Doom'd! conference The Byrds at Fairfield Hall

The Byrds at Fairfield Hall in Croydon

Original is oil on canvas 52

Military figure wearing an unidentified volunteer uniform

'The Carlton House botchers'

The hotel later became Shell-Mex House

Doom'd! conference The Byrds at Fairfield HallDoom'd!, 1871. The House of Lords plans an ambush of the Army Regulation Bill which, sword under its arm, marches unsuspectingly towards sudden death. The Army Regulation Bill was mainly concerned with the abolition of purchase. It was possible to buy one's way into officer positions. It had had a third reading in the Commons but was being fiercely opposed. On the 17th July 1871, it was thrown out by the House of Lords. However, the Lords was forced