Historians

John Acton, 1st Baron Acton

1834-1902
Historian and moralist
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Adolphus

1768-1845
Barrister and historian
Sitter in 1 portrait

Osmund Airy

1845-1928
Historian; son of Sir George Biddell Airy
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Bt

1792-1867
Historian and lawyer
Sitter in 8 portraits

John Allen

1771-1843
Historian and resident physician at Holland House
Sitter in 1 portrait

Colin Robert Amery

1944-
Architectural writer, critic and historian; former Director of the World Monuments Fund in Britain
Sitter in 2 portraits

Donald Clive Anderson

1897-1957
Historian and Chief Press Officer for the Festival of Britain
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir William Ashley

1860-1927
Economic historian
Sitter in 1 portrait

David Baker (Augustine Baker)

1575-1641
Benedictine monk, ecclesiastical historian and writer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sarah Mary Malet Ward (née Hayes), Viscountess Bangor

1938-
Historian and biographer, critic, broadcaster and journalist; former wife of Anthony Bradford and later wife of 8th Viscount Bangor
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Barrow

1808-1898
Archivist to the Admiralty
Sitter in 3 portraits

Josep Maria Batista I Roca

1895-1978
Historian and Catalan nationalist
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Beckford

1744-1799
Owner of enslaved people
Sitter in 3 portraits

Edward Spencer Beesly

1831-1915
Positivist and historian
Sitter in 3 portraits

(Anne) Olivier Bell (née Popham)

1916-2018
Art historian; editor and biographer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Max Beloff, Baron Beloff

1913-1999
Historian
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Giovanni Francesco Biondi

1572-1644
Diplomat and romance writer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas Birch

1705-1766
Historian
Sitter in 4 portraits

Peter Hunter Blair

1912-1982
Historian and academic; fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Norman William Blake, Baron Blake

1916-2003
Historian
Sitter in 1 portrait

Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc

1811-1882
French politician and historian
Sitter in 10 portraits

Thomas Blore

1764-1818
County historian
Artist associated with 1 portrait

John Edward Courtney Bodley

1853-1925
Historian and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Christopher Booth

1924-2012
Professor of medicine and medical historian
Sitter in 1 portrait

Archibald Bower

1686-1766
Historian
Sitter in 4 portraits

Robert Bragge

died 1738
Dissenting minister
Sitter in 6 portraits | Artist associated with 6 portraits

Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs

1921-2016
Historian
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir Denis William Brogan

1900-1974
Historian
Sitter in 9 portraits

George Forrest Browne

1833-1930
Bishop of Bristol and historian
Sitter in 3 portraits

Oscar Browning

1837-1923
Historian, teacher and linguist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Rupert Leo Scott Bruce-Mitford

1914-1994
Archaeologist and art historian
Sitter in 8 portraits

Sir Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant

1899-1985
Historian and writer
Sitter in 18 portraits

James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce

1838-1922
Jurist, historian and Liberal politician; MP for Tower Hamlets and Aberdeen South
Sitter in 15 portraits

George Buchanan

1506-1582
Historian and scholar
Sitter associated with 27 portraits

Bainbrigg Buckeridge

1668-1733
Poet, painter and first historian of British art
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alan Louis Charles Bullock, Baron Bullock of Leafield

1914-2004
Historian
Sitter in 2 portraits

Campbell Burnap

1939-2008
Jazz trombonist, bandleader, broadcaster and historian
Sitter in 1 portrait

Gilbert Burnet

1643-1715
Bishop of Salisbury and historian
Sitter associated with 24 portraits

Charles Burney

1726-1814
Musician and historian of music
Sitter in 11 portraits

Sir (George) Geoffrey Gilbert Butler

1887-1929
Historian and politician
Sitter in 1 portrait