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Author, social investigator and playwright; second wife of Sir (Thomas) Hugh Bell, 2nd Bt
Sitter in 1 portrait 
Novelist and travel writer; daughter of Godfrey Rathbone Benson, 1st Baron Charnwood
Sitter in 11 portraits 
Children's book author; wife of Nicolas Clerihew Bentley; daughter of Sir Patrick Gardiner Hastings
Sitter in 2 portraits 
Politician and author; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 11 portraits 
Merchant; author and politician; MP for Gloucestershire
Sitter in 3 portraits 
Author as 'Penelope Chetwode'; wife of Sir John Betjeman; daughter of 1st Baron Chetwode and 7th Baronet of Oakley
Sitter in 14 portraits 
Novelist; daughter of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith; wife of Prince Antoine Bibesco
Sitter associated with 14 portraits 
Author; wife of 2nd Earl of Birkenhead; daughter of 1st Viscount Camrose
Sitter in 1 portrait 
1735 people matching these criteria:
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Novelists and authors
Florence Eveleen Eleanore (née Olliffe), Lady Bell
1851-1930Author, social investigator and playwright; second wife of Sir (Thomas) Hugh Bell, 2nd Bt
Sitter in 1 portrait
1938-2023
Writer and director for stage, television and radio
Sitter in 1 portrait
Writer and director for stage, television and radio
Sitter in 1 portrait
1949-
Actress, television presenter, singer, author and life peer
Sitter in 1 portrait
Actress, television presenter, singer, author and life peer
Sitter in 1 portrait
Hon. Eleanor Theodora Roby Benson
1906-1968Novelist and travel writer; daughter of Godfrey Rathbone Benson, 1st Baron Charnwood
Sitter in 11 portraits
Barbara Bentley (née Hastings)
1908-1989Children's book author; wife of Nicolas Clerihew Bentley; daughter of Sir Patrick Gardiner Hastings
Sitter in 2 portraits
1883-1971
Barrister, Jewish author and Professor of International Relations, Jerusalem
Sitter in 8 portraits
Barrister, Jewish author and Professor of International Relations, Jerusalem
Sitter in 8 portraits
Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope
1820-1887Politician and author; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 11 portraits
1917-2012
Children's author; journalist and writer on education and children's rights
Sitter in 1 portrait
Children's author; journalist and writer on education and children's rights
Sitter in 1 portrait
George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley
1628-1698Merchant; author and politician; MP for Gloucestershire
Sitter in 3 portraits
1865-1946
Obstetric and gyneacological surgeon, author and writer
Sitter in 4 portraits
Obstetric and gyneacological surgeon, author and writer
Sitter in 4 portraits
Penelope (née Chetwode), Lady Betjeman
1910-1986Author as 'Penelope Chetwode'; wife of Sir John Betjeman; daughter of 1st Baron Chetwode and 7th Baronet of Oakley
Sitter in 14 portraits
Elizabeth (née Asquith), Princess Bibesco
1897-1945Novelist; daughter of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith; wife of Prince Antoine Bibesco
Sitter associated with 14 portraits
Author
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sheila (née Berry), Countess of Birkenhead
1913-1992Author; wife of 2nd Earl of Birkenhead; daughter of 1st Viscount Camrose
Sitter in 1 portrait
1850-1933
Politician; MP for West Fife and Bristol North, barrister, academic and author
Sitter in 53 portraits
Politician; MP for West Fife and Bristol North, barrister, academic and author
Sitter in 53 portraits