Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872-1930), Lord Chancellor
Sitter in 12 portraits
Sir Frederick , 'F.E.', Smith was Attorney-General and Director of Public Prosecutions when he took on the brief at the first hearing at Bow Street Magistrates Court as Counsel for the Prosecution. Smith was Conservative Unionist MP for Liverpool Walton (1906-18), and a supporter of the Protestant Ulster Unionists. His own political speeches were described by Winston Churchill as 'verbal treasons'. He had a seat in the Cabinet throughout the War, became Lord Chancellor (1919-22) and Secretary of State for India (1924-8) and was ennobled as the first Lord Birkenhead.
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
replica by Sir Oswald Birley
oil on canvas, 1932 (circa 1922)
On display at Palace of Westminster, London
NPG 2552
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
pen and ink, 1929
NPG 5224(4)
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1919
NPG x34507
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1919
NPG x38258
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1919
NPG x38260
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 5 February 1925
NPG x127871
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 5 February 1925
NPG x127872
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
by Alick P.F. Ritchie
cigarette card, 1926
NPG D2658
by Sir (John) Bernard Partridge
ink and watercolour on artists' board, 1927
NPG D9605
Mr. Punch's Fair of British Industries
by Sir (John) Bernard Partridge
ink and watercolour on artists' board, 1928
NPG D9626
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1919
NPG x165275
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1919
NPG x38259
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