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Reginald Henry Macaulay Abel Smith

1890-1964
Captain and High Sheriff of Hertfordshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry George Homer Adams

1879-1960
Captain
Sitter in 4 portraits

Pope Adrian IV (Nicholas Breakspear)

circa 1100-1159
Pope 1154-1159
Sitter in 1 portrait

St Alban

died circa 303?
Christian martyr in Roman Britain
Sitter in 1 portrait

Antony Durant Gibbs, 5th Baron Aldenham

1922-1986
Son of Walter Durant Gibbs, 4th Baron Aldenham
Sitter in 3 portraits

Florence Jane (née Théleur), Lady Alexander

1857 or 1858-1946
Wife of actor Sir George Alexander; daughter of Edward Théleur
Sitter in 10 portraits

Barbara Amiel

1940-
Journalist and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Rod Argent

1945-
Musician; founding member of The Zombies and Argent
Sitter in 1 portrait

Amelia Maria (née Claughton), Duchess of Argyll

1843-1894
Former wife of Hon. Archibald Henry Augustus Anson, and later wife of 8th Duke Argyll; daughter of Thomas Legh Claughton
Sitter in 2 portraits

Arthur Jocelyn Charles Gore, 6th Earl of Arran

1868-1958
Lord Lieutenant
Sitter in 5 portraits

Arthur Gore, 8th Earl of Arran

1910-1983
Conservative politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Paul Ashley Warren Atkinson

1946-2004
Musician; member of The Zombies
Sitter in 1 portrait

Daniel Axtell

1622-1660
Captain of the Parliamentary Guard and regicide
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ruby Mildred Ayres

1883-1955
Romantic novelist
Sitter in 15 portraits

Sir John Backhouse

1582-1649
Director of New River Company
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Nicholas Bacon

1510-1579
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
Sitter associated with 14 portraits

Janet Baker

1933-
Singer
Sitter in 12 portraits

John Ball

died 1381
Chaplain and leader of the peasants' revolt
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lady Constance Adelaide Barne (née Seymour)

1852-1915
Wife of Frederick St John Newdagate Barne; daughter of 5th Marquess of Hertford
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Henry Winston Barron, 1st Bt

1795-1872
Politician; MP for Waterford City
Sitter in 1 portrait

Neil Vivian Bartlett

1958-
Artistic Director, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath

1734-1796
Statesman
Sitter in 2 portraits

Ralph Battell

1649-1713
Divine
Sitter in 3 portraits

Edward Bawden

1903-1989
Painter and illustrator
Sitter in 12 portraits | Artist of 2 portraits

Lord Aubrey Beauclerk

1711-1741
Youngest son of 1st Duke of St Albans
Sitter in 2 portraits

Aubrey Topham de Vere Beauclerk

1850-1933
Father of 13th Duke of St Albans
Sitter in 3 portraits

James Beauclerk

1671-1680
Brother of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans
Sitter in 10 portraits

Mary, Duchess of Beaufort

1630-1715
Horticulturist; wife of 1st Duke of Beaufort; daughter of 1st Baron Capel
Sitter in 2 portraits

Lady Diana Helen Beaumont (née Seymour)

1963-
Former wife of Timothy Verdon, and later wife of Henry Alexander Beaumont; daughter of 8th Marquess of Hertford
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Edward Henry Lionel Beddington

1884-1966
Chairman, Hertfordshire County Council
Sitter in 5 portraits

Ashley Beedle

1962-
Music producer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Brian Bennett

1940-
Drummer, pianist, composer and music producer; member of The Shadows
Sitter in 3 portraits

Michael Bentine

1922-1996
Actor, comedian and writer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Robert Bentley

1821-1893
Botanist and pharmacognosist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Henry Bessemer

1813-1898
Engineer and inventor
Sitter in 6 portraits

Mary Anne Birch-Wolfe (née Richards)

1824?-1897
Wife of William Birch-Wolfe; daughter of Robert Hewetson Richards
Sitter in 1 portrait

Tessa Ann Vosper Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone

1942-
Academic, university administrator, Labour politician and life peer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Immodesty Blaize (Kelly Fletcher)

1978-
Burlesque dancer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Henry Blount

1602-1682
Traveller
Sitter in 3 portraits

Colin Edward Michael Blunstone

1945-
Singer; member of The Zombies
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lady Florence Catherine Blunt (née Seymour)

1845-1921
Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria; wife of James St John Blunt; daughter of 5th Marquess of Hertford
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Lockhart Bogle

1857-1900
Artist
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Guy Bolton

1884-1979
Playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Hawkins, Baron Brampton

1817-1907
Judge
Sitter in 37 portraits

Nathan Cooper Branwhite

1774 or 1775-1857
Miniature painter and engraver
Artist associated with 21 portraits

Winifred Elsie Brenchley

1883-1953
Agricultural botanist; Head of the Botany Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Alexander Nall-Cain, 1st Baron Brocket

1866-1934
Businessman
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arthur Ronald Nall Nall-Cain, 2nd Baron Brocket

1904-1967
Barrister and politician
Sitter in 3 portraits

Christopher Edmund Broome

1812-1886
Naturalist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Brugis

circa 1620-circa 1651
Surgeon
Sitter in 3 portraits

Percy Collingwood Burton

1879-1953
Businessman; Chairman of The St James Advertising and Publishing Co
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Butler

1821-1910
Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire
Sitter in 2 portraits

James Walter Butler

1931-2022
Sculptor and teacher
Sitter in 2 portraits

Reg Butler

1913-1981
Sculptor
Sitter in 12 portraits

Henry Thomas Cadbury-Brown

1913-2009
Architect
Sitter in 6 portraits

Arthur Capel, 1st Baron Capel

1604-1649
Writer, royalist and politician; MP for Hertfordshire
Sitter associated with 21 portraits

Elizabeth, Lady Capel

died 1661
Wife of 1st Baron Capel
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle

1684-1758
Politician; MP for Morpeth
Sitter in 1 portrait

(Leonard) Robert Carr, Baron Carr of Hadley

1916-2012
Politician and business executive
Sitter associated with 10 portraits

Thomas Cartwright

1535-1603
Puritan divine
Sitter in 2 portraits