Leopold II tuberculosis 25th April 1990

25th April 1990

knuckles down

Wellington purchased the house in 1817 and employed Benjamin Dean Wyatt to carry out renovations

Inscribed above: 'INDUS : PORTRAIT SERIES'

]-Polluck Cornubiensium / Juniores Pollards & Rock Whitings'

Leopold II tuberculosis 25th April 1990Leopold II, King of the Belgians, 19th century. The brother of Empress Carlota of Mexico and cousin to Queen Victoria, Leopold II (1835 1909) was the second King of the Belgians. He is best remembered for founding the Congo Free State in 1885 with the intention of exploiting its rubber, ivory and mineral resources, ruling as its sovereign. The local population were subjected to brutal exploitation by their colonial rulers, resulting in atrocities and