The Rising Tide mb-code LMG142832 Gabrielle Renard and infant son

Gabrielle Renard and infant son

3rd May 1966

Mr Childers was returned for the constituency of Pontefract by 658 votes

On the right a man flies atop a flying machine powered by steam

'No Popery or Newgate Reformer

The Rising Tide mb-code LMG142832 Gabrielle Renard and infant son'The Rising Tide', 1868. The campaigning for the General Election of 1868 was well under way, and it was apparent from Gladstone's earlier victories in parliament on the question of the disestablishment of the Irish Church that this would feature strongly in his campaign for, in his view, the Irish Church was 'wholly disabled and disqualified for performing the purpose for which it exists'. This comment caused great concern in amongst Conservatives