William McKinley Finish:none The Royal Closet in St

The Royal Closet in St James's Palace

25th November 1967

Interior view of Crosby Hall at no 36 Bishopsgate

Plate headed 'Plants found in New Holland'

The mother and father are consolling themselves with a bottle of alcohol

William McKinley Finish:none The Royal Closet in StWilliam McKinley, 25th President of the United States, 19th century. McKinley (1843 1901) was born in Niles, Ohio. He became a lawyer and, in 1877, entered Congress as a Republican, becoming a leading tarriff expert. Elected President in 1896 and for a second term four years later, he was shot by an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, at the Pan American Exhibition in Buffalo, on 6th September 1901 and died on 14th September.