Statesmen

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare

1815-1895
Politician, Home Secretary and Lord President of the Council; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 12 portraits

John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

1847-1934
Statesman
Sitter in 23 portraits

William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny

1826-1915
Statesman
Sitter in 9 portraits

John Adams

1735-1826
President of the United States; signatory of the Declaration of Independence
Sitter in 1 portrait

Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison

1869-1951
Statesman
Sitter in 20 portraits

Sir James Allen

1855-1942
New Zealand statesman
Sitter in 6 portraits

William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan

1773-1857
Statesman; Governor-General of India
Sitter in 6 portraits

John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and Greenwich

1680-1743
Field Marshal and statesman
Sitter in 12 portraits

Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll

1682-1761
Statesman
Sitter in 5 portraits

Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll

1598-1661
Statesman
Sitter in 13 portraits

Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll

1629-1685
Statesman
Sitter associated with 8 portraits

(William) Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton

1799-1864
Statesman
Sitter in 3 portraits

William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland

1744-1814
Statesman
Sitter in 8 portraits

Sir Abe Bailey, 1st Bt

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

Robert Baldwin

1804-1858
Canadian statesman
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alexander Hugh Bruce, 6th Baron Balfour of Burleigh

1849-1921
Statesman
Sitter in 14 portraits

George Nicoll Barnes

1859-1940
Trade unionist and Labour politician; MP for Glasgow
Sitter in 15 portraits

William Wildman Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington

1717-1793
Statesman
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath

1734-1796
Statesman
Sitter in 2 portraits

Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst

1762-1834
Statesman
Sitter associated with 21 portraits

Sir Edward Clive Bayley

1821-1884
Indian statesman
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook

1879-1964
Statesman and newspaper proprietor
Sitter in 21 portraits

John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford

1710-1771
Statesman
Sitter associated with 3 portraits

Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford

1788-1861
Statesman
Sitter in 3 portraits

Lord George Cavendish Bentinck

1802-1848
Statesman and sportsman
Sitter in 11 portraits

John Beresford

1738-1805
Irish statesman
Sitter in 2 portraits

Friedrich Ferdinand, Count von Beust

1809-1886
Austrian statesman
Sitter in 3 portraits

Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck-Schonhausen

1815-1898
Prussian statesman
Sitter in 16 portraits

Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton

1625?-1699
Statesman
Sitter in 5 portraits

Brendan Bracken

1901-1958
Statesman
Sitter in 20 portraits

William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford

1865-1932
Statesman
Sitter in 9 portraits

John Bright

1811-1889
Statesman and orator
Sitter associated with 98 portraits

John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton de Gyfford

1786-1869
Statesman and friend of Byron
Sitter in 31 portraits

Hon. Ernest Brown

1881-1962
Statesman and Free Churchman
Sitter associated with 24 portraits

Richard Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

1823-1889
Lieutenant, politician; MP for Buckinghamshire and Governor of Madras; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 8 portraits

Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire

1760-1816
Statesman
Sitter associated with 7 portraits

George W. Bush

1946-
President of the United States
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

1713-1792
Prime Minister
Sitter in 12 portraits

George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan

1840-1915
Politician; MP for Bath
Sitter in 17 portraits

Chevalier Carlo Cadorna

Italian statesman
Sitter in 2 portraits

Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, Baron Carlingford and 2nd Baron Clermont

1823-1898
Politician; MP for County Louth; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 18 portraits

Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle

1669-1738
Statesman
Sitter in 4 portraits

Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon

1831-1890
Politician; Secretary of State for the Colonies and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Sitter in 11 portraits

Sadi Carnot

1837-1894
President of France
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir (Richard Henry) Archibald Carter

1887-1958
Statesman
Sitter associated with 4 portraits

Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood

1864-1958
Statesman; a creator of the League of Nations
Sitter in 31 portraits

Sir (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain

1863-1937
Politician; recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize; son of Joseph Chamberlain
Sitter in 55 portraits

James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont

1728-1799
Irish statesman
Sitter in 11 portraits

Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

1694-1773
Statesman
Sitter associated with 15 portraits

Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester

1756-1826
Statesman
Sitter in 4 portraits

Hugh Culling Eardley Childers

1827-1896
Statesman
Sitter associated with 19 portraits

Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston

1851-1926
Politician; Home Secretary and MP for Kent
Sitter in 9 portraits

Aretas Akers-Douglas, 2nd Viscount Chilston

1876-1947
Statesman
Sitter in 2 portraits

Lord Randolph Churchill

1849-1895
Politician; Secretary of State for India and MP for Woodstock and Paddington South
Sitter in 36 portraits

Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde

1802-1874
Statesman
Sitter associated with 5 portraits

Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

1609-1674
Statesman
Sitter associated with 23 portraits

Georges Clemenceau

1841-1929
French statesman
Sitter in 8 portraits

Harry George Powlett (né Vane), 4th Duke of Cleveland

1803-1891
Statesman
Sitter in 5 portraits

Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh

1630-1673
Statesman
Sitter in 7 portraits

George Clinton

1739-1812
Vice-President of the United States
Sitter in 1 portrait