First World War Internee Baron von Horst in front of the Main Building, Douglas Camp Isle of Man
Date(s): ?1918
Scope & Content: Glass plate marked: Baron v. Horst [?]
The National Archives Discovery database contains a reference to this man under FO383/144: 'Baron Louis Anton von Horst, interned in Britain; his health poor; requests made for him to be allowed to go to United States. Reply given that he is in the German Hospital, Dalston, London, where he receives every care and attention. Herbert Samuel, Home Secretary, writes to Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary, on 17 May 1916, confidentially enclosing Metropolitan Police Report on von Horst dated 7 September 1914. Person behind his appeals is Miss Lilian Troy, Irish-American journalist; he associates with strike leader Ben Tillett, suffragettes Mrs Drummond and Miss Annie Kenney, and Irish trades union leader Jim Larkin.'
Language: English
Extent: overall: 16 cm x 12 cm
Physical description: Black & white glass half-plate negative
Item name: photograph
Collection: Photographic Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: PG/7870/39054
Subject tags : central complex.