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George Abbot

1562-1633
Archbishop of Canterbury
Sitter associated with 22 portraits

Robert Abbot

1560-1617
Bishop of Salisbury
Sitter in 14 portraits

Lady May Helen Emma Abel Smith (née Cambridge)

1906-1994
Wife of Sir Henry Abel Smith; daughter of 1st Earl of Athlone and Princess Alice of Albany; great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria
Sitter in 36 portraits

William Frederick Scarlett, 3rd Baron Abinger

1826-1892
Army officer and landowner
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Adam

1728-1792
Architect
Sitter in 2 portraits

George Gammon Adams

1821-1898
Sculptor
Artist associated with 22 portraits

John Nares Addinsell

1908-1991
Aviator and RAF flying instructor
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

John Addison

1920-1998
Composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Joseph Addison

1672-1719
Essayist and poet
Sitter in 24 portraits

Max Adrian

1903-1973
Actor
Sitter in 3 portraits

Aesop of Eton

active early 18th century
Sitter in 1 portrait

Janet Alexander

1880-1961
Actress
Sitter in 9 portraits

Jim Al-Khalili

1962-
Theoretical Nuclear Physicist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Christopher Gibson Allanby

1836-1917
Archdeacon
Sitter in 1 portrait

Elsie Elizabeth (née Stewart, later Goodfellow), Lady Allardyce

1878-1962
Former wife of Adam Goodfellow; later wife of Sir William Lamond Allardyce; daughter of James Stewart
Sitter in 5 portraits

(Reginald) Clifford Allen, 1st Baron Allen of Hurtwood

1889-1939
Politician, pacifist and Chairman of the No-Conscription Fellowship in the Great War
Sitter in 5 portraits

Derek Allen

1925-2016
Photographer
Artist associated with 55 portraits

Lindsay Anderson

1923-1994
Film, television and stage director
Sitter in 9 portraits

Julie Andrews

1935-
Actress
Sitter in 8 portraits

Vera Anstey

1889-1976
Economist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Malcolm Arbuthnot

1877-1967
Photographer and artist
Artist associated with 23 portraits

Mary Doreen Archer (née Weeden), Baroness Archer

1944-
Scientist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles George Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden

1756-1840
Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey and Conservative politician; MP for Launceston and Totnes
Sitter associated with 5 portraits

Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll

1682-1761
Statesman
Sitter in 5 portraits

Matthew Arnold

1822-1888
Poet, writer and inspector of schools
Sitter in 18 portraits

Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel

circa 1590-1654
Heiress and patron of art; wife of Thomas Howard
Sitter associated with 33 portraits

Richard Fitzalan, 3rd Earl of Arundel and 8th Earl of Surrey

circa 1313-1376
Soldier, diplomat, and royal councillor, known as 'Copped Hat'
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Thomas Fitzalan, 5th Earl of Arundel and 10th Earl of Surrey

1381-1415
Knight
Sitter in 1 portrait

Eleanor, Countess of Arundel

1318-1372
Lady-in-waiting; former wife of 2nd Baron Beaumont, and later second wife of 10th Earl of Arundel; daughter of 3rd Earl of Lancaster
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Elizabeth (née Stuart), Countess of Arundel and Surrey

1610-1673 or 1674
Wife of 22nd Earl of Arundel; daughter of 3rd Duke of Lennox
Sitter associated with 7 portraits

Russell Ash

1946-2010
Writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Ashby

1874-1931
Archaeologist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe

1867-1947
Politician; MP for Reigate
Sitter in 8 portraits

Dame Peggy Ashcroft

1907-1991
Actress
Sitter in 43 portraits

Daisy Ashford

1881-1972
Child author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Julian Rossi Ashton

1851-1942
Artist
Artist of 1 portrait

Sir John Dugdale Astley, 3rd Bt

1828-1894
Sportsman
Sitter in 6 portraits

Hon. Michael Langhorne Astor

1916-1980
Politician
Sitter in 12 portraits

Frederick Colvin George Eden, 6th Baron Auckland

1895-1941
Associate of the Institution of Naval Architects; pilot and wartime flying instructor; assistant to the Air Attaché, Paris
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mick Avory

1944-
Musician; drummer for The Kinks
Sitter in 14 portraits

Francis Ayscough

1700-1763
Dean of Bristol; tutor to George III
Sitter in 1 portrait

Constance Babington-Smith

1912-2000
Photographic interpreter and author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Agnes Smyth Baden-Powell

1858-1945
Co-founder of the Girl Guides
Sitter in 1 portrait

Audley Josephine Ellen Baird (née Porter)

1887-1952
Wife of William James Baird
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Kenneth Wilfred Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking

1934-
Conservative politician; Home Secretary
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Gilbert Hindley Baker

1910-1986
Assistant Bishop, Diocese of Guildford; Hon. Canon of Guildford Cathedral
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Harold Harington Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye

1897-1988
Politician and Great War flying ace
Sitter in 23 portraits

Eve Balfour

1898-1990
Promoter of organic farming; co-founder and Honorary Life President of the The Soil Association
Sitter in 4 portraits

Josset Catherine Balfour (née Odgers)

1915-1981
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Sir Edward Banks

1770-1835
Builder
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Wyvill Barclay

1880-1951
High Sheriff of Surrey
Sitter in 2 portraits

T. Barrow

active 1800
Engraver
Artist associated with 1 portrait

John Barton

died 1803
Clergyman; rector of Sonning and of Chiddingfold and prebendary of Canterbury
Sitter in 2 portraits

Batchelder Brothers

Photographers and publishers
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Clifford Bax

1886-1962
Dramatist and poet
Sitter associated with 16 portraits

'Muriel Beaumont', Lady Du Maurier

1881-1957
Actress; wife of Sir Gerald Du Maurier; daughter of Harry Beaumont
Sitter in 18 portraits

Harry Thomas Alfred Becker

1892-1924
Politician; MP for Richmond
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir John Beckett, 2nd Bt

1775-1847
Lawyer and Conservative politician; MP for Cockermouth, Haslemere and Leeds
Sitter in 1 portrait

Priscilla Leónie Helen (née Brett), Lady Beckett

1921-2000
Daughter of 3rd Viscount Esher; wife of Sir Martyn Gervase Beckett, 2nd Bt
Sitter in 1 portrait

Gillian Beer

1935-
Literary critic and teacher
Sitter in 1 portrait