Edward III, 14th century King of England gesticulating 'Portrait of the Emperor Alexander

'Portrait of the Emperor Alexander III'

Britain had remained neutral and Punch was now advocating some action: 'will the Lion that has kept aloof/Bestir himself at length in Right's behoof

'Dr Syntax at Free Mason's Hall'

Inscribed 'Asellus niger

foreign minister

Edward III, 14th century King of England gesticulating 'Portrait of the Emperor AlexanderEdward III, 14th century King of England, (1825). Edward (1312 1377) was one of the most successful English kings of medieval times. His fifty year reign began when his father, Edward II of England, was deposed on 25 January 1327, and lasted until 1377. In 1337 he declared himself the rightful heir to the throne of France, beginning the Hundred Years War. From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, published in 1825.