Conservative Collection

Winston Churchill making his famous V for Victory sign, 1942. A typical gesture of defiance from Britains wartime Prime Minister. (Colorised black and white print)

Margaret Thatcher
MARGARET THATCHER nee ROBERTS First woman to be British Prime Minister (Conservative) 1979-90

Margaret Thatcher 1925-
MARGARET THATCHER nee ROBERTS First woman to be British Prime Minister (Conservative) 1979-90

Sir Robert Peel, c. 1846
Engraving of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister

Enoch Powell Political Nationalist Campaigner 5th October 1976

Enoch Powell, controversial British politician
(John) Enoch Powell (1912-1998), British politician and Conservative MP from 1950 to 1974

Douglas-Home / Alec
SIR ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME British Prime Minister (Conservative) 1963-4

Enoch Powell MP

Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, (1867-1947)
Portrait of Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley; the Conservative politician and Prime Minister

Westminster Bridge and Parliament on a Christmas card
Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament, with Big Ben, inside a Christmas card from Stanley Baldwin (at that time British Prime Minister). (2 of 2) Date: 1928

English politician. Photographed at her home in Chelsea
MARGARET THATCHER (1925- ). English politician. Photographed at her home in Chelsea, England, 1975, shortly before being named leader of the Conservative Party

The Prime Minister: Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1903) British Conservative statesman. Prime Minister 1885, 1886, 1895-1902, in 1900

Daniel Earl of Nottingham, c1785. Creator: Unknown
Daniel Earl of Nottingham, c1785. Daniel Earl of Nottingham (1647-1730), English Conservative statesman regarded as an honourable and virtuous man

Spencer Perceval (1762-1812) (engraving)
XJF343187 Spencer Perceval (1762-1812) (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Mr & Mrs Winston Churchill, T.E.Lawrence and Gertrude Bell on camels in front of the Sphinx. Egypt 15th February 1921

Enoch Powell MP in Birmingham before giving a speech. His famous homburg hat is hung at the end of the coat rack. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1987

Lord Barrington, Vanity Fair, Spy
GEORGE WILLIAM BARRINGTON, 7th Viscount Barrington (1824-1886) British Conservative politician

Disraelis First Speech in the House of Commons, London, 7 December 1837, (1901). British Conservative statesman Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) was elected Tory MP for Maidstone in 1837

Cartoon, The Confidence Trick! (Northcote and Disraeli)
Cartoon, The Confidence Trick

Margaret Thatcher and husband Denis drinking coffee in an outside cafe in a park - May 1987

Margaret Thatcher and Jimmy Young in BBC radio studio - February 1975

Diana Donovan the widow of photographer Terence Donovan talking to Margaret Thatcher at Terence Donovans memorial service at St. Georges Church, Hanover Square, London. 10th March 1997

Sir William Hart Dyke MP, Vanity Fair, Ape
SIR WILLIAM HART DYKE MP, 7th Baronet (1837-1931) English Conservative politician and Conservative whip from 1868 to 1874. Caption: A whipper Date: 1837-1931

U.S President Donald Trump is greeted by Air Force Col

The Ministerial Bench of the House of Lords, 1886-1892, (1901). Creator: Unknown
The Ministerial Bench of the House of Lords, 1886-1892, (1901). Scene in the Palace of Westminster in London, during the final term of the Marquis of Salisbury as prime minister (1886-1892)

1st Earl of Birkenhead with his daughter on board their yacht, (Isle of Wight?), c1925
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872-1930) with his daughter Lady Pamela Smith Berry, Baroness Hartwell (1915-1982) on board their yacht, (Isle of Wight?), c1925

Sir Robert Peel, British statesman, c1836 (1936). From William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries, Vol. I, 1840-1854, by Thomas Archer, F.R.H.S

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philanthropist, c1890

Election poster, The Great Naval Eclipse 1900 to 1910, a vote for the radicals is a vote against the British Navy. circa 1910s

Sir Charles Dalbiac, British army officer and MP
Sir James Charles Dalbiac (1776-1847), British army officer (rising to Lieutenant General) with the 4th Light Dragoons, and MP for Ripon. Date: early 19th century

Margaret Thatcher at Marazion Community Centre
Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, enjoying a Cornish pasty and a cup of tea during her visit to Marazion Community Centre, Cornwall. Also present are David Harris MP and the Lady Dowager St Levan

Lord Elcho, Vanity Fair, Spy
HUGO RICHARD CHARTERIS, 11th Earl of Wemyss and 7th Earl of March (1857-1937), styled Lord Elcho from 1883 to 1914. Scottish Conservative politician. Caption: Derby Day Date: 1857-1937

Illustrated London News 1979, Thatcher and Callaghan
Front cover of the Illustrated London News, May 1979 featuring portraits of James Callaghan, Labour leader and incumbent Prime Minister and Tory Party Leader, Margaret Thatcher

Oliver Locker-Lampson
COMMANDER OLIVER STILLINGWORTH LOCKER-LAMPSON politican and war veteran

Cartoon, Disraeli Measuring the British Lion
Cartoon, The State of the Nation, Disraeli Measuring the British Lion

Cartoon, Gladstone and the Irish Vote - Sold to Lord Salisbury. He ll be sorry he bought it at the price! 1885

Margaret Thatcher and Virginia Bottomley in hovercraft - June 1983

MARGARET THATCHER WITH HENRY KISSINGER. PICTURED IN 1975

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the Conservative Party Conference, Brighton. 12th October 1988

The wedding of Edwina Sandys and Piers Dixon. Standing to the left of Piers Dixon is Lady Churchill, grandmother of Edwina Sandys. 22nd November 1960

Elton John, Bob Geldof and Leo Sayer attending a House of Commons reception, invited along with other pop stars by the Minister for the Arts, Norman St John-Stevas. 3rd August 1980

Comedian Ken Dodd and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1980, tickling sticks at the ready

Enoch Powell Nationalist Campaigner urges Britain not to join Common Market

The General, 1881. Artist: Spy
The General, 1881. Mourdaunt Fenwick Bisset MP. Bisset served as Conservative MP for West Somerset from 1880-1884. He was Master of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds from 1855 until 1881

The Conservative Programme, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Conservative Programme, 1872. This cartoon shows Benjamin Disraeli, the Conservative Leader of the Conservative Party. He is being questioned by Lord Abercorn about the Conservative policy

Lord Salisbury, British Prime Minister
Lord Salisbury (Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, 1830-1903), British Prime Minister. 1889

Edward Boyle and Anthony Crosland, Eastbourne
Edward Boyle (1923-1981), Conservative MP, and Anthony Crosland (1918-1977), Labour MP, at Eastbourne. They wrote a book together, The Politics of Education, published in 1971. Date: 1975

Aj Balfour / Roffe
ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR 1st Earl of Balfour British politician, Conservative MP Date: 1848 - 1930

Ramsay MacDonald leaping into the limelight
Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937) British Labour politician, leaping into the limelight over the backs of Bonar Law (Conservative) and Lloyd George (Liberal) when he won the General Election in 1922

William Clive Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman (18641935) - British Conservative politician and peer

Sir Anthony Eden
British Conservative Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden (1897-1977)

A slap at the Charleys or a Tom & Jerry lark, vide New Poliece Bill
483057 A slap at the Charleys or a Tom & Jerry lark, vide New Poliece Bill, 1829 (hand-coloured etching) by Heath, William (1795-1840); London Metropolitan Archives

E. W. Beckett MP, Vanity Fair, Spy
ERNEST WILLIAM BECKETT MP, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (1856-1917) born Ernest William Denison. British banker and Conservative politician. Caption: Whitby Date: 1856-1917

Major-General Sir Eric Geddes
Sir Eric Campbell-Geddes GCB, GBE, PC (26 September 1875 22 June 1937), British businessman and Conservative politician

Lionel L. Cohen, Vanity Fair, Lib
LIONEL LOUIS COHEN (1832-1887) English financier, politician, and communal worker. Trustee and later manager of the London Stock Exchange. MP for Paddington North

Sir Eric Geddes
Sir Eric Campbell-Geddes GCB, GBE, PC (26 September 1875 - 22 June 1937), British businessman and Conservative politician

Balfour and Chesterfield play golf at Sandwich
Arthur James Balfour, Conservative MP and former Prime Minister (left), and the Earl of Chesterfield (right) photographed during a golf match at Sandwich, Kent

Conservative party television team
The Conservative Party television team and some election posters for the General Election of 8th October 1959

Harold Macmillan addressing the Conservative Party Conferenc
Photograph showing (Maurice) Harold Macmillan (1894-1986) delivering his speech to the Conservative Party conference at Scarborough, Yorkshire, 15th October 1960

Edward Heath / Photograph
EDWARD RICHARD GEORGE HEATH Prime Minister of Britain from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975

Choose your Ideology
Choose whichever ideology suits you - church or conservative, scientist or communist, none is any better than the others

Arthur James Balfour
ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR 1st Earl of Balfour British politician; conservative MP

Some notable statesmen of the reign of King George V (colour litho)
5996562 Some notable statesmen of the reign of King George V (colour litho) by Guthrie, James (1874-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Some notable statesmen of the reign of King George V)

Election poster depicting Theodore Roosevelt as the Apostle of Prosperity
PNP254465 Election poster depicting Theodore Roosevelt as the Apostle of Prosperity, 1903 (colour litho) by American School

Margaret Thatcher - May 1987

Elton John and Leo Sayer attending a House of Commons reception, invited along with other pop stars by the Minister for the Arts, Norman St John-Stevas. 3rd August 1980

Candidate for Oldham, 1899, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Candidate for Oldham, 1899, (1945)

Winston Churchill, British statesman, World War II, 1939-1945. Churchill (1874-1965), Britains wartime Prime Minister, smiling and smoking a cigar, shakes hands with a soldier

Caricature of Lord Salisbury, Conservative party leader
Caricature of Lord Salisbury (Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, 1830-1903)

Lord Balcarres MP, Vanity Fair, Spy
DAVID ALEXANDER EDWARD LINDSAY, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of BALCARRES (1871-1940), styled Lord Balniel between 1880 and 1913. British Conservative politician and art connoisseur

Judicious Amelioration, 1871. Artist: Coide
Judicious Amelioration, 1871. A caricature of Alexander Baillie-Cochrane (1816-1890), British politician

City Justice, 1880. Artist: Spy
City Justice, 1880. Alderman Sir Robert Walter Carden, British banker, politician and magistrate. Carden (1801-1888) served as Lord Mayor of London from 1857-1858

Edward Henry Smith Stanley, Lord Stanley, engraved after a photograph by Samuel A
XJF265849 Edward Henry Smith Stanley, Lord Stanley, engraved after a photograph by Samuel A. Walker. c.1865 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Walker, Samuel A

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, 1882 (oil on canvas)
XCF1127272 Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, 1882 (oil on canvas) by Watts, George Frederick (1817-1904); 64.8x52.1 cm; National Portrait Gallery, London

Conservative Ladies
A Meeting of Primrose Dames - leading conservative ladies in Lady Salisburys drawing room. Few if any of them favour the emancipation of woman

Harvey Proctor, MP for Billericay, Essex, pictured standing outside a newsagent

Mark Meadows (R-NC), Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, and Jim Jordan (R-OH)

Mark Clarke Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Tooting. South London. 21.04.2010

Andrew Bonar Law (1858 - 1923), British statesman and Conservative politician. New leader of the Conservative party and Leader of the Opposition. Date: November 1911

Arthur Balfour
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848 - 1930), British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister 1902 to 1905

Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) - British statesman, soldier, orator and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War

The Watergate complex is a group of six buildings in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. in the United States. Covering a total of 10 acres adjacent to the John F

Aristide Briand and Lloyd George taunt the drowning Germany, December, 1921 (litho)
KDC400247 Aristide Briand and Lloyd George taunt the drowning Germany, December, 1921 (litho) by English School

Margaret Thatcher wearing trousers - August 1982

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"150 Years of Conservative Legacy: From Churchill's V for Victory to Thatcher's Iron Lady" In 1942, amidst the chaos of World War II, Winston Churchill stood tall and defiantly made his famous V for Victory sign, becoming an iconic symbol resilience. Margaret Thatcher, a formidable force in British politics, emerged as another influential figure within the conservative movement. Her tenure as Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 showcased her unwavering determination and commitment to conservative principles. Sir Robert Peel, a prominent figure in the mid-19th century, played a pivotal role in shaping modern conservatism. His policies on law enforcement and free trade laid the foundation for future generations. Enoch Powell MP challenged conventional wisdom with his controversial speeches on immigration and national identity. Though divisive at times, he left an indelible mark on conservative discourse. As Margaret Thatcher embarked on campaign trails throughout her career, she captivated audiences with her charisma and conviction. Her ability to connect with ordinary citizens solidified her status as one of Britain's most revered conservatives. Stanley Baldwin served as Prime Minister during a transformative period between two world wars. His leadership brought stability and unity during challenging times. Douglas-Home (Alec) became leader of the Conservative Party in 1963 after resigning from his position as Foreign Secretary. Known for his intellect and diplomatic skills, he guided Britain through significant international challenges. The image captured in 1975 shows Margaret Thatcher at home in Chelsea shortly before being named leader of the Conservative Party—a moment that would shape history forever. Daniel Earl of Nottingham represents centuries-old traditions associated with conservatism—an enduring legacy that has weathered political storms over time. Westminster Bridge and Parliament depicted on a Christmas card evoke nostalgia for traditional values cherished by conservatives—stability, heritage, and patriotism intertwined into festive celebrations. Lastly but not least important is Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil, the 3rd Marquis of Salisbury.