dukeofconnaught

NYT article indicates that the Duke of Connaught, brother of the late King Edward VII, dined with Whitelaw Reid (US Ambassador to London) on Jan 22, 1912. See query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9506E0DE173CE633A...

The Prince of Wales was invested with the Order of the Garter on June 10, 1911. See www.heraldica.org/topics/orders/garterlist.htm and query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A00E6D71031E233A... King Manuel II was the exiled King of Portugal, living in England after the revolution in October 1910.

The Duke of Connaught was, at the time of the photo, the last surviving son of Queen Victoria. His nephew, George V, was King at the time. King Manuel was very close to the British royals, as was his family, as both the Portuguese & British royal houses came from the Coburg family and were cousins.

swang and lafb lib illcirc: Thanks for the additional information. We are going to add more details to the descriptive data and reload it to Flickr.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Just walking, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Your Walking-picture is really interesting! Gratulations!

29 November 1910 is a Tuesday ...

Sir Hugh Lane was mentioned by the Duke in his speech at the inauguration. London Evening Standard - Wednesday 30 November 1910:

Subsequently his Royal Highness proceeded to the Transvaal School of Mines, where he inaugurated the Art Gallery. In his speech the Duke said that the inauguration marked an important era in the historyof Johannesburg. He commented on the value of the gallery to the aspiring artist or student and the uplifting effect artistically that it would have on the public. His Royal Highness concluded by remarking that Johannes- burg owed a debt of gratitude to Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Philips, Sir Hugh Lane, Mr. Otto Beit, Mr. Smuts, Councillor Hofmeyr, Mr. Neumann, Mr. Max Michaelis, and others for their personal efforts and their generous contributions.

" ... The initial collection was put together by Sir Hugh Lane, and exhibited in London in 1910 before being brought to South Africa..."
From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg_Art_Gallery
- which also says the Gallery opened in 1915 ??

Edit - As you were; it was completed in 1915. Ooops!

There is a Lutyens-designed art gallery in Johannesburg, but per the article below, Lutyens first visited in November 1910, and thats the building completed in 1915, not the one pictured here.
www.lutyenstrust.org.uk/portfolio-item/johannesburg-art-g...

Ah, from the beachcomber's wiki page: The Johannesburg Art Gallery collection was opened to the public in 1910, before the gallery itself had been built, and was housed at the University of the Witwatersrand

I suggest he is infantry and the crossed rifles badge is a rifle marksman proficiency badge.

Yes, he is wearing an infantry marksman's badge of crossed rifles.