Commissioner Collection

1297 copy of the Magna Carta sold to Australia
The thirteenth century copy of the Magna Carta, bought by the Australian Commonwealth National Library from Kings School, Bruton, Somerset

The Conference of Kaw Indians with the United States Governm
Image showing the Kaw native American Indians appealing to the United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs to protect their land from settlers, 1857

Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre
Caricature portrait of Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre KCB (1797-1879). Shaw-Lefevre was a British barrister, Whig politician, and civil servant

Francis Younghusband
FRANCIS EDWARD YOUNGHUSBAND Commissioner of the Anglo- Indian government, who dictated a treaty with Tibet (1904) at Lhasa

Group watching the Henley Regatta from boat, July 1958
A group of people including; Mr Alan Adams, Mr Robin Gibbs, Mr Tony Gibbs, Miss Rachel Chandler and Mr Denis Adams, watching the racing on the last day of the Henley Royal Regatta from a cabin

Queen Elizabeth II opening the new LFB Headquarters
Queen Elizabeth II with Commissioner Ronald James Dobson at the opening of the new London Fire Brigade Headquarters at 169 Union Street, London SE1

Letter from William Cecil to Sir Christopher Hatton, 12th September 1586. Artist: Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Letter from William Cecil to Sir Christopher Hatton, Vice Chamberlain, 12th September 1586. Letter from Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

Serpentine Lido, 1938
Bathers and swans enjoying the sunshine at the Serpentine Lido in Londons Hyde Park in 1938. The Lido was set up by George Lansbury, the first Commissioner of Works in 1930. Date: 1938

Princess Mary as a Girl Guide Commissioner
Princess Mary, only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, later Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, as a Guide Commissioner presenting a Union Jack flag to a Girl Guide Corps. Date: 1922

The General Strike - Government leaders
Government leaders during the General Strike: Ministers and Commissioners. 1. Chief Civil Commissioner: Sir W. Mitchell-Thomson, 2. Principal Chief Assistant Commissioner, Mr. A. B. Lowry, 3

Major James H Perkins, Commissioner for France for the American Red Cross during World War One

Rocking the Town starring Harry Secombe, Winifred Atwell and Alma Cogan at The London Palladium 27th November 1956

Edmund Y. W Henderson
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL SIR EDMUND YEAMANS WALCOTT HENDERSON shown soon after he was appointed as Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in 1869. He succeed the late Sir Richard Mayne in this post

F Pershouse, Transvaal Boy Scouts Association
F Pershouse, District Commissioner, Transvaal Boy Scouts Association, South Africa

Arnold Adriaan Buyskes (1771-1838). Commissaris-generaal (1816-19), c.1865. Creator: Unknown
Arnold Adriaan Buyskes (1771-1838). Commissaris-generaal (1816-19), c.1865

Major-General the Hon. Sir Henry Ramsay, C.B. K.C.S.I. Commissioner of Kumaon, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Major-General the Hon. Sir Henry Ramsay, C.B. K.C.S.I. Commissioner of Kumaon, 1876. Engraving from a photograph by Sache

Harry Smith Parkes, Esq. C.B. British Commissioner of the Allied Commission at Canton... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Harry Smith Parkes, Esq. C.B. British Commissioner of the Allied Commission at Canton - from a photograph by Negretti and Zambra, 1860

Session of Commissioners to receive the Liberale Gifte...12 September 1747, (1748). Creator: Jacobus Buys
Session of Commissioners to receive the Liberale Gifte, or 50th penny, 12 September 1747, (1748). Men sitting and standing around a table, a woman leaves the room reading a piece of paper

The Four Chief Commissioners of the Amsterdam Harbor Works, 1791-1795. Creator: Wybrand Hendriks
The Four Chief Commissioners of the Amsterdam Harbor Works, 1791-1795

Cato Sells, Commr. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior Department, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Cato Sells, Commr
Cato Sells, Commissioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior Department, 1913

Cato Sells, Commr. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior Department, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Cato Sells, Commr
Cato Sells, Commissioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior Department, 1913

Cato Sells, Commr. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior Department, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Cato Sells, Commr
Cato Sells, Commissioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior Department, 1913

Murdock, Victor. Rep. from Kansas, 1903-1915; Federal Trade Commissioner, 1917-1925, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Murdock, Victor. Rep. from Kansas, 1903-1915; Federal Trade Commissioner, 1917-1925, 1913

Murdock, Victor, Rep. from Kansas, 1903-1915; Federal Trade Commissioner, 1917-1925, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Murdock, Victor, Rep. from Kansas, 1903-1915; Federal Trade Commissioner, 1917-1925, 1913

Arrivée en Alsace du commissaire... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Arrivee en Alsace du commissaire... 19th century. Arrival in Alsace of the special commissioner Coco Romieu

Edward H. Wright, Cook County, Ill. Commissioner, (1899?). Creator: Unknown
Edward H. Wright, Cook County, Ill. Commissioner, (1899?)

John Frost Nugent, Sen. from Idaho, 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. John Frost Nugent, Sen. from Idaho, 1918
John Frost Nugent, Sen. from Idaho, 1918. Senator 1918-1921; Fed. Trade Commission, 1921-1927

Sir George Reid, Former Australian Premier - Right, with James Oyster, Commr. of D.C. 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Sir George Reid, Former Australian Premier - Right, with James Oyster, Commr. of [Washington, ] D.C. 1912. [George Houston Reid was variously Premier of New South Wales

Clyde Bruce Atchison, Comm, I.C.C. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Clyde Bruce Atchison, Comm, I.C.C. 1917
Clyde Bruce Atchison, Interstate Commerce Commissioner, 1917

Clyde Bruce Atchison, Comm, I.C.C. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Clyde Bruce Atchison, Comm, I.C.C. 1917
Clyde Bruce Atchison, Interstate Commerce Commissioner, 1917

Portrait of commissioner of war in year IX, presumed to be Pascalis, 1802. Creators: Nicolas Raguenet, Jacques Wilbaut
Portrait of commissioner of war in year IX, presumed to be Pascalis, 1802

Edward B. Moore, Commissioner of Patents - At Desk, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Edward B
Edward B. Moore, Commissioner of Patents - At Desk, 1912. [Edward Bruce Moore, US Patent Office]

Edward B. Moore, Commissioner of Patents - At Desk, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Edward B
Edward B. Moore, Commissioner of Patents - At Desk, 1912. [Edward Bruce Moore, US Patent Office]

Edward B. Moore, Commissioner of Patents - At Desk, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Edward B
Edward B. Moore, Commissioner of Patents - At Desk, 1912. [Edward Bruce Moore, US Patent Office]

The Commissioners of the International Exhibition of 1862. Creator: M Jackson
The Commissioners of the International Exhibition of 1862. Top row: the Duke of Buckingham, Mr. Thomas Baring; centre: Earl Granville; bottom row: Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke and Mr

Varro, (116-27 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Varro, (116-27 BC), 1830. Marcus Terentius Varro (116-27 BC) ancient Roman scholar and writer, one of twenty commissioners for Julius Caesar

Sir John Lawrence, Bart. G.C.B. Chief Commissioner of the Punjaub, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sir John Lawrence, Bart. G.C.B. Chief Commissioner of the Punjaub, 1858. Sir John Mair Laird Lawrence...[who] has recently been raised to the dignity of a Baronet...is a man who has won his way to

2nd Philippine Commission, 1900. Creator: Unknown
2nd Philippine Commission, 1900. William H. Taft seated in center; Dean C. Worcester at far left

First Philippine Commission: Jacob G. Schurman, Admiral Dewey, Charels Denby and Dean... 1899. Creator: Unknown
First Philippine Commission: Jacob G. Schurman, Admiral Dewey, Charels Denby, and Dean C. Worcester (Gen. Elwell S. Otis not present), 1899

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson, Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police - The Family Friend magazine Dec 1874 Date: 1874

Lord High Commissioner's Procession Edinburgh Victorian period

Lord High Commissioner's Parade, Edinburgh, Victorian period

At The Commissioner
An illustration which shows two men pleading their case to a central seated commissioner, one of whom is drenched. Date: circa 1901

RT. Hon. Sir Geo. H. Perley, K. C. M. G
A portrait painting of Sir George Halsey Perley, a Canadian politician and diplomat who was High Commissioner of Canada and filled the post of overseas minister of militia until the appointment of

Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, British Army officer during WW1, later Commissioner of Police in London (1928-1931) Date: 1929

Countess of Cavan
A portrait oil painting of Elizabeth Davies, the Countess of Cavan, second wife of Richard Lambart, sixth Earl of Cavan, coheiress and daughter of Navy Commissioner, William Davies. Date: circa 1922

Christopher Soames, British Conservative politician
Christopher Soames (Arthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames, 1920-1987), British Conservative politician, government minister, European Commissioner and Leader of the House of Lords

Neil Kinnock, British Labour politician
Neil Kinnock (Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock, b 1942), Labour Party Leader 1983-1992, later served on the European Commission. Date: circa 1980s

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"Commissioner: A Historical Journey Through Power and Influence" From the sale of a 1297 copy of the Magna Carta to Australia, to the Conference of Kaw Indians with the United States Government, commissioners have played pivotal roles throughout history. These individuals have been entrusted with important tasks and responsibilities that shaped nations and impacted lives. One such commissioner was Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre, whose dedication to public service left an indelible mark on British governance. Another notable figure was Francis Younghusband, who served as a commissioner during critical moments in India's history. In July 1958, a group gathered on a boat to watch the prestigious Henley Regatta, highlighting how commissioners also enjoyed moments of leisure amidst their duties. Similarly, Queen Elizabeth II inaugurated the new LFB Headquarters as part of her role as a ceremonial commissioner. The significance of written correspondence is evident in a letter from William Cecil to Sir Christopher Hatton in 1586. This missive showcases how commissioners relied on effective communication for decision-making processes. Meanwhile, Serpentine Lido in 1938 captured leisure activities overseen by dedicated commissioners ensuring public enjoyment. Princess Mary's involvement as Girl Guide Commissioner exemplifies how even royalty can contribute meaningfully through commissioning initiatives that empower young women. In contrast, government leaders faced challenging times during The General Strike when they had to navigate complex negotiations and maintain order. Major James H Perkins demonstrated bravery and leadership while serving as a military commissioner during crucial periods in history. Lord Mersey's appointment as head of inquiry into the Titanic disaster showcased his expertise in seeking justice amidst tragedy. Throughout time, commissioners have held positions at various intersections - legal, diplomatic or administrative - shaping societies globally. Their influence has transcended borders and eras; their actions leaving lasting legacies etched into our collective memory.