sirgeorgereid

Sir George Houstoun Reid, GCB, GCMG, KC (25 February 1845 – 12 September 1918) the Premier of New South Wales and fourth Prime Minister of Australia. He was married to Flora Ann Brumby. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reid_(Australian_politician)

See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2851188434/ Could be at same event.

A possibility for this John Barrett is the diplomat who was a director general of the Panamerican Union. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barrett_(diplomat)

Yes, it is the diplomat John Barrett. The Library of Congress has other photos of him. hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pan.6a25060 hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b30493 hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.07062

"In the winter of 1917-18 [Reid] made a semi-official speaking tour of the United States of America for the war effort, but became ill at St Louis in February and again in April after returning to London. In July he took part in a debate on Irish affairs, moving an important amendment to defuse a motion condemning the government's policy. He died on 13 September 1918 of cerebral thrombosis, survived by his wife, who the previous year had been appointed G.B.E. for work on behalf of convalescent servicemen, and their two sons and daughter." -- Australian Dictionary of Biography Online

Sir George Reid was an Australian politician, born in 1845. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_Reid

Mrs. [Oliver Templeton] Johnson (b. Laura Winthrop) wrote prose and poetry, including Poems of Twenty Years (1874), 800 Miles in an Ambulance (1899), and The Life and Poems of Theodore Winthrop (1884). Her father, Francis Bayard Winthrop, Jr. of New Haven, Conn., collected works of art, including those of painter Washington Allston. Source: siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!2...

Other Bain/LOC photos of Sir George Reid:

This is another picture from 1913, the meeting of the Anglo-American Peace Centenary (1814-1914) Committee. Use the tag to find the other pictures associated with the event. NYT article from May 6, 1913 lists delegates 'PEACE ENVOYS BEGIN CELEBRATION PLANS; Delegates from England and British Colonies Officially Welcomed by Gaynor.' query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9404E7D91F3AE633A... Third from left, with dark mustache and coat over his arm, is Henry Vivian. See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3239320332/ Third from right, with a stick, is Lord Weardale. See pro.corbis.com/search/Enlargement.aspx?CID=isg&mediauid={8D194D79-87D8-48B6-87A5-377FAE12417C} for another picture of him.

Fifth from right, with bowler and hands on cane is Capt. Sir Arthur Lawley. See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3121124180/ Center front with watch chain on substantial paunch is Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia in London. Between Reid and Lawley might be the 7th Earl Stanhope thepeerage.com/p3481.htm#i34809 -- who would have been 33 at the time. According to peerage.com, he was the nephew of Lord Weardale.

Very good

Another Bain/LOC photo of British peace delegates, with Andrew Carnegie:

I started an entry in Wikipedia on the topic: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-American_Peace_Centenary