Sir Richard Airey mb-code U1187687 Inside view of the Watch

Inside view of the Watch Tower and remains of London Wall

View of Cheesecake House in Hyde Park

Plate 11 from the paper 'Some particulars of the present state of Mount Vesuvius

The title of 'The Queen's Nursery' possibly refers to a school for young actors established on the site in 1664

John Hatherle

Sir Richard Airey mb-code U1187687 Inside view of the WatchSir Richard Airey, 1878. Airey was Quarter Master General of the 1st Brigade of the Light Division, and was present at the battles of Alma and Inkermann during the Crimean War, and wrote the order for the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava. He was also Governor of Gibraltar. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc.