Alex Ayton Studio, c.1903

EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY CRICKET XI, INCLUDING CHARLES DUNCAN O'NEAL (1879-1936), 1903. Matt silver gelatin print, image size 355 x 250mm, mounted on contemporary stiff card mount, with titles in upper and lower margins.

Dr Charles Duncan O'Neal was a Barbadian physician, political figure, and labor rights activist. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University and after his graduation, served on the County Council of Sunderland, influenced by his surgical work with coal miners and workers in the Newcastle area. When he returned to Barbados, he founded the radical Democratic League in 1924 and influenced the shift towards party-focused politics still seen in Barbados today.