Title:
The house of Mr Arthur du Cros at St Leonards, Hastings, burnt down by suffragettes, April 1913. Artist: Unknown
Caption:
The house of Mr Arthur du Cros at St Leonards, Hastings, burnt down by suffragettes, 1913. The smoking ruins of the house which was burnt on 14th April in protest at the resistance of the Liberal government to grant women the vote. The Liberal MP was a pioneer of the pneumatic tyre and the founder of the Dunlop Rubber Company.