Description:A group photograph taken at Horton Lodge, 2 July 1892,on the occasion of a vist by the Rt Hon A. J. Balfour MP (later Prime Minister) to Leek to speak in the case of Charles Bill MP.
Stephen Chesters Thomson was a member of the Chesters brewing family of Manchester. He built Horton Lodge 1890 lived there until 1893. He was a prominent Conservative politician in Manchester and acted as agent for Arthur Balfour.
Back row: W.Allen, Capt. Hyde Smith, W.T. Govier, J. Challinor, Jas Meakin, W.D. Spanton.
2nd row: Colonel Phillips, Major Duncombe, C.K. Blagg, T.W. Twyford, Sir Charles M Wolseley Bt., John Brealey, John Challonor, A. Standring.
3rd row: R. Heath, Mrs Chesters-Thompson, Rt Hon A.J. Balfour M.P., Miss Balfour, Charles Balfour, Charles Bill M.P., E.A. Worthington, A. Ward, Stephen Chesters-Thompson.
Front row: P.H.V. Hammersley, Hon. Arthur Stanley, S. Chesters-Thompson T.H. Bishton.