Bankers and Financiers

John Gellibrand Hubbard, 1st Baron Addington

1805-1889
Politician, merchant and fiscal reformer; Director of Bank of England
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir Charles Stewart Addis

1861-1945
Banker and government adviser; Director of the Bank of England
Sitter in 10 portraits

Sir John Stirling Ainsworth, 1st Bt

1844-1923
Industrialist, banker and Liberal politician; MP for Argyllshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie

1893-1968
Lord Chamberlain; banker; soldier
Sitter in 13 portraits

David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie

1926-2023
Lord Chamberlain
Sitter in 3 portraits

Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham

1819-1907
Merchant and merchant banker; Director of Bank of England; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 4 portraits

Winthrop Williams Aldrich

1885-1974
Banker, lawyer and American ambassador in London
Sitter in 2 portraits

Robert Scott Alexander, Baron Alexander of Weedon

1936-2005
Barrister, banker and politician
Sitter in 8 portraits

Bindo AltovitI

1491-1556
Banker
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Colin Skelton Anderson

1904-1980
Director of Midland Bank and museum trustee
Sitter in 1 portrait

Bernard John Angle

1853-1932
Athlete and stockbroker
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hugh Lindsay Antrobus

1823-1899
Banker; son of Sir Edmund Antrobus, 2nd Bt
Sitter in 2 portraits

Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton

1773-1848
Financier
Sitter in 11 portraits

John Francis Harcourt Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton

1928-2020
Merchant banker and patron of the arts
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir William Ashhurst

1647-1720
Lord Mayor of London, banker and politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Matthias Attwood

1779-1851
Banker and Conservative politician; MP for Whitehaven
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

1834-1913
Banker, scientist, writer and politician; MP for Maidstone and London University
Sitter in 24 portraits

Jonathan Backhouse

1779-1842
Banker and slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir Jonathan Edmund Backhouse, 1st Bt

1849-1918
Banker
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Backhouse

1807-1869
Banker and horticulturalist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edward Backwell

circa 1618-1683
Banker, goldsmith and politician; MP for Wendover
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Abe Bailey, 1st Bt

1864-1940
Diamond magnate, politician, financier and cricketer
Sitter in 16 portraits

George John Gordon Bruce, 7th Baron Balfour of Burleigh

1883-1967
Banker and chairman of government committees
Sitter in 12 portraits

John Balfour

1853-1934
Stockbroker
Sitter in 2 portraits

Robert Noton Barclay

1872-1957
Lord Mayor of Manchester, shipping merchant, banker and Liberal politician; MP for Manchester
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Francis Baring, 1st Bt

1740-1810
Merchant banker
Sitter associated with 5 portraits

John Baring

1730-1816
Banker; brother of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Bt
Sitter in 3 portraits

Thomas Baring

1799-1873
Banker and politician
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Peter Bark

1869-1937
Banker
Sitter in 2 portraits

Robert Renny St John Barkshire

1935-
Lieutenant-Colonel and banker
Sitter in 8 portraits

Barnett Isaacs Barnato

1852-1897
Financier
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes

1853-1940
Civil servant in India and banker
Sitter in 9 portraits

Charles Edward Barnett

1848-1937
Banker
Sitter in 3 portraits

James Barnett

1760-1836
Banker and politician; MP for Rochester
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mahamudu Bawumia

1963-
Economist, banker, Vice President of Ghana
Sitter in 1 portrait

Peter Montefiore Samuel, 4th Viscount Bearsted

1911-1996
Banker
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Alfred Lane Beit, 2nd Bt

1903-1994
Politician, philanthropist and art collector
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir Otto John Beit, 1st Bt

1865-1930
Financier and philanthropist
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir James Bell, 1st Bt

1850-1929
County official and banker
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frederick Jessel Benson (né Jessel Bebro)

1875-1930
Financier and Director of Swansea Harbour
Sitter in 1 portrait