Sitters A to Z

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Richard Ithamar Aaron (1901-1987), Professor of Philosophy. 1 portrait.

Reverend Aaron (born 1695), Indian-born preacher. 2 portraits.

Ruth Hughes Aarons (1910-1980), Table tennis champion. 3 portraits.

James Abbe (1883-1973), American photographer. 3 portraits.

Michael Abbensetts (1938-), Playwright. 1 portrait.

Lady Ursula Helen Abbey (née Cairns) (1899-), Wife of John Roland Abbey; daughter of 4th Earl of Cairns. 4 portraits.

Sir George Abbiss (1884-1966), Police commissioner. 6 portraits.

Dame Elsie Myrtle Abbot (1907-1983), Third Secretary, HM Treasury. 1 portrait.

George Abbot (1562-1633), Archbishop of Canterbury. 21 portraits.

Mordecai Abbot (1657 - 1700), Receiver General of the customs. 1 portrait.

Robert Abbot (1560-1617), Bishop of Salisbury. 13 portraits.

Russ Abbot (Russell Roberts) (1947-), Comedian. 1 portrait.

William Abbot, of Canterbury. 1 portrait.

William Abbot (1789-1843), Actor. 2 portraits.

David Abbott, Advertising agency director. 1 portrait.

Diane Julie Abbott (1953-), Politician. 3 portraits.

Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838-1926), Teacher and scholar. 1 portrait.

Eric Symes Abbott (1906-1983), Dean of Westminster. 4 portraits.

Sir James Abbott (1807-1896), General. 1 portrait.

Lemuel Francis Abbott (circa 1760-1802), Portrait painter. 1 portrait.

Jaurar Ben Abdallah (floruit mid 17th century), Lord Chamberlain, privy seal and Prime Minister to the Emperor of Morocco.. 1 portrait.

(Helen) Diana (née Bridgeman), Lady Abdy (1907-1967), Daughter of 5th Earl of Bradford; Wife of Sir Robert Henry Abdy; Fashion leader. 1 portrait.

Iya (De Gay), Lady Abdy (died 1993), 1st wife of Sir Robert Abdy, 5th Bt. 1 portrait.

Arthur William à Beckett (1844-1909), Humorist. 1 portrait.

Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811-1856), Comic writer. 1 portrait.

Arthur Lawrence Abel (1895-1978), Consulting surgeon. 2 portraits.

Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, 1st Bt (1827-1902), Chemist and explosives expert. 3 portraits.

Karl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787), Composer and concert impresario. 5 portraits.

Eduardo Abela (1892-1965), Cuban painter and caricaturist. 1 portrait.

Sir George Edmond Brackenbury Abell (1904-1989), First civil service commissioner. 1 portrait.

Sir Westcott Stile Abell (1877-1961), Naval architect and surveyor. 2 portraits.

William Abell (floruit 1640), Alderman of London. 5 portraits.

Lady May Helen Emma Abel Smith (née Cambridge) (1906-1994), Wife of Sir Henry Abel Smith; Daughter of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone and great granddaughter of Queen Victoria. 3 portraits.

Desmond Abel Smith (1892-1974), Major and director. 5 portraits.

Sir Edward Michael Conolly Abel Smith (1899-1985), Vice-Admiral. 5 portraits.

Reginald Henry Macaulay Abel Smith (1890-1964), Captain and High Sheriff of Hertfordshire. 1 portrait.

Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway (1850-1934), Barrister and industrialist; Politician. 8 portraits.

Charles Melville McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway (1913-2003), Barrister and company director. 1 portrait.

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn (1811-1885), Landowner; Politician. 8 portraits.

Louisa Jane (née Russell), Duchess of Abercorn (1812-1902), Wife of 1st Duke of Abercorn. 2 portraits.

James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn (1838-1913), Politician. 2 portraits.

James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (1869-1953), Soldier, politician and governor of Northern Ireland. 3 portraits.

James Edward Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn (1904-1979), Army officer and Member of Government of Northern Ireland. 8 portraits.

Mary Kathleen (née Crichton), Duchess of Abercorn (1905-1990), Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Wife of 4th Duke of Abercorn; Daughter of Henry William Crichton, Viscount Crichton. 3 portraits.

George Francis Abercrombie (1896-1978), Surgeon-Captain. 2 portraits.

John Abercrombie (1780-1844), Physician. 1 portrait.

Lascelles Abercrombie (1881-1938), Poet and critic. 2 portraits.

Nigel James Abercrombie (1908-1986), Freelance writer and Professor of French. 1 portrait.

Sir (Leslie) Patrick Abercrombie (1879-1957), Architect and town planner. 5 portraits.

John Abercromby, 5th Baron Abercromby (1841-1924), Archaeologist. 1 portrait.

Alexander Abercromby, Lord Abercromby (1745-1795), Lord Commissioner of Justiciary for Scotland. 1 portrait.

Hon. Diamond Evelyn Violet Abercromby (née Hardinge) (1900-1927), Daughter of 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst. 2 portraits.

Sir George Abercromby Abercromby, 4th Bt (1750-1831), Advocate. 1 portrait.

Sir John Abercromby (1772-1817), General. 2 portraits.

Sir Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), General. 12 portraits.

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare (1815-1895), Politician. 8 portraits.

Henry Campbell Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare (1851-1929), Academic. 3 portraits.

Clarence Napier Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare (1885-1957), Athlete. 7 portraits.

Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare (1919-1968), Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords. 1 portrait.

George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Prime Minister. 18 portraits.

Catherine Elizabeth Gordon (née Hamilton), Countess of Aberdeen (1784-1812), Wife of Sir George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. 1 portrait.

John Campbell Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847-1934), Statesman. 15 portraits.

Dame Ishbel Maria (née Marjoribanks), Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair (1857-1939), Promoter and patron of social service enterprises. 9 portraits.

George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1879-1965), Businessman; Justice of the Peace. 6 portraits.

Mary Florence Gordon (née Clixby), Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair (1857-1937), Former wife of Edward Shepherd Cockayne and wife of 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair; Daughter of Joseph Clixby. 8 portraits.

Dudley Gladstone Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1883-1972), Engineer. 5 portraits.

William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny (1826-1915), Statesman. 4 portraits.

Mary Frances (née Nevill), Marchioness of Abergavenny (died 1954), Daughter of Hon. Ralph Nevill; married firstly 3rd Viscount Hardinge; secondly 3rd Marquess of Abergavenny. 2 portraits.

John Henry Guy Nevill, 5th Marquess Abergavenny (1914-), Company director. 1 portrait.

Henry Neville, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny (1755-1843), MP; Secretary to the Treasury. 2 portraits.

John Abernethy (1764-1831), Surgeon and teacher. 10 portraits.

John Abernethy (1680-1740), Dissenting minister. 3 portraits.

Montague Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon (1808-1884), MP for Oxfordshire. 1 portrait.

Montagu Arthur Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon (1836-1928). 1 portrait.

James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger (1769-1844), Chief Baron of the Exchequer. 8 portraits.

Lila Lucy Catherine Mary (née White), Lady Abinger (died 1941), Daughter of Sir William A. White; married firstly Kammerherr C.E. de Geijer; secondly 5th Baron Abinger. 6 portraits.

Hugh Richard Scarlett, 7th Baron Abinger (1878-1943), Lieutenant-Colonel. 1 portrait.

James Richard Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger (1914-2002), Lieutenant-Colonel. 1 portrait.

Frances Abington (1737-1815), Actress. 15 portraits.

Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843-1920), Photographic chemist and education official. 1 portrait.

Edmond François Valentin About (1828-1885), Novelist, publicist and journalist. 2 portraits.

Charles John Abraham (1814-1903), Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand. 1 portrait.

Sir Edward Abraham (1913-1999), Pathologist. 1 portrait.

James Johnston Abraham (1876-1963), Surgeon and writer. 9 portraits.

Sir John Bradley Abraham (1881-1945), Civil servant. 6 portraits.

Juliet Jane Margaretta Abraham (née Moynihan) (1934-), Wife of Thomas Edwin Bidwell Abraham; daughter of 2nd Baron Moynihan. 1 portrait.

Sir William Ernest Victor Abraham (1897-1980), Major-General. 9 portraits.

Sir Adolphe Abrahams (1883-1967), Consulting physician. 2 portraits.

Harold Maurice Abrahams (1899-1978), Athlete and Olympic 100 metres Champion. 4 portraits.

Ivor Abrahams (1935-), Artist. 2 portraits.

Sir Lionel Abrahams (1869-1919), Financial secretary. 1 portrait.

Sir Sidney Solomon Abrahams (1885-1957), Colonial judicial administrator; athlete. 11 portraits.

Sir Martin Arnold Abrahamson (1870-1962), Director. 1 portrait.

Sir George Stewart Abram (1866-1928), Physician; Mayor of Reading. 4 portraits.

Dannie Abse (1923-), Chest specialist; writer. 1 portrait.

Leo Abse (1917-2008), Lawyer and writer. 3 portraits.

King Theodore II of Abyssinia (died 1868), King of Abyssinia. 1 portrait.

Frederick Christian Accum (1769-1838), Chemist. 2 portraits.

King Achaius of Scotland (reigned 787-819), King of Scotland. 1 portrait.

Andreas Achenbach (1815-1910), Landscape and marine painter; Brother of Oswald Achenbach. 1 portrait.

Oswald Achenbach (1827-1905), Landscape painter; Brother of Andreas Achenbach. 1 portrait.

Dean Acheson (1893-1971), American lawyer. 6 portraits.

Sir Donald Acheson (1926-), Chief Medical Officer. 1 portrait.

Sir James Glasgow Acheson (1889-1973), Colonial administrator. 1 portrait.

Johnson Hamilton Acheson, Rector of All Souls, Langham Place. 8 portraits.

Janet Achurch (1864-1916), Actress. 1 portrait.

Kathy Acker (née Lehman) (1944?-1997), Writer and performance artist. 2 portraits.

Joe Randolph Ackerley (1896-1967), Writer and editor. 7 portraits.

Rudolph Ackermann (1764-1834), Publisher. 1 portrait.

Rodney Ackland (1908-1991), Actor and playwright. 14 portraits.

Desmond James Conrad Ackner, Baron Ackner (1920-), Judge. 1 portrait.

Dame (Dorothy) Elizabeth ('Betty') Ackroyd (1910-1987), Civil servant and consumer rights campaigner. 6 portraits.

Norman Ackroyd (1938-), Artist. 2 portraits.

Peter Ackroyd (1949-), Novelist, biographer and critic. 1 portrait.

William Ackroyd. 1 portrait.

Anne Stella (née Alford), Lady Acland, Wife of Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland, 15th Bt. 3 portraits.

Arthur Henry Dyke Acland (1811-1857), Son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Bt. 4 portraits.

Sir Charles Thomas Dyke Acland, 12th Bt (1842-1919). 2 portraits.

Lady Harriet Acland (1750-1815), Wife of Colonel John Dyke Acland. 3 portraits.

Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, 1st Bt (1815-1900), Physician. 1 portrait.

John Dyke Acland (1746-1778), Soldier and politician. 1 portrait.

Lydia Elizabeth (Hoare), Lady Acland (1786-1856), Wife of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Bt. 6 portraits.

Mary Acland. 1 portrait.

Peter Bevil Edward Acland (1902-1993), Brigadier. 1 portrait.

Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland, 15th Bt (1906-1990), Politician and publicist of 'good causes'. 12 portraits.

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Bt (1787-1871), Philanthropist. 4 portraits.

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Bt (1809-1898), Politician and educational reformer. 5 portraits.

Acland. 1 portrait.

Thomas Acocks (floruit 1844). 1 portrait.

Jacapo Aconcio (Jacopus Acontius) (circa 1520–1566 or 1567), Theologian and military engineer. 1 portrait.

Carlos Acosta (1973-), Ballet dancer. 1 portrait.

Simon Acosta (died 1570), Jesuit Missionary. 1 portrait.

John Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834-1902), Historian and moralist. 2 portraits.

Richard Maximilian Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron Acton (1870-1924), Diplomat. 2 portraits.

Sir Edward Acton (1865-1945), Judge. 2 portraits.

Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton (1904-1994), Author. 4 portraits.

Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th Bt (1736-1811), Prime Minister of Naples. 2 portraits.

Mrs Acton. 2 portraits.

Sir Keith Courtney Acutt (1909-1986), Director of Anglo American Corporation. 5 portraits.

Bernard Acworth (1885-1963), Captain. 1 portrait.

Sir William Mitchell Acworth (1850-1925), Barrister. 3 portraits.

Alexander Adair (1743-1834). 2 portraits.

Sir Allan Henry Shafto Adair (1897-1988), Major-General. 2 portraits.

Allan Shafto Adair (1836-1902), Army officer and Justice of the Peace. 1 portrait.

Arthur Robin Adair (1913-1981), Diplomat. 1 portrait.

James Adair (died 1798), Recorder of London and King's Sergeant. 3 portraits.

Sir Robert Adair (1763-1855), Diplomat. 7 portraits.

Alexander Adam (1741-1809), Rector of High School in Edinburgh; writer. 1 portrait.

Sir Charles Adam (1790-1853), Admiral. 1 portrait.

Sir Frank Forbes Adam, 1st Bt (1846-1926), Industrialist. 1 portrait.

Sir Frederick Adam (1781-1853), General. 1 portrait.

(David Stuart) Gordon Adam (1927-1995), Director of Barclay's Bank Ltd. 1 portrait.

John Adam (1721-1792), Architect; eldest of the Adam brothers. 1 portrait.

Neil Kensington Adam (1891-1973), Professor of chemistry. 1 portrait.

Robert Adam (1728-1792), Architect. 2 portraits.

Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 2nd Bt (1885-1982), General, Chairman and Director-General of British Council and President of the United Nations Association. 7 portraits.

William Adam (1751-1839), Politician. 6 portraits.

Professor Adam, American slavery abolitionist. 4 portraits.

John George Adami (1862-1926), Pathologist. 3 portraits.

John Jackson Adams, 1st Baron Adams (1890-1960), Industrialist. 1 portrait.

Aileen Kirkpatrick Adams (1923-), Emerita Consultant Anaesthetist, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. 6 portraits.

Sir Arthur Robert Adams (1861-1937), Colonial administrator. 3 portraits.

Caroline Adams (died 1889), Actress and dancer. 1 portrait.

Charles Francis Adams Snr (1807-1886), Lawyer, politician, diplomat and writer. 1 portrait.

Charles Kingsley Adams (1899-1971), Director of the National Portrait Gallery. 1 portrait.

Hon. Charlotte Margaret Lothian Adams (née Coats), Daughter of 1st Baron Glentanar; married firstly Hon. William Walrond, secodly Henry William Allen Adams. 1 portrait.

Daniel Adams, Secretary of the Society for Constitutional Information. 1 portrait.

David Morgan Adams (1875-1942), Politician. 3 portraits.

Diana Adams (1926-), Ballerina. 1 portrait.

Douglas Noel Adams (1952-2001), Writer. 1 portrait.

Edward Hamlyn Adams (1777-1842), MP for Carmarthenshire. 1 portrait.

Ena Adams, Huntswoman; Daughter of Norman Adams. 4 portraits.

Sir Ernest Charles Adams (1886-1974), Minister of Pensions and Board of Trade. 5 portraits.

Henry George Homer Adams (1879-1960), Captain. 4 portraits.

James Adams, Golfer. 2 portraits.

John (Jack) Adams (floruit 17th century), Professor of celestial Sciences. 1 portrait.

John Adams (1735-1826), President of the United States; signer of the Declaration of Independence. 1 portrait.

John Adams (circa 1758-1804), Lieutenant and riding master. 1 portrait.

John Couch Adams (1819-1892), Astronomer and mathematician. 2 portraits.

John Harold Adams (1918-), Rear-Admiral. 1 portrait.

Marcus Adams (1875-1959), Photographer. 3 portraits.

Sir Maurice Edward Adams (1901-1982), Civil engineer in Chief of the Admiralty. 2 portraits.

Sir Maurice Henry Adams (1908-1992), Surgeon Major Rear-Admiral. 1 portrait.

(Adrian) Neil Adams (1958-), Judo champion and coach. 1 portrait.

Norman Adams, Huntsman. 3 portraits.

(Harold) Richard Adams (1912-1978), Politician and management consultant. 3 portraits.

Richard George Adams (1920-), Novelist. 2 portraits.

Samuel Adams (1722-1803), Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 1 portrait.

Samuel Vyvyan Trerice Adams (1900-1951), Unionist MP for Leeds West. 2 portraits.

Sarah Flower Adams (1805-1848), Poet and hymn-writer. 1 portrait.

Sir Theodore Samuel Adams (1885-1961), Colonial civil servant. 1 portrait.

Tony Alexander Adams (1966-), Footballer and Football Manager. 1 portrait.

Sir Walter Adams (1906-1975), University administrator. 2 portraits.

William Adams (1814-1848), Church of England clergyman and author. 5 portraits.

William George Stewart Adams (1874-1966), Public servant. 1 portrait.

William Leslie Graham Adams (1901-1963), Rear-Admiral. 3 portraits.

Alexander Adamson (died 1888), Brother of Robert Adamson. 1 portrait.

Mrs Alexander Adamson. 1 portrait.

Estelle Inez Ommanney Adamson (1910-1990), Director of Nursing, St Thomas' Hospital. 1 portrait.

Jennie Laurel Adamson (née Johnston) (1882-1962), Politician. 1 portrait.

John Adamson (1810-1870), Chemist; brother of Robert Adamson. 1 portrait.

John Adamson (1886-1969), Chartered accountant. 1 portrait.

Joy Adamson (née Friederike Viktoria Gessner) (1910-1980), Conservationist and artist. 2 portraits.

Melville Adamson, Sister of Robert Adamson. 1 portrait.

Robert Adamson (1821-1848), Pioneer photographer. 2 portraits.

William Adamson (1863-1936), Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party. 7 portraits.

William Murdoch Adamson (1881-1945), Politician. 2 portraits.

Fleur Adcock (1934-), Poet. 1 portrait.

Sir Frank Ezra Adcock (1886-1968), Historian of Greece and Rome. 2 portraits.

(Arthur) St John Adcock (1864-1930), Literary critic. 1 portrait.

(Arthur) St. John Adcock (1864-1930), Novelist, essayist and journalist. 1 portrait.

Ferdinando d'Adda (1649-1719), Cardinal and Papal Legate. 3 portraits.

Dawn Addams (1930-1985). 1 portrait.

John Gellibrand Hubbard, 3rd Baron Addington (1883-1966), Mayor of Buckingham. 2 portraits.

John Hiley Addington (1759-1818), Politician. 2 portraits.

Sir William Addington (1728-1811), Magistrate at Bow Street. 4 portraits.

Richard Addinsell (1904-1977), Composer. 2 portraits.

Sir Charles Stewart Addis (1861-1945), Director of the Bank of England. 6 portraits.

Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison (1869-1951), Statesman. 13 portraits.

Christopher Addison, 2nd Viscount Addison (1904-1976), Director. 4 portraits.

Edward Barker Addison (1898-1987), Air Vice-Marshal. 1 portrait.

Jacqueline Faith Addison (1944-), Daughter of 2nd Viscount Addison. 3 portraits.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719), Essayist and poet. 23 portraits.

Lancelot Addison (1632-1703), Dean of Lichfield. 1 portrait.

Laura Addison (née Wilmshurst) (1822-1852), Actress. 1 portrait.

William Addy (baptised 1618? - 1695?), Stenographer and writing-master. 3 portraits.

Michael Edward Adeane, Baron Adeane (1910-1984), Private secretary to Queen Elizabeth II. 3 portraits.

Lady Edith Isabella Adeane (née Dalzell) (1843-1909), Wife of Edward Stanley Adeane; Daughter of 10th Earl of Carnwath. 1 portrait.

Lady Elizabeth Philippa Adeane (née Yorke; later Lady Biddulph) (1834-1936), Royal courtier; Widow of Henry John Adeane, and wife of 1st Baron Biddulph; Daughter of 4th Earl of Hardwicke. 1 portrait.

Victor Olufemi Adebowale, Baron Adebowale (1962-), Politician; Chief Executive of Turning Point. 1 portrait.

Ambrose Adekoya Campbell (1919-2006), Siinger, guitarist, percussionist, composer and bandleader. 1 portrait.

Adelaide Amelia Louisa Theresa Caroline of Saxe-Coburg Meiningen (1792-1849), Queen of William IV. 22 portraits.

Princess Adelheid, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1835-1900), Wife of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. 5 portraits.

Sir Ladapo Ademola II (1872-1962), Ruler of Abeokuta. 17 portraits.

Walter Frederick Adeney (1849-1920), Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Church History. 1 portrait.

Sir Adeniji-Adele II, Oba of Lagos (1894-1964), Ruler and Paramount Chief of Lagos. 2 portraits.

Thomas Joseph Edmund Adès (1971-), Composer. 3 portraits.

Edward Adey, Slavery abolitionist. 4 portraits.

Kathryn ('Kate') Adie (1945-), Chief News Correspondent, BBC; Writer. 2 portraits.

David Adjaye (1966-), Architect. 1 portrait.

Thomas Adkin, of Norfolk. 2 portraits.

Nellie Adkins, Actress. 1 portrait.

Lawrence Cecil ('Larry') Adler (1914-2001), Mouth organist. 8 portraits.

Nathan Marcus Adler (1803-1890), Chief rabbi. 1 portrait.

Rodolph Ladeveze Adlercron (1873-1966), Brigadier-General. 4 portraits.

Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1526-1586). 1 portrait.

Princess Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe (née Princess Victoria of Prussia) (1866-1929), Daughter of Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and Princess Victoria; wife of Constantine I of Greece. 9 portraits.

Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), Seventh son of George III. 11 portraits.

Prince Adolphus, Duke of Teck and Marquess of Cambridge (1868-1927), Army officer; Brother of Queen Mary. 6 portraits.

John Adolphus (1768-1845), Barrister and historian. 1 portrait.

Pope Adrian IV (Nicholas Breakspear) (died 1159), Pope (1154-1159). 1 portrait.

Pope Adrian V (Ottobuono de' Fieschi) (circa 1205–1276), Papal official and Pope. 1 portrait.

Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian (1889-1977), Physiologist and chancellor of Cambridge University. 11 portraits.

Max Adrian (Max Bor) (1903-1973), Actor. 3 portraits.

Stanley Davenport Adshead (1868-1946), Architect and professor of town planning. 1 portrait.

Lady Clara Joan Adye (née Williams), Wife of Sir John Adye; daughter of S.C. Evans Williams. 1 portrait.

Sir John Adye (1857-1930), Major-general. 2 portraits.

Sir John Miller Adye (1819-1900), General. 1 portrait.

Stephen Galway Adye (died 1838), General. 1 portrait.

Mrs Aely. 1 portrait.

Aesop of Eton (floruit early 18th century). 1 portrait.

Lady Selina Marguerite Hughes D'Aeth (née Gathorne-Hardy) (1869-1934), Wife of Reginald Hughes D'Aeth; daughter of 2nd Earl of Cranbrook. 2 portraits.

Sir James Affleck, Bt (1758-1833), General. 1 portrait.

Philip Affleck (1729-1799), Admiral. 2 portraits.

Andrée (née Carran), The Begum Aga Khan, Wife of Aga Khan III. 1 portrait.

Aga Khan III (Mohammed Shah) (1877-1957), Leader of the Ismailis; Racehorse owner. 7 portraits.

Lady Caroline Amy Cora Agar (1899-), Daughter of 4th Earl of Normanton. 4 portraits.

Dan Agar (born 1881), Actor. 7 portraits.

Eileen Agar (1899-1991), Painter. 4 portraits.

Sir Francis Agar (1859-1934), Sheriff of London; Lieutenant of the City of London; Deputy Alderman. 1 portrait.

Lady Georgina Mary Elizabeth Agar (1896-1967), Daughter of 4th Earl of Normanton. 3 portraits.

Herbert Sebastian Agar (1897-1980), American author and publisher. 2 portraits.

John Samuel Agar (1770-1858), Engraver. 1 portrait.

Wilfred Eade Agar (1882-1951), Emeritus Professor of Zoology. 1 portrait.

John Agard (1949-), Poet, playwright, performer and anthologist. 1 portrait.

George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover (1797-1833), A founder of the National Gallery. 9 portraits.

Isidore Agasse (floruit early 19th century). 1 portrait.

(Jean) Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873), Zoologist, glaciologist and geologist. 1 portrait.

James Evershed Agate (1877-1947), Drama critic. 16 portraits.

Lucy Aggs (1789?-1853), Quaker philanthropist. 4 portraits.

Thanassis Aghnides (1889-1984), Greek Ambassador to London, 1942-47. 9 portraits.

Gaby Agis (1960-), Dancer and choreographer. 1 portrait.

Sir Francis Arthur Aglen (1869-1932), Inspector-General Maritime Customs, China. 1 portrait.

Henry Aglionby Aglionby (1790-1854), MP for Cockermouth. 1 portrait.

Sir Andrew Agnew, 7th Bt (1793-1849), Sabbatarian. 1 portrait.

Colin Agnew (1922-1975), Art dealer. 1 portrait.

Hon. Doreen Maud Agnew (née Jessel) (1909-), War-time administrative assistant; Wife of Geoffrey William Gerald Agnew; Daughter of 1st Baron Jessel. 1 portrait.

Sir Geoffrey William Gerald Agnew (1908-1986), Art dealer. 1 portrait.

Sir George William Agnew, 2nd Bt (1852-1941), Art publisher. 1 portrait.

Sir (William) Godfrey Agnew (1913-1995), Clerk of the Privy Council. 1 portrait.

Hugh Agnew (1894-1975), Art dealer. 1 portrait.

Sir Patrick Dalreagle Agnew (1868-1925), Civil servant in India. 2 portraits.

Sir Peter Garnett Agnew, 1st Bt (1900-1990), Commander. 1 portrait.

Thomas Agnew (1794-1871), Art dealer. 1 portrait.

Sir William Agnew, 1st Bt (1825-1910), Art dealer. 2 portraits.

Sir William Gladstone Agnew (1898-1960), Vice-Admiral. 4 portraits.

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486-1535), German magician, occult writer, astrologer, and alchemist. 3 portraits.

Mimi Aguglia-Ferrau (1884-1970), Actress. 3 portraits.

Jennifer Ann ('Jenny') Agutter (1952-), Actress. 1 portrait.

Jacqueline ('Jacqui') Agyepong (1969-), Athlete. 2 portraits.

Caroline Aherne (1963-), Comedian and actress. 2 portraits.

Countess Ingegerd Ahlefeldt-Laurvigen (1900-1986), Painter; daughter of Count Preben Ferdinand Danish Envoy. 6 portraits.

Shami Ahmed, Businessman. 1 portrait.

Peter Ahrends (1933-), Architect; co-founder of Ahrend, Burton and Koralek. 1 portrait.

Robert Fordyce Aickman (1914-1981), Short-story writer, editor, author, novelist. 4 portraits.

(Charles) Hamilton Aidé (1826-1906), Novelist and poet. 1 portrait.

Tom Aikens (1970-), Chef. 1 portrait.

Arthur Aikin (1773-1854), Chemist and geologist. 1 portrait.

John Aikin (1747-1822), Physician and author. 3 portraits.

Sir Alexander Aikman (1886-1968), Chartered accountant. 5 portraits.

Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury (1773-1856). 1 portrait.

Maria Elizabeth (Tollemache), Marchioness of Ailesbury (1809-1895), Artist; 2nd wife of Charles Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury. 3 portraits.

George William Frederick Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury (1804-1878), Politician and royal courtier. 4 portraits.

Mary Caroline (née Herbert), Marchioness of Ailesbury (1813-1892), Wife of 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury; Daughter of 11th Earl of Pembroke. 4 portraits.

Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury (1811-1886), MP for Marlborough. 1 portrait.

Chandos Sydney Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, 7th Marquess of Ailesbury (1904-1974), Major and Justice of the Peace. 8 portraits.

Joan Houlton (née Salter), Marchioness of Ailesbury (circa 1904-1937), Wife of 7th Marquess of Ailesbury; Daughter of Stephen Salter. 3 portraits.

Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury (1729-1814). 2 portraits.

Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury and 2nd Earl of Elgin (circa 1626-1685), Lord Chamberlain. 7 portraits.

Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury (1655-1747), Jacobite; courtier. 1 portrait.

Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa (1847-1938), Lord Lieutenant and yachtsman. 2 portraits.

Ailwyn Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn (1855-1924), Politician and landowner. 5 portraits.

Agatha Eleanor Augusta Fellowes (née Jolliffe), Lady Ailwyn (1863-1938), Wife of Ailwyn Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn; daughter of Hedworth Hylton Jolliffe, 2nd Baron Hylton. 3 portraits.

Mildred (née King), Lady Ailwyn, Wife of 2nd Baron Ailwyn; Daughter of Lorraine King. 4 portraits.

Eric William Edward Fellowes, 3rd Baron Ailwyn (1887-1976), Member of House of Lords 1957-72; Deputy Chairman of Committees and Deputy Speaker. 2 portraits.

Anouk Aimée (1932-), Actress. 1 portrait.

Nano or Honora Ainagle (1728-1784), Foundress of the Ursuline convent at Cork. 1 portrait.

Alfred Ainger (1837-1904), Writer, humorist and divine. 1 portrait.

William Ainger, Clergyman. 2 portraits.

Beatrice Ainley (died 1939), Actress. 1 portrait.

Henry Hinchliffe Ainley (1879-1945), Actor. 5 portraits.

Richard Ainley (1910-1967), Actor. 10 portraits.

Sir Thomas Martland Ainscough (1886-1976), Colonial administrator. 1 portrait.

Henry Edward Ainsley. 1 portrait.

Ben Ainslie (1977-), Sailor. 1 portrait.

Esther Ainslie. 1 portrait.

Sir Philip Ainslie (1728-1802), Colonel. 2 portraits.

Charles Ainsworth (1874-1956), Politician and Lieutenant-General. 5 portraits.

Harrison Ainsworth (1888-1965), Newspaper editor. 6 portraits.

Sir Ralph Bignell Ainsworth (1875-1952), Major-General. 5 portraits.

William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882), Novelist. 8 portraits.

Henry Airay (1559-1616), Provost of Queen's College, Oxford. 2 portraits.

Sir John Aird, 1st Bt (1833-1911), Civil engineering contractor. 2 portraits.

Sir John Renton Aird, 3rd Bt (1898-1973), Extra Equerry to Queen Elizabeth II (formerly Extra Equerry to King George VI). 5 portraits.

James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale (1835-1911), Locomotive manufacturer and politician. 1 portrait.

Albert Ernest Kitson, 2nd Baron Airedale of Gledhow (1863-1944), Director of Midland Bank. 1 portrait.

Roland Dudley Kitson, 3rd Baron Airedale of Gledhow (1882-1958), High Sheriff of London. 1 portrait.

Richard Airey, 1st Baron Airey (1803-1881), Army officer. 1 portrait.

Harriett Mary Everard (née Talbot), Lady Airey (died 1881), Wife of 1st Baron Airey; Daughter of 3rd Baron Talbot of Malahide. 1 portrait.

Lady Bridget Georgiana Airey (née Vesey) (1915-), Wife of Sir Terence Sydney Airey; daughter of Hon. Thomas Eustace Vesey. 3 portraits.

Sir Terrence Sydney Airey (1900-1983), Lieutenant-General. 2 portraits.

David William Stanley Ogilvy, 6th Earl of Airlie (1856-1900), Soldier. 2 portraits.

David Lyulph Gore Wolseley, 7th Earl Airlie (1893-1968), Lord Chamberlain. 11 portraits.

Henrietta Blanche (née Stanley), Countess of Airlie (1830-1921), Wife of 7th Earl of Airlie. 1 portrait.

Mabell (Gore), Countess of Airlie (1866-1956), Wife of David Ogilvy, 8th Earl of Airlie. 2 portraits.

David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie (1926-), Lord Chamberlain. 3 portraits.

Sir George Biddell Airy (1801-1892), Astronomer Royal. 12 portraits.

Sir Owen Arthur Aisher (1900-1993), Businessman. 1 portrait.

Aiskew, House of Commons clerk assistant. 1 portrait.

Benjamin Aislabie (1774-1842), Secretary of Marylebone Cricket Club. 1 portrait.

John Aislabie (1670-1742), Chancellor of the Exchequer. 1 portrait.

Craigie Aitchison (1926-), Artist. 2 portraits.

George Aitchison (1825-1910), Architect. 1 portrait.

James Aitchison (1899-1968), Professor of Dental Surgery. 1 portrait.

Alexander Craig Aitken (1895-1967), Professor of Mathematics. 1 portrait.

Sir Arthur Percival Hay ('Peter') Aitken (1905-1984), Chairman of Norwich Union Insurance Group. 2 portraits.

Charles Aitken (1869-1936), Director of the Tate Gallery. 2 portraits.

Jonathan William Patrick Aitken (1942-), Company director; Politician; Newspaper columnist and writer. 2 portraits.

Hon. Max Aitken (1910-1985), President of Express Newspapers. 4 portraits.

Hon. Peter Rudyard Aitken (1912-1947), 2nd son of 1st Baron Beaverbrook and Army captain. 3 portraits.

Sir Robert Stevenson Aitken, Professor of Medicine. 1 portrait.

(Robert) Stanley Aitken (1896-1982), Air Vice-Marshal. 1 portrait.

Lady Ursula Aitken (née Wales), Wife of Sir Arthur Percival Hay ('Peter') Aitken. 2 portraits.

John Aldam Aizlewood (1895-1990), Major-General. 2 portraits.

William Akenham, Clergyman. 1 portrait.

Mark Akenside (1721-1770), Poet and physician. 4 portraits.

Sir Wallace Alan Akers (1888-1954), Research Director of ICI. 1 portrait.

Daphne Akhurst (Mrs R. Cozens) (1903-1933), Australian lawn tennis player. 1 portrait.

Bayly N. Akroyd. 1 portrait.

Edward Akroyd (1810-1887), Industrialist; Philanthropist; Politician. 1 portrait.

Jim Al-Khalili (1962-), Theoretical Nuclear Physicist. 1 portrait.

William Alabaster (1568–1640), Church of England clergyman and writer. 2 portraits.

Prince (Dejatch) Alamayou of Abyssinia (Prince Alemayehu Tewodros of Ethiopia) (1861-1879), Son of King Theodore of Abyssinia (Ethiopia). 4 portraits.

Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883-1963), Field Marshal. 17 portraits.

Benita Brooke, Viscountess Alanbrooke of Brookeborough, Wife of 1st Viscount Alanbrooke. 1 portrait.

Madame Alanova, Dancer. 4 portraits.

John à Lasco (1499–1560), Evangelical reformer. 3 portraits.

Don Miguel Ricardo de Alava (1771-1843), Spanish ambassador. 1 portrait.

Stuart Fitz-James, 17th Duke of Alba (1878-1953), Spanish ambassador to Britain (1939-45). 1 portrait.

Saint Alban (died 305). 1 portrait.

Dame Emma Albani (Marie Louise Emma Cecile Lajeunesse) (1852-1930), Singer. 1 portrait.

Dame Marie Louise Cecilie Emma Albani (née Lajeunesse) (1847-1930), Opera singer. 4 portraits.

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884), Fourth and youngest son of Queen Victoria. 36 portraits.

Princess Helen, Duchess of Albany (1861-1922), Wife of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; daughter of Prince George Victor of Waldeck-Pyrmont. 9 portraits.

Louisa, Countess of Albany (1752-1824), Wife of Prince Charles Edward Stuart. 3 portraits.

Damon Albarn (1968-), Singer; member of Blur; member of Gorillaz. 3 portraits.

George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608-1670), Soldier and statesman. 36 portraits.

Anne, Duchess of Albemarle (died 1670), Wife of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle. 10 portraits.

Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle (1652-1688), Soldier and governor of Jamaica. 11 portraits.

Elizabeth (née Cavendish), Duchess of Albemarle (1654 - 1734), Duchess of Albemarle, Wife to Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle. 1 portrait.

Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle (1669-1718), General. 5 portraits.

William Anne Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle (1702-1754), General and diplomat. 5 portraits.

George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (1724-1772), General. 6 portraits.

William Charles Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle (1772-1849), Master of the Horse. 4 portraits.

George Thomas Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle (1799-1891), Army officer. 1 portrait.

Susan (née Trotter), Countess of Albemarle (died 1885), Wife of 6th Earl of Albemarle; Daughter of Sir Coutts Trotter, 1st Bt. 1 portrait.

Sophia Mary (née MacNab), Countess of Albemarle (1832-1917), Wife of 7th Earl of Albemarle; Daughter of Sir Allan Napier MacNab, 1st Bt. 3 portraits.

Arnold Allan Keppel, 8th Earl of Albemarle (1858-1942), Lord-in-Waiting to the King, 1922-24. 7 portraits.

Gertrude Lucia (née Egerton), Countess of Albemarle (1861-1943), Wife of 8th Earl of Albemarle; daughter of 1st Earl Egerton of Tatton. 5 portraits.

Céleste Alberet, Housekeeper for Marcel Proust. 1 portrait.

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861), Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. 128 portraits.

Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein (1869-1931), 2nd eldest child of Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. 4 portraits.

Saint Albert ('the Great') (circa 1193-1280), Philosopher and theologian. 1 portrait.

Emma Albertazzi (née Howson) (1813-1847), Singer. 4 portraits.

Guglielmo Degli Alberti. 1 portrait.

Viviane ('Viv') Albertine (1955-), Musician. 1 portrait.

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864-1892), Eldest son of Edward VII. 64 portraits.

Sir Bronson James Albery (1881-1971), Theatre director. 14 portraits.

Sir Donald Arthur Rolleston Albery (1914-1988), Chairman and Managing Director, The Wyndham Theatres, Donmar Productions and Piccadilly Theatre Ltd; Director, Anglia Television. 7 portraits.

Ian Bronson Albery (1936-), Chief Executive of Sadler’s Wells, Peacock and Lilian Baylis Theatres. 6 portraits.

Marietta Alboni, Countess Pepoli (née Maria Anna Marzia) (1823-1894), Opera singer. 6 portraits.

Monsieur Albony (floruit 1891), Actor and singer. 1 portrait.

Giambattista Albrizzi (1698-1777), Italian publisher and journalist. 1 portrait.

Austen Harry Albu (1903-1994), Engineer, politician. 6 portraits.

Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester (1821-1895), Naval officer. 1 portrait.

Alfred William Alcock (1859-1933), Zoologist. 2 portraits.

John Alcock (1430-1500), Bishop of Ely. 7 portraits.

John Alcock (1715-1806), Organist of Lichfield Cathedral. 2 portraits.

Sir John William Alcock (1892-1919), Airman; made first non-stop flight across Atlantic. 1 portrait.

Sir (John) Rutherford Alcock (1809-1897), Diplomat. 2 portraits.

Sir Walter Galpin Alcock (1861-1947), Organist and composer. 2 portraits.

Nicholas Alcocke (floruit 1541-died 1550), Surgeon to King Edward VI. 1 portrait.

Sir Percy Alden (1865-1944), Politician and social worker. 7 portraits.

Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham (1819-1907), Director of Bank of England; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. 2 portraits.

Alban George Henry Gibbs, 2nd Baron Aldenham (1846-1936), Politician. 4 portraits.

Gerald Henry Beresford Gibbs, 3rd Baron Aldenham (1879-1939), Businessman. 1 portrait.

Beatrix Elinor Gibbs (née Paul), Lady Aldenham (1891-1978), Daughter of Herbert Woodfield Paul; married firstly Algernon Hyde Villiers; secondly Walter Durant Gibbs, 4th Baron Aldenham. 1 portrait.

Anthony Durant Gibbs, 5th Baron Aldenham (1922-1986), Son of Walter Durant Gibbs, 4th Baron Aldenham. 3 portraits.

Daniel Alder (floruit 1823), Indigo broker. 3 portraits.

G. Alder. 1 portrait.

John Alder (floruit early 18th century), Turkish Prisoner in the Fleet 127. 1 portrait.

Joshua Alder (1792-1867), Zoologist; friend of Thomas Bewick. 1 portrait.

Sir Edward Hall Alderson (1787-1857), Baron of the Exchequer. 2 portraits.

Sir Edward Hall Alderson (1864-1951), Barrister; Clerk Assistant of the Parliaments. 3 portraits.

Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson (1859-1927), Lieutenant-General. 4 portraits.

James Alderson (died 1825), Physician; father of Amelia Opie. 1 portrait.

Robert Alderson (1752-1833), Recorder of Ipswich, Yarmouth and Norwich. 1 portrait.

Catherine B.Alderton (née Robinson), Mayor of Colchester and wife of Archibald Alderton and daughter of T.Robinson. 1 portrait.

John Alderton (1940-), Actor. 2 portraits.

Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin (1870-1935), Artist and illustrator. 1 portrait.

Austin Richard William Low, 1st Baron Aldington (1914-2000), Soldier and politician. 8 portraits.

John Norman Aldington (1905-1987), Chairman of Royal Worcester Ltd. 1 portrait.

(Edward Godfree) Richard Aldington (1892-1962), Poet, critic and novelist. 7 portraits.

Giovanni Aldini (1762-1834), Italian experimental philosopher and writer. 1 portrait.

Brian Wilson Aldiss (1925-), Writer and critic. 4 portraits.

Thomas Aldredge, American actor. 1 portrait.

Henry Aldrich (1647-1710), Dean of Christ Church. 6 portraits.

Richard Stoddard Aldrich, Theatre producer; lieutenant-commander USNR; husband of Gertrude Lawrence. 1 portrait.

William Aldrich, Lord Mayor of Dublin 1740-2. 2 portraits.

Winthrop Williams Aldrich (1885-1974), Banker, lawyer and American ambassador in London. 2 portraits.

Albert E. Aldridge, Director of Ever Ready Trust Co. Ltd. 1 portrait.

Ira Aldridge (1804 or 1807-1867), Actor. 3 portraits.

John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge (1905-1983), Painter and illustrator. 1 portrait.

Rodney ('Rod') Aldridge (1947-), Executive Chairman, The Capita Group plc. 1 portrait.

William Aldridge (1584 - 1698), Centenarian. 1 portrait.

Igor Aleksander (1937-), Head of Intelligent and Interactive Systems at Imperial College. 1 portrait.

Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783), Encyclopaedist. 1 portrait.

Ferdinand Philippe Marie d'Orléans, Duke of Alençon (1844-1910), Foreign dignitary; Second son of Louis d'Orleans, Duc de Nemours. 5 portraits.

Pope Alexander III, (Rolando Bandinelli) (circa 1105-1181), Pope 1159-81. 1 portrait.

Alexander I, Tsar of Russia (1777-1825), Reigned 1801-1825. 3 portraits.

Alexander II (1818-1881), Tsar of Russia. 2 portraits.

Alexander II, Emperor of Russia (1818-1881), Reigned 1855-1881. 2 portraits.

Alexander III, Emperor of Russia (1845-1894), Reigned 1881-1894. 3 portraits.

Alexander, Prince of Bulgaria (1857-1893), Army commander; Son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine. 1 portrait.

Prince Alexander Cambridge, Earl of Athlone (1874-1957), Army officer and governor-General of South Africa and of Canada. 15 portraits.

King Alexander of Yugoslavia (1900-1934), Ruler of Yugoslavia; Crown Prince of Serbia. 1 portrait.

Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough (1885-1965), Politician. 24 portraits.

Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891-1969), Field Marshal. 25 portraits.

Robert Scott Alexander, Baron Alexander of Weedon (1936-2005), Barrister; Banker; Politician. 8 portraits.

Lady Mary Beatrice Alexander (née Thynne) (1903-1974), Lady of the Bedchamber to HM The Queen; Former wife of 3rd Baron Nunburnholme and wife of Sir (James) Ulick Francis Canning Alexander; Daughter of 5th Marquess of Bath. 4 portraits.

Alexander Alexander (floruit 1830), Scottish traveller. 2 portraits.

Bill Alexander (1910-2000), Committee member of the International Brigade Association; Chemist. 1 portrait.

Daniel Asher Alexander (1768-1846), Architect. 1 portrait.

Douglas Garven Alexander (1967-), Politician. 1 portrait.

Elizabeth Alexander (born 1702), Centenarian. 2 portraits.

Elsa Mary (née Collett), Lady Alexander (died 1959), Daughter of Sir Charles Collett, 1st Bt; wife of Sir Frank (Samuel) Alexander, 1st Bt. 1 portrait.

Florence Theleur, Lady Alexander (died 1946), Wife of actor Sir George Alexander. 4 portraits.

Sir Frank (Samuel) Alexander, 1st Bt (1881-1959), Shipbroker and Shipowner. 2 portraits.

Sir George Alexander (George Alexander Gibb Samson) (1858-1918), Actor and theatre manager. 10 portraits.

George William Alexander (1802-1890), Treasurer of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. 4 portraits.

Henry Templer Alexander (1911-1977), Major-General. 1 portrait.

Hon. Herbrand Charles Alexander (1888-1965), Lieutenant-Colonel; son of 4th Earl of Caledon. 4 portraits.

James Edward Alexander (floruit 1827), Soldier. 1 portrait.

John Alexander (1792-1868), Minister of Prince's St Chapel, Norwich. 2 portraits.

John Alexander (floruit 1830). 2 portraits.

John Henry Alexander. 1 portrait.

J. Alexander (floruit 1830). 2 portraits.

Maurice Alexander (1889-1945), Politician. 1 portrait.

Pat Alexander, Tavern keeper. 1 portrait.

Peter Alexander (died 1969), Regius Professor of English Language and Literature. 1 portrait.

Robert Love Alexander (1913-1993), Rear-Admiral. 1 portrait.

(Robert) McNeill Alexander (1934-), Professor of Zoology, University of Leeds. 1 portrait.

Samuel Alexander (1859-1938), Philosopher. 5 portraits.

Sarah Alexander (1971-), Television presenter and actress. 1 portrait.

Sidney Arthur Alexander (1866-1948), Canon and Treasurer of St Paul's Cathedral. 1 portrait.

Stanley Walter Alexander (1895-1980), Financial journalist and editor. 6 portraits.

Sir Ulick Alexander (1889-1973), Extra Equerry to the Queen. 1 portrait.

Mrs Walter Alexander, Wife of Walter Alexander. 2 portraits.

Sir William Alexander (1874-1954), Brigadier-General. 4 portraits.

William Lindsay Alexander (1808-1884), Congregational minister. 1 portrait.

Davina Mary Alexander (née Woodhouse), Countess Alexander of Tunis (1955-), Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Margaret and wife of 2nd Earl Alexander of Tunis. 7 portraits.

Sir Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair (1865-1945), Admiral. 1 portrait.

Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925), Queen of Edward VII. 200 portraits.

Alexandra, Empress of Russia (née Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine) (1872-1918), Consort of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia; Daughter of Princess Alice and granddaughter of Queen Victoria. 4 portraits.

Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1878-1942), Daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh; wife of Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. 5 portraits.

Princess Alexandra, Princess Arthur of Connaught (1891-1959), Wife of Prince Arthur of Connaught; Daughter of Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife. 7 portraits.

Princess Alexandra, Lady Ogilvy (1936-), Cousin of Queen Elizabeth II; wife of Sir Angus Ogilvy. 12 portraits.

Queen Alexandrine of Denmark (née Crown Princess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin) (1879-1952), Queen of King Christian X of Denmark. 2 portraits.

Elisaveta Fabrizievna (née Ruffo), Princess Alexandrovitch of Russia (1887-1940), Wife of Prince Andrew Alexandrovitch of Russia; daughter of Don Fabrizio Ruffo, Duke of Sasso-Ruffo. 6 portraits.

Prince Andrew Alexandrovitch of Russia (1897-1981), Grandson of Tsar Nicholas I. 4 portraits.

Madame Olga Alexeeva, Russian Dancer. 7 portraits.

Alexei Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia (1850-1908), Naval commander; Son of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia. 1 portrait.

Alexei, Tsarevich and Grand Duke of Russia (1904-1918), Heir apparent and son of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia. 1 portrait.

Princess Alexis Obolensky, Wife of Prince Alexis and mother of Prince Alexander. 2 portraits.

Prince Alexis Obolensky, Singer; father of Prince Alexander. 3 portraits.

Prince Alexis Obolensky II (1916-1940), Rugby player. 2 portraits.

R.A. Alexis. 5 portraits.

Frederick John Alfieri (1892-1961), Major-General. 1 portrait.

Vittorio Alfieri (1749-1803), Poet. 3 portraits.

Alfonso XII, King of Spain (1857-1885), Reigned 1874-1885. 3 portraits.

Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886-1941), Reigned 1886-1931. 9 portraits.

Infante Alfonso de Borbón y Battenberg, Count of Covadonga (1907-1938), Son of Alfonso XIII, KIng of Spain. 7 portraits.

Marianne Margaret (née Compton), Viscountess Alford (Lady Marian Alford) (1817-1888), Art patron and writer on needlework; First wife of John Hume Cust, Viscount Alford; Daughter of 2nd Marquess of Northampton. 2 portraits.

Henry Alford (1810-1871), Dean of Canterbury and biblical scholar. 2 portraits.

Sir Robert Edmund Alford (1904-1979), Colonial administrator. 1 portrait.

King Alfred ('The Great') (849-901), King of the West Saxons. 12 portraits.

Prince Alfred (1780-1782), Son of George III. 3 portraits.

Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), Naval officer; Second son of Queen Victoria. 52 portraits.

Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874-1899), Only son of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. 3 portraits.

Mohammed Ali (1909-1963), Prime Minister of Pakistan. 4 portraits.

Monica Ali (1967-), Novelist. 1 portrait.

Muhammad Ali (1942-), Boxer. 2 portraits.

Tariq Ali (1943-), Former student activist; writer and film producer. 3 portraits.

Lady Allia Abbas Ali Baig, Daughter of Shaikh Ali Abdulla, Uncle of the Sultan of Bahrein. 1 portrait.

Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-1878), Third child of Queen Victoria; wife of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. 80 portraits.

Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883-1981), Wife of Prince Alexander of Teck, 1st Earl of Athlone; Daughter of Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany. 8 portraits.

Princess Alice of Greece and Denmark (1885-1969), Wife of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark; mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. 1 portrait.

Prince Naseem (Naseem Salom Ali Hamed) (1974-), Boxer. 1 portrait.

Henry Gerard Sturt, 1st Baron Alington (1825-1904), Politician, sportsman and landowner. 2 portraits.

Augusta (née Bingham), Lady Alington (1832-1888), Wife of 1st Baron Alington; Daughter of 3rd Earl of Lucan. 2 portraits.

Mary Sibell Sturt (née Ashley-Cooper), Lady Alington (died 1940), Wife of 3rd Baron Alington; daughter of 9th Earl of Shaftesbury. 1 portrait.

Cyril Argentine Alington (1872-1955), Headmaster and dean of Durham. 3 portraits.

Archibald Alison (1757-1839), Prebendary of Salisbury; author of 'Essays on Taste'. 3 portraits.

Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Bt (1792-1867), Historian and lawyer. 6 portraits.

Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Bt (1826-1907), General. 2 portraits.

Michael James Hugh Alison (1926-2004), Politician. 7 portraits.

William Pulteney Alison (1790-1859), Physician. 4 portraits.

Colonel Alison. 1 portrait.

Ali Al-Karim, The Sultan of Lahej (circa 1922-), Muslim Dynasty of Yemen. 1 portrait.

John Hillary Allaire (died 1866), Army officer. 1 portrait.

Robert Alexander Allan, Baron Allan of Kilmahew (1914-1979), Politician and shipowner. 3 portraits.

Adrianne Allan (1907-1993), Actress. 2 portraits.

Ann Allan (née Nicholson) (1741-1787), First wife of George Allan. 1 portrait.

Anthony David ('Tony') Allan (1964-), Businessman. 1 portrait.

Elizabeth Allan (1910-1990), Actress. 3 portraits.

George Allan (1736-1800), Antiquary and topographer. 2 portraits.

Maud Allan (1873-1956), Dancer. 2 portraits.

Mrs Robert Allan, Wife of Robert Allan. 1 portrait.

Sir William Allan (1782-1850), Painter; President of the Royal Scottish Academy. 5 portraits.

Sir William Allan (1837-1903), Engineer and politician. 1 portrait.

Christopher Gibson Allanby (died 1917), Archdeacon. 1 portrait.

John Valentine Allanson-Winn (1904-), 4th son of Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley. 6 portraits.

Robert Barclay Allardice (1779-1854), Pedestrian. 5 portraits.

Lady Elsie Elizabeth Allardyce (née Stewart), 2nd wife of Sir William Lamond Allardyce; previous wife of Adam Goodfellow; daughter of James Stewart. 3 portraits.

Sir William Lamond Allardyce (1861-1930), Commissioner and colonial secretary. 2 portraits.

Theodore Edward le Bouthillier ('Ted') Allbeury (1917-2005), Spy novelist. 1 portrait.

Sir Thomas Clifford Allbutt (1836-1925), Professor of Physic, University of Cambridge. 2 portraits.

Sir Geoffrey Cuthbert Allchin (1895-1968), Ambassador. 1 portrait.

Maddalena Allegranti (1755-1829), Italian soprano. 2 portraits.

Marc Allégret (1900-1973), Film director. 2 portraits.

Joshua William Allen, 6th Viscount Allen (1791-1845), Soldier. 2 portraits.

Philip Allen, Baron Allen of Abbeydale (1912-), Second Secretary, HM Treasury. 1 portrait.

(Reginald) Clifford Allen, 1st Baron Allen of Hurtwood (1889-1939), Politician and peace campaigner. 2 portraits.

Reginald Clifford Allen, 1st Baron Allen of Hurtwood (1889-1939), Labour politician. 2 portraits.

Archibald J.Allen, Mayor of Kensington. 2 portraits.

Arthur Acland Allen (1868-1939), Politician. 2 portraits.

Sir Bertram Cowles Allen (1875-1957), Rear-Admiral. 1 portrait.

Sir Carleton Kemp Allen (1887-1966), Legal scholar. 2 portraits.

Charles Peter Allen (1861-1930), Politician, newspaper proprietor and barrister-at-law. 2 portraits.

Dave Allen (David Tynan O'Mahoney) (1936-2005), Comedian. 1 portrait.

Sir Donald Richard Allen (1894-1983), Clerk to Trustees of London Parochial Charities. 2 portraits.

Edgar Johnson Allen (1866-1942), Marine biologist. 1 portrait.

Elias Allen (circa 1588-1653), Mathematical instrument maker. 2 portraits.

Geoffrey Francis Allen (1902-1982), Bishop of Derby. 10 portraits.

Sir (Albert) George Allen (1888-1956), Private Solicitor to King Edward VIII. 1 portrait.

George Cyril Allen (1900-1982), Economist. 3 portraits.

Sir George Cyril Allen (1900-1982), Emeritus Professor of Political Economy. 1 portrait.

Sir George Vance Allen (1894-1970), Bacteriologist. 1 portrait.

(Charles) Grant Blairfindie Allen (1848-1899), Writer on science and novelist. 3 portraits.

Herbert Stanley Allen (1873-1954), Professor of Natural Philosophy. 1 portrait.

Sir Hugh Percy Allen (1869-1946), Musician and musical statesman. 4 portraits.

Sir James Allen (1855-1942), New Zealand statesman. 6 portraits.

John Allen (1771-1843), Historian. 1 portrait.

Kitty Allen, Actress. 1 portrait.

Lancelot Baugh Allen (1775-1845), Master of Dulwich College; London Police Magistrate. 2 portraits.

Mary Sophia Allen (1878-1964), Founder and Commandant of Women Police in London. 1 portrait.

Percy Stafford Allen (1869-1933), President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. 5 portraits.

Lady Phyllis Edith Allen (née King) (1897-1947), Wife of William Edward David Allen; daughter of 3rd Earl of Lovelace. 8 portraits.

Ralph Allen (1694-1763), Philanthropist; 'The Man of Bath'. 5 portraits.

Richard Allen (1787-1873), Slavery abolitionist. 4 portraits.

Sir Richard Hugh Sedley Allen (1903-1996), British ambassador to Burma. 1 portrait.

Sir Richard William Allen (1867-1955), Chairman of W. H. Allen, Sons & Co. 1 portrait.

Sir Roger Allen (1909-1972), Diplomat. 1 portrait.

Sir Ronald Wilberforce Allen (1889-1936), Politician. 1 portrait.

Sir Roy George Douglas Allen (1906-1983), Professor of Statistics. 1 portrait.

Stafford Allen (1806-1889), Slavery abolitionist. 4 portraits.

Sydney Scholefield Allen (1898-1974), Politician. 1 portrait.

Thomas Allen (1540?–1632), Mathematician and antiquary. 1 portrait.

Thomas William Allen (1862-1950), Fellow of the British Academy. 1 portrait.

Walter Godfrey Allen (1891-1986), Architect. 4 portraits.

Sir Walter Macarthur Allen (1870-1943), Commandant-in-Chief Metropolitan Special Constabulary. 5 portraits.

Sir William Allen (1866-1947), Lieutenant-Colonel and politician. 3 portraits.

William Allen (1793-1864), Rear-Admiral. 1 portrait.

William Allen (1770-1843), Chemist and philanthropist. 9 portraits.

William Allen (1532-1594), Cardinal. 6 portraits.

William Gilbert Allen (1892-1970), Chartered accountant. 1 portrait.

Sir (William) Kenneth Gwynne Allen (1907-2000), Engineer; President of the British Engineers Association. 2 portraits.

William Philip Allen (1888-1958), British Transport Commission. 1 portrait.

Woody Allen (1935-), Actor, writer and film director. 1 portrait.

Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861-1936), Field Marshal. 29 portraits.

Adelaide Mabel Allenby (née Chapman), Viscountess Allenby of Megiddo (died 1942), Wife of 1st Viscount Allenby of Megiddo. 4 portraits.

(David Howard) Nicholas Allenby (1909-1995), Bishop. 3 portraits.

Alexandria Louis Maud Vane-Tempest, Viscountess Allendale (1863-1945), Wife of 1st Viscount Allendale; daughter of 5th Marquess of Londonderry. 4 portraits.

Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont Allendale (1890-1956). 1 portrait.

G. Mander Allender. 1 portrait.

Sir Arthur John Allen-Williams (1869-1949), Brigadier-General. 3 portraits.

Richard Allestree (1619-1681), Royalist divine. 4 portraits.

Edward Alleyn (1566-1626), Actor and founder of Dulwich College. 4 portraits.

Lady Alice Violet Alleyne (née Campbell) (died 1985), Wife of Sir John Meynell Alleyne, 4th Bt; daughter of James Campbell. 3 portraits.

Captain Allgood. 1 portrait.

Hon. Claudia Violet Allhusen (née Betterton) (1917-), Wife of Derek Swithin Allhusen; Daughter of 1st and last Baron Rushcliffe. 2 portraits.

Derek Swithin Allhusen (1914-2000), Horse rider; Farmer; Soldier. 2 portraits.

Michael Christian Allhusen (1938-1960), Son of Derek Swithin Allhusen. 2 portraits.

Timothy Frederick Allhusen (1942-), Son of Derek Swithin Allhusen. 2 portraits.

Waheed Alli, Baron Alli (1964-), Television producer; Politician. 1 portrait.

Thomas Edward Allibone (1903-2003), Professor of Electrical Engineering. 1 portrait.

Frederic Allin (floruit 1845), Dissenting minister. 2 portraits.

Sir Thomas Allin, 1st Bt. (baptised 1612 - 1685), Naval Officer. 3 portraits.

Henry Allingham (1896-), Aircraft mechanic and car designer. 1 portrait.

Margery Louise Allingham (1904-1966), Crime writer and novelist. 27 portraits.

William Allingham (1824-1889), Poet. 1 portrait.

Edward Allington, Artist. 1 portrait.

Sir Giles Allington, landowner. 1 portrait.

HIlderband Allington, 3rd Lord Allington of Killard (1641-1723), nobleman. 1 portrait.

George Allison, Football manager (Arsenal). 1 portrait.

Philip Rowland Allison (1907-1974), Consulting surgeon. 16 portraits.

Sir Richard John Allison (1869-1958), Architect. 1 portrait.

Richard Sydney Allison (1899-1978), Neurologist. 6 portraits.

Sherard Falkner Allison (1907-1993), Bishop of Winchester. 2 portraits.

Mr Allisson. 2 portraits.

Charles Allix (1787-1862), Colonel. 1 portrait.

Hon. Hilda Allix (née Strutt) (1879-1923), Wife of Charles Israel Loraine Allix; daughter of 2nd Baron Belper. 2 portraits.

George James Allman (1812-1898), Botanist and zoologist. 3 portraits.

Arthur John Allmand (1885-1951), Professor of Chemistry. 1 portrait.

Gillian Allnutt (1949-), Poet. 1 portrait.

Sir Charles Carrick Allom (1865-1947), Architect. 1 portrait.

Henry Allon (1818-1892), Congregational minister and leader. 1 portrait.

Eric Newmarch Allott (1899-1980), Consultant Adviser in Chemical Pathology, Ministry of Health. 7 portraits.

Lawrence Alloway (1926-1990), Gallerist and critic. 1 portrait.

Hon. George Higginson Allsopp (1846-1907), Politician and company director; Son of 1st Baron Hindlip. 1 portrait.

Antonio Ally (1973-), Diver. 1 portrait.

William Almack (1741-1781), Founder of Almack's Ballroom. 1 portrait.

Laura, Lady Alma-Tadema (1852-1909), Painter; second wife of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. 2 portraits.

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), Painter. 25 portraits.

Edith Martha Almedingen, Writer. 7 portraits.

Darren Almond (1971-), Artist. 1 portrait.

Marc Almond (1957-), Pop musician. 1 portrait.

Olga Marie Munro (née Grumler), Lady Alness (died 1981), 2nd wife of Robert Munro, Baron Alness. 1 portrait.

Robert Munro, Baron Alness (1868-1955), Politician. 7 portraits.

Cuthbert James McCall ('Cub') Alport, Baron Alport (1912-1998), Politician. 10 portraits.

Cuthbert James McCall Alport, Baron Alport (1912-1998), Politician. 2 portraits.

Rachel Cecilia (née Bingham), Lady Alport (1917-1983), Wife of Baron Alport; Daughter of Ralph Charles Bingham and granddaughter of 4th Earl of Lucan. 11 portraits.

Thomas Massa Alsager (1779-1846), Journalist and musician. 2 portraits.

George Alsop (born 1638), Writer. 5 portraits.

Robert Alsop (died 1785), Alderman. 1 portrait.

Thomas Alsop (floruit 1541-1547), Apothecary to King Henry VIII. 1 portrait.

William Allen Alsop (1947-), Architect. 3 portraits.

Stanley Alstead (1905-1992), Physician. 6 portraits.

Sir Francis Beilby Alston (1820-1905), Diplomat. 1 portrait.

Sir Charles Alten, Count von Alten (1764-1840), Hanoverian general. 1 portrait.

Gerald ('Gerry') Altmann (1960-), Psychologist. 1 portrait.

David Patrick Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool (1951-), Politician. 1 portrait.

Bindo Altovitu. 1 portrait.

Edward William Macleay Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham (1879-1955), Colonial administrator, politician and editor of the 'National Review'. 11 portraits.

Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley (1744-1804), Judge. 14 portraits.

William Arden, 2nd Baron Alvanley (1789-1849), Soldier. 4 portraits.

Vincenti Alvar (died 1606), Jesuit Missionary. 1 portrait.

Alvarus (died 1571), Jesuit Missionary. 1 portrait.

Emmanuel Alvarus (died 1570), Jesuit Missionary. 1 portrait.

Ferdinandus Alvarus (died 1571), Jesuit Missionary. 1 portrait.

Franciscus Alvarus (died 1570), Jesuit Missionary. 1 portrait.

Gaspar Alvarus (died 1570), Jesuit Missionary. 1 portrait.

Richard Everard Webster, Viscount Alverstone (1842-1915), Lord Chief Justice. 8 portraits.

Juliette Louise Alvin (died 1982), Violoncellist, Viola Da Gamba player and music therapist. 3 portraits.

Robert Daniel Thwaites Yerburgh, 1st Baron Alvingham (1889-1955), Politician. 3 portraits.

William Alwyn (1905-1985), Composer. 1 portrait.

Eric Clifford Ambler (1909-1998), Novelist. 3 portraits.

Isaac Ambrose (baptised 1604 - 1664), Puritan Divine. 1 portrait.

Marsha Ambrosius (1976-), Singer and songwriter; member of 'Floetry'. 1 portrait.

Mary Anne (née Clementson), Lady Amcotts-Ingilby (circa 1817-1902), Second wife of Sir William Amcotts-Ingilby, 2nd Bt; Daughter of John Clementson. 1 portrait.

Syed Ameer Ali (1849-1928), Indian jurist and Islamic leader. 4 portraits.

Princess Amelia Sophia Eleanora (1711-1786), Second daughter of George II. 6 portraits.

Princess Amelia (1783-1810), 6th daughter of George III. 9 portraits.

Amélie Marie Louise Hélène of Orleans, Queen of Portugal (1865-1951), Consort of Carlos I, King of Portugal. 4 portraits.

(Harold) Julian Amery, Baron Amery of Lustleigh (1919-1996), Politician. 22 portraits.

Lady Florence Amery (née Greenwood), Wife of Leopold Stennett Avery; Daughter of John Hamar Greenwood. 1 portrait.

John Amery (1912-1945), Film director; son of politician Leopold Amery. 4 portraits.

Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery (1873-1955), Secretary of State for India and writer. 18 portraits.

Joseph Ames (1689-1759), Antiquary. 3 portraits.

Percy W. Ames (1853-1919), Secretary of Royal Society of Literature. 1 portrait.

William Ames (1576-1633), Puritan divine. 4 portraits.

Charles Dundas, Baron Amesbury (1751-1832), Politician. 1 portrait.

Christopher ('Chris') Amey (1945-), Head of Safety and Security, National Portrait Gallery. 1 portrait.

Amha Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (1916-1997), Foreign dignitary; son of Haile Selassie I. 3 portraits.

William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan (1773-1857), Statesman; Governor-General of India. 5 portraits.

William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst of Arracan (1805-1886), MP for East Grinstead. 1 portrait.

William Archer Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst (1836-1910), Politician. 2 portraits.

Eleanor Clementina St Aubyn, Countess Amherst (died 1960), Wife of 4th Earl Amherst; daughter of 1st Lord St Levan. 1 portrait.

Jeffery John Archer Amherst, 5th Earl Amherst (1896-1993), Pilot, businessman, journalist and author. 1 portrait.

Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797), Field Marshal. 6 portraits.

Hon. Humphrey William Amherst (1903-), District Commissioner, Gold Coast and 2nd son of 4th Earl Amherst. 2 portraits.

Gladys Cecil (née Baggallay), Lady Amherst of Hackney (died 1947), Wife of William Amherst Cecil; daughter of Henry Charles Baggallay. 4 portraits.

Nicholas Amhurst (1697-1742), Poet and political writer; 'Caleb D'Anvers'. 2 portraits.

Barbara Amiel (1940-), Journalist and writer. 1 portrait.

Sir (Edwin) Hardy Amies (1909-2003), Couturier. 11 portraits.

Peter Emanuel Amigo (1864-1949), Archbishop of Southwark. 4 portraits.

Sir Kingsley William Amis (1922-1995), Novelist. 21 portraits.

Martin Louis Amis (1949-), Novelist; son of Sir Kingsley Amis. 15 portraits.

Charles George Ammon, 1st Baron Ammon (1873-1960), MP. 9 portraits.

Charles Amoah, Brother-in-law of Sir Samuel Quashie-Idun. 1 portrait.

Derrick Heathcoat Amory, 1st Viscount Amory (1899-1981), Government Minister; Chancellor of the Exchequer. 1 portrait.

Derick Heathcoat Amory, 1st Viscount Amory (1899-1981), Industrialist and politician. 4 portraits.

Sir Maurice Sheldon Amos (1872-1940), Judge in Egypt. 1 portrait.

Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos of Brondesbury (1954-), Chief Executive of the Equal Opportunities Commission; Government Whip, House of Lords. 2 portraits.

François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé (1739-1800), French statesman. 1 portrait.

André Marie Ampere (1775-1836), Physicist. 1 portrait.

Sir Richard Paul Amphlett (1809-1883), Judge. 1 portrait.

Arthur Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill (1869-1935), Lieutenant-Colonel. 14 portraits.

Margaret Lygon Russell, Lady Ampthill (1874-1957), Wife of the 2nd Baron; daughter of the 6th Earl Beauchamp. 4 portraits.

Leopold Oliver Ampthill (1907-1988), Director-General of Cement and Concrete Association. 2 portraits.

William Warrender MacKenzie, 1st Baron Amulree (1860-1942), Lawyer and industrial abitrator. 4 portraits.

Basil William Shotto Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Amulree (1900-1983), Liberal Whip House of Lords 1955-77. 1 portrait.

Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell of Islington (1876-1966), Labour politician. 8 portraits.

Mulk Raj Anand (1905-2004), Writer and critic. 2 portraits.

Anastasia, Grand Duchess of Russia (1901-1918), Daughter of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia. 1 portrait.

Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster (1714-1793). 1 portrait.

Mary (Panton), Duchess of Ancaster (died 1793), Wife of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster. 12 portraits.

Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster (1830-1910), Politician. 4 portraits.

Evelyn Elizabeth (née Gordon), Countess of Ancaster (1846-1921), Wife of 1st Earl of Ancaster; Daughter of 10th Marquess of Huntly. 2 portraits.

Gilbert Heathcote Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster (1867-1951), Lord Great Chamberlain 1937-50. 4 portraits.

Nancy Phyllis Louise Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby (née Astor), Countess of Ancaster (1909-1975), Daughter of 2nd Viscount Astor; wife of Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster. 1 portrait.

Robert Bertie, 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (1756-1779), Politician. 1 portrait.

Robert Ker, 1st Earl of Ancram (1578–1654), Courtier and politician. 1 portrait.

Anne Ker (née Stanley), Countess of Ancram, 2nd wife of Robert Ker, Earl of Ancram; daughter of William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby. 2 portraits.

Aloys Ander (1821-1864), Singer with the Royal Italian Opera. 2 portraits.

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Writer. 2 portraits.

Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea (1939-), Barrister; Politician. 6 portraits.

Dame Adelaide Mary Anderson (1863-1936), Civil servant. 1 portrait.

Sir Alan Garrett Anderson (1877-1952), Shipowner and public servant. 2 portraits.

Sir Alexander James Anderson (1879-1965), Vice-Chairman of Commissioners for the Port of Rangoon. 2 portraits.

Alexander Vass Anderson (1895-1963), Major-General. 1 portrait.

Alfred Anderson (1896-), Sergeant; later a city council clerk. 1 portrait.

Arthur Anderson, Librettist, lyricist and adapter. 1 portrait.

Sir Athol Lancelot Anderson (1875-1955), Civil engineer. 1 portrait.

Austin Thomas Anderson (1868-1949), Brigadier-General. 3 portraits.

Carol Anderson, Fashion model. 1 portrait.

Clive Stuart Anderson (1952-), Comedian, radio and television writer and presenter; Barrister. 2 portraits.

Sir Colin (Skelton) Anderson (1904-1980), Museum trustee. 1 portrait.

David Anderson. 1 portrait.

Sir David Anderson (1880-1953), Lawyer and civil engineer. 2 portraits.

David Colville Anderson (1916-1995), Lecturer in Scots Law, Edinburgh University and politician. 2 portraits.

David Dick Anderson (1889-1980), HM Chief Inspector of Schools. 2 portraits.

Sir Desmond (Francis) Anderson (1885-1967), Lieutenant-general. 2 portraits.

Sir Donald Forsyth Anderson (1906-1973), Director of National Westminster Bank Ltd. 3 portraits.

Sir Duncan Law Anderson (1901-1980), Consulting civil engineer. 1 portrait.

Sir Edmund Anderson (1530?-1605), Lord Chief Justice. 4 portraits.

Edward William Anderson (1901-1981), Professor of Psychiatry. 2 portraits.

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917), Physician. 2 portraits.

(William) Eric Anderson (1936-), Chairman of the Heritage Lottery Fund. 1 portrait.

Lady Flavia Joan Lucy Anderson (née Giffard) (1910-1998), Daughter of Hardinge Goulburn Giffard, 2nd Earl of Halsbury. 1 portrait.

Francis Anderson (floruit 1802), Writer to the Signet. 1 portrait.

Sir Francis James Anderson (1888-1920), Brigadier-General. 3 portraits.

George Cranston Anderson (1879-1944), Secretary of British Medical Association. 1 portrait.

George David Anderson (1913-1983), HM Diplomatic Service. 1 portrait.

Helena Anderson. 1 portrait.

Sir James Anderson (1824-1893), Engineer. 1 portrait.

James Anderson (1738-1809), Botanist, agriculturalist and physician in India. 7 portraits.

James Anderson (1739-1808), Economist. 1 portrait.

James Anderson (1802-1888), Barrister. 1 portrait.

Sir James Drummond Anderson (1886-1968), Indian civil servant. 2 portraits.

James Robertson Anderson (1811-1895), Actor and theatre manager. 1 portrait.

James Stuart Murray Anderson (1800-1869), Clergyman. 4 portraits.

Jane Anderson. 1 portrait.

Janet Anderson (1949-), Politician. 1 portrait.

Jim Anderson, Editor of Oz magazine. 1 portrait.

John Anderson, Falconer. 1 portrait.

Sir John Anderson (1858-1918), Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon. 2 portraits.

Sir John D'Arcy Anderson (1908-1988), Director-General of Military Training. 23 portraits.

Dame Frances Margaret ('Judith') Anderson (1898-1992), Actress. 1 portrait.

Julian Anderson (1967-), Composer. 1 portrait.

Sir Kenneth Anderson (1906-1992), Civil servant. 2 portraits.

Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson (1891-1959), General. 4 portraits.

Sir Kenneth Skelton Anderson, 1st Bt (1866-1942), Manager and Director of Shipping Company. 4 portraits.

Dame Kitty Anderson (1903-1979), Headmistress. 4 portraits.

Lindsay Gordon Anderson (1923-1994), Film, television and stage director. 8 portraits.

Louisa Garrett Anderson (1873-1943), Fellow of Royal Society of Medicine. 2 portraits.

Lucy Anderson (née Philpot) (1790-1878), Music teacher to Queen Victoria. 4 portraits.

Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) (1859-1940), Actress. 17 portraits.

Sir (David) Murray Anderson (1874-1936), Admiral. 1 portrait.

Sir Neville Anderson (1881-1963), Lieutenant-Colonel. 1 portrait.

Mrs Rex Anderson, American society portrait painter. 1 portrait.

Richard Henry Anderson (1821-1879), Soldier. 1 portrait.

Sir Richard Neville Anderson (1907-1979), Lieutenant-General. 1 portrait.

Robert Anderson (1792-1843), Clergyman. 2 portraits.

Sir Robert Anderson (1841-1918), Barrister-at-law. 1 portrait.

Robert Geoffrey William Anderson (1944-), Director of the British Museum. 1 portrait.

Rona Anderson (1926-), Actress. 2 portraits.

Hon. Rosamond Anderson (née Tufton) (1877-1957), Wife of Stuart Gordon Anderson; daughter of Henry James Tufton, 1st Baron Hothfield. 2 portraits.

Samuel Anderson, Actor. 1 portrait.

Stanley Arthur Charles Anderson (1884-1966), Engraver, etcher and watercolour painter. 6 portraits.

Sir Warren Hastings Anderson (1872-1930), Lieutenant-General. 8 portraits.

William Louis Anderson (1892-1972), Bishop of Portsmouth and of Salisbury. 3 portraits.

Professor Anderson. 1 portrait.

Miss Anderson. 1 portrait.

Mr Anderson, Member of The Lancashire Central Short Time Committee for Obtaining the Ten Hours Bill. 1 portrait.

Miss Anderson. 1 portrait.

Darren Robert Anderton (1972-), Football player. 1 portrait.

Sir (Cyril) James Anderton (1932-), Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police Force. 3 portraits.

Mary (Finch), Viscountess Andover (1716-1803), Wife of William, Viscount Andover. 3 portraits.

Didacus Andrada (died 1570), Jesuit Missionary. 1 portrait.

Edward Neville da Costa Andrade (1887-1971), Physicist. 3 portraits.

John André (1751-1780), Adjutant-General of British Forces in America and silhouettist. 1 portrait.

Sir William Lewis André, Bt (floruit 1778), Captain, Royal Fusiliers. 1 portrait.

Bjørn Andresen (1955-), Actor. 1 portrait.

Prince Andrew, Duke of York (1960-), Second son of Queen Elizabeth II. 10 portraits.

Sir (George) Herbert Andrew (1910-1985), Civil servant. 2 portraits.

John Harold Andrew (1887-1961), Professor of Metallurgy. 3 portraits.

Maud Andrew, Actress. 1 portrait.

Sir Christopher Howard Andrewes (1896-1988), Deputy Director, National Institute for Medical Research. 2 portraits.

Sir Frederick William Andrewes (1859-1932), Pathologist. 3 portraits.

Gerrard Thomas Andrewes (1750-1825), Clergyman. 2 portraits.

Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626), Bishop of Winchester. 28 portraits.

Sir William Gerrard Andrewes (1899-1974), Admiral. 1 portrait.

Albert Andrew Andrews (1896-1976), Captain. 1 portrait.

Charles Andrews (floruit circa 1823). 1 portrait.

Charles Freer Andrews (1871-1940), Writer on India. 11 portraits.

Charles William Andrews (1866-1924), Assistant Keeper in the Geological Department of the British Museum. 2 portraits.

Eamonn Andrews (1922-1987), Television compere, broadcaster and writer. 1 portrait.

Edward Andrews, Minister of Beresford Chapel, Walworth. 1 portrait.

Eusebius Andrews (died 1650), Royalist and barrister. 1 portrait.

Harry Fleetwood Andrews (1911-1989), Actor. 2 portraits.

Iris Andrews (circa 1987-), Peace activist. 1 portrait.

Jennifer Andrews (circa 1935-), Artist. 1 portrait.

(Arthur) John Francis Andrews (1906-1984), Chairman of Clark Equipment Ltd. 1 portrait.

Julie Elizabeth Andrews (1935-), Actress. 7 portraits.

Michael James Andrews (1928-1995), Painter. 3 portraits.

Miles Peter Andrews (died 1814), Dramatist. 1 portrait.

Richard Andrews (1613-1618). 1 portrait.

Dave Angel, Disc Jockey. 1 portrait.

Pier Angeli (1932-1971), Actress. 1 portrait.

Sir Norman Angell (1872-1967), Writer on international and economic affairs. 8 portraits.

Henry Angelo (1756-1835), Fencing master. 2 portraits.

Henry Charles Angelo (circa 1780-1852), Fencing master; son of Henry Angelo. 1 portrait.

Anne Angerstein (née Muilman) (died 1783), 1st wife of John Julius Angerstein. 1 portrait.

John Angerstein (1773-1858), MP; son of John Julius Angerstein. 2 portraits.

John Julius Angerstein (1735-1823), Merchant and picture collector. 7 portraits.

Juliana Angerstein, Daughter of John Julius Angerstein. 3 portraits.

William Angerstein (1811-1897), MP for Greenwich. 2 portraits.

Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768-1854), Field Marshal; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. 19 portraits.

Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey (1797-1869), Politician. 3 portraits.

Henry Paget, 4th Marquess of Anglesey (1835-1898), Sportsman. 2 portraits.

Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey (1875-1905), 'The Dancing Marquess'. 1 portrait.

Lilian Florence Maud (née Chetwynd), Marchioness of Anglesey (1876-1962), Wife of 5th Marquess of Anglesey. 1 portrait.

Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey (1885-1947), Lord Chamberlain to Queen Mary. 1 portrait.

Victoria Marjorie Harriet (née Manners), Marchioness of Anglesey (1883-1946), Wife of 6th Marquess of Anglesey, daughter of 8th Duke of Rutland. 3 portraits.

George Charles Henry Victor Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey (1922-), Lord Lieutenant of Gwynedd. 3 portraits.

Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey (1614-1686), Politician and book collector. 5 portraits.

Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey (died 1630), Courtier and 3rd son of Sir George Villiers. 1 portrait.

Francis Alexander Anglin (1865-1933), Judge. 3 portraits.

Louis Antoine de Bourbon, duc d'Angoulême (1775-1844), Son of Charles X, King of France. 4 portraits.

Marie Thérèse Charlotte, duchesse d'Angoulême (1778-1851), Daughter of Louis XVI. 5 portraits.

Miss Anguish (floruit 1803). 1 portrait.

Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (1489?-1557), Second husband of Margaret Tudor, Queen of James IV of Scotland. 2 portraits.

Edmund Graham Angus (1889-1983), Company president. 4 portraits.

Joseph Angus (1816-1902), Baptist minister and educationist. 2 portraits.

Margaret MacGregor ('Peggy') Angus (1904-1993), Painter. 1 portrait.

Sir (Arthur) Stanley Angwin (1883-1959), Engineer. 1 portrait.

Father Anieur (Anineur), Priest of the Church of Rome. 2 portraits.

Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (died 1151), Father of Henry II. 1 portrait.

Hercule François, Duke of Anjou (1551-1584), Youngest son of Henry II, king of France and Marie de Medici. 5 portraits.

David Ross, Lord Ankerville (1727-1805), Judge. 1 portrait.

Princess Anna of Battenberg (1874-1971), Daughter of Danilo I, King of Montenegro; wife of Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg. 1 portrait.

Annabella (Suzanne Charpentier) (1909-1996), Film actress. 1 portrait.

Luke White, 3rd Baron Annaly (1857-1922), Lord in Waiting to the King. 1 portrait.

Luke Henry White, 4th Baron Annaly (1885-1970), Major. 3 portraits.

Lavinia Emily White (née Spencer), Lady Annaly (1899-1955), Extra Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (when Duchess of York); Wife of 4th Baron Annaly; Daughter of 6th Earl Spencer. 8 portraits.

Noel Gilroy Annan, Baron Annan (1916-2000), Administrator and writer. 7 portraits.

Thomas Annandale (1838-1907), Professor of Surgery; writer. 1 portrait.

Queen Anne (1665-1714), Reigned 1702-14. 72 portraits.

Anne of Bohemia (1366-1394), Queen of Richard II. 5 portraits.

Anne Neville, Queen of England (1456-1485), Consort of King Richard III. 4 portraits.

Anne, Queen of Hungary (1503-1547), Wife of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. 2 portraits.

Anne Boleyn (1507-1536), Second Queen of Henry VIII. 18 portraits.

Anne of Cleves (1515-1557), Fourth Queen of Henry VIII. 11 portraits.

Anne of Denmark (1574-1619), Queen of James I. 40 portraits.

Princess Anne (1636-1640), Third daughter of Charles I. 7 portraits.

Anne, Princess of Orange (1709-1759), Daughter of King George II; wife of William Henry, Prince of Orange. 23 portraits.

Princess Anne (1950-), Daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Royal. 27 portraits.

Anne-Marie of the Hellenes (née Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark) (1946-), Wife of Constantine II of the Hellenes; Daughter of King Frederick IX of Denmark. 1 portrait.

Richard Annesley, 2nd Earl Annesley (1745-1824), Commissioner of the revenue of Ireland. 1 portrait.

Priscilla Cecilia Annesley (née Moore), Countess of Annesley (1870-1941), 2nd wife of 5th Earl of Annesley; daughter of William Armitage Moore. 22 portraits.

Francis Annesley, 6th Earl Annesley (1884-1914), Sub-Lieutenant. 2 portraits.

Maud Fleming Annesley (née Higginson), Countess Annesley (died 1923), First wife of 7th Earl Annesley; Daughter of Haynes Bingham Higginson. 1 portrait.

Beresford Cecil Bingham Annesley, 8th Earl Annesley (1894-1957), Lieutenant. 4 portraits.

Edith Constance Annesley (née Rawlinson), Countess of Annesley (died 1950), Married firstly 6th Earl of Clancarty, secondly 8th Earl of Annesley; daughter of Albemarle Alexander Rawlinson. 7 portraits.

William Richard Annesley, 4th Earl Annesley (1830-1874), Politician. 1 portrait.

Robert Annesley, 9th Earl Annesley (1900-1979), Civil servant. 7 portraits.

Lady Clare Annesley (1893-1980), Daughter of 5th Earl Annesley. 2 portraits.

Sir Francis Annesley (1734-1812), Politician. 1 portrait.

Hon. Hilda Cecil Annesley (1889-1972), Daughter of Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia. 2 portraits.

James Annesley (1715-1760), Peerage claimant. 1 portrait.

Pietro Annigoni (1910-1988), Painter. 5 portraits.

Francesca Annis (1944-), Actress. 1 portrait.

Nonso Anozie (1978-), Actor. 1 portrait.

Alda von Anrep, Assistant librarian at Villa i Tatti. 1 portrait.

Boris von Anrep (1883-1969), Mosaicist. 3 portraits.

Helen von Anrep (née Maitland) (1885-1965), Wife of Boris von Anrep. 2 portraits.

Junia von Anrep (née Yuniya Khitrovo), 1st wife of Boris von Anrep. 3 portraits.

Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe (1919-2001), Philosopher. 1 portrait.

Richard Ansdell (1815-1885), Animal painter. 10 portraits.

Gertrude Mary Ansell (1861-1932), Suffragette; member of the Fabian Women's Group. 1 portrait.

Sir Michael Picton Ansell (1905-1994), Lieutenant-Colonel. 2 portraits.

Sir Richard Ansell. 1 portrait.

Saint Anselm (1033-1109), Archbishop of Canterbury. 3 portraits.

George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697-1762), Admiral. 9 portraits.

Major Hon. A. H. Anson. 1 portrait.

Sir George Anson (1769-1849), MP for Lichfield. 1 portrait.

George Anson (1797-1857), General. 2 portraits.

Harold Anson (1867-1954), Master of the Temple and Canon of Southwark. 11 portraits.

Marion Emma Ruthven (Mollie) Anson (née Halliday) (died 1965), Wife of Hon. Rupert Anson; Daughter of James Halliday. 1 portrait.

Peter Frederick Anson (1879-1975), Writer on religion and on the sea. 9 portraits.

Sir (George) Wilfred Anson (1893-1974), Director of Imperial Tobacco Co Ltd. 2 portraits.

Sir William Anson (circa 1762-1847), Major-General. 1 portrait.

Sir William Reynell Anson, 3rd Bt (1843-1914), Politician; Warden of All Souls College, Oxford. 4 portraits.

Elizabeth (Berkeley), Margravine of Anspach (1750-1828), Dramatist. 5 portraits.

David Thomas Ansted (1814-1880), Geologist. 5 portraits.

Dame Margaret Joan Anstee (1926-), Administrator and writer; Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. 1 portrait.

Lady Evelyn Frances Anstey (née Courtenay) (1908-), Daughter of 16th Earl of Devon; wife of Thomas Anstey. 3 portraits.

Christopher Anstey (1724-1805), Poet. 4 portraits.

Vera Anstey (1889-1976), Economist. 1 portrait.

Sir Edmund Anstice (1899-1979), Vice-Admiral. 1 portrait.

John Anstis the Elder (1669-1744), Garter king-of-arms and heraldic writer. 1 portrait.

Dame Eva Isabella Henrietta Anstruther (1869-1935), Honorary Director of the Camps Library. 2 portraits.

Henry Torrens Anstruther (1860-1926), Politician. 2 portraits.

Sir John Anstruther (1753-1811), Politician and Anglo-Indian judge. 3 portraits.

Sir Ralph Abercromby Anstruther, 4th Bt (1804-1863), Army officer. 1 portrait.

Robert Anstruther (1768-1809), General. 2 portraits.

Sir Wyndham Carmichael Anstruther, 7th Bt (1793-1869). 1 portrait.

William Anstruther-Gray (1859-1938), Politician; Army officer. 1 portrait.

Adam Ant (Stuart Leslie Goddard) (1954-), Pop singer. 1 portrait.

Anthony David ('Ant') McPartlin (1975-), Television presenter. 1 portrait.

Eve Anthony, Fashion model. 1 portrait.

Evelyn Anthony (Evelyn Bridget Patricia Ward-Thomas (née Stephens)) (1928-), Writer. 2 portraits.

Gordon Anthony (1902-1989), Photographer. 1 portrait.

Herbert Douglas Anthony (1892-1968), Extra-Mural lecturer. 1 portrait.

Jack Anthony, Horse trainer. 5 portraits.

John Anthony (1585–1655), Physician. 2 portraits.

Marc Anthony, Night-club pianist and entertainer. 1 portrait.

William Samuel Anthony (1874-1943), Major-General. 1 portrait.

Giacomo Antonelli (1806-1876), Cardinal. 1 portrait.

Antonio (died circa 1782), Venetian sailor, robbed at Kinsale. 1 portrait.

Louisa, Countess of Antrim (1855-1949), Lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria. 1 portrait.

Randal Mark Kerr McDonnell, 12th Earl of Antrim (1878-1932), Landowner. 1 portrait.

Randal John Somerled McDonnell, 13th Earl of Antrim (1911-1977), Chairman of National Trust. 1 portrait.

Sir Edmund Antrobus, 1st Bt (died 1826). 1 portrait.

Sir Edmund William Antrobus, 2nd Bt (1792-1870), Gentleman. 1 portrait.

Gibbs Crawfurd Antrobus (1793-1861), MP and Diplomat. 1 portrait.

John Antrobus (1933-), Playwright. 1 portrait.

Philip Reginald Antrobus (1898-), Captain; son of Sir Reginald Antrobus. 5 portraits.

Sir Reginald Laurence Antrobus (1853-1942), Colonial administrator. 5 portraits.

Maud Aplin, Wife of Mrs James Bruce Mackay. 1 portrait.

Karel Christian Appel (1921-), Artist. 3 portraits.

Machteld Appel (née van der Groen) (died 1970), Fashion model for Balenciaga; wife of Karel Appel. 1 portrait.

Charles James Apperley (1778-1843), Sports writer; 'Nimrod'. 2 portraits.

Constance Mary Katherine Applebee (1873-1981), Sportswoman and founder of the American Field Hockey Association. 2 portraits.

Charles Bernard Appleby (1905-1975), First director of the National Army Museum; Lieutenant-Colonel. 5 portraits.

Charles H. Applethwaite, Tennis player. 1 portrait.

Sir Edward Victor Appleton (1892-1965), Physicist. 7 portraits.

George Appleton (1902-1993), Lord Archbishop of Perth, Australia. 12 portraits.

Natalie Appleton (1973-), Singer. 1 portrait.

Nicole Appleton (1974-), Singer. 1 portrait.

Kenelm Charles Appleyard (1894-1967), Major-general in Royal Engineers. 1 portrait.

Arthur Applin (died 1949), Actor, playwright and novelist. 1 portrait.

Rudolf, Count Apponyi (1812-1876), Austrian ambassador to London. 1 portrait.

Felix Aprahamian (1914-2005), Music critic. 3 portraits.

Sir Henry Edward Ap Rhys Pryce (1874-1950), General. 2 portraits.

Michael Arabian, Playwright. 4 portraits.

Elizabeth Mary Arabin (née Meux) (died 1880), Wife of Richard Arabin; Daughter of Sir Henry Meux, 1st Bt. 1 portrait.

Richard Arabin (born 1811), Landowner. 1 portrait.

William John Arabin (floruit 1767-1814), Major General in 2nd Life Guards. 1 portrait.

Ron Arad (1951-), Architect, furniture and product designer. 2 portraits.

Riccardo Aragno, Writer. 2 portraits.

Maiorica Aragonensis (died 1570), Jesuit Missionary. 1 portrait.

Michael Aragonus (died 1571), Jesuit Missionary. 1 portrait.

Eugene Aram (1704-1759), Criminal. 1 portrait.

Don Francisco Linares Aranda, Guatemalan ambassador to London. 3 portraits.

Franciscus Aranea (died 1583), Jesuit Missionary. 1 portrait.

Tevfic Rustu Aras (1883-1972), Turkish ambassador to London, 1939-42. 7 portraits.

Stella Arbenina (1887-1976), Russian actress. 1 portrait.

Edward Alexander Newell Arber (1870-1918), Palaeobotanist. 1 portrait.

Sir William Forbes Arbuckle (1902-1966), Secretary of Scottish Education Department. 1 portrait.

Charles Arbuthnot (1767-1850), Diplomat. 2 portraits.

Sir Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot (1885-1957), Admiral. 3 portraits.

Harriet Arbuthnot (née Fane) (1793-1834), Diarist and friend of Wellington. 2 portraits.

Hugh Arbuthnot (1780-1868), MP for Kincardine. 1 portrait.

Sir John Sinclair-Wemyss Arbuthnot, 1st Bt (1912-1992), Politician and businessman. 3 portraits.

Marcia Mary Anne Arbuthnot (née Lisle), 1st wife of Charles Arbuthnot MP. 1 portrait.

Lady Margaret Jean Arbuthnot (née Duff) (1919-), Wife of Sir John Sinclair-Wemyss Arbuthnot, 1st Bt. 2 portraits.

Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot, 4th Bt (1864-1916), Rear-Admiral. 1 portrait.

Master Arbuthnot, Son of Charles Arbuthnot MP. 2 portraits.

John Ogilvy Arbuthnott, 14th Viscount Arbuthnott (1882-1960), Politician. 1 portrait.

St Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) (circa 1412-1431), French patriot and martyr. 1 portrait.

St John Desmond Arcedeckne-Butler (1896-1959), Major-General. 1 portrait.

Joseph Arch (1826-1919), Trade unionist and politician. 1 portrait.

Jenny Archbold, Picture Conservator, National Portrait Gallery. 1 portrait.

Sir Edward Mervyn Archdale (1853-1943), Politician. 3 portraits.

Helen Alexander Archdale (née Russell) (1876-1949), Journalist; Suffragette. 1 portrait.

Henry Kingsley Archdall (1886-1976), Canon Emeritus and Chancellor, St David's Cathedral. 1 portrait.

Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-Super-Mare (1940-), Politician; Author and playwright. 2 portraits.

Mary Doreen Archer (née Weeden), Baroness Archer (1944-), Scientist. 1 portrait.

Sarah (West), Lady Archer (1741-1801), Wife of Andrew, 2nd Lord Archer. 8 portraits.

Frederick Archer (1857-1886), Jockey. 4 portraits.

Sir Geoffrey Francis Archer (1882-1964), Governor-General of the Sudan. 7 portraits.

Master G. Archer. 1 portrait.

G.S. Archer. 1 portrait.

James Archer (floruit 1820), Chaplain to the Bavarian Minister. 2 portraits.

John Archer (floruit 1660-1684), Physician to Charles II. 1 portrait.

Sir John Archer (1860-1949), Vice-President of Boy Scouts Association. 3 portraits.

John Wykenham Archer (1806-1864), Watercolour painter and printmaker. 1 portrait.

Hon. Ruth Evelyn Archer (née Pease) (1900-), Wife of Norman Ernest Archer; Daughter of 1st Baron Daryngton. 1 portrait.

Simon Archer (1973-), Badminton player. 1 portrait.

William Archer (1856-1924), Critic and journalist. 3 portraits.

Lady Alice Frances Archer-Houblon (née Lindsay) (1849-1915), Wife of George Bramston Archer-Houblon; Daughter of 25th Earl of Crawford. 1 portrait.

Juan Arcocha, Cuban Novelist. 5 portraits.

Marie, Viscountess D'Arcy, Wife of Pierre Marie Patrice, Viscount D'Arcy; daughter of Samuel, Marquess de la Valette. 1 portrait.

Sir John Charles Ardagh (1840-1907), Major-General and engineer. 2 portraits.

Charles George Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden (1756-1840), MP, Lord of the Admiralty and Lord Lieutenant of Surrey. 2 portraits.

Margaretta Elizabeth (Wilson), Lady Arden (1768-1851), Wife of Charles George Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden. 1 portrait.

John Arden (1930-), Playwright. 1 portrait.

Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke (1898-1962), Lieutenant-Colonel, governor. 3 portraits.

Sir Charles Frederick Arden-Close (1865-1952), Geographer. 7 portraits.

Shirley Ardener, Social Anthropologist. 1 portrait.

Sir Peter Arderne (died 1467), Judge and Chief Baron of the Exchequer. 1 portrait.

Richard Arderne. 1 portrait.

Thomas John Arderne. 1 portrait.

Lady Arderne. 1 portrait.

Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone (1900-1979), Artist and illustrator. 6 portraits.

Neil Richard Ardley (1937-2004), Composer, musician and writer. 1 portrait.

Charles de Ligne, Count of Aremberg, Delegate at the Somerset House Conference. 1 portrait.

Albert, Count of Arenberg (1600-1670), Spanish Military Officer. 3 portraits.

Pietro Aretino (1492-1556). 1 portrait.

Godfrey Argent (1937-2006), Photographer. 2 portraits.

Rodney Terence ('Rod') Argent (1945-), Musician. 1 portrait.

Ambrose Argenti (1804-1871), Merchant. 1 portrait.

Oriettou ('Henrietta') Argenti (née Scaramanga) (1820-1903), Wife of Ambrose Argenti. 1 portrait.

Pearl Argyle (1910-1947), Dancer. 3 portraits.

Sir Stanley Seymour Argyle (1867-1940), Australian politician. 3 portraits.

Violet Ellen Jessie (née Lewis), Lady Argyle, Wife of Sir Stanley Seymour Argyle. 3 portraits.

Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll (died 1703), Lord of the Treasury. 2 portraits.

Elizabeth Campbell (née Tollemache), Duchess of Argyll (died 1735), Wife of Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll. 3 portraits.

John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and Duke of Greenwich (1680-1743), Field Marshal and statesman. 12 portraits.

Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll (1682-1761), Statesman. 4 portraits.

John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll (1694-1770), MP for Bute and Dumbarton. 2 portraits.

John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll (1723-1806), Field-Marshal. 3 portraits.

George William Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll (1768-1839). 4 portraits.

Elizabeth (Gunning), Duchess of Argyll (1734-1790), Famous beauty. 13 portraits.

John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll (1777-1847), MP for Co. Argyll; Keeper of the Great Seal. 3 portraits.

Anne (Colquhoun), Duchess of Argyll (1801-1874), 3rd wife of John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll. 1 portrait.

George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900), Politician and scientist. 16 portraits.

Elizabeth Georgina (Leveson-Gower), Duchess of Argyll (1824-1878), 1st wife of George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll. 2 portraits.

John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845-1914), Governor-General of Canada. 8 portraits.

Niall Diarmid Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll (1872-1949), Landowner. 1 portrait.

Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll (1903-1973), Chief of Clan Campbell. 1 portrait.

(Ethel) Margaret Campbell (née Whigham), Duchess of Argyll (1912-1993), 3rd wife of Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll. 19 portraits.

Mathilda Coster Campbell (née Mortimer), Duchess of Argyll (1925-1997), 4rth wife of Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll. 1 portrait.

Iona Mary Campbell (née Colquhoun), Duchess of Argyll (1945-), Daughter of Sir Ivar Colquhoun of Luss, 8th Bt; wife of 12th Duke of Argyll. 2 portraits.

Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll (1598-1661), Statesman. 13 portraits.

Anne Cornwallis, Countess of Argyll (died 1635), Roman Catholic benefactor and supposed author. 2 portraits.

Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll (1629-1685), Statesman. 8 portraits.

Countess of Argyll (died 1707), Wife of 9th Earl of Argyll. 1 portrait.

Prince Aribert of Anhalt (1864-1933), Husband of Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein. 2 portraits.

Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533), Composer. 1 portrait.

Brian Aris (1946-), Photographer. 1 portrait.

Ari-Up (Arianna Forster) (1962-), Singer; member of 'The Slits'. 4 portraits.

Elizabeth Arkell, Actress. 2 portraits.

Sir (Thomas) Noel Arkell (1893-1981), Captain. 1 portrait.

Reginald Arkell (1872-1959), Author and dramatist. 4 portraits.

Margaret Arkley (née McCandlish). 2 portraits.

Mrs Arkley. 1 portrait.

Sir John Stanhope Arkwright (1872-1954), Politician. 2 portraits.

Sir Joseph Arthur Arkwright (1864-1944), Bacteriologist. 6 portraits.

Louisa Elizabeth Jane Arkwright (née Milbank) (died 1873), Wife of Francis Arkwright; Daughter of Henry John Milbank. 1 portrait.

Peter Arkwright (1784-1866), Sheriff of Derbyshire. 3 portraits.

Sir Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), Engineer and inventor. 2 portraits.

Richard Arkwright (1755-1843), Mill-owner. 1 portrait.

Ruth (née Wilson), Lady Arkwright (died 1950), Daughter of Joseph W. Wilson; wife of Sir Joseph Arthur Arkwright. 2 portraits.

Mrs Arkwright (floruit 1849). 2 portraits.

Miss Arkwright (born circa 1812). 1 portrait.

Michael Arlen (1895-1956), Novelist. 10 portraits.

Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (1618-1685), Politician. 19 portraits.

Isabella (de Nassau), Countess of Arlington (1631-1718), Wife of Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington. 3 portraits.

George Arliss (Augustus George Andrews) (1868-1946), Actor. 2 portraits.

Arcolano Armafrodito. 1 portrait.

John Brownlee Lonsdale, 1st Baron Armaghdale (1850-1924), Politician. 3 portraits.

Pablo Armando Fernández (1930-), Cuban writer. 2 portraits.

Joan Armatrading (1950-), Singer. 5 portraits.

Violet Armbruster (floruit 1891-1895), Actress. 1 portrait.

Sir (Isaac) Frederick Armer (1891-1982), Civil servant. 1 portrait.

Maxwell Ashby Armfield (1881-1972), Artist and writer. No portraits.

Robert Armin, Actor and dramatist. 2 portraits.

Mary (Talbot), Lady Armine (died 1676), Wife of Sir William Armine, Bt. 1 portrait.

Mary Armine (née Talbot; other married name Holcroft), Lady Armine (1594–1676), Benefactor. 2 portraits.

Jacobus Arminius (Jacob Hermans (Harmans)) (1560-1609), Dutch Reformed theologian. 1 portrait.

Sir Cecil Hamilton Armitage (1869-1933), Captain. 2 portraits.

Sir (Charles) Clement Armitage (1881-1973), General. 3 portraits.

Cyril Moxon Armitage (1900-1966), Dean of Guild of St Bride. 1 portrait.

Edward Armitage (1817-1896), History painter. 6 portraits.

Sir Elkanah Armitage (1794-1876), Manufacturer; Mayor. 1 portrait.

Lady Katharine Jane Elizabeth Armitage (1904-1949), Wife of Edward Armitage; previous wife of William Manley; daughter of 10th Earl of Northesk. 1 portrait.

(William) Kenneth Armitage (1916-2002), Sculptor. 10 portraits.

Robert Armitage (1866-1944), Politician and Lord Mayor of Leeds. 2 portraits.

Sir Robert Perceval Armitage (1906-1990), Colonial administrator. 1 portrait.

Simon Armitage (1963-), Poet. 1 portrait.

Sir Sydney Armitage Armitage-Smith (1876-1932), Civil servant. 1 portrait.

Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont (1768-1793), Assassin of Jean Paul Marat. 1 portrait.

Henry Hugh Armstead (1828-1905), Sculptor and illustrator. 1 portrait.

William George Armstrong, Baron Armstrong (1810-1900), Armaments manufacturer and industrialist. 3 portraits.

Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster (1927-), Secretary of the Cabinet, 1979-87; head of Home Civil Service, 1983-7. 2 portraits.

William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead (1915-1980), Head of Home Civil Service. 3 portraits.

William Henry Armstrong Fitzpatrick Watson-Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1863-1941), Major; Justice of the Peace. 6 portraits.

Ada H. Armstrong (née Randle). 1 portrait.

Archibald Armstrong (died 1672), Court Fool. 2 portraits.

Charles Armstrong (1750-1815), Physician. 1 portrait.

Claude Blakeley Armstrong (1889-1982), Canon Residentiary of Worcester and Canon Emeritus. 1 portrait.

(Dido) Florian Cloud De Bouneville Armstrong (1971-), Singer; Musician. 1 portrait.

Edward Armstrong (1846-1928), Historian and teacher. 1 portrait.

Edward Frankland Armstrong (1878-1948), Chemist. 1 portrait.

Effie Brook Armstrong (born circa 1877), Daughter of Charles and Julia Armstrong; Niece of Frederick and Mary Ann Hollyer (née Armstrong). 2 portraits.

Sir George Elliot Armstrong, 2nd Bt Armstrong (1866-1940), Commander of the Royal Navy. 1 portrait.

Sir (Harry) Gloster Armstrong (1861-1938), Commercial Adviser to the Manchester Ship Canal Company. 4 portraits.

Henry Bruce Armstrong (1844-1943), Politician. 2 portraits.

James Robert Bargrave Armstrong (1893-), High Sheriff of County Armagh. 1 portrait.

John Armstrong (1674-1742), Major-General; Surveyor General of ordnance and chief engineer. 2 portraits.

John Armstrong (1709-1779), Physician and poet. 5 portraits.

John Armstrong (1893-1973), Painter. 4 portraits.

John Armstrong (1905-1992), Assistant Bishop, Diocese of Exeter. 3 portraits.

Karen Andersen Armstrong (1944-), Writer. 1 portrait.

Katherine Fairlie Armstrong (1892-1969), Nurse. 3 portraits.

Mary Ann Armstrong (born circa 1811), Wife of Thomas Armstrong. 4 portraits.

Mervyn Armstrong (1906-1984), Adviser on Industry to Archbishop of York. 1 portrait.

Mervyn Armstrong (1906-1984), Bishop of Jarrow. 3 portraits.

Norman Foster Armstrong (1892-1990), Cricket player. 1 portrait.

Sir Richard Harold Armstrong (1874-1950), Solicitor. 1 portrait.

St George Bewes Armstrong (1871-1956), General. 1 portrait.

Sheila Ann Armstrong (1942-), Soprano. 2 portraits.

Sir Thomas Armstrong (1624?-1684), Royalist. 3 portraits.

Thomas Armstrong (circa 1808-1881), Upholsterer; Father of Mary Anne Hollyer (née Armstrong). 5 portraits.

Sir Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong (1898-1994), Musician; principal, Royal Academy of Music. 2 portraits.

William Armstrong (1915-1980), Permanent Secretary to H.M. Treasury. 1 portrait.

Miss E. Armstrong-Jones, Daughter of Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones. 1 portrait.

Miss G. Armstrong-Jones, Daughter of Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones. 2 portraits.

Ronald Owen Lloyd Armstrong-Jones (1899-1966), Barrister and Father of Earl of Snowdon. 1 portrait.

Fenella Fitzhardinge Armytage (née Berkeley) (died 1903), Author; wife of Henry Armytage. 1 portrait.

Sir George Ayscough Armytage, 7th Bt (1872-1953), Brigadier-General. 5 portraits.

Reginald William Armytage (1903-1984), Rear-Admiral; President of The Naval Ordnance Board. 6 portraits.

Sylvia Beatrice Armytage (née Staveley), Wife of Reginald William Armytage; Daughter of Charles Russell Staveley. 1 portrait.

George Arnald (1763-1841), Marine and landscape painter. 2 portraits.

Lady (Cynthia) Anne Arnander (née Lindsay) (later Lady Fummi) (1904-1997), Former wife of Per Erik Folke Arnander and wife of Giovannia Fummi; Daughter of David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres. 2 portraits.

Yvonne Germaine Arnaud (1892-1958), Actress. 38 portraits.

Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778), Composer. 4 portraits.

Richard Anthony Sayer Arnell (1917-), Conductor and composer. 4 portraits.

Joseph Calasanza, Ritter von Arneth (1791-1863), Numismatist and archaeologist; Father of Alfred, Ritter von Arneth. 1 portrait.

Rudolf Arnheim (1904-), Author, art and film theorist and psychologist. 2 portraits.

Sydney Arnold, 1st Baron Arnold (1878-1945), Politician. 5 portraits.

Sir Alfred Arnold (1835-1908), Politician. 1 portrait.

Allan Cholmondeley Arnold (1893-1962), Major-General. 4 portraits.

Denis Midgely Arnold (1926-1986), Professor of Music, University of Oxford. 1 portrait.

Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904), Poet and journalist. 2 portraits.

Francis Lucy Arnold (née Wightman), Wife of Matthew Arnold. 1 portrait.

Helen Breen Moore Arnold, Wife of Tom Arnold; theatrical manager. 1 portrait.

John Oliver Arnold (1858-1930), Dean of Metallurgy. 1 portrait.

Lydia Arnold (circa 1989-), Scientist and inventor. 1 portrait.

Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold (1921-2006), Composer. 4 portraits.

Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), Poet, writer and inspector of schools. 12 portraits.

Ralph Crispian Marshall Arnold (1906-1970), Author and publisher. 1 portrait.

Reg Arnold (1919-1962), Trumpet player. 1 portrait.

Samuel Arnold (1740-1802), Composer. 4 portraits.

Thomas Arnold (1795-1842), Headmaster of Rugby School. 5 portraits.

Sir William Henry Arnold (1903-1973), Bailiff of Guernsey. 1 portrait.

Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster (1855-1909), Politician and author. 3 portraits.

Hugo Arnot (1749-1786), Writer and advocate. 6 portraits.

William Arnot (1808-1875), Free Church of Scotland minister. 1 portrait.

Jake Arnott (1961-), Author. 1 portrait.

Sir (William) Melville Arnott (1909-1999), Physician and Emeritus Professor of Medicine. 6 portraits.

Neil Arnott (1788-1874), Physician and natural philosopher. 1 portrait.

Stanley Arnott (1888-1972), Major-General. 4 portraits.

Jean Arp (1886-1966), Sculptor, painter, collagist, printmaker and poet. 6 portraits.

James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran (died 1575), Governor of Scotland. 4 portraits.

James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran (1530-1609), Suitor of Mary, Queen of Scots. 2 portraits.

Winifred Ellen Gore, Countess of Arran (died 1921), Lady-in-waiting to Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein; 2nd wife of Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran. 3 portraits.

Philip Yorke Gore, 4th Earl of Arran (1801-1884), Diplomat. 1 portrait.

Elizabeth Marianne (née Napier), Countess of Arran (died 1899), Wife of 4th Earl of Arran; Daughter of Sir William Francis Patrick Napier. 1 portrait.

Arthur Jocelyn Charles Gore, 6th Earl of Arran (1868-1958), Lord Lieutenant. 5 portraits.

Arthur Paul Gore, 7th Earl of Arran (1903-1958), Author and translator. 8 portraits.

Sir William Arrol (1839-1913), Civil engineer and politician. 2 portraits.

Gilbert John Arrow (1873-1948), Deputy Keeper Entomology, British Museum. 1 portrait.

Aaron Arrowsmith (1750-1823), Geographer. 1 portrait.

Edmund Arrowsmith (1585-1628), Jesuit. 2 portraits.

Sir Edwin Porter Arrowsmith (1909-1992), Colonial administrator. 1 portrait.

Pat Arrowsmith (1930-), Peace campaigner. 1 portrait.

Francois Artaud (1767-1838), Artist. 1 portrait.

William Artaud (1763-1823), Portrait painter. 2 portraits.

King Arthur (floruit 6th century), Legendary warrior and supposed king of Britain. 1 portrait.

Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486-1502), Eldest son of Henry VII. 2 portraits.

Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883-1938), Governor-General of South Africa; Son of 1st Duke of Connaught and grandson of Queen Victoria. 14 portraits.

Sir Charles Gordon Arthur (1884-1953), Colonel. 1 portrait.

Sir Geoffrey George Arthur (1920-1984), Diplomat. 1 portrait.

Julia Arthur (Ida Lewis; later Mrs B.P. Cheney Jnr) (1868 or 1869-1950), Stage and film actress. 1 portrait.

Sir (John) Norman (Stewart) Arthur (1931-), Lieutenant-General. 7 portraits.

Paul ('Bonehead') Arthurs (1965-), Musician; member of 'Oasis'. 2 portraits.

Richard Fitzalan, 3rd Earl of Arundel and 8th Earl of Surrey (circa 1313-1376), Soldier, diplomat, and royal councillor, known as ‘Copped Hat’. 2 portraits.

Eleanor, Countess of Arundel (died 1372), Second wife of Richard Fitzalan, 3rd Earl of Arundel and 8th Earl of Surrey. 2 portraits.

William Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel (1417-1487), Knight, Constable of Dover, Warden of the Cinque Ports. 1 portrait.

William Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel (circa 1476–1544), Magnate. 1 portrait.

Joan, Countess of Arundel (died 1462), Daughter of Richard Nevill, Earl of Salisbury and wife of William Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel. 1 portrait.

Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel (1511?-1580), Soldier and courtier. 6 portraits.

Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (1557-1595). 2 portraits.

Anne Howard (née Dacre), Countess of Arundel (1557–1630), Noblewoman and priest harbourer. 2 portraits.

John D'Arundel, 14th Earl of Arundel (1408-1434), Knight. 1 portrait.

Thomas Arundel (1353-1414), Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor. 2 portraits.

Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel and Surrey (1585-1646), Patron of art and collector. 67 portraits.

Alathea (née Talbot), Countess of Arundel and Surrey (circa 1590-1654), Heiress, patron of art; wife of 2nd Earl of Arundel and Surrey. 32 portraits.

Henry Frederick Howard, 3rd Earl of Arundel and Surrey (1608-1652), Irish Privy Councillor; Royalist soldier. 10 portraits.

Thomas Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel and Surrey (1391-1415), Knight. 1 portrait.

Beatrice, Countess of Arundel and Surrey (died 1439), Illegitimate daughter of John I of Portugal and wife of Thomas Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel and Surrey. 1 portrait.

Elizabeth (née Stuart), Countess of Arundel and Surrey (died 1673 or 1674), Wife of 3rd Earl of Arundel and Surrey. 7 portraits.

Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (1560-1639), Soldier of fortune. 3 portraits.

Thomas Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour (1584-1643). 2 portraits.

Blanche (Somerset), Lady Arundell of Wardour (1583-1649), Wife of Thomas, 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour. 2 portraits.

Henry Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour (circa 1608-1694), Royalist army officer and politician. 2 portraits.

Theresa (née Stourton), Lady Arundell of Wardour (died 1878), Third wife of 11th Baron Arundell of Wardour; Daughter of 17th Lord Stourton. 1 portrait.

Gerald Arthur Arundell, 15th Baron Arundell of Wardour (1861-1939), 3rd son of Theodore Arundell. 7 portraits.

Ivy Florence Mary Arundell (née Segrave), Lady Arundell of Wardour (1875-1960), Wife of Gerald Arthur Arundell, 15th Baron Arundell of Wardour; daughter of W.F. Segrave. 10 portraits.

Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell (1780-1846), Traveller and antiquary. 1 portrait.

Sir Robert Duncan Harris Arundell (1904-1989), Brigadier. 1 portrait.

Cicely (née Compton), Lady Arundell of Wardour (1609/10 – 1676), Wife of Henry Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour. 1 portrait.

John Francis Arundell, 16th Baron Arundell of Wardour (1907-1944), Justice of the Peace and member of the London Stock Exchange. 6 portraits.

Frederick Arup, Businessman; uncle of Sir Ove Arup. 1 portrait.

Sir Ove Arup (1895-1988), Civil engineer. 4 portraits.

Koichiro Asakai (d.1995), Japanese Charge' d'Affaires. 2 portraits.

Amma Asante (1969-), Writer and film director. 1 portrait.

Anthony Ascham (baptised 1614 - 1650), Diplomat and pamphleteer. 1 portrait.

Roger Ascham (1515-1568), Author and tutor to Elizabeth I (when Princess Elizabeth). 4 portraits.

Oscar Asche (1871-1936), Actor-manager. 3 portraits.

Zika Ascher (1910-), Textile designer and supplier. 2 portraits.

Robert Ascroft (1847-1899), Politician and solicitor. 1 portrait.

Manola Asensio (1946-), Ballerina. 1 portrait.

Hannah, Princess Asfa Yilma (Mrs Algernon Holland) (died 1945), Princess of Ethiopia; Linguist and author. 4 portraits.

Harold Garton Ash (died 1962), Chartered accountant. 2 portraits.

Hon. Irene Evelyn Beatrice Ash (née Molesworth) (1895-1949), Daugther of 9th Viscount Molesworth; wife of Charles Donovan Rowley, later wife of Francis Henry Ash. 2 portraits.

James Ash (floruit mid 17th century), Politician; MP for Bath in 1640. 1 portrait.

Walter William Hector Ash (1906-1998), Rear-Admiral; Electrical engineer. 7 portraits.

Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne (1837-1913), Lord Chancellor of Ireland. 4 portraits.

William Gibson, 2nd Baron Ashbourne (1868-1942), Justice of the Peace. 3 portraits.

Edward Russell Gibson, 3rd Baron Ashbourne (1901-1983), Vice-Admiral. 1 portrait.

Sir Noel Ashbridge (1889-1975), Engineer and broadcasting pioneer. 1 portrait.

Ashbridge (floruit 1787), Musician. 2 portraits.

George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham (1760-1830). 1 portrait.

Charlotte (Percy), Countess of Ashburnham (1766-1862), 2nd wife of George, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham; daughter of George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland. 1 portrait.

Elizabeth Ashburnham (née Kenn) (died 1663), Widow of John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett; second wife of John Ashburnham. 1 portrait.

Frances Ashburnham (née Holland) (circa 1614-circa 1651), First wife of John Ashburnham. 1 portrait.

John Ashburnham (1603-1671), Royalist. 3 portraits.

John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (1731-1783), Solicitor-General. 13 portraits.

William Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton (1799-1864), Statesman. 2 portraits.

Leonora Caroline (Digby), Lady Ashburton (1844-1904), Wife of Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton. 1 portrait.

Alexander Francis St Vincent Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton (1898-1991), Receiver-General to the Duchy of Cornwall. 1 portrait.

Susan Mary Baring (née Renwick), Lady Ashburton (1930-), Daughter of 1st Baron Renwick of Coombe; 1st wife of John Francis Harcourt Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton. 2 portraits.

Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton (1774-1848), Financier. 6 portraits.

Elizabeth (Baring), Lady Ashburton, Wife of John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton. 1 portrait.

John Francis Harcourt Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton (1928-), Merchant banker and patron of the arts. 1 portrait.

James Lloyd Ashbury (1834-1895), MP and yachtsman. 1 portrait.

Eric Ashby, 1st Baron Ashby (1904-1992), Chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast. 1 portrait.

Arthur Wilfred Ashby (1886-1953), Economist. 4 portraits.

Robert Ashby, Writing engraver. 1 portrait.

Thomas Ashby (1874-1931), Archaeologist. 2 portraits.

Joseph Ashby-Sterry (died 1917), Painter and journalist. 1 portrait.

Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe (1867-1947), Politician. 3 portraits.

Frances Mary Ashcroft (1952-), Professor of Physiology. 1 portrait.

Dame Edith Margaret Emily ('Dame Peggy') Ashcroft (1907-1991), Actress. 38 portraits.

Richard Ashcroft (1971-), Pop musician; singer and guitarist for 'The Verve'. 1 portrait.

Hugh Edward Ashdown (1904-1977), Bishop of Newcastle. 1 portrait.

A. Ashdowne. 1 portrait.

Simeon Ashe (died 1662), Nonconformist divine. 5 portraits.

Jane Asher (1946-), Actress and writer. 3 portraits.

Albert Henry Stanley, Baron Ashfield (1874-1948), Chairman of London Passenger Transport Board. 10 portraits.

Sir Cyril Ernest Ashford (1867-1951), Headmaster. 1 portrait.

Margaret Mary Julia ('Daisy') Ashford (1881-1972), Child author. 1 portrait.

Thomas Henry Ashhurst (1784-1857), Fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford. 1 portrait.

Sir William Ashhurst (died 1720), Lord Mayor of London. 1 portrait.

Sir William Henry Ashhurst (1725-1807), Judge. 2 portraits.

Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley (1922-), Politician. 2 portraits.

Emily, Lady Ashley, 2nd wife of Henry Chichester, 2nd Baron Ashley. 1 portrait.

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley (1900-1947), Army officer. 7 portraits.

Françoise (née Soulier), Lady Ashley, Second wife of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley; Daughter of Georges Soulier. 7 portraits.

Eve Ashley. 1 portrait.

(Anthony) Evelyn Melbourne Ashley (1836-1907), Politician and biographer. 1 portrait.

Laura Ashley (1925-1985), Designer. 3 portraits.

Maria Anne Ashley (née Baillie), Wife of Anthony William Ashley. 3 portraits.

Maude Ashley, Wife of Evelyn Ashley. 1 portrait.

Sir Percy Walter Llewellyn Ashley (1876-1945), Vice-President of British Standards Institution. 1 portrait.

Lady Sylvia Ashley (née Hawkes) (1904-1977), Actress and society beauty; wife of Lord Anthony Ashley, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Lord Stanley of Alderney, Clark Gable and Prince Dimitri Djordjadze. 2 portraits.

Sir William Ashley (1860-1927), Economic historian. 1 portrait.

Anthony Henry Ashley-Cooper (1807-1858), MP for Dorchester. 1 portrait.

Maurice Ashley-Cooper (1675-1726), Classical scholar; younger brother of 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury. 1 portrait.

Matthew Ashman (1962-), Pop Musician. 1 portrait.

Mickey Ashman, Bass player. 1 portrait.

Bernard Ashmole (1894-1988), Archaeologist and art historian. 8 portraits.

Elias Ashmole (1617-1692), Antiquary. 6 portraits.

Edward Bailey Ashmore (1872-1953), Major-General. 1 portrait.

Sir Edward Beckwith Ashmore (1919-), Admiral of the Fleet. 20 portraits.

Sir Peter William Beckwith Ashmore (1921-2002), Equerry to King George VI. 2 portraits.

Thomas Gair Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton-of-Hyde (1855-1933), Politician and Justice of the Peace. 6 portraits.

Thomas Henry Raymond Ashton, 2nd Baron Ashton of Hyde (1901-1983), Major; Justice of the Peace; Master of the Heythrop Hounds. 1 portrait.

Charles Ashton (1665-1752), Divine. 1 portrait.

Edward Ashton (died 1658), Conspirator. 1 portrait.

Sir Frederick Ashton (1904-1988), Founder-choreographer and Director of the Royal Ballet. 21 portraits.

Sir Hubert Ashton (1898-1979), Politician; Director of public companies. 4 portraits.

John Ashton (died 1691), Jacobite. 2 portraits.

John Ashton, Son of Nicholas Ashton of Liverpool. 1 portrait.

Sir (Arthur) Leigh Bolland Ashton (1897-1983), Director of the Victoria & Albert Museum. 3 portraits.

Norman Henry Ashton (1913-2000), Pathologist. 2 portraits.

Thomas Ashton (1716-1775), Clergyman. 8 portraits.

Thomas Southcliffe Ashton (1889-1968), Economic historian. 1 portrait.

Robert Power Trench, 4th Baron Ashtown (1897-1966), Lieutenant. 6 portraits.

Dudley Oliver Trench, 5th Baron Ashtown (1901-1979), Lieutenant-Colonel; Assistant Chief Constable, War Department Constabulary. 2 portraits.

Charles Ashurst (floruit 1807), Major. 3 portraits.

William Henry Ashurst (1792-1855), Solicitor; undersheriff of London. 3 portraits.

Lena Ashwell (née Lena Margaret Pocock; later Lady Simson) (1872-1957), Actress, theatre manager, producer and writer; Wife of Sir Henry J. F. Simson. 7 portraits.

Henry Ashworth (1794-1880), Friend of Cobden; Founder of Anti-Corn Law League. 1 portrait.

James Hartley Ashworth (1874-1936), Professor of Zoology. 1 portrait.

John Michael Ashworth (1938-), Chairman of the Board of the British Library. 2 portraits.

Anthony Askew (1722-1774), Physician and scholar. 1 portrait.

Sir Henry Askew (1775-1847), Lieutenant-General. 1 portrait.

Arthur Askey (1900-1982), Actor and entertainer. 4 portraits.

George Ranken Askwith, Baron Askwith (1861-1942), Industrial arbitrator and civil servant. 11 portraits.

Ellen (née Peel), Lady Askwith (died 1962), Writer and sub-editor; war worker; Former wife of Henry Graham and wife of 1st Baron Askwith; Daughter of Archibald Peel. 1 portrait.

Hon. Betty Ellen Askwith (1909-1995), Writer and daughter of 1st Baron Askwith. 6 portraits.

Wilfred Marcus Askwith (1890-1962), Bishop of Blackburn and of Gloucester. 5 portraits.

Charles Herbert Aslin (1893-1959), Architect. 2 portraits.

James Asperne (1757-1820), Bookseller; proprietor of the 'European Magazine'. 1 portrait.

Sir Algernon Edward Aspinall (1871-1952), Consultant, Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture. 1 portrait.

Sir John Audley Frederick Aspinall (1851-1937), Railway engineer. 1 portrait.

John Bridge Aspinall (1877-1932), City Remembrancer. 2 portraits.

John Victor Aspinall (1926-2000), Gambler and zoo owner. 1 portrait.

Kathleen (née Mason), Lady Aspinall, Wife of Sir Algernon Edward Aspinall; Daughter of William Augustus Mason. 2 portraits.

Neil Aspinall (1942-2008), Assistant and road manager for The Beatles. 1 portrait.

Cecil Faber Aspinall-Oglander (1878-1959), Brigadier-General. 3 portraits.

Henry Aspinwall (floruit 1797). 2 portraits.

Helen Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith (1887-1969), President of the Liberal Party Organisation and Public Servant. 25 portraits.

Lady Helen Frances Asquith (born 1908), Daughter of Raymond Asquith. 6 portraits.

Anthony Asquith (1902-1968), Film director; youngest son of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith. 23 portraits.

Arthur Melland Asquith (1883-1939), Brigadier-General and civil servant in Sudan. 4 portraits.

Hon. Betty Constance Asquith (née Manners) (1889-1962), Wife of Hon. Arthur Melland Asquith. 8 portraits.

Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (1887-1960), Author and Private Secretary to JM Barrie. 4 portraits.

Sir Cyril Asquith (1890-1954), Judge; fourth son of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith. 5 portraits.

Katharine Frances Asquith (née Horner) (1885-1976), Daughter of Sir John and Lady Horner; married Raymond Asquith. 10 portraits.

Raymond Asquith (1878-1916), Scholar and army officer; son of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith. 2 portraits.

Hon. Lilah Assanti (née O'Brien) (born 1884), Wife of Nobile Riccardo Assanti; previous wife of Hon. Coulson Churchill Fellowes; daughter of 14th Baron Inchiquin. 3 portraits.

Sir (Joseph) John Asser (1867-1949), General. 4 portraits.

Mildred Estelle Sybella Assheton, Wife of Sir Ralph Cockayne Assheton, 1st Bt. 1 portrait.

Sir Ralph Cockayne Assheton, 1st Bt (1860-1955), Politician. 1 portrait.

Adele Astaire (Lady Charles Cavendish) (1896-1981), Actress and dancer; sister of Fred Astaire; wife of Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish. 2 portraits.

Fred Astaire (1899-1987), Dancer, actor and choreographer. 2 portraits.

Sir John Meir Astbury (1860-1939), Judge. 1 portrait.

William Thomas Astbury (1898-1961), Physicist, crystallographer and molecular biologist. 3 portraits.

William Astell (1774-1847), Chairman of the East India Company. 3 portraits.

Thomas Astle (1735-1803), Keeper of the Records, antiquary and palaeographer. 2 portraits.

Jacob Astley, Baron Astley (1579-1652), Royalist. 4 portraits.

Sir Bernard Astley (died 1645), Royalist; son of Jacob Astley, Baron Astley. 1 portrait.

Sir Edward Astley Astley, Bt (1729-1802), MP for Norfolk; collector. 1 portrait.

Hon. Evelyn Vere Astley (née Strover) (1879-1969), Wife of Hon. Charles Melton Astley; daughter of George Augustus Strover. 3 portraits.

John Astley (circa 1507-1596), Courtier. 1 portrait.

John Astley (1724-1787), Portrait painter. 1 portrait.

John Astley (died 1821), Equestrian performer; son of Philip Astley. 1 portrait.

John Astley. 1 portrait.

Sir John Dugdale Astley, 3rd Bt (1828-1894), Sportsman. 3 portraits.

Philip Astley (1742-1814), Equestrian performer. 4 portraits.

Rhoda Astley (née Delaval) (1731-1757), Pastellist. 3 portraits.

Hon. Simon Nevill Astley (1919-1946), Major; Son of 21st Baron Hastings. 5 portraits.

Walter Aston, 2nd Baron Aston (1584-1639), Ambassador. 3 portraits.

Francis William Aston (1877-1945), Experimental physicist. 9 portraits.

Harvey Aston (died 1839). 1 portrait.

Sir Walter Aston (died 1589). 1 portrait.

William George Aston (1841-1911), Japanese scholar. 1 portrait.

Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor (1879-1952), Newspaper proprietor. 13 portraits.

Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879-1964), Politician and wife of 2nd Viscount Astor; previous wife of R.G. Shaw; daughter of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne. 28 portraits.

William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor (1907-1966), Politician. 9 portraits.

John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor (1886-1971), Owner of 'The Times'. 7 portraits.

David Astor (1912-2001), Journalist. 5 portraits.

Sir John Jacob Astor (1918-2000), Politician. 5 portraits.

Michael Langhorne Astor (1916-1980), Politician. 5 portraits.

Stella Inez Astor (1949-), Grand-daughter of 2nd Viscount Astor; Former wife of Martin Wilkinson. 2 portraits.

Jane Atfield (1964-), Furniture designer. 1 portrait.

Edward Athawes (floruit late 1780s), Virginia merchant. 1 portrait.

King Athelstan (Aethelstan) (895-940). 3 portraits.

Sydney Kerr Buller Atherley (1837-1878), Son of Rev. Arthur Atherley. 2 portraits.

Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones (1851-1929), Judge; Politician; Writer. 4 portraits.

Alice Atherton (1854-1899), Actress; wife of Willie Edouin. 2 portraits.

Andrew Atherton (1975-), Gymnast. 1 portrait.

Charles Atherton. 1 portrait.

John Atherton (1598-1640), Irish bishop. 1 portrait.

Kevin Atherton (1975-), Gymnast. 1 portrait.

Mike Atherton (1968-), Cricketer. 1 portrait.

T.R. Atherton, Colonel. 1 portrait.

Sir William Atherton (1806-1864), Lawyer and politician. 1 portrait.

Diana Athill (1917-), Publisher. 1 portrait.

Godert de Ginkel, 1st Earl of Athlone (1644-1703), General. 12 portraits.

James Herbert Gustavus Meredyth Somerville, 6th Baron Athlumney (1865-1929), Army officer and landowner. 5 portraits.

Lady Amelia-Anna-Sophia (née Stanley), Countess of Athol, Wife of John Murray, 2nd Earl and First Marquis of Athol; daughter of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby. 1 portrait.

James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl (1690-1764), MP; Privy Councillor. 1 portrait.

John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl (1755-1830). 3 portraits.

George Augustus Frederick John Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl (1814-1864), Landowner. 2 portraits.

Anne, Duchess of Atholl (1814-1897), Wife of 6th Duke of Atholl. 4 portraits.

John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl (1840-1917), Landowner. 1 portrait.

John George Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl (1871-1942), Politician. 4 portraits.

Katherine Marjory Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl (1874-1960), Public servant; daughter of Sir James Ramsey. 6 portraits.

John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl (1631-1703), Hereditary Sheriff of Fife, Captain General of the Royal Company of Archers. 1 portrait.

Hugh Graham Atholstan, 1st Baron Atholstan (1848-1938), Newspaper proprietor. 4 portraits.

Annie Beekman Atholstan (née Hamilton), Lady Atholstan, Wife of 1st Baron Atholstan; daughter of Edward Hamilton. 3 portraits.

Georgia Atienza Cabeza (1975-), Photographs Cataloguer, National Portrait Gallery. 1 portrait.

Sir Michael Frances Atiyah (1929-), Mathematician. 2 portraits.

Sir Albert Reuben Atkey (1867-1947), Politician. 1 portrait.

Sir Hedley John Barnard Atkins (1905-1983), Professor of Surgery. 1 portrait.

Sir Ivor Algernon Atkins (1869-1953), Organist and choirmaster. 5 portraits.

Sir John Atkins (1875-1963), Deputy Director of Army Medical Services; physician-in-ordinary to Duke of Connaught. 5 portraits.

William Atkins (floruit 17th century), Empiric. 3 portraits.

William Ringrose Gelston Atkins (1884-1959), Professor of Chemistry. 4 portraits.

John Atkinson, Baron Atkinson (1844-1932), Judge, politician and life peer. 1 portrait.

Sir Arthur Joseph Atkinson (died 1959), Major. 3 portraits.

Christopher Atkinson (circa 1738-1819), Politician. 1 portrait.

Sir Cyril Atkinson (1874-1967), Politician and Judge of High Court of Justice. 4 portraits.

David Anthony Atkinson (1940-), Politician. 6 portraits.

Sir Edward Hale Tindal Atkinson (1878-1957), Lawyer. 4 portraits.

Edward Leicester Atkinson (1882-1929), Surgeon; member of British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913. 1 portrait.

Sir Fenton Atkinson (1906-1980), Lord Justice of Appeal. 1 portrait.

James Atkinson (1780-1852), Army surgeon and Oriental scholar. 1 portrait.

Sir John Nathaniel Atkinson (1857-1931), Member Executive Council, Madras. 3 portraits.

Sir Leonard Henry Atkinson (1910-1990), Major-General. 1 portrait.

Miles Atkinson (1741-1811), Vicar of Kippax and Minister of St Pauls, Leeds. 2 portraits.

Paul Ashley Warren Atkinson (1946-2004), Musician and pop music executive. 1 portrait.

Richard Atkinson (1738-1785), Merchant. 1 portrait.

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (1955-), Actor and writer. 3 portraits.

Thomas Atkinson (1759-1838), Builder and Alderman of Salisbury. 1 portrait.

William Christopher Atkinson (1902-1992), Professor of Hispanic studies. 7 portraits.

Richard Atkyns (1615–1677), Army officer and writer on printing. 1 portrait.

James Atlay (1817-1894), Bishop of Hereford. 2 portraits.

Nana Sir Ofori Atta (1881-1943), Member of Executive Council of Gold Coast (Ghana). 4 portraits.

Naim Ibrahim Attallah (1931-), Book publisher, magazine proprietor and writer, producer of plays, films and television documentaries. 2 portraits.

Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough (1923-), Actor, producer and director; brother of Sir David Attenborough. 6 portraits.

Sir David Attenborough (1926-), Naturalist and broadcaster; brother of Baron Attenborough. 5 portraits.

Francis Atterbury (1662-1732), Bishop of Rochester. 16 portraits.

Sir Frederick Atterbury (1853-1919), Barrister and accountant. 5 portraits.

Humphrey Cooper Attewell (1894-1972), Labour MP for Harborough 1945-50. 1 portrait.

Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (1883-1967), Prime Minister. 35 portraits.

Violet Helen Attlee (née Millar), Countess Attlee (died 1964), Wife of 1st Earl Attlee. 5 portraits.

Christopher Attlee, Prospective Labour candidate; nephew of Ist Earl Attlee. 2 portraits.

Mrs Christopher Attlee, Wife of Christopher Attlee, nephew of Clement Attlee. 2 portraits.

Thomas Attwood (1783-1856), Political reformer. 3 portraits.

Harriett Caroline Attye (circa 1812-1901), Landowner; Daughter of Robert Middleton Attye. 1 portrait.

Winifred Atwell (1914-1984), Pianist. 3 portraits.

Thomas Stephen Atwood (1759-1826), Rector of Buckworth and Morborne, Hants, and Minister of Hammersmith. 2 portraits.

Daniel François Esprit Auber (1782-1871), Composer. 3 portraits.

Philippe Marie Joseph Raymond Auboyneau (1899-1961), French naval commander and admiral. 8 portraits.

Sir John Aubray, Bt (1740-1826), MP. 2 portraits.

John Aubrey (1626-1697), Antiquary. 3 portraits.

Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey, 7th Bt (1782-1856), Sheriff. 1 portrait.

William Aubrey (1529-1595), Master in Chancery. 3 portraits.

Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 4th Bt (1835-1910), Politician; Army officer. 1 portrait.

Sir Claude Auchinleck (1884-1981), Field Marshal. 16 portraits.

Colonel Arthur Auchmuty (floruit 1792). 1 portrait.

George Eden, Earl of Auckland (1784-1849), Governor-General of India. 6 portraits.

William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland (1744-1814), Statesman. 8 portraits.

Robert John Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland (1799-1870), Bishop of Bath and Wells. 5 portraits.

Mary (née Hurt), Lady Auckland (died 1872), Wife of 3rd Baron Auckland; Daughter of Francis Edward Hurt. 1 portrait.

William Morton Eden, 5th Baron Auckland (1859-1917), Army officer. 1 portrait.

Frederick Colvin George Eden, 6th Baron Auckland (1895-1941), Assistant to Air AttachT, Paris. 1 portrait.

Wystan Hugh ('W.H.') Auden (1907-1973), Poet. 31 portraits.

Thomas Audley, Baron Audley of Walden (1487 or 1488-1544), Lord Chancellor; Speaker of the House of Commons. 3 portraits.

John J. Audubon (1780-1851), American ornothologist, author. 1 portrait.

Frank Auerbach (1931-), Painter. 11 portraits.

Israel Antoine Aufrere (1667-1758), Minister of the French Church in London. 1 portrait.

Pearl Aufrere, Actress. 4 portraits.

(Guillaume Victor) Émile Augier (1820-1889), Dramatist. 1 portrait.

Roy August, Dancer. 6 portraits.

Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (1719-1772), Mother of George III. 12 portraits.

Princess Augusta Charlotte, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttell (1737-1813), Daughter of Frederick Prince of Wales, eldest sister of George III. 11 portraits.

Princess Augusta Caroline, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1822-1916), Daughter of Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge. 2 portraits.

Augusta Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia (1858-1921), Consort of Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia. 4 portraits.

Princess Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa, Duchess of Cambridge (1797-1889), Wife of Prince Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge. 16 portraits.

Augustus George, Margrave of Baden (1706-1771). 1 portrait.

Doña Fernanda Moreno de la Serna y Zuleta de Reales, Marquesa de Aulencia, Wife of Don César Pérez de Guzmán y Spreca, 1st Marqués de Aulencia. 4 portraits.

Norman Ault (1880-1950), Author and artist. 5 portraits.

Henri Eugène Philippe Louis d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale (1822-1897), Son of Louis Philippe, soldier. 3 portraits.

Stacy Aumonier (1887-1928), Writer. 11 portraits.

Duc d'Aumont. 1 portrait.

Abraham Aurelius (1574 or 1576–1631), Reformed minister. 3 portraits.

Marcus Aurelius (121-180), Roman emperor. 1 portrait.

Cilly Aussem (Contessa F.M. Della Corta Brae) (1909-1963), German tennis player. 1 portrait.

Jane Austen (1775-1817), Novelist. 5 portraits.

Primrose Austen, Fashion model. 1 portrait.

Sarah (née Richardson), Lady Austen (died 1802), Wife of Sir Robert Austen, 7th Bt; friend of William Cowper. 1 portrait.

Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh (1872-1961), Printer and scholar. 1 portrait.

Herbert Austin, Baron Austin (1866-1941), Motor manufacturer and philanthropist. 3 portraits.

Alfred Austin (1835-1913), Poet Laureate. 2 portraits.

Henry Wilfred ('Bunny') Austin (1906-2000), Tennis player. 7 portraits.

David Charles Henshaw Austin (1926-), Farmer and rose nurseryman. 1 portrait.

Sir Francis Murray Austin (1881-1953), Vice-Admiral. 3 portraits.

Frederic Austin (1872-1952), Singer; Composer. 1 portrait.

Sir Horatio Thomas Austin (1801-1865), Admiral and explorer. 1 portrait.

John Gardiner Austin (1871-1956), Brigadier-General. 2 portraits.

Michael Austin (1855-1916), Politician. 1 portrait.

Richard Austin (1903-1989), Conductor. 11 portraits.

Sarah Austin (née Taylor) (1793-1867), Translator. 3 portraits.

Sir Thomas Austin (1887-1976), Prime Minister of Kolhapur State. 1 portrait.

William Austin (floruit 1662), Classical scholar and verse writer. 3 portraits.

William Austin (1721-1820), Drawing master and engraver. 1 portrait.

William Austin (circa 1587–1634), Author. 3 portraits.

William Austin (circa 1805-floruit 1845), Adopted son of Queen Caroline. 3 portraits.

Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Archduke of Austria (1769-1824). 1 portrait.

Charles, Archduke of Austria (1771-1847). 1 portrait.

John of Austria (1547-1578), Miliitary leader and illegitimate son of King Charles I of Spain. 1 portrait.

Maximilian Franz, Archduke of Austria (1756-1801). 2 portraits.

Henry Nassau, Count of Auverquerque (1641-1708), Master of the Horse to William III. 2 portraits.

Isabella (van Aerson), Countess of Auverquerque (1639-1720), Wife of Henry Nassau, Count of Auverquerque. 2 portraits.

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834-1913), Banker, politician, scientist and writer. 7 portraits.

Alice Augusta Laurentia Lane (née Fox-Pitt-Rivers), Baroness Avebury (died 1947), 2nd wife of 1st Baron Avebury; daughter of Augustus Henry Lane Fox-Pitt-Rivers. 4 portraits.

John Lubbock, 3rd Baron Avebury (1915-1971). 4 portraits.

Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury (1928-), Politician. 1 portrait.

Gilbert John Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland (1795-1867), MP for Lincolnshire. 2 portraits.

John Avery (1807-1855), Surgeon. 1 portrait.

Lizzie Avery, Actress, dancer and singer. 1 portrait.

Sir Francis Avery Jones (1910-1998), Physician and gastroenterologist. 1 portrait.

Avicenna (circa 980-1037), Physician, philosopher, and a scientist. 1 portrait.

Juliette Avis, Education Officer, National Portrait Gallery. 1 portrait.

(Robert) Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (1897-1977), Prime Minister. 21 portraits.

Clarissa Anne Churchill, Countess of Avon (1920-), Wife of Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon; Daughter of Lady Gwendeline Spencer Churchill. 1 portrait.

Lady Janet Sutherland Shearer Avonside (1917-), Scottish Governor of the BBC. 9 portraits.

E.R. Avory, Tennis player. 2 portraits.

Sir Horace Edmund Avory (1851-1935), Judge. 4 portraits.

Mick Avory (1944-), Musician; drummer with 'The Kinks'. 1 portrait.

Stanley Stephen Awbery (1888-1969), Politician; JP. 6 portraits.

Christopher Awdry (1940-), Author; son of Wilbert Vere ('W.V.') Awdry. 1 portrait.

Wilbert Vere ('W.V.') Awdry (1911-1997), Clergyman; author of 'Thomas the Tank Engine' series. 1 portrait.

Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo (née Adelana) (1918-), Public servant; Wife of Obafemi Awolowo. 11 portraits.

Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987), Politician in Nigeria. 13 portraits.

Prince Axel of Denmark, Foreign dignitary. 1 portrait.

Daniel Axtell (died 1660), Regicide. 1 portrait.

Sir Alan Ayckbourn (1939-), Playwright; Artistic Director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough. 3 portraits.

Sir Alfred Jules Ayer (1910-1989), Philosopher. 12 portraits.

Walter Henry Ayles (1879-1953), Member of Parliament for Southall 1945-50 and Hayes and Harlington 1950-53. 3 portraits.

Sir Thomas Aylesbury, Bt (1576-1657), Patron of mathematical learning. 1 portrait.

Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford (1647?-1719), Lord Chancellor. 7 portraits.

Louisa (Thynne), Countess of Aylesford (1760-1832), Wife of Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford. 3 portraits.

Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (1786-1859). 2 portraits.

Charles Ian Finch-Knightley, 11th Earl Aylesford (1918-), Lord Lieutenant of the West-Midlands. 2 portraits.

Herbert William ('Bert') Bowden, Baron Aylestone (1905-1994), Politician. 4 portraits.

Robert Aylett (1583-1655?), Religious poet. 5 portraits.

Sir John Ayliffe (Aylef) (circa 1490-1556), Surgeon to King Henry VIII. 1 portrait.

Richard Cecil Ayling (1916-1995), Air Vice-Marshal. 1 portrait.

Sir Felix Edward Aylmer (1889-1979), Actor. 2 portraits.

John Aylmer (1521-1594), Bishop of London. 4 portraits.

Madelaine Hope Aylward (née Woolley), Wife of Anthony Case Aylward. 2 portraits.

Roger Aylward, Administration and Establishment Officer, National Portrait Gallery. 1 portrait.

Allan Aynesworth (Edward Abbot-Anderson) (1864-1959), Actor. 2 portraits.

Sir Amos Lowrey Ayre (1885-1952), Shipbuilder. 4 portraits.

Sir Wilfred Ayre (1890-1971), Naval architect. 1 portrait.

Gillian Ayres (1930-), Painter, mural artist and teacher. 4 portraits.

John Ayres (floruit 1680-1700), Writing master. 5 portraits.

Ruby Mildred Ayres (1883-1955), Romantic novelist. 6 portraits.

Acton Smee Ayrton (1816-1886), Politician. 2 portraits.

Michael Ayrton (1921-1975), Artist. 6 portraits.

William Edward Ayrton (1847-1908), Electrical engineer and physicist. 1 portrait.

Francis Ayscough (1700-1763), Dean of Bristol; tutor to George III. 1 portrait.

Samuel Ayscough (1745-1804), Librarian and index maker. 1 portrait.

Sir George Ayscue (circa 1615-1672), Naval Officer. 6 portraits.

Chris Ayton, Scaffolder. 1 portrait.

Richard Ayton (1786-1823), Dramatist and miscellaneous writer. 2 portraits.

Sir Robert Ayton (1570–1638), Poet and Courtier. 1 portrait.

James Aytoun (1797-1881), Advocate and manufacturer. 1 portrait.

William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1813-1865), Poet. 1 portrait.

Vedanayakam Samuel Azariah (1874-1945), First Indian bishop of an Anglican diocese. 5 portraits.

Victor Emmanuel Taparelli, Marchesi d'Azeglio (1816-1890), Piedmontese ambassador. 4 portraits.

Ignatius Azevedo (1527-1570), Jesuit Missionary and Martyr. 1 portrait.

Abdul Aziz (1830-1876), Sultan of Turkey. 2 portraits.

Shin Azumi (1965-), Furniture and product designer. 1 portrait.

Tomoko Azumi (1966-), Furniture and product designer. 1 portrait.