Hastings Lionel ('Pug') Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
(1887-1965), Army General and DiplomatSitter in 10 portraits
Ismay was Churchill's chief staff officer during the Second World War; forming an essential link between the Prime Minister and the Chiefs-of-Staff. He was entrusted with the most secret and delicate missions at home and abroad, and became the first Secretary-General of Nato (1952).
Hastings Lionel ('Pug') Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
by Allan Gwynne-Jones
oil on canvas, 1958
NPG 4537
Hastings Lionel ('Pug') Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, November 1940
NPG x168558
Hastings Lionel ('Pug') Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, copied September 1941 (1940)
NPG x1019
Winston Churchill with Chiefs of Staff
by Planet News
bromide print, 7 May 1945
NPG x194065
Hastings Lionel ('Pug') Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 1952
NPG x82332
Hastings Lionel ('Pug') Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
by Navana Vandyk
whole-plate film negative, 5 June 1953
NPG x130717
Hastings Lionel ('Pug') Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
by Navana Vandyk
whole-plate film negative, 5 June 1953
NPG x130721
Hastings Lionel ('Pug') Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 5 December 1939
NPG x156635
Hastings Lionel ('Pug') Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 5 December 1939
NPG x156636
Hastings Lionel ('Pug') Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 5 December 1939
NPG x156637
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