Interview with Benjamin Stone Wonderful Parliamentary Portfolio 1897

Title : Interview with Benjamin Stone Wonderful Parliamentary Portfolio 1897  
Author : Archibald Cromwell
Source : Windsor Magazine
Year Published : 1898
Page Count : 24
Image Count : 28
Word Count : 7,170
File Size in MB : 12.2
File Type : PDF

"Having heard of the remarkable collection of Parliamentary Photographs which Sir John Benjamin Stone had taken during the last Session, I determined to see and hear for myself how the member for East Birmingham had achieved his work. Sir Benjamin invited me to pay a visit to his home at Erdington, and so on a recent fine morning I left Euston for Birmingham with high hopes which were more than realised. A few words may be given to introduce Sir Benjamin Stone to the wider circle of Windsor readers. To Birmingham folks the worthy knight needs no introduction, for with that city he, a native of it, has been linked all his life. He is the son of Mr. Benjamin Stone, of Aston Manor, and is in his fifty-ninth year. He was educated at Birmingham Grammar School, and was for several years the head of one of those great commercial enterprises for which Birmingham is famed. But he has always cherished an unquenchable love of travel, combined with that and archaeology which makes travel.."