Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, known as the Earl of Reading from 1917 to 1926, was a British Liberal politician and judge, who served as Lord Chief Justice of England, Viceroy of India,
Isaacs, c. 1910s
Isaacs caricatured by Spy for Vanity Fair, 1904
Lloyd George (2nd left), Reading (2nd right) and Albert Thomas (far left) in France, 1916.
Statue of Isaacs as Viceroy of India, originally sited in New Delhi but now in Eldon Square Gardens in Reading
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, known as the 1st Baron Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and the 3rd Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was a British Conservative politician of the 19
Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading
…GCSI and GCIE ex officio in 1921, and in 1922 was promoted to GCVO. As a former viceroy, Reading was critical of some of the policies of his successor Lord Irwin. On 5 November 1929 he attacked Irwin in the House of Lords for using the term "Dominion Status" with regard to India, prior to the report of the Simon…
Halifax in 1944
Statue of Lord Irwin at Coronation Park, Delhi
Lord Halifax with Hermann Göring at Schorfheide, Germany, 20 November 1937
Halifax and Winston Churchill in 1938. Note Halifax's artificial left hand, concealed under a black glove.