David Alfred Thomas appointed Food Controller liberty Panoramic view of the funeral

Panoramic view of the funeral procession of Queen Mary II

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Zoological study of a tufted capuchin Cebus apella native to South America

This specimen is taken from a 20 year old patient who had suffered from a disease of the hip for two years

David Alfred Thomas appointed Food Controller liberty Panoramic view of the funeralDavid Alfred Thomas appointed Food Controller, 1917. Welsh industrialist and Liberal politician David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda (1856 1918) was a survivor of the sinking of the liner 'Lusitania' by a German u boat off the Irish coast on 7 May 1915. He was appointed Minister of Food Control in June 1917 and was responsible for introducing an efficient system of rationing.