James Jarché

James Jarché (8 September 1890 – 6 August 1965 and also for his pictures of Louis Blériot and the Siege of Sidney Street.

Early life Jarché was born in Mile End, London, to Jewish parents Arnold Jarché (or Jarchy; died 1901) and Amelie (née Salomon). His father had a photographic business near Tower Bridge in London, More of his negatives are in the Getty Images archive.

Perhaps his best remembered photograph shows the rear view of some small naked boys running from a policeman who had caught them swimming in The Serpentine in London's Hyde Park. A story he liked to tell concerned a visit he made to Chequers to photograph Winston Churchill. He was given a very large drink and taken for a walk in the garden. Walking just behind Churchill he found the drink too much so he tipped it into a pond they were passing. Unfortunately this made an audible splash. Without turning Churchill called out: 'Pour Mr Jarché another drink'.

Two of his grandchildren (his daughter was their mother ) are the brothers, actor David Suchet and newsreader John Suchet. In his old age, he lived with his daughter and her sons, John, David and Peter. In March 2012 David presented a one-hour television documentary, in which John also appeared, about his grandfather, as part of the ITV series 'Perspectives'.