Captain Lord Charles William Delapoer Beresford, British naval officer Robert Taber This relates to the elections

This relates to the elections to the French Chamber of Deputies that took place in mid-October 1877

this style of padding was prohibited to be worn by any yeoman or person under that degree

Photographed with a young woman next to the car at the start/finish line of a motor race

BSA motorbike

Captain Lord Charles William Delapoer Beresford, British naval officer Robert Taber This relates to the electionsCaptain Lord Charles William Delapoer Beresford, British naval officer, 1883. Beresford later attained the rank of Admiral and was a Conservative Member of Parliament. 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. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (London, 1876 1883).