Description Original Vanity Fair print 1905 of Major John Edward Bernard Seely D.S.O. Published: 23rd February 1905. Original Vanity Fair Print with the caption: Extinction, Distinction – which will it be? Something of both at present, say the spiteful. John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone, CB, CMG, DSO, TD, PC, JP, DL (31 May 1868 – 7 November 1947), also known as Jack Seely, was a British Army general and politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1904 and a Liberal MP from 1904 to 1922 and from 1923 to 1924. He was Secretary of State for War for the two years prior to the First World War, before being forced to resign as a result of the Curragh Incident. He led one of the last great cavalry charges in history at the Battle of Moreuil Wood on his war horse Warrior in March 1918. Seely was a great friend of Winston Churchill and the only former cabinet minister to go to the front in 1914 and still be there four years late Dimensions approximately 23cm x 35cm. Overseas buyers, please do not buy without contacting us to agree shipping costs.Signed by: SPY, Leslie Ward This print has been lightly trimmed. Will mount and frame. Comes with original biographical sheet.
