The Divided Skirt mb-code 1239220 Lord Mayor 1446-1447

Lord Mayor 1446-1447

Showing the delivery of the City Sword at Temple Bar

1903 Gordon Bennett race

The building was designed by Inigo Jones and completed in 1622

The Divided Skirt mb-code 1239220 Lord Mayor 1446-1447'The Divided Skirt', 1886. This cartoon shows the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone. Now 76 years of age, and in his third term in office, Gladstone was undoubtedly the grandee of the Commons. By now, he had been dubbed the 'Grand Old Man' by Henry Labouchere in 1881, and this had been shorted to GOM by many. He is fitting a decidedly matronly Britannia with her first divided skirt. This relates to one of Gladstone's first Bills on regaining office