Sir Richard Airey mb-code U1187687 5th August 1959

5th August 1959

Toll gate and obelisk at St George's Circus

John Hatherle

It later became the favourite residence of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Inside view of the Watch Tower and remains of London Wall

Sir Richard Airey mb-code U1187687 5th August 1959Sir 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.