Description
Original Vanity Fair print 1905 of Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster
Published: 24th August 1905. Original Vanity Fair Print with the caption: The Heritage of War.
Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster PC (19 August 1855 – 12 March 1909), known as H. O. Arnold-Forster, was a British politician and writer. He was Secretary of State for War in Arthur Balfour’s Conservative government from 1903 until December 1905. He was the son of William Delafield Arnold, Director of Public Instruction in the Punjab, and Frances Anne Hodgson, known as Fanny, the daughter of Major-General John Anthony Hodgson of the Bengal army. She died in 1858.[1] His grandfather was Thomas Arnold, headmaster of Rugby. When his father died in 1859, he and his siblings were adopted by William Edward Forster and his wife Jane, who was his father’s sister. He was educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford, from which he graduated with first class honours. He was called to the bar in 1879.
Dimensions approximately 23cm x 35cm. Overseas buyers, please do not buy without contacting us to agree shipping costs.Signed by: SPY, Leslie Ward
This print has been lightly trimmed. Will mount and frame. Comes with original biographical sheet.
