In this hand-coloured photograph of c. 1890, Prince Henry of Battenburg is shown in the uniform of a captain in the Isle of Wight Rifles, with the ribbon and star of the Order of the Garter, the stars of Louis of Hesse and the Order of St Alexander of Bulgaria and the neck badge of Philip of Hesse.

Prince Henry of Battenberg, 'Liko', third son of Prince Alexander of Hesse by his morganatic wife, Princess Julie of Battenburg, married in 1885, Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Prince Henry made the union acceptable to Queen Victoria by agreeing to live at court, so that Princess Beatrice could continue to act as her mother's companion. He took up appointments as governor and captain general of the Isle of Wight and governor of Carisbrooke Castle but was tempted in 1895 to participate in the Ashanti expedition to West Africa. He died at sea in January 1896 while returning home with a fever which he had contracted there.