The House of Commons, 1833

The House of Commons, 1833

by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1833-1843
213 3/8 in. x 136 1/4 in. x 5 3/8 in. (5420 mm x 3460 mm x 135 mm)
Given by H.M. Government, 1858
Primary Collection
NPG 54

Artist

Sir George Hayter (1792-1871), Portrait and history painter; son of Charles Hayter. Artist associated with 176 portraits, Sitter in 15 portraits.

Sitters

George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Prime Minister. Sitter in 19 portraits.
Montague Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon (1808-1884), MP for Oxfordshire. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Charles Adam (1790-1853), Admiral. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Edward Hamlyn Adams (1777-1842), MP for Carmarthenshire. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Henry Aglionby Aglionby (1790-1854), MP for Cockermouth. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Andrew Agnew, 7th Bt (1793-1849), Sabbatarian. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury (1811-1886), MP for Marlborough. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768-1854), Field Marshal; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Sitter in 19 portraits.
Sir George Anson (1769-1849), MP for Lichfield. Sitter in 1 portrait.
George Anson (1797-1857), General. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Hugh Arbuthnot (1780-1868), MP for Kincardine. Sitter in 1 portrait.
William Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton (1799-1864), Statesman. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton (1774-1848), Financier. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Anthony Henry Ashley-Cooper (1807-1858), MP for Dorchester. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Thomas Attwood (1783-1856), Political reformer. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Gilbert John Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland (1795-1867), MP for Lincolnshire. Sitter in 2 portraits.
William John Bankes (1786-1855), Traveller in the East. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Sir Alexander Bannerman (1788-1864), MP for Aberdeen. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Henry Bingham Baring (1804-1869), MP for Marlborough. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Charles James Barnett (circa 1797-1882), MP for Maidstone. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Henry Winston Barron, 1st Bt (1795-1872), MP for Waterford. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Bt (1782-1863), MP for County Londonderry. Sitter in 2 portraits.
George Henry Bathurst, 4th Earl Bathurst (1790-1866), MP for Cirencester. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Henry Beauchamp Lygon, 4th Earl Beauchamp (1784-1863), MP for Worcestershire West. Sitter in 4 portraits.
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (1766-1839), Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Sitter associated with 16 portraits.
Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford (1788-1861), Statesman. Sitter in 3 portraits.
William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford (1809-1872), MP for Tavistock. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Benett (1773-1852), MP for Wiltshire South. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir John Poo Beresford, 1st Bt (1766-1844), Admiral; MP for Coleraine. Sitter in 3 portraits.
George Charles Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley (1800-1881), Writer and sportsman. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Ralph Bernal (1784-1854), Collector. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (1781-1847), Statesman. Sitter associated with 3 portraits.
Richard Bethell (1772-1864), MP for Yorkshire East Riding. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Thomas Bish (1780-1843), MP for Leominster. Sitter in 2 portraits.
William Seymour Blackstone (1809-1881), MP for Wallingford. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane (1796-1862), Politician. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Frederick William Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol (1800-1864), MP for Bury St Edmunds. Sitter associated with 2 portraits.
William Bird Brodie (1780-1863), MP for Salisbury. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Joseph Brotherton (1783-1857), Parliamentary reformer. Sitter in 3 portraits.
William Brougham, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux (1795-1886), Master in Chancery. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton de Gyfford (1786-1869), Statesman; friend of Byron. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Richard Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1797-1861), Writer. Sitter associated with 5 portraits.
Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Bt (1770-1844), Parliamentary reformer. Sitter associated with 74 portraits.
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Bt (1786-1845), Philanthropist. Sitter in 10 portraits.
George Byng (1764-1847), MP for Middlesex. Sitter associated with 11 portraits.
John Hales Calcraft (1796-1880), MP for Wareham. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell of St Andrews (1779-1861), Lord Chancellor. Sitter in 8 portraits.
Charles Manners Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury (1780-1845), Speaker of the House of Commons. Sitter associated with 9 portraits.
James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797-1868), General. Sitter in 7 portraits.
George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle (1802-1864), Viceroy of Ireland. Sitter in 17 portraits.
Robert John Carrington (Smith), 2nd Baron Carrington (1796-1868), MP for Chipping Wycombe. Sitter in 4 portraits.
William Ralph Cartwright (1771-1847), MP for Northamptonshire South. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Edward Stillingfleet Cayley (1802-1862), MP for Yorkshire North Riding. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir George Cayley, 6th Bt (1773-1857), Pioneer of aviation. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Charles William Bury, 2nd Earl of Charleville (1801-1851), MP for Penrhyn. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Charles Compton Cavendish, 1st Baron Chesham (1793-1863), MP for Sussex East. Sitter in 1 portrait.
William Fawkener Chetwynd (1788-1873), MP for Stafford. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Walbanke Childers (1789-1886), MP for Cambridgeshire. Sitter associated with 2 portraits.
Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon, 3rd Earl of Clare (1793-1864), MP for County Limerick. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir William Clay, 1st Bt (1791-1869), Politician. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Sir William Robert Clayton, 5th Bt (1786-1866), MP for Great Marlow. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland (1788-1864), MP for Salop South. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Edward Bolton Clive (1765-1845), MP for Hereford. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Robert Henry Clive (1789-1854), MP for Salop South. Sitter associated with 2 portraits.
William Cobbett (1763-1835), Writer, politician and agriculturalist. Sitter associated with 38 portraits.
Sir Charles Cockerell, 1st Bt (1755-1837), Banker. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Sir Edward Codrington (1770-1851), Admiral. Sitter in 10 portraits.
Arthur Henry Cole (1780-1844), MP for Enniskillen. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Edmund Michael Conolly (1786-1848), MP for County Donegal. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Charles Henry Coote, 9th Bt (1794-1864), MP for Queen's County. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Henry Thomas Lowry Corry (1803-1873), Politician. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham (1781-1851), Lord Chancellor. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Thomas Francis Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe (1798-1890), Politician. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Joseph Cripps (1765-1847), MP for Cirencester. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Charles Lennox Cumming-Bruce (1790-1875), MP for Inverness. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir George Henry Dashwood, 5th Bt (1790-1862), MP for Buckinghamshire. Sitter in 1 portrait.
William Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley (1787-1855), MP for Dorset. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 34 portraits.
William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808-1891), Promoter of science and industry; landowner. Sitter in 7 portraits.
Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt (1784-1861), Politician. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Quintin Dick (1777-1858), MP for Maldon. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1778-1855), Naturalist. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Edward Divett (1797-1864), MP for Exeter. Sitter in 1 portrait.
George Hamilton Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (1797-1883), MP for County Antrim. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin (1773-1841), General. Sitter in 2 portraits.
William Stratford Dugdale (1800-1871), MP for Warwickshire North. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas (1785-1862), Admiral. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Sir Robert Lawrence Dundas (1780-1844), MP for Richmond, Yorkshire. Sitter in 1 portrait.
James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline (1776-1858), Politician. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Fretchville Lawson Ballantine Dykes (1800-1866), MP for Cockermouth. Sitter in 1 portrait.
George Rice, 4th Baron Dynevor (1795-1869), MP for Carmarthenshire. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury (1801-1893), Politician. Sitter associated with 5 portraits.
Edward Ellice (1781-1863), Merchant and politician. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Sir George Elliot (1784-1863), Admiral. Sitter in 3 portraits.
William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-1886), MP for County Fermanagh. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Ralph Etwall (1804-1882), MP for Andover. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Charles Shaw-Lefevre, Viscount Eversley (1794-1888), Speaker of the House of Commons. Sitter in 7 portraits.
William Ewart (1798-1869), Reformer and politician. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Charles St John Fancourt (1804-1875), MP for Barnstaple. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham (1799-1868), Politician, scholar and genealogist. Sitter in 3 portraits.
John Nicholas Fazakerley (1787-1852), MP for Peterborough. Sitter associated with 2 portraits.
Sir William Feilden, 1st Bt (1772-1859), MP for Blackburn. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Fenton (circa 1791-1863), MP for Rochdale. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Robert Ferguson (before 1773-1840), MP for Kirkcaldy. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Ronald Craufurd Ferguson (1773-1841), General. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Robert Cutlar Fergusson (1768-1838), Judge. Sitter in 1 portrait.
William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham (1798-1867), MP for Yorkshire North Riding. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Fielden (1784-1849), Reforming manufacturer. Sitter in 1 portrait.
George Finch (1794-1870), MP for Stamford. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, 1st Bt (1801-1866), Founder of the town of Fleetwood. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Charles Elphinstone Fleming (1774-1840), MP for Stirlingshire. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir William John Henry Browne Folkes, 2nd Bt (1786-1860), MP for Norfolk West. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John George Weld-Forester, 2nd Baron Forester (1801-1874), Politician. Sitter in 1 portrait.
George Cecil Weld Weld-Forester, 3rd Baron Forester (1807-1886), General and politician. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (1783-1861), MP for Devonshire North. Sitter associated with 3 portraits.
Charles Richard Fox (1796-1873), Numismatist. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sackville Walter Lane Fox (1800-1874), MP for Helston. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Fitzstephen French (1801-1873), MP for County Roscommon. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Daniel Gaskell (1782-1875), MP for Wakefield. Sitter in 1 portrait.
James Milnes Gaskell (1810-1873), MP for Wenlock. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Thomas Gladstone, 2nd Bt (1804-1889), Politician and landowner. Sitter in 3 portraits.
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), Prime Minister and writer. Sitter associated with 209 portraits.
Sir Stephen Glynne, 9th Bt (1807-1874), Antiquary. Sitter in 1 portrait.
William Gordon (1784-1858), MP for Aberdeenshire. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Henry Goulburn (1784-1856), MP for Cambridge University. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir James Robert George Graham, Bt (1792-1861), Statesman; First Lord of the Admiralty. Sitter in 9 portraits.
Sir Robert Grant (1779-1838), Governor of Bombay. Sitter associated with 2 portraits.
Thomas Greene (1794-1872), MP for Lancaster. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Charles John Greville (1780-1836), MP for Warwick. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 75 portraits.
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-1894), Secretary for the Colonies. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Rees Howell Gronow (1794-1865), MP for Stafford. Sitter in 1 portrait.
George Grote (1794-1871), Historian and politician. Sitter in 9 portraits.
Sir Josiah John Guest, 1st Bt (1785-1852), Ironmaster. Sitter associated with 4 portraits.
John Gully (1783-1863), Prizefighter and racehorse owner. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800-1885), Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sitter in 12 portraits.
Lord Douglas Gordon Hallyburton (1777-1841), MP for Forfarshire. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Charles Hamilton, Suggested painting the House of Commons to Hayter. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Hanmer, 1st Baron Hanmer (1809-1881), Politician and poet. Sitter in 2 portraits.
George Granville Vernon Harcourt (1785-1861), Politician. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore (1785-1856), Governor-General of India. Sitter in 12 portraits.
Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke (1799-1873), Admiral. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Hardy (1773-1855), MP for Bradford. Sitter in 1 portrait.
William Charles Harland (1804-1863), MP for Durham. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby (1798-1882), Statesman. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Daniel Whittle Harvey (1786-1863), Politician; founder of the 'Sunday Times'. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Jacob Astley, 16th Baron Hastings (1797-1859), MP for Norfolk West. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Edward John Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton (1791-1863), Politician. Sitter associated with 3 portraits.
Sir Andrew Leith Hay (1785-1862), Soldier and writer. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir John Hay, 6th Bt (1788-1838), MP for Peeblesshire. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes, 3rd Bt (1806-1860), MP for County Donegal. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir George Hayter (1792-1871), Portrait and history painter; son of Charles Hayter. Sitter in 15 portraits, Artist associated with 176 portraits.
George Fieschi Heneage (1800-1864), MP for Lincoln. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Henniker-Major, 4th Baron Henniker (1801-1870), MP for Suffolk East. Sitter associated with 2 portraits.
Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea (1810-1861), War Secretary. Sitter in 9 portraits.
Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Bt (1765-1854), Politician. Sitter in 2 portraits.
John Charles Herries (1778-1855), Statesman and financier. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Rowland Hill, 2nd Viscount Hill (1800-1875), MP for Salop North. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Thomas Law Hodges (1776-1857), MP for Kent West. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773-1840), Whig statesman and patron of art and letters. Sitter associated with 24 portraits.
Sir William Horne (1774-1860), Master in Chancery and politician. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham (1794-1870), General. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Philip Henry Howard (1801-1883), MP for Carlisle. Sitter in 1 portrait.
William Howley (1766-1848), Archbishop of Canterbury. Sitter in 10 portraits.
Thomas Hudson (1772-1852), MP for Evesham. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Joseph Hume (1777-1855), Radical politician. Sitter in 7 portraits.
John Humphery (1794-1863), MP for Southwark. Sitter in 2 portraits.
William Joliffe, 1st Baron Hylton (1800-1876), Politician. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Robert Ingham (1793-1875), MP for South Shields. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 2nd Bt (1786-1855), Tory politician. Sitter associated with 9 portraits.
William James (1791-1861), MP for Carlisle. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey (1773-1850), Scottish judge and critic; editor of the 'Edinburgh Review'. Sitter in 9 portraits.
George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey (1773-1859), Master of the Horse to Queen Victoria. Sitter in 4 portraits.
George Augustus Frederick Child-Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey (1808-1859), MP for Honiton. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Sir John Vanden Bempde Johnstone, 2nd Bt (1799-1869), MP for Scarborough. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Thomas Read Kemp (1781?-1844), Founder of Kemp Town, Brighton. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Thomas Francis Kennedy (1788-1879), Politician. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Bt (1776-1853), General. Sitter in 4 portraits.
William Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice, Earl of Kerry (1811-1836), MP for Calne. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Edward Bolton King (1800-1878), MP for Warwick. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Bt (1781-1849), Statesman. Sitter in 1 portrait.
William Gore Langton (1760-1847), MP for Somerset East. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863), Politician. Sitter associated with 51 portraits.
Anthony Lefroy (1800-1890), Politician. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Thomas Langlois Lefroy (1776-1869), Irish judge. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Benjamin Lester Lester (circa 1780-1838), MP for Poole. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Henry Ley (died 1850), First Clerk of the House of Commons. Sitter in 1 portrait.
William Ley (circa 1817-1847), Assistant Clerk of the House of Commons. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Young, Baron Lisgar (1807-1876), Governor-General of Canada. Sitter in 2 portraits.
James Loch (1780-1855), Economist. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Wadham Locke (1779-1835), MP for Devizes. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Frederick William Robert Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry (1805-1872), MP for County Down. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Ralph Lopes, 2nd Bt (1788-1854), MP for Westbury. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Henry Cecil Lowther (1790-1867), MP for Westmorland. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst (1772-1863), Lord Chancellor and politician; son of the painter John Singleton Copley. Sitter in 23 portraits.
Robert Vernon Smith, 1st Baron Lyveden (1800-1873), MP for Northampton. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay (1800-1859), Historian, poet and statesman. Sitter in 21 portraits.
Roderick Macleod (1768-1853), MP for Sutherland. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Madocks (1786-1837), MP for Denbigh. Sitter in 1 portrait.
William David Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield (1806-1898), MP for Norwich. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Stewart Marjoribanks (1744-1863), MP for Hythe. Sitter in 1 portrait.
George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough (1793-1857), MP for Woodstock. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Marshall (1797-1836), MP for Leeds. Sitter in 1 portrait.
William Maxfield (1782-1837), MP for Great Grimsby. Sitter in 1 portrait.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848), Prime Minister. Sitter in 18 portraits.
Paulet St John Mildmay (1791-1845), MP for Winchester. Sitter in 1 portrait.
William Henry Miller (1789-1848), Book collector; MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Mills (1789-1871), MP for Rochester. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir William Molesworth, 8th Bt (1810-1855), Radical politician. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1790-1866), Politician. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Bt (1785-1871), MP for Staffordshire North. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn (1795-1884), MP for Flintshire. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Archibald Murray, Lord Murray (1779-1859), Scottish judge. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Charles Evelyn Pierrepont, Viscount Newark (1805-1850), MP for East Retford. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1811-1864), Politician. Sitter in 12 portraits.
John Nicholl (1797-1835), MP for Cardiff. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Gerald Noel, 2nd Bt (1759-1838), MP for Rutland. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Henry Charles Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk (1791-1856), Lord Steward. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Frederick North (1800-1869), MP for Hastings. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Francis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook (1796-1866), Politician. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847), Irish politician. Sitter in 20 portraits.
Dennis O'Connor (1794-1847), MP for County Roscommon. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Richard More O'Ferrall (1797-1880), Governor of Malta. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Dominick Browne, 1st Baron Oranmore and Browne (1787-1860), MP for County Mayo. Sitter in 1 portrait.
(John) Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington (1800-1873), Speaker of the House of Commons. Sitter in 9 portraits.
Richard Alexander Oswald (1771-1841), MP for Ayrshire. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Frederick Paget (1807-1866), MP for Beaumaris. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Robert Palmer (1793-1872), MP for Berkshire. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), Prime Minister. Sitter in 58 portraits.
Joseph Pease (1799-1872), Railway projector. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt (1788-1850), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 27 portraits.
Edward William Wynne Pendarves (1775-1853), MP for Cornwall West. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Alexander Perceval (1787-1858), Serjeant-at-Arms. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir George Philips, 1st Bt (1766-1847), MP for Warwickshire South. Sitter in 1 portrait.
William Pinney (1806-1898), MP for Lyme Regis. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Pemberton Plumptre (1791-1864), MP for Kent East. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir (Jonathan) Frederick Pollock, 1st Bt (1783-1870), Judge. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Edward Berkeley Portman, 1st Viscount Portman (1799-1888), Politician. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Richard Potter (1778-1842), Politician. Sitter in 2 portraits.
John Sayer Poulter (died 1847), MP for Shaftesbury. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis (1785-1848), Politician. Sitter associated with 2 portraits.
William Stephen Poyntz (circa 1769-1840), MP for Ashburton. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Ramsbottom (died 1845), MP for Windsor. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Charles Ramsden (1788-1837), MP for Malton. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir John Rae Reid, 2nd Bt (1781-1867), MP for Dover. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox (1791-1860), Soldier and politician. Sitter in 7 portraits.
John Rickman (1771-1840), Statistician. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon (1782-1859), Prime Minister. Sitter in 9 portraits.
Cuthbert Rippon, MP for Gateshead. Sitter in 1 portrait.
George Richard Robinson (1781-1850), MP for Worcester. Sitter in 1 portrait.
William Roche (1775-1850), MP for Limerick. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Arthur Roebuck (1802-1879), Politician. Sitter in 10 portraits.
James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn (1762-1837), General. Sitter in 9 portraits.
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878), Prime Minister and writer. Sitter associated with 52 portraits.
Lord Charles James Fox Russell (1807-1894), Politician. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Charles Russell (1786-1856), MP for Reading. Sitter in 2 portraits.
William Congreve Russell (1778-1850), MP for Worcestershire East. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Arthur Moyses William Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (1792-1860), Lieutenant-General and politician. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Arthur Marcus Cecil Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys (1798-1863), MP for Newry. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Edward Ayshford Sanford (1794-1871), MP for Somerset West. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Edward Dolman Scott, 2nd Bt (1793-1851), MP for Lichfield. Sitter in 1 portrait.
James Winter Scott (1799-1873), MP for Hampshire North. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Francis William Ogilvie-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield (1778-1853), MP for Elgin and Nairn. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Sir John Saunders Sebright, 7th Bt (1767-1846), Politician and agriculturalist. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Henry Seymour (circa 1776-1843), Serjeant-at-Arms. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-1885), Philanthropist, politician and social reformer. Sitter in 24 portraits.
Matthew Sharpe (died 1845), MP for Dumfries. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Frederick Shaw, 2nd Bt (1799-1876), Irish politician. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Richard Lalor Sheil (1791-1851), Politician and dramatist. Sitter associated with 2 portraits.
Sir George Sinclair, 2nd Bt (1790-1868), Politician and writer. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Somers Cocks, 2nd Earl Somers (1788-1852), MP for Reigate. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Lord Granville Somerset (1792-1848), Politician. Sitter associated with 2 portraits.
John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer (1782-1845), Whig statesman. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798-1857), MP for Midhurst. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Dalrymple, 8th Earl of Stair (1771-1853), General. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805-1875), Historian; founding member and first chairman of the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery. Sitter in 19 portraits.
Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley (1802-1869), Politician. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Bt (1781-1859), MP for Hampshire South. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Thomas Kitchingman Staveley (1791-1860), MP for Ripon. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Robert Steuart (circa 1806-1842), MP for Haddington. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford (1772-1860), Field Marshal and politician. Sitter in 2 portraits.
George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford (1806-1886), Politician. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir George Strickland (later Cholmley), 7th Bt (1782-1874), MP for Yorkshire West Riding. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart (1803-1854), Advocate of Polish independence. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Charles Stuart (1810-1892), MP for Bute. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Charles Poulett-Thomson, Baron Sydenham (1799-1841), Governor-General of Canada. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (1803-1890), Politician. Sitter in 2 portraits.
James Talbot, 4th Baron Talbot de Malahide (1805-1883), Politician and President of the Archaeological Society. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Henry Labouchere, Baron Taunton (1798-1869), Politician. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Michael Angelo Taylor (circa 1757-1834), Politician. Sitter associated with 34 portraits.
William Tooke (1777-1863), President of the Society of Arts. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Charles John Kemeys Tynte (1800-1882), MP for Somerset West. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir John Tyssen Tyrell, 2nd Bt (1795-1877), MP for Essex North. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir William Verner, 1st Bt (1782-1871), MP for County Armagh. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Harry Verney, 2nd Bt (1801-1894), Soldier, traveller and MP. Sitter in 2 portraits.
George Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon (1803-1866), Commentator on Dante. Sitter in 1 portrait.
James Walter Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam (1809-1895), MP for Hertfordshire. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785-1840), Zoologist. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Richard Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian (1775-1842), Lieutenant-General. Sitter in 3 portraits.
John Henry Vivian (1785-1855), MP for Swansea. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Charles Baring Wall (1795-1853), MP for Guildford. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Walter (1776-1847), Chief proprietor of 'The Times'. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Henry Warburton (1785-1858), Philosophical radical. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Sir Henry George Ward (1797-1860), Colonial governor. Sitter in 2 portraits.
John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins (1802-1865), MP for Brecon. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Richard Watson (1800-1852), MP for Canterbury. Sitter associated with 2 portraits.
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Field Marshal and Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 95 portraits.
Richard Weyland (1780-1864), MP for Oxfordshire. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Luke White (died 1854), MP for County Longford. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Samuel White (died 1854), MP for County Leitrim. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Isaac Newton Wigney (circa 1795-1844), MP for Brighton. Sitter in 1 portrait.
George Wilbraham (1779-1852), MP for Cheshire South. Sitter in 1 portrait.
F. William, Doorkeeper of the House of Commons. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Charles Watkin Williams Wynn (1775-1850), Politician. Sitter associated with 7 portraits.
Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams-Bulkeley, 10th Bt (1801-1875), MP for Anglesey. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Bedworth Williamson, 7th Bt (1797-1861), MP for County Durham North. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Wilson-Patten, Baron Winmarleigh (1802-1892), Politician. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Thomas Wood (1777-1860), MP for Breconshire. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Wrottesley, 1st Baron Wrottesley (1771-1841), Politician. Sitter in 1 portrait.
George Frederick Young (1791-1870), MP for Tynemouth. Sitter in 1 portrait.

This Portrait

This picture commemorates the passing of the Great Reform Act in 1832. It depicts the first session of the new House of Commons on 5 February 1833 held in St Stephen's Chapel which was destroyed by fire in 1834. The largely Whig campaign for electoral reform had begun in the mid-eighteenth century and by 1832 it had proved unstoppable, following widespread agitation and economic distress. The Reform Act extended the vote to a larger number of men according to their rate-paying or property ownership. It also redistributed representation more fairly and new boroughs were created so that some new industrial centres had MPs for the first time. The picture includes some 375 figures and although Hayter abandoned the idea of depicting all 658 Member of the reformed Commons he maintained the relative proportions of the parties. In the foreground, he has grouped the leading statesmen from the Lords; Grey (1764-1845), Melbourne (1779-1848) and the Whigs on the left and Wellington (1769-1852) and the Tories on the right. Painted without a commission it took Hayter ten years to complete and another fifteen to sell. Paradoxically, it was the Tories who finally agreed to purchase it, in 1858, for the recently founded National Portrait Gallery.

Related Works

NPG 2510: John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane (study)
NPG 4658: Edward John Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton (study)
NPG 1103: Sir George Hayter (related to)
NPG 5580: Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (study)
NPG 4968: Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 2nd Bt (study)
NPG 4342: William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (study)
NPG 1257: Francis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook (study)
NPG 4582: Daniel O'Connell (study)
NPG 4336: Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope (study)
NPG 3073: Sketch of the Interior of the House of Commons (study)
NPG 2511: Sir George Elliot (study)

Linked Publications

Sound Guide
Cullen, Fintan, The Irish Face: Redefining the Irish Portrait, 2004, p. 186
Ormond, Richard, Early Victorian Portraits, 1973, p. 526
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 702
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 352

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