2803 x 3595 px | 23,7 x 30,4 cm | 9,3 x 12 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
2012
Informations supplémentaires:
These illustrations are taken from book The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, K.K., And His Times. 1883. Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, PC, DL, FSA, FRS (24 June 1831 – 29 June 1890), known as Lord Porchester from 1833 to 1849, was a British politician and a leading member of the Conservative Party. He was twice Secretary of State for the Colonies and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Carnarvon served under Lord Derby as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1858 to 1859. In 1866 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies by Derby. In 1867 he introduced the British North America Act, which conferred self-government on Canada, and effectively created a confederation. Later that year, he resigned over Benjamin Disraeli's Reform Bill, along with Lord Cranborne and Jonathan Peel. Returning to the office of the British colonial secretary in 1874, he submitted a set of proposals, known by his name, the carnarvon terms that were a set of proposals in 1874 dictated by the British colonial secretary to settle the dispute between British Columbia and Canada over the construction of the transcontinental railroad and the Vancouver Island railroad and train bridge. Vancouver Island had been promised a rail link as a precondition of its entry into British North America confederation. In 1874, managing the empire the sun never set on, he endeavoured to impose a confederation on South Africa as he had on Canada, but the times were not ripe and his confederation scheme collapsed leaving a trail of wars across southern Africa. He addressed the concept of Imperialism in Africa many times while holding the title. In 1878 he resigned in opposition to Disraeli's policy on the Eastern Question; but on his party's return to power in 1885 he became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
