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Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley

1880–1952

Portrait painter, born in Auckland, New Zealand, educated at Harrow School and Cambridge University. Also studied art in Dresden, Florence and in Paris at Académie Julian under Marcel Baschet.

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Text Source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)

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Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Charles Donaldson-Hudson (1874–1941) 1929 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Charles Donaldson-Hudson (1874–1941) 1929 Ludlow Museum Resource Centre
William Francis Kyffin Taylor (1854–1951) 1947 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

William Francis Kyffin Taylor (1854–1951) 1947 Ludlow Museum Resource Centre
Colonel Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis (1864–1935), 1st Baron Cornwallis 1924 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

Colonel Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis (1864–1935), 1st Baron Cornwallis 1924 Maidstone County Hall
Charles George Nantes (1850–1934), Mayor of Bridport (1892) and Town Clerk (1897–1919) 1930 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

Charles George Nantes (1850–1934), Mayor of Bridport (1892) and Town Clerk (1897–1919) 1930 Bridport Town Hall
General Lord Ismay (1887–1965), Chief of Staff to Winston Churchill (1940–1945), Honorary Freeman of the Borough of Cheltenham (1951),... 1943 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

General Lord Ismay (1887–1965), Chief of Staff to Winston Churchill (1940–1945), Honorary Freeman of the Borough of Cheltenham (1951), Secretary of State for Commonmwealth Affairs (1951–1952), Secretary General of NATO (1952–1956) 1943 Cheltenham Borough Council Municipal Offices
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fraser of North Cape, GCB, KBE (1888–1981) 1947 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fraser of North Cape, GCB, KBE (1888–1981) 1947 HMS Excellent
John Lancaster (1842–1918) 1905 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

John Lancaster (1842–1918) 1905 Kelmarsh Hall
Colonel Richard Prescott Decie (d.1927), on Retirement from the County Council 1910 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

Colonel Richard Prescott Decie (d.1927), on Retirement from the County Council 1910 Herefordshire Council
Sir John Bowen Bowen-Jones (1840–1925), 1st Bt, JP 1922 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

Sir John Bowen Bowen-Jones (1840–1925), 1st Bt, JP 1922 Ludlow Museum Resource Centre
Portrait of a Man in Academic Dress 1937 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

Portrait of a Man in Academic Dress 1937 Ludlow Library & Museum Resource Centre
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Heywood-Lonsdale (1900–1976) 1931 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Heywood-Lonsdale (1900–1976) 1931 Ludlow Museum Resource Centre
Major Sir Frederick William Beresford Cripps (1873–1961), DSO, DL, Chairman of Gloucestershire County Council (1931–1946) 1946 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

Major Sir Frederick William Beresford Cripps (1873–1961), DSO, DL, Chairman of Gloucestershire County Council (1931–1946) 1946 Gloucester Shire Hall
Sir William Reginald Halliday (1886–1966), Principal (1928–1952) 1951 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

Sir William Reginald Halliday (1886–1966), Principal (1928–1952) 1951 King's College London
The Right Honourable George Charles 1945 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

The Right Honourable George Charles 1945 Ludlow Museum Resource Centre
Mrs John Lancaster, née Frances Eliza Wilcox (d.1911) 1906 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

Mrs John Lancaster, née Frances Eliza Wilcox (d.1911) 1906 Kelmarsh Hall
Sir Edward Hardy, Chairman of Kent County Council Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

Sir Edward Hardy, Chairman of Kent County Council Maidstone County Hall
Sir Thomas Kelly, Lord Provost of Glasgow (1929–1932) 1932 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

Sir Thomas Kelly, Lord Provost of Glasgow (1929–1932) 1932 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
Viscount Bledisloe of Lydney (1867–1958), Governor General of New Zealand, Former Student and Chairman of Governors (1919–1922) 1946 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

Viscount Bledisloe of Lydney (1867–1958), Governor General of New Zealand, Former Student and Chairman of Governors (1919–1922) 1946 The Royal Agricultural University Collection
Charles Frederick Algernon (1893–1971), Viscount Portal 1948 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

Charles Frederick Algernon (1893–1971), Viscount Portal 1948 Christ Church, University of Oxford
Rufus Isaacs (1860–1935) 1914 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

Rufus Isaacs (1860–1935) 1914 Reading Museum & Town Hall