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John Belasyse (Bellasis), 1st Baron Belasyse of Worlaby (circa 1615-1689), Royalist army officer

Sitter associated with 7 portraits
Soldier and administrator who in the Civil War raised six regiments for the king. At the Restoration his career was frustrated by his Catholicism. He was forced to resign as Governor of Tangier and was implicated in the alleged Popish Plot (1678) for which he was was imprisoned for six years.

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John Belasyse (Bellasis), 1st Baron Belasyse of Worlaby

by Gilbert Jackson
oil on canvas, 1636
NPG 5948

D29422

John Belasyse (Bellasis), 1st Baron Belasyse of Worlaby

by Robert White, after Sir Anthony Van Dyck
line engraving, late 17th century
NPG D29422

D29423

John Belasyse (Bellasis), 1st Baron Belasyse of Worlaby

by Robert White, after Sir Anthony Van Dyck
line engraving, late 17th century
NPG D29423

D12225

John Belasyse (Bellasis), 1st Baron Belasyse of Worlaby

by Robert White, after Sir Anthony Van Dyck
line engraving, late 17th century
NPG D12225

D23015

'A True Narrative of the Horrid Hellish Popish-Plot...The First Part'

after Unknown artist
line engraving and letterpress, 1682
NPG D23015

D26376

Key to Charles I Demanding in the House of Commons the Five Impeached Members

after John Singleton Copley
etching, (1795)
NPG D26376

D19068

John Belasyse (Bellasis), 1st Baron Belasyse of Worlaby

by Robert White, after Sir Anthony Van Dyck
line engraving, circa 1675-1700
NPG D19068

Category
Armed Forces and Intelligence Services
Groups
Royalists
Place
Yorkshire