William McKinley Finish:none The Royal Closet in St

The Royal Closet in St James's Palace

Long inscription containing the subject's honours and offices

Interior view of Crosby Hall at no 36 Bishopsgate

There had been a number of explosions in London in recent months

Plate headed 'Plants found in New Holland'

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.