Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887), Politician
Sitter in 30 portraits
Initially Private Secretary to William Gladstone at the Board of Trade, he entered Parliament in 1855. He served as President of the Board of Trade, Secretary of State for India, and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was jointly responsible for one of the best-known social reforms of the century, was a financier of note, and loyally served two great Tory leaders, William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli. His name is now most associated with the Northcote-Trevelyan Report of 1835, which advised on various aspects of civil service reform. It recommended the widespread use of an examination system and recruitment on merit in place of patronage and 'old corruption'.
by Henry Gales
watercolour, 1868
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Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
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Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Edwin Longsden Long
oil on canvas, 1882
On display at Palace of Westminster, London
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Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
replica by Edwin Longsden Long
oil on canvas, 1889 (circa 1882)
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Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of head, 1887
NPG 861
Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
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Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1870s
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Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by John Watkins
albumen print, early 1870s
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Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1873
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Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen cabinet card, circa 1873
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Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Raphael Tuck & Sons, after London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
chromolithograph, mid-late 1880s (circa 1873)
NPG x135101
by Unknown artist, published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
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by Unknown artist, published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen carte-de-visite, 1876
NPG x132909
Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1877
NPG x12114
Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Unknown photographer
woodburytype, 1880s
NPG x12115
Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1880s
NPG x9197
Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, 1865 or after
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Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Faustin Betbeder ('Faustin')
chromolithograph, 1874
NPG D23042
Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by George B. Black
lithograph, 1880
NPG D36435
Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Maclure & Macdonald, published by The Pictorial World, after London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
chromolithograph, published 17 February 1883
NPG D36436
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