The Iconoclart
Sir Alfred Mond. "I'm sorry to have to disturb Your Majesty, but, owing to the shortage of sites—"
George III. "Shortage of sights, indeed!"
[It is understood that a number of London statues, including that of George III in Cockspur Street, are to be removed by the Office of Works to make room for new ones.]
Cartoon from Punch magazine, August 18th 1920

Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett PC, LLD, DSc, FRS (23 October 1868 – 27 December 1930) was a Jewish British industrialist and politician of German origins. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1357x1602, 242 KB) Alfred Mond cartoon from Punch - Project Gutenberg eText 16707 From The Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1357x1602, 242 KB) Alfred Mond cartoon from Punch - Project Gutenberg eText 16707 From The Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. ... George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. ... Punch was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... Doctor of Laws (Latin: Legum Doctor, LL.D) is a doctorate-level academic degree in law. ... DSC is an initialism or abbreviation for: DCS1800 — European PCS frequencies in the 1800 MHz range. ... The Fellowship of the Royal Society was founded in 1660. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (362nd in leap years). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ...

Mond was the son of the industrialist Ludwig Mond, who had emigrated from Germany to Britain in 1862. His mother was Frieda, daughter of Adolph Meyer Löwenthal, of Cologne. In 1902, he founded the Mond nickel works at Clydach, Wales, the largest in the world at the time. From his interests came ICI (1926), of which he was the first chairman. Dr Ludwig Mond (born March 7, 1839, Kassel; died December 11, 1909, London) was an important German-born British chemist and industrialist. ... Cologne (German:   ; Kölsch: Kölle /ˈkÅ“É«É™/) is Germanys fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than... General Name, Symbol, Number nickel, Ni, 28 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10, 4, d Appearance lustrous, metallic Atomic mass 58. ... Clydach is the name of an electoral ward, a community and a town in the City and County of Swansea, South Wales. ... Motto: (Welsh for Wales forever) Anthem: Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff Official language(s) Welsh, English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Rhodri Morgan AM Unification    - by Gruffudd ap Llywelyn 1056  Area    - Total 20,779... Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) is a British chemical group and one of the largest chemical producers in the world. ...

Mond was also involved in politics and sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for Chester from 1906 to 1910, for Swansea from 1910 to 1918 and for Swansea West from 1918 to 1923. He served in the coalition government of David Lloyd George as First Commissioner of Works from 1916 to 1921 and as Minister of Health (with a seat in the cabinet) from 1921 to 1922. He later switched party and represented Carmarthen from 1924 to 1928 as a Conservative. Mond was created a Baronet, of Hartford Hill in Great Budworth in the County of Chester, in 1910, and admitted to the Privy Council in 1913. In 1928 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Melchett, of Landford in the County of Southampton. This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... City of Chester is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Swansea was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Swansea West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Coalition Government of David Lloyd George came to power in the United Kingdom in December 1916, replacing the earlier wartime coalition under H.H. Asquith, which had been held responsible for reverses during the Great War. ... David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman who guided Britain and the Commonwealth of Nations through World War I and the postwar settlement as the Liberal Party Prime Minister, 1916-1922. ... The First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings replaced the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests in 1851. ... Minister of Health redirects here. ... Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Gorllewin Caerfyrddin a De Sir Benfro in Welsh) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ...

Melchett founded the town of Tel Mond, now in Israel. His great-grandson, Peter Mond, was a Labour politician and executive director of Greenpeace UK. Tel Mond (Hebrew: תל מונד) is an Israeli town in the Sharon region. ... The Right Honourable Peter Robert Henry Mond, 4th Baron Melchett (b. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ... Greenpeace is an international environmental organization founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1971. ...