Out of the Question sheep Mr Thomas Burke

Mr Thomas Burke

He was made a baron in 1934

Chelsea Pensioners reading the gazette of the Battle of Waterloo

Gresham College

'A Christian Martyr'

Out of the Question sheep Mr Thomas Burke'Out of the Question', 1872. The Butler, Mr Gladstone, considers giving notice to Britannia. She refuses to allow him to go until the Alabama Claim being pursued by America is settled. Gladstone, of course, was the Liberal Prime Minister at the time and the Alabama Claim dated back to the American Civil War. It had been prompted by the damage done to American commerce by the 'Alabama', a privateer fitted out in England. The main issue was whether