Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage
(1832-1901), Soldier; recipient of the Victoria Cross, benefactor and politicianSitter in 12 portraits
Loyd-Lindsay entered the Scots Fusiliers Guards in December 1850. He served throughout the Crimean Campaign and received the Victoria Cross in 1857 for deeds of valour at Alma and Inkerman in 1854. He was also awarded the Legion of Honour for his Crimean service. In 1870, Loyd-Lindsay became a founder member of the National Society for Aid to the Sick & Wounded (later the British Red Cross Society).
Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
by Henry Jamyn Brooks
oil on canvas, 1889
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Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
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Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage
after Elliott & Fry
woodburytype on paper mount, 1870s-1880s
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Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
woodburytype, published 1881
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Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage
by Caldesi & Co
albumen carte-de-visite
NPG Ax9858
Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage ('Statesmen. No. 235.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 4 November 1876
NPG D43769
Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published 1876
NPG D6763
Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1891
NPG D23373
Key to Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
after Henry Jamyn Brooks
photograph, 1919 or after
NPG D42236
Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, early 1860s
NPG Ax129080
Harriet Sarah (née Loyd), Lady Wantage; Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1860s
NPG Ax129090
Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite
NPG Ax38770
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