Samuel Plimsoll, British politician and social reformer mb-code SF22982 St Mary's Roman Catholic Church

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church

Uhlans checked by barbed wire near Liege

Plate 24 from Museum Leverianum containing select specimens from the museum of the late Sir Ashton Lever

A busy freight canal in Tokyo

Street scene showing figures

Samuel Plimsoll, British politician and social reformer mb-code SF22982 St Mary's Roman Catholic ChurchSamuel Plimsoll, British politician and social reformer, c1890. Known popularly as 'the sailor's friend' because of his championing of sailors' interests, Plimsoll (1824 1898) was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1868 1880. He is best remembered for his role in the passing of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876 and for the 'Plimsoll Mark' on ships which is named for him. A lithograph from The Modern Portrait Gallery, Cassell, Petter and Galpin,