terms
Photographs
Churchill/AMEL 10 contains:
1 Formal Portraits of LSA. File 1 [early life to middle age] including LSA in military uniform. File 2 [early life to middle age]. . File 3: LSA as a young man, seated. File 4 [mid-later life] including portrait by Bassano [1938]. File 5 [mid-later life], in album. File 6 [mid to later life] including: photographic reproductions of painted portraits and drawings of LSA, some by Sir James Gunn [1942] and Howard Coster [1930], a portrait in oil of LSA [unfinished]. File 7: etchings [drypoint?] of LSA [artist proofs by P. Mathews?], photographic reproduction of a painted portrait [late in life]. File 8; photographic portraits of LSA and AFA in study, taken by Cecil Beaton [1944]. . File 9; photographic portrait of LSA [large].
9 files.
c. 1900-c. 1950
2 Family photographs. Including: . File 1; LSA as a boy in athletics shirt, the family at Folkestone [Kent, 1894], Lord Redford at Harrow School, WC Fooks. . File 2; portraits of LSA's mother, Elisabeth Leitner. File 3; oil painting of unidentified sitter.
3 files.
c. 1880-c. 1910
3 Family photographs. Large format photographs, including:. Part 1; Portraits of LSA's mother, Elisabeth Leitner, regimental photographs, wedding photographs [unidentified group]. Part 2; LSA at Balliol College, University of Oxford [c. 1894], Geoffrey Amery at Supreme Court, Ipoh [Malaya, later Malaysia]. . Part 3; journalists [war correspondents in South Africa?] c. 1900, group photograph outside country house.
3 files.
c. 1880-c. 1910
4 Family photographs. Including:. File 1; Harold Amery overseas [Egypt]; Khartoum race meeting; Harold Amery portrait in Egyptian military uniform; Harold Amery at the Camberley hunt [Surrey]; group photographs in India. File 2; Royal Military College, Sandhurst group photographs 1896 [with Harold Amery?].
2 files.
c. 1890-c. 1910
5 Family photograph album.
1 file; Fragile..
c. 1880-c. 1910
6 Family photographs. Bound photo album of unidentified portraits ('EL' on cover, presumably Elisabeth Leitner, LSA's mother).
1 file.
c. 1880-c. 1900
7 Family scrap album. Including: photographs, prints, greetings cards.
1 file; Fragile..
c. 1890-c. 1910
8 Family photograph album.
1 file.
c. 1890-c. 1910
9 Family photograph album.
1 file; Fragile..
c. 1880-c. 1900
10 Family photograph album.
1 file; Fragile..
c. 1880-c. 1900
11 Family photograph album. Including photographs of overseas visits.
1 file; Fragile..
c. 1870-c. 1875
12 Family photograph album.
1 file; Fragile..
c. 1890-c. 1910
13 Family photograph album, mostly of Harold Amery. Including photographs in India and Kashmir.
1 file; Fragile..
c. 1892
14 Photograph album containing images of classical statues.
1 file.
c. 1897
15 Family photographs: the Balkans.
1 file.
c. 1897-c. 1898
16 Photographs of South Africa. Including: views of Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Natal.
1 file.
c. 1899-c. 1900
17 Family photographs. Framed photographs of unidentified people.
1 file.
c. 1870
18 Family photographs. Album, including photographs of Venice [Italy] and Constantinople [later Istanbul, Turkey].
1 file.
c. 1900-c. 1910
19 Family photographs. Scenes at Gorhambury Camp [Hertfordshire].
1 file.
1904
20 Photographs of South Africa. Panoramic views of South Africa, with original envelope.
1 file.
c. 1900-c. 1904
21 Family photographs. Photographs of LSA, friends and family, including:. Punting at Oxford [1901?]; on board ship [1902]; on board ship [1907]; on board ship, returning from South Africa [1910]?; on holiday in Dorset [1908]; LSA 'in student days', sent to Julian Amery as a gift.
1 file.
c. 1901-c. 1908
22 Family photographs. Including images of Africa.
1 file.
c. 1907
23 Family photographs, mainly of AFA. File 1; photographic portrait of AFA. File 2; photographic portrait of AFA, and drawing of AFA [?], dated 1910. File 3; photographic portrait of AFA. File 4; photographic portrait of AFA.
4 files.
c. 1900-c. 1910
24 Family photographs, mainly portraits of AFA. Photographic portraits of [mainly] AFA, including;. AFA on being presented to King Edward VII, [June-July 1909]; AFA and her sister [?]; photographic reproduction of drawings of AFA; photographic portrait of AFA [originally in leather [?] wallet].
1 file.
c. 1909
25 Wedding photographs. Photographs from LSA and AFA's wedding.
1 file.
1910
26 Press cuttings of LSA and AFA's wedding.
2 files; Fragile..
1910
27 Family photographs. Photograph album including family photographs from 'house parties', signatures of friends, newspaper cuttings.
1 file.
c. 1910-c. 1919
28 Family photograph album. Including scenes of Hudson Bay [Canada].
1 file.
1910
29 Family photograph album. Including scenes of Hudson Bay [Canada].
1 file.
1910
30 Family photograph album. Including scenes of Hudson Bay [Canada].
1 file.
1910
31 Family photograph album. Including scenes of Hudson Bay [Canada].
1 file.
1910
32 Family photographs. Including: Melbourne, Australia street parade [1913]; Harold Amery, on board ship [Caledonia 1916]; LSA in Gozo [?] 1919; on board SS Ulysses [1927] with note from a fellow passenger; on board SS Australia [1932]; views of 'Chappell' house and [?] Dartmoor [Devon].
1 file.
c. 1913-c. 1932
33 Family photograph album. Including holiday in the Rocky Mountains [United States].
1 file.
c. 1929
34 Family photograph album. Including holiday in Chamonix [Switzerland].
1 file.
c. 1930
35 Family photographs [mostly connected to AFA]. Including: AFA at India House [London, 1942-3]; skating at Klosters [Switzerland, 1939]; photograph of 'Freddy' and accompanying letter [1940].
1 file.
c. 1939-c. 1943
36 Family photographs of climbing and skiing trips. Including:. LSA with Julian Amery skiing; climbing trips in Goescheralp [1895]; Montana [United States] c 1904; postcards from Switzerland; commemorative silhouettes from Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand 1928.
1 file.
c. 1895-c. 1940
37 Family photographs. Including: LSA water-skiing in the Mediterranean [1938]; LSA at the Highland Clans Dance [1938]; LSA and Julian Amery portraits; LSA and Julian Amery in Paris [France, 1946]; LSA at the Parthenon [Athens, Greece, 1947]; LSA at Willenhall [Staffordshire, November 1953]; images of LSA taken from a cine film with an accompanying note sent to Julian Amery [1955]; LSA with Louise Amery [granddaughter], LSA with 1st Lord Wavell; LSA and Julian Amery by the Athabasca River [Canada, June 1949].
1 file.
c. 1938-c. 1955
38 Photograph album: family and political photographs. Including:. LSA and Geoffrey Amery at school; LSA with the Brackenbury Society [1894-95]; presentation to LSA on 25th Anniversary of representing Sparkbrook [Birmingham, Warwickshire]; LSA unveiling memorial to 1st Lord Milner; LSA and AFA at Government House, Canada and on Canadian tour [Jan. 1928]; John Amery and Julian Amery as children; Empire Service for Youth order of Service; Christmas cards; programme of King George V birthday celebrations [June 1923]; postcards of Eton school; family climbing and skiing holidays; trip to Baghdad [Iraq, April 1925], LSA and Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord Templewood]; King Feisal of Iraq; aerial photographs of the Middle East, including Mosul [Al-Mawsil], Rowanduz, Ser-Seri; League of Nations Committee in Mosul; Berlin [Germany 1929]; launching a new vessel for the Indian Navy; West Indian Conference Group; Empire Industries Association luncheon; LSA inspecting Royal Indian ASC after Dunkirk [France]; Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference [Oct. 1948].
1 file.
c. 1894-c. 1948
39 Photographs and images for 'My Political Life'. Photographs and images for LSA's memoirs, 'My Political Life vol.I', including photographs of: Joseph Chamberlain; Leander Starr Jameson; George Buckle [editor of the Times]; Elisabeth Amery [LSA's mother]; Charles Amery [LSA's father]; LSA at Oxford; AFA; Moberly-Bell; Sir Edward Carson; Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith]; Cecil Rhodes; All Souls College, University of Oxford.
1 file.
c. 1880-c. 1910
40 Family and political photographs. File 1. . Photographs for LSA's memoirs, 'My Political Life vol. II', including: Stanley Baldwin; 1st Lord Milner; William Mackenzie King; 1st Lord Bruce; Winston Churchill; David Lloyd George; Sir Robert Borden; Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson; Sir Samuel Wilson. Photographs for 'My Political Life vol. III': [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain; Clement Davies; the Paris Conference [France, 1939]; 1st Lord Snowden; [James] Ramsay MacDonald; Aristide Briand and Pierre Laval; 1st Lord Samuel; Lord Halifax; AFA as President of the Sparkbrook Birmingham Girl Guides. File 2. . Family and political photographs, including: Arthur Calthorpe; the Scots Guards [?]; Aunt Stennet; friends and family [from Oxford?].
2 files.
c. 1880-c. 1940
41 Political photographs. Political photographs, including:. File 1: LSA as a parliamentary candidate; Willenhall [Wolverhampton, Staffordshire] street scenes; a presentation to LSA [in Wolverhampton ?] [1908]; LSA with David Lloyd George [1918]; LSA in Malta [1923]. File 2: LSA speaking at a political meeting [n.d.- early 20th century].
2 files.
c. 1908-c. 1923
42 Book of signatures of Wolverhampton Conservative Club.
1 file.
1910
43 Souvenir photograph album. Photograph album of the visit of the Empire Parliamentary Association to Australia, including the itinerary.
1 file.
1913
44 Souvenir photograph album. Souvenir photo album of unveiling of King George V statue in south Ceylon [later Sri Lanka].
1 file.
1916
45 Political photographs. Including:. Photograph of cabinet [c. 1920?]; cartoon of LSA [concerning the Empire Settlement Act [1921?]; group photo at the Imperial Economic Conference [1923]; the Guildhall reception of the Duke and Duchess of York [later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth] on their return from Australia and new Zealand [1926]; the West Indies Conference Group [in Canada 1927?].
1 file.
c. 1920-c. 1927
46 Photographs of LSA's visit to Iraq.
1 file.
c. 1924
47 Souvenir photograph album. Photograph album presented to LSA by the 2nd Heavy Cavalry Regiment, Kurdistan, including letter to this effect.
1 file.
1925
48 Souvenir photograph album of LSA's trip to Palestine.
1 file.
1925
49 Photograph album of LSA's visit to Amman, Trans-Jordan [later Jordan].
1 file.
c. 1925
50 Photograph album [LSA in official capacity]. Including: LSA at Portsmouth [Hampshire] for first inspection as First Lord of the Admiralty [1923]; LSA with 1st Lord Bridgeman and Sir John Gilmour changing the Cabinet [1924]; LSA at Downing Street [London, 1925], photographs of HMS Bryony.
1 file.
c. 1923-c. 1926
51 Photograph album of the Imperial Conference.
1 file.
1926
52 Certificate of Greeting to the city of Capetown, South Africa.
1 file.
1927
53 Souvenir photograph album of South African tour.
1 file; Fragile..
1927
54 Photographs of South Africa. Including street scenes, the countryside, mountains.
1 file.
1927
55 Collectors album of images of Victoria Falls [Rhodesia, later Zimbabwe]. Published by Frank Rhodes to raise money for Livingstone Hospital.
1 file.
c. 1920-c. 1930
56 Certificate of visit to New South Wales, Australia.
1 file.
1927
57 Maps of Australia.
1 file.
1927
58 Picture of the Mildura Bridge, Victoria, Australia.
1 file.
1927
59 Photograph album of views of New South Wales, Australia.
1 file.
1927
60 Photographs from Australian and New Zealand tour.
1 file.
1927
61 Photograph album from New Zealand tour. Entitled 'Twelve Gems of New Zealand Scenery'.
1 file.
1927
62 Souvenir album from Westmoreland, New Zealand.
1 file.
1927
63 Photographs from New Zealand tour.
1 file.
1927
64 Photographs of the Overseas League. Taken in New Plymouth, New Zealand.
1 file.
1927
65 Photograph album of Auckland, New Zealand.
1 file.
1927
66 Souvenir photograph album of New Zealand.
1 file.
1927
67 Photograph album of New Zealand. Entitled 'Scenes in Glorious New Zealand'.
1 file.
1927
68 Petition from the Council of European Civil Servants, Fiji.
2 files.
1927
69 Photographs and press cuttings from Empire Tour. File 1: Album; Official Press Reports of the Canadian Tour. File 2: Photographs of visit to Vancouver [?], Canada. File 3: Group photograph in Montreal, Canada. 1928.
3 files.
1928
70 Photographs of Canadian scenic views. Including Mount Robson and Bury Lake, Banff National Park, Jasper National Park.
1 file.
c. 1928
71 Photomurals of Canadian scenic views.
1 file.
c. 1928
72 Photograph album of the Empire Tour.
1 file.
Jul 1927-Feb 1928
73 Photograph album and scrapbook. Including: photographs from the Empire Tour [South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada], dinner invitations, menus, seating plans and itineraries for the Empire Tour, photographs of Julian Amery and John Amery as children.
1 file.
c. 1910-c. 1928
74 Photograph album of the Berlin Conference [Germany].
1 file.
1930
75 Photograph album of Parliamentary visit to Denmark.
1 file.
1932
76 Album of Empire Day, Hong Kong. Including press cuttings and photographs.
1 file.
1932
77 Political photographs. Including:. File 1; LSA returning from Ottawa Conference [Canada] with the Hungarian World Champion Fencing Team [1932]; LSA visiting a hospital in Italy [1938]. File 2; LSA at a dinner [with Princess Chichihee?].
1 file.
c. 1930-c. 1938
78 Poster for political rally, Islington, London.
1 file.
Feb 1941
79 Press photographs: the launch of Narbada. LSA and AFA launching the sloop Narbada, built for the Indian Navy.
1 file.
Nov 1942
80 Political photographs. Including:. File 1: Winston Churchill and LSA at Harrow School, Middlesex, [Dec 1940]; Empire Parliamentary Association member's room after fire [11th May 1941]; LSA broadcasting on BBC Latin American Service [September 1941]; LSA at a ceremony at Oxford University to confer medical degrees on Czech students [1942?]; Government of India Mission to London [Feb 1945]; LSA receiving an honorary degree from Oxford University [1943]; LSA speaking in Birmingham [Warwickshire]; 'India Art in Industry Exhibition' [Jan 1945]. File 2: LSA sitting at desk; Australian and New Zealand delegations visit to the House of Commons; LSA speaking at an open air meeting; LSA walking through St James' Park, London; LSA in India Office courtyard; LSA with air raid warden [?]; LSA in office with map of India; group photograph [with Winston Churchill [Prime Minister], in grounds of 10 Downing Street; Akbar 400th Anniversary Celebrations; LSA at military parade [? in Algeria]. File 3: LSA with the Goodyear Tyre Company Board of Directors [1946]; group photograph of LSA, Churchill, Sir Ramaswami Mudalier, Maharajah Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, Lord Cranborne [later 6th Lord Salisbury, 1949].
3 files.
c. 1940-c. 1949
81 Newscuttings. Album of newscuttings initialled 'AFA' [Florence Amery].
1 file.
c. 1947-c. 1953
82 Political photographs. Including:. LSA and the Oxford CPC [?] [1951]; LSA at plaque in memory of Cecil Rhodes, Westminster Abbey, London [Dec. 1951]; United Europe Movement conference [1954]; LSA speaking in Brussels [Belgium, 31st Jan 1953]; LSA at the memorial to J L Garvin, editor of the Observer.
1 file.
c. 1950-c. 1954
83 Photograph of Chaim Weizmann. With signature and handwritten inscription.
1 file.
1950
84 Photograph of Her Majesty's Cabinet.
1 file.
85 Photograph album: Electrical Inspection, Ministry of Aviation. Souvenir album of Julian Amery's visit to the EID open day.
1 file.
06 May 1964–08 May 1964

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