Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (Lord Loughborough)
(1733-1805), Lord ChancellorRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 33 portraits
Alexander Wedderburn came from a distinguished Scottish legal family; educated at Edinburgh, he practiced law there until he entered Parliament in 1761, sitting for the Scottish seat of Ayr Burghs. An ambitious lawyer, Wedderburn viewed his parliamentary interests as subservient to his advancement in the legal profession. He served as Solicitor General and Attorney General before receiving a peerage and an appointment as Chief Justice of Common Pleas. He was Lord Chancellor from 1793 to 1801.
The Death of the Earl of Chatham
by John Singleton Copley
oil on canvas, 1779-1781
NPG L146
Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (Lord Loughborough)
by William Owen
oil on canvas, circa 1798
NPG 392
by James Gillray, published by W. Renegal
hand-coloured etching, published 15 May 1780
NPG D12284
by James Sayers
etching, published 8 June 1785
NPG D12239
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 10 May 1787
NPG D13060
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
etching, published 10 May 1787
NPG D14861
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 31 March 1788
NPG D12248
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 18 February 1789
NPG D12251
'The Regency twelfth cake not cut up'
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 19 February 1789
NPG D12252
'The funeral procession of Miss Regency'
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 29 April 1789
NPG D13053
Death of the Earl of Chatham (includes William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham and 55 other sitters)
by Francesco Bartolozzi, after John Singleton Copley
line engraving, published 1791
NPG D18117
Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (Lord Loughborough)
by and published by Henry Hudson, after Mather Brown
mezzotint, published 25 April 1792
NPG D39886
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching and aquatint, published 3 May 1794
NPG D12487
'The last scene of the managers farce'
by James Sayers, published by Hannah Humphrey
etching, published 8 May 1795
NPG D12249
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 June 1795
NPG D12527
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 4 June 1795
NPG D12528
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 November 1795
NPG D12543
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 November 1795
NPG D12548
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and engraving, published 17 December 1795
NPG D12551
'Substitutes for bread; - or - right honorables, saving the loaves, and dividing the fishes'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 24 December 1795
NPG D12552
Comments back to top
We are currently unable to accept new comments, but any past comments are available to read below.
If you need information from us, please use our Archive enquiry service . Please note that we cannot provide valuations. You can buy a print or greeting card of most illustrated portraits. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Prices start at around £6 for unframed prints, £16 for framed prints. If you wish to license an image, select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Use this image button, or contact our Rights and Images service. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled.