Frederick Temple
(1821-1902), Archbishop of CanterburySitter in 30 portraits
Ordained in 1846 and in the same year accepted the headship of Kneller Hall, a college for the training of masters of workhouses and penal schools. In 1855 he became a school inspector, until being appointed Headmaster of Rugby School. He reformed many aspects of the school and was considered a stimulating intellectual teacher and religious man. In 1869, although reluctant to leave Rugby, he accepted the office of Bishop of Exeter. In 1885 he was transferred to the Bishopric of London. On the sudden death of Archbishop Benson in 1896, though now seventy-six years of age, he was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. His second son, William Temple, became Archbishop of Canterbury years later.
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3522
Edward White Benson; Frederick Temple
by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
pencil, chalk and wash, circa 1890-1896
NPG 2870
Edward White Benson; Frederick Temple
by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
pencil, chalk and wash, circa 1890-1896
NPG 2871
by James Russell & Sons
albumen print, circa 1896
NPG P1700(33a)
The Education Bill in the House of Lords (The Collapse of the Archbishop of Canterbury)
by Sydney Prior Hall
watercolour, published in The Graphic 13 December 1902
NPG 2369
The Homage-Giving: Westminster Abbey, 9th August, 1902
by John Henry Frederick Bacon
oil on canvas, 1903
NPG 6058
by Thomas Rodger
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax7486
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1867
NPG Ax17841
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1867
NPG Ax18317
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1867
NPG x12986
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1867
NPG x12988
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1867
NPG Ax38637
by and after Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1867
NPG x12987
by John Cann, after Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, (circa 1867)
NPG x127028
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x12992
by Samuel Alexander Walker
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG x139655
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1882
NPG x96571
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1882
NPG x96572
by James Russell & Sons, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, early 1900s (1896)
NPG x197655
Frederick Temple ('Men of the Day, No. 1.')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 November 1869
NPG D43404
by Matt Morgan
engraving, published 6 November 1869
NPG D3645
Edward White Benson; possibly Randall Thomas Davidson, Baron Davidson of Lambeth; Frederick Temple
after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
NPG D41932
Edward White Benson; Frederick Temple
after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
NPG D41946
Arthur Balfour, Frederick Temple, Edward White Benson et al
after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
NPG D41949
published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson
lithographic reproduction of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899
NPG D32966
Frederick Temple ('Statesmen. No. 754.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 11 September 1902
NPG D45135
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen cabinet card, circa 1880s
NPG x159531
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
bromide print, 1882
NPG x12991
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