Ladas (horse)
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Ladas (1891–1914) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. His career attracted an unusual amount of attention as his owner, Lord Rosebery, became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the height of his success.
"Ladas, winner of the 1894 Derby" painting by Emil Adam
Lord Rosebery, Ladas's owner and breeder, who became Prime Minister in 1894
Mathew Dawson, who trained Ladas despite having officially "retired" in 1885
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian, was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895. Between the death of his father, in 1851, and the death of his grandfather, the 4th Earl of Rosebery, in 1868, he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny.
Rosebery in 1909
Rosebery caricatured by Spy for Vanity Fair, 1901
Durdans, Woodcote End, Epsom, Surrey, England was the place of Rosebery's demise in 1929, shown in 2011. Its gardens are smaller than when engraved by John Hassell in 1816.
Dalmeny House was the ancestral seat of the Earls of Rosebery and the setting for Lord and Lady Rosebery's political houseparties.