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Sir Carl Douglas Aarvold

1907-1991
Judge and Recorder of London
Sitter in 3 portraits

Michael Abbensetts

1938-2016
Playwright and television screenwriter
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dame Elsie Myrtle Abbot

1907-1983
Third Secretary, HM Treasury
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Abbot

1789-1843
Actor
Sitter in 5 portraits

David Abbott

1938-2014
Advertising agency director
Sitter in 1 portrait

Diane Abbott

1953-
Labour politician; MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Sitter in 5 portraits

Edwin Abbott Abbott

1838-1926
Teacher and scholar
Sitter in 3 portraits

Eric Symes Abbott

1906-1983
Dean of Westminster
Sitter in 4 portraits

Lemuel Francis Abbott

circa 1760-1802
Portrait painter
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist associated with 79 portraits

Arthur William à Beckett

1844-1909
Humorist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Gilbert Abbott à Beckett

1811-1856
Comic writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, 1st Bt

1827-1902
Chemist and explosives expert
Sitter in 8 portraits

Robert ('Bobby') Abel

1857-1936
Cricketer
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Abell

1584-circa 1655
English vintner; Alderman of London
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir Henry Abel Smith

1900-1993
Army officer and colonial administrator
Sitter in 7 portraits

Christabel Mary Melville (née Macnaghten), Lady Aberconway

1890-1974
Art collector; wife of 2nd Baron Aberconway
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn

1811-1885
Landowner and politician; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Sitter in 13 portraits

Louisa Jane (née Russell), Duchess of Abercorn

1812-1905
Wife of 1st Duke of Abercorn; daughter of 6th Duke of Bedford
Sitter in 6 portraits

James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn

1869-1953
Soldier and politician, Governor of Northern Ireland
Sitter in 14 portraits

James Edward Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn

1904-1979
Army officer and Member of Government of Northern Ireland
Sitter in 8 portraits

Mary Kathleen (née Crichton), Duchess of Abercorn

1905-1990
Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; wife of 4th Duke of Abercorn; daughter of Henry William Crichton, Viscount Crichton
Sitter in 3 portraits

Clarence Napier Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare

1885-1957
Military officer, cricketer, tennis player and member of the International Olympics Committee
Sitter in 12 portraits

Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare

1919-2005
Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mary (née Baillie), Countess of Aberdeen

1814-1900
Daughter of George Baillie; wife of 5th Earl of Aberdeen
Sitter in 3 portraits

Ishbel Maria (née Marjoribanks), Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair

1857-1939
Promoter and patron of social service enterprises
Sitter in 17 portraits

George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

1879-1965
Businessman and Justice of the Peace
Sitter in 10 portraits

Dudley Gladstone Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

1883-1972
Engineer
Sitter in 11 portraits

John Abernethy

1764-1831
Surgeon and teacher
Sitter in 10 portraits

Ola Abidogun

1993-
Sprinter; Paralympian
Sitter in 1 portrait

Montague Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon

1808-1884
Politician; MP for Oxfordshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Montagu Arthur Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon

1836-1928
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frances Abington (née Barton)

1737-1815
Actress
Sitter in 18 portraits

Adwoa Aboah

1992-
Fashion model
Sitter in 3 portraits

George Abrahams

circa 1800-1867
Pastor of Providence Chapel, City Road, London
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mark Alexander Abrams (Max Alexander Abramowitz)

1906-1994
Social scientist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frederick Christian Accum

1769-1838
Chemist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Edward Campion Acheson

1858-1934
Bishop of Connecticut
Sitter in 2 portraits

J.R. Ackerley

1896-1967
Writer and editor
Sitter in 7 portraits

Rodney Ackland

1908-1991
Actor and playwright
Sitter in 16 portraits

Roger Ackling

1947-
Artist
Sitter in 1 portrait