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How is he walking with just one leg??

"Augustine Birrell KC (19 January 1850 – 20 November 1933) was a British Liberal Party politician, who was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916. In this post, he was praised for enabling tenant farmers to own their property, and for extending university education for Catholics. But he was criticised for failing to take action against the rebels before the Easter Rising, and resigned. A barrister by training, he was also an author, noted for humorous essays. ... " More at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_Birrell Ed. - Also including this which might explain the look on his face in 1914 - "Personal Life While Birrell's first phase as Chief Secretary was a clear success, the period from about 1912 onwards saw something of a decline in Birrell's career which was also mirrored in his domestic life. Birrell's second wife Eleanor had been suffering from an inoperable brain tumour and this eventually caused her to lose her sanity. This affected Birrell deeply, privately and publicly, but he did not tell his political colleagues, who were simply given to understand that she did not care for social life. There were two sons of the marriage Francis and Anthony. The quality of his public work deteriorated and as one historian has noted the severe personal strain must have been a contributory factor in "...the uncharacteristic combination of excessive zeal and indecision which marked [Birrell's] response to the Dublin industrial agitation of 1913".[39] Only after Eleanor died in 1915 did Birrell begin to regain some of his old energy and effectiveness as a minister."

Via Trove, a couple of glowing contemporary (1916) articles about Mr Birrell - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/145762823 trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220918796

And, on and on it goes and will continue.

The stairs behind him might be these ones, on Downing St alongside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

I wonder if this is them ?

" ... In 1875 the house was acquired by Edward Smith for a sum of £145,000. Smith had made a fortune from trading coal on the Newry to Liverpool route and married an Isabella Cullen of Liverpool. He later became High Sheriff of Cavan in 1878.
Later his son Major Edward Patrick Dorman Smith became High Sheriff of Cavan in 1897 and 1898 after marrying Amy Patterson in 1894. ... ..."

From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamont_House

Popcorn time - www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nFuJFo7sAE

No! They are Cootes ! Image 2 has a 13 September 1870 date.
(13 September 1870 was a Tuesday)

beachcomber australia I wonder about the gentleman seated to the left of the door wearing the pale hat. Is it the same hat as the one that is hanging on the hatstand in the Wikipedia photo of the billiard room taken c1870?

Mike Grimes Likely! The billiard room is Image 10 in the album.

Lord Belmont has the family sorted, but a bit vague around 1870 -
lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2013/08/bellamo...

Including the fabulous 1st Earl of Bellamont KB -

Google maps link

NIAH link

This is New York City mayor William Jay Gaynor (1849-1913) with Rhinelander Waldo (1877-1927) the seventh New York City Fire Commissioner. This appears to be the May 18, 1912, Police Parade in New York City. The New-York Tribune claimed almost a million residents lined the street as 7,784 marched in the street. Sources: New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]), 19 May 1912. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

Thanks Dean Z for additional information. We'll update the catalog record.