Lord Lonsdale
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857 - 1944), English nobleman and sportsman. An avid sports enthusiast and bon vivant, he founded the National Sporting Club and gave his name to the boxing sports brand, Lonsdale. He was also a keen racing enthusiast. Known as the Yellow Earl due to his penchant for colour. Pictured in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News at the time of his golden wedding anniversary when a fund had been launched to set up a home for incapacitated sportsmen
Picture No
14117735
Media ID
46823551
Size
3775px x 4160px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd. / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 30 June 1928, p.891
Date
1928
