Deputy Lieut Kirkham
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1978-10-104-33
Description
Portrait photograph of Deputy Lieutenant Kirkham, 1859 (c), standing in front of a wall and holding a cocked hat with feathers.His uniform has gold shoulder epaulettes and his sword is hanging from his sword belt. A Deputy Lieutenant is a Crown appointment and one of several deputies to the Lord-Lieutenant. From a photograph album of 83 photographs compiled for the Corfu Garrison Club by Capt Arthur E V Ponsonby, Grenadier Guards and presented by him on the garrison's departure to Deputy Commissary General Robert Grey Donaldson-Selby, 1859-1860.