William Chambers of Glenormiston, Scottish publisher and politician Finish:10-pack In the foreground are figures

In the foreground are figures

for a fortnight -- complete with bowler hats and umbrellas and striped shirts

Illustration from 'Iconographia Scotia

Becket (1120-1170) clashed almost incessantly with King Henry II over the question of the independence of the Church from the authority of the state

William Chambers of Glenormiston, Scottish publisher and politician Finish:10-pack In the foreground are figuresWilliam Chambers of Glenormiston, Scottish publisher and politician, c1890. Together with his younger brother, Robert, Chambers (1800 1883) was a successful publisher of books of Scottish interest. In 1859 they produced the first edition of Chambers's Encyclopedia. A lithograph from The Modern Portrait Gallery, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London, Paris and New York, c1890.