Francis Leslie Pym, Baron Pym
(1922-2008), Conservative politician; Foreign Secretary, Defence Secretary, Northern Ireland Secretary and Leader of the House of CommonsSitter associated with 30 portraits
Francis Pym was elected as a Conservative MP in 1961 and remained in the House of Commons until being raised to the peerage as Baron Pym in 1987. He worked as a Whip before being appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in 1973. He later served as Defence Secretary and was Foreign Secretary during the Falklands Crisis on 1982. He was regarded as a leading member of the 'Wets' during the Thatcher administration and was dropped from the government following the Conservative's 1983 election victory, after which he launched a short-lived pressure group, Conservative Centre Forward, to argue for more centrist policies.
Conservative Party Conference, Brighton 1982
by Paul Brason
oil on canvas, 1982-1985
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5843
The House of Commons, 24 July 1986
by Chris Orr
aquatint and etching, 1986
NPG 6834
by Nick Sinclair
bromide print, 1991
NPG P510(32)
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 21 February 1966
NPG x135377
The Conservative Shadow Cabinet
by Tom Blau
digital chromogenic print, 1977
NPG x131958
by Bassano & Vandyk Studios
colour transparency, 29 June 1978
NPG x174122
Margaret Thatcher and the Cabinet of 1979
by Central Press
bromide press print, June 1979
NPG x182327
by Nick Sinclair
bromide fibre print, circa 1993
NPG x87070
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 17 June 1964
NPG x176063
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 17 June 1964
NPG x176064
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 17 June 1964
NPG x176065
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 17 June 1964
NPG x176066
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 17 June 1964
NPG x176067
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 17 June 1964
NPG x176068
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 17 June 1964
NPG x176069
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 20 May 1968
NPG x177110
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 20 May 1968
NPG x177111
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 20 May 1968
NPG x177112
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 20 May 1968
NPG x177113
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 20 May 1968
NPG x177114
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