Howard Irby
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Leonard Howard Loyd Irby was a British ornithologist and army officer. He specialised in the study of birds in southern Iberia.
White Shouldered Eagle - one of the colour plates by Archibald Thorburn supplied by Lord Lilford for Irby's 2nd edition
Frederick Paul Irby
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Rear-Admiral Frederick Paul Irby was a Royal Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Howard Irby
…and army officer. He specialised in the study of birds in southern Iberia. Irby was born in 1836 at Boyland Hall in Morningthorpe to Rear-Admiral Frederick Paul Irby and Frances (born Wright). His elder sister Paulina Irby was to become a Balkan heroine. Irby was educated at Rugby and joined the 90th Light Infantry…
Portrait by Simon Jacques Rochard, 1822