I have just acquired a piccy and a 'Spy' cartoon of Field Marshal Sir
John Arabin Lintorn Simmons GCB GCMG (1821 - 1903) and both show him
sporting the silliest moustache that I have ever seen.

(At first, I thought that Pinky had been up to her usual tricks
again.)

Can anybody turn up any sillier ones that were worn for real (as
opposed as for a joke) in that same era?

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Clarification of Question by probonopublico-ga on 10 Aug 2003 03:56 PDT

Have a look at this:

http://www.strictlystores.com/storesites/thevanityfairprintcompany1/online_store/pages/0000000226.html

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Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 10 Aug 2003 05:23 PDT

Hello and welcome back!

"Silly" is, of course, highly subjective. But I find these gentlemen's
moustaches absolutely ridiculous:

Ambrose Burnside, Union General in the American Civil War
http://cascolytravel.com/images/burnside.jpg
(Source: Cascoly Travel Pages)
His bold sideburns - moustache combination makes the general look like
a pregnant sea cow. By the way, sideburns were named after Burnside by
twisting his name.

Unknown American Gentleman from the 1880s
http://lonestar.texas.net/~csmart/images/art_samples/moustache.jpg
(Source: Cable Smart)
This poor person looks very much like the funny characters in 1920's
silent movie comedies.

Greetings,
Scriptor

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Clarification of Question by probonopublico-ga on 10 Aug 2003 05:34 PDT

Brilliant!

If anybody could have done it, it had to be you. 

But are you absolutely sure that Pinky has not been tweaking things?

No ... I just checked the time, she's still in La La Land.

Please post an answer!

Regards

Bryan

Dear Bryan,

I am glad I found what you had in mind! I can assure you: No Pinky and
no Photoshop are involved here. And as you requested, I hereby post my
suggestions as an answer:

Ambrose Burnside, Union General in the American Civil War 
http://cascolytravel.com/images/burnside.jpg 
(Source: Cascoly Travel Pages) 
His bold sideburns - moustache combination makes the general look like
a pregnant sea cow. By the way, sideburns were named after Burnside by
twisting his name.
 
Unknown American Gentleman from the 1880s 
http://lonestar.texas.net/~csmart/images/art_samples/moustache.jpg 
(Source: Cable Smart) 
This poor person looks very much like the funny characters in 1920's
silent movie comedies.

Search strategy:

As a histoy fan, I already knew General Burnside's extraordinary
likeness. So I only had to search for his name:
http://images.google.de/images?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&q=Burnside&sa=N&tab=wi&meta=

The other gentleman I found by looking for ... "moustache" (he's
hidden somewhere in the middle of the results):
http://images.google.de/images?hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&q=moustache

Very best regards,
Scriptor

Brilliant, Scriptor

Many thanks!

How 'bout Rollie Fingers?  I think he wins late 20th century honors:

"Rollie Fingers"
National Baseball Hall of Fame
http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/wallpaper/fingers_rollie.jpg