Richard Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
(1797-1861), WriterEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 10 portraits
An only child, Grenville was educated at Eton and then briefly at Oxford where he fathered an illegitimate child. To keep him out of further trouble his father sent him on a grand tour. Under his father’s influence he became a politician and celebrated as a moderate reformer. In the 1830s, Grenville received compensation when slavery was abolished in the British Empire for a plantation he owned in Jamaica. Nevertheless, by the 1840s he was in severe financial trouble resulting in bankruptcy and the selling of the contents of his family estate at Stowe and large amounts of land.
Richard Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
by Robert Cooper, after Anne Mee (née Foldsone)
stipple engraving, 1821
NPG D32300
Richard Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
by Richard James Lane
lithograph, circa 1825-1850
NPG D22454
Auction Extraordinary, that is to say, an Extraordinary Auction
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 23 March 1830
NPG D40993
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 26 February 1831
NPG D41045
The Last of the Boroughbridges
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 7 March 1831
NPG D41047
The Reformers' Attack on the Old Rotten Tree; or the Foul Nests of the Cormorants in Danger
published by E. King
hand-coloured etching, published circa April 1831
NPG D48848
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 5 March 1834
NPG D41240
Richard Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
by Samuel Freeman, after Anne Mee (née Foldsone)
stipple engraving, 1836
NPG D1133
Richard Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
by John Porter, after John Jackson
mezzotint, published 1841
NPG D32299
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