1-273-542 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

William Gifford Palgrave, 1880. After university he went to India and was a lieutenant in the 8th Bombay regiment of the infantry. From 1838-1853 he was involved in missionary work in Southern India. He returned to England in 1861.His work as a diplomat took him to Abyssinia, Egypt and regions within the Ottoman Empire. 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. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (Conducted by G. C. Whitfield.) (London, 1876-1883).