Ambassadors and diplomats

Sir John Balfour

1894-1983
Diplomat
Sitter in 16 portraits

Delegjunain Baljinnyam

active 1960s
Mongolian diplomat; Mongolian Ambassador to Court of St James’s
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Sir Albion Raj Kumar Banerji

1871-1950
Foreign and political Minister in Kashmir; son of Sasipada Banerji
Sitter in 2 portraits

Elizabeth Banks

1872-1938
Journalist, author and first woman to hold diplomatic position
Sitter in 3 portraits

Daniel Barbaro

1528-1569
Venetian diplomat and theologian
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Colville Barclay (Adrian de Rune)

1869-1929
Ambassador
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Roderick Edward Barclay

1909-1996
Diplomat
Sitter in 3 portraits

Walter Baring

1844-1915
Diplomat
Sitter in 5 portraits

David Barrie

1953-
Diplomat, art historian and administrator; Director of National Art Collections Fund
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir (Bernard) Eric Edward Barrington

1847-1918
Diplomat; son of 6th Viscount Barrington
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir William Augustus Curzon Barrington

1842-1922
Diplomat
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir Sidney Barton

1876-1946
Diplomat
Sitter in 10 portraits

Giuseppe Bastianini

1899-1961
Italian diplomat, politician and Governor of Dalmatia
Sitter in 4 portraits

John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath

1831-1896
Diplomat and landowner; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 1 portrait

Count Edmund Batthyany-Strattmann

1826-1914
Nobleman, diplomat and yachtsman
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Henry George Outram Bax-Ironside

1859-1929
Diplomat
Sitter in 3 portraits

Thomas Francis Bayard

1828-1898
Politician and diplomat
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Henry Hamond Dawson Beaumont

1867-1949
Diplomat
Sitter in 1 portrait

Józef Beck

1894-1944
Foreign Minister; Diplomat and Military Officer
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir Harold Beeley

1909-2001
Ambassador to United Arab Republic
Sitter in 3 portraits