Captain Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan Pim British naval officer Pims naval career saw him involved in Arctic exploration as well as active service in the Crimean War and in China He was later involved in the construction of the interoceanic railway in Nicaragua After retiring from the Navy Pim studied law and was called to the bar and also became a Conservative Member of Parliament From Men of Mark a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate the Church in science literature and art the army navy law medicine etc Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper London