Sitters A to Z

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Monsieur L'Amour (floruit 1803), Man of fashion. 2 portraits.

Gertrude Laarhoven, Actress and singer. 1 portrait.

Peter Labilliere (died 1800), 'A Christian Patriot & Citizen of the World'. 2 portraits.

Frederick Lablache (1815-1887), Singer; Son of Luigi Lablache. 1 portrait.

Dorothy Elizabeth Labouchere (born 1771), Daughter of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Bt. 1 portrait.

Henry du Pré Labouchere (1831-1912), Journalist and politician. 10 portraits.

Sir James Philip Lacaita (1813-1895), Italian scholar and politician. 1 portrait.

Bruce Lacey (1927-), Actor, writer and producer. 4 portraits.

Catherine Lacey (1904-1979), Actress. 1 portrait.

Mary Marshall (née Ramsay), Lady Lacey, Former wife of J. Campbell Walker and wife of Sir Francis Eden Lacey; Daughter of Robert Ramsay. 1 portrait.

Robert David Weston Lacey (1944-), Author and broadcaster. 1 portrait.

Lee La Chamette (floruit 1817). 2 portraits.

Pierre J.A. Lachelin, Chairman of S. Hoffnung & Co Ltd. 1 portrait.

David Lambert Lack (1910-1973), Ornithologist. 2 portraits.

Harry Lambert Lack (1867-1943), Consulting aural surgeon. 2 portraits.

Simon Lack (née MacAlpine) (1917-), Actor. 1 portrait.

James Lackington (1746-1815), Bookseller. 1 portrait.

François Maurice, comte de Lacy (1725-1801), Austrian field marshal. 2 portraits.

Harriette Deborah Lacy (née Taylor) (1807-1874), Actress. 2 portraits.

John Lacy (1622-1681), Playwright and actor. 1 portrait.

Walter Lacy (Walter Williams) (1809-1898), Actor. 1 portrait.

Sir Robert Ladbroke (1713-1773), Lord Mayor of London. 1 portrait.

Sir John Lade, 2nd Bt (1759-1838). 1 portrait.

Lady Laetitia Lade (née Smith) (died 1825), Wife of Sir John Lade. 1 portrait.

Lady Muriel Hay, Princess Münster of Derneburg. 1 portrait.

Adrienne de Noailles de Lafayette (1760-1807), Wife of Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. 1 portrait.

George Washington Lafayette (1779-), Son of Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. 1 portrait.

Sir Robert Michael Laffan (1819-1882), Army officer. 1 portrait.

J. Laffitte, French banker. 1 portrait.

Albert Sumner Lafone (1863-1933), Rear-Admiral. 4 portraits.

Alfred Lafone (1821-1911), Politician. 1 portrait.

Godfrey William Lagden (1906-1989), Politician. 3 portraits.

Sir Godfrey Yeatman Lagden (1851-1934), Vice-President, Royal Empire Society and Vice-President, African Society. 3 portraits.

Louis Laguerre (1663-1721), French artist. 1 portrait.

Don Neri Corsini, Marchese di Laiatico (1805-1859), Tuscan nobleman and Major-General. 1 portrait.

Dame Clementine Dinah ('Cleo') Laine (1927-), Singer. 3 portraits.

Denny Laine (Brian Hines) (1944-), Singer and musician. 1 portrait.

Alastair David Laing (1944-), Art historian. 1 portrait.

Alexander Gordon Laing (1793-1826), African traveller. 1 portrait.

David Laing (1793-1878), Scottish academic; friend of Sir Walter Scott. 2 portraits.

Sir George Laing (1884-1956), Air Vice-Marshal. 1 portrait.

James Laing. 2 portraits.

Jutta Laing (née Werner), Wife of Ronald David Laing. 1 portrait.

Ronald David Laing (1927-1989), Psychiatrist. 3 portraits.

Samuel Laing (1812-1897), Politician, author and railway executive. 1 portrait.

John Laird (1805-1874), Shipbuilder. 2 portraits.

Sir Patrick Ramsay Laird (1888-1967), Secretary of Department of Agriculture for Scotland. 2 portraits.

Mabel Lait, Actress. 1 portrait.

Sir (John) Gilbert Laithwaite (1894-1986), Politician and diplomat. 3 portraits.

Sir John Gibert Laithwaite (1894-1986), Civil servant. 1 portrait.

Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake (1744-1808), General. 5 portraits.

Alan Lake (1940-1984), Actor; Husband of Diana Dors. 1 portrait.

Arthur Lake (baptised 1567 - died 1626), Bishop of Bath and Wells. 4 portraits.

Sir Bibye Lake (1684 - 1744), Sub-Governor of the African Company. 1 portrait.

Edward Lake (1641–1704), Church of England clergyman. 3 portraits.

George Augustus Frederick Lake (died 1808), General. 1 portrait.

Sir Henry Atwell Lake (1808-1881), Colonel of the Royal Engineers. 1 portrait.

James Lake (floruit 1844), Member of a deputation to Louis Philippe, 1844. 1 portrait.

John Lake (1624-1689), Bishop of Chichester. 12 portraits.

Katherine Lake (née Gladstone), Wife of William Charles Lake; Daughter of John Neilson Gladstone. 1 portrait.

Mary Lake, Sister of Sir Bibye Lake. 1 portrait.

Sir Percy Henry Noel Lake (1855-1940), Lieutenant-General. 1 portrait.

Sir Freddie Laker (1922-2006), Chairman of Laker Airways. 2 portraits.

Sir Guy Francis William Laking, 3rd Bt (1904-1930), Son of Sir Guy Francis Laking, 2nd Bt. 7 portraits.

Princess Lakshmi Bayi (Kartika Tirunal) (1916-), Sister of the Maharaja of Travancore; Chief Guide of the Travancore Girl Guides. 1 portrait.

Joseph Jérôme le Français de Lalande (1732-1807), French astronomer. 1 portrait.

Gwen Lally (died 1963), Pageant Master, play producer and lecturer. 3 portraits.

Trophime Gérard de Lally Tollendal (1751-1830), French statesman. 1 portrait.

Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck (1744-1829), French soldier, naturalist and academic. 1 portrait.

Mark Lamarr (1967-), Television presenter and comedian. 1 portrait.

Alphonse Marie Louise Prat de Lamartine (1790-1869), Writer, poet and politician. 5 portraits.

Henrietta Frances Phipps (née Lamb) (1931-), Daughter of Henry Lamb; married William Phipps. 3 portraits.

Lady Caroline Lamb (1785-1828), Novelist. 2 portraits.

Lady (Margaret) Pansy Lamb (née Pakenham) (1904-1999), Interior designer and novelist; daughter of 5th Earl of Longford; wife of Henry Lamb. 3 portraits.

Mrs A.J.B. Lamb (born 1847), Daughter of W.M. Rutherford Lamb. 1 portrait.

Beatrice Lamb (born 1866), Actress. 1 portrait.

Charles Lamb (1775-1834), Essayist and poet. 10 portraits.

David C. Lamb (1866-1951), Commissioner of Salvation Army. 1 portrait.

George Lamb (1784-1834), Politician and man of letters. 2 portraits.

Henry Lamb (1883-1960), Painter. 17 portraits.

Sir Horace Lamb (1849-1934), Mathematician. 4 portraits.

John Lamb, Head of Marine Research Department. 2 portraits.

John Lamb, Head of Marine Research Department, British Oil Company. 1 portrait.

Sir Joseph Quinton Lamb (1873-1949), Politician. 1 portrait.

Sir Albert ('Larry') Lamb (1929-2000), Newspaper Editor. 1 portrait.

Lynton Harold Lamb (1907-1977), Painter, book illustrator and designer. 1 portrait.

Mary Lamb (1764-1847), Sister and collaborator of Charles Lamb. 2 portraits.

Minty Lamb, Actress. 3 portraits.

Peniston Lamb (1770-1805), Son of 1st Viscount Melbourne. 1 portrait.

Percy Lamb (1896-1973), Official Referee of the Supreme Court of Judicature. 2 portraits.

Sir Walter Rangeley Maitland Lamb (1882-1961), Secretary for Royal Academy 1913-51, classical lecturer, author. 9 portraits.

William Lamb. 2 portraits.

Marie-Thérèse-Louise de Savoie-Carignan, Princess de Lamballe (1749-1792), Friend of Marie Antoinette. 2 portraits.

William Lambarde (1536-1601), Historian and lawyer. 8 portraits.

Sir Gustavus Francis Lambart, 1st Bt (1848-1926), Lieutenant-Colonel. 3 portraits.

Lady Kathleen Barbara Sophia Lambart (née Moore-Brabazon), Wife of Sir Gustavus Lambart, 1st Bt; daughter of John Moore-Brabazon; sister of 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara. 3 portraits.

Sir Oliver Francis Lambart, 2nd Bt (1913-1986), Lieutenant. 5 portraits.

John Lambe (1545 or 1546-1628), Astrologer. 4 portraits.

Thomas Lambe (floruit 1629–1661), Baptist preacher and soapboiler. 2 portraits.

George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert (1866-1958), Yeoman farmer and politician. 5 portraits.

George Lambert, 2nd Viscount Lambert (1909-1989), MP. 1 portrait.

Sir Anthony Edward Lambert (1911-), Ambassador to Tunisia, Finland and Portugal. 1 portrait.

Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761–1842), Botanist. 1 portrait.

Constant Lambert (1905-1951), Composer, conductor and critic. 26 portraits.

Daniel Lambert (1770-1809), Keeper of Leicester gaol; fat man. 1 portrait.

Sir David Sidney Lambert (1885-1966), Rear-Admiral and paymaster. 3 portraits.

Florence Lambert (née Kaye), Actress; wife of Constant Lambert. 6 portraits.

George Lambert (1710-1765), Landscape painter. 4 portraits.

George Washington Lambert (1873-1930), Artist. 1 portrait.

Sir Henry Charles Miller Lambert (1868-1935), Senior Crown Agent for the Colonies. 4 portraits.

John Lambert (died 1701), Amateur artist. 1 portrait.

John Lambert (1619-1684), Parliamentary general. 10 portraits.

Sir John Lambert (1772-1847), General. 1 portrait.

Mabel Janetta Lambert (née Waldo-Sibthorp) (1878-1964), Wife of Walter John Lambert; previous wife of Sir Cholmeley, 4th Bt; daughter of Montagu Waldo-Sibthorp. 4 portraits.

Maurice Lambert (1901-1964), Sculptor. 12 portraits.

Olga Marie Stuart Lambert (née Morrison) (1895-1977), Daughter of Stuart Gordon Morrison; wife of Maurice Lambert. 1 portrait.

Verity Ann Lambert (1935-2007), Independent film and television producer. 3 portraits.

Victor Albert George Lambert (1897-1971), Chairman of Modern Materials Management Ltd. 1 portrait.

Walter John Lambert (1876-1944), Brigadier-General. 6 portraits.

Martin John Lambie-Nairn (1945-), Founder and Creative Director of Lambie Nairn; Corporate Identity Specialist. 1 portrait.

Amelius Mark Richard Lockwood (née Wood), 1st Baron Lambourne (1847-1928), Politician. 2 portraits.

Antony Claud Frederick Lambton, Viscount Lambton (1922-), Politician. 8 portraits.

Charles William Lambton (1818-1831), Eldest son of John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham. 1 portrait.

George Lambton (1860-1945), Sportsman and writer. 10 portraits.

Hon. Lettice Lambton (née Wormald) (1874-1945), Wife of Hon. Claud Lambton, 7th son of 2nd Earl of Durham; daughter of Edward Wormald. 3 portraits.

Lucinda Lambton (1943-), Writer, photographer and television broadcaster; daughter of Viscount Lambton. 2 portraits.

William Lambton (1756-1823), Soldier; Superintendent of the Trigonometrical Survey of India. 1 portrait.

Sir William Lambton (1863-1936), Major-General. 2 portraits.

William Henry Lambton (1764-1797), Politician. 1 portrait.

Richmal Crompton Lamburn (1890-1969), Novelist. 1 portrait.

Alexandre Theodore Victor, comte de Lameth (1760-1829), French soldier and politician. 1 portrait.

Charles Lameth (floruit 1789). 1 portrait.

Pansy Montague ('La Milo'), Actress. 9 portraits.

Alexander Dundas Ross Wishart Cochrane-Baillie, 1st Baron Lamington (1816-1890), Politician and author. 2 portraits.

Lord Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington (1860-1940), Lieutenant-colonel, MP, Governor of Queensland (1895 -1901) and Bombay (1903-7). 7 portraits.

George Lammie (1891-1946), Colonel. 6 portraits.

David Lammy (1972-), Politician. 1 portrait.

Angus Lamond, Professor of Biochemistry. 1 portrait.

Frederic Lamond (1868-1948), Pianist, composer. 1 portrait.

Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont, Baron Lamont of Lerwick (1942-), Chancellor of the Exchequer. 1 portrait.

John Lamont (floruit 1786), Surgeon. 2 portraits.

John La Motte (1577-1655), Merchant. 3 portraits.

Charles Robert Wharram Lamplough (1896-1981), Major-general, aide-de-camp to King George VI. 1 portrait.

George William Lamplugh (1859-1926), Geologist. 1 portrait.

Kenneth Edward Norman Lamplugh (1901-1979), Bishop of Southampton. 1 portrait.

Thomas Lamplugh (baptised 1615 - 1691), Archbishop of York. 2 portraits.

Sir Curtis George Lampson, 3rd Bt (1890-1971), Lecturer and broadcaster on art and travel. 4 portraits.

Henry, Duke of Lancaster (1299?-1361), Great-grandson of Henry III. 7 portraits.

Claude Granville Lancaster (1899-1977), Colonel; Politician. 7 portraits.

Dame Jean Lancaster (née Davies) (1909-1996), Director, Women's Royal Naval Service. 2 portraits.

Joseph Lancaster (1778-1838), Educationalist. 1 portrait.

Karen Elizabeth Lancaster (née Harris) (died 1964), Daughter of Sir Arthur Harris; 1st wife of Sir Osbert Lancaster. 5 portraits.

Mark Lancaster (1938-), Painter, printmaker and teacher. 1 portrait.

May Lancaster, Actress. 4 portraits.

Sir Osbert Lancaster (1908-1986), Artist and writer. 10 portraits.

Roy Lancaster, Plantsman, writer and broadcaster. 1 portrait.

William Lancaster (1650-1717), Divine. 2 portraits.

John (Plantagenet), Duke of Lancaster and Aquitaine ('John of Gaunt') (1340-1399), 4th son of Edward III. 6 portraits.

Joan Cadogan Lancaster Lewis (1918-1992), Historian and Director of India Office Library and Records. 2 portraits.

George Lance (1802-1864), Painter of still-life. 6 portraits.

Sylvia Lance (Mrs S. Harper) (1895-), Australian lawn tennis player. 2 portraits.

William Henry Lance (circa 1823-1911), Clergyman. 1 portrait.

John Arthur Lanchbery (1923-2003), Conductor and composer. 1 portrait.

Elsa Lanchester (1902-1986), Actress. 6 portraits.

Florence Lancia (Laura Florence Ladbroke Clarke) (1840-1905), Singer and singing teacher. 1 portrait.

Rom Landau (1899-1974), Writer and sculptor. 3 portraits.

Nico Landenis (1934-), Chef and restaurateur. 2 portraits.

Jean Margaret Lander (née Davenport) (1830-1903), Actress. 1 portrait.

John Lander (1807-1839), Explorer. 1 portrait.

Richard Lemon Lander (1804-1834), Explored the course of the Niger. 3 portraits.

Mr Landford. 1 portrait.

Herman James Shelly Landon (1859-1948), Major-General. 3 portraits.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (Mrs Maclean) (1802-1838), Poet and novelist. 3 portraits.

A.Henry Savage Landor (1867-1924), Painter, explorer and anthropologist. 5 portraits.

Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864), Poet and writer; Author of 'Imaginary Conversations'. 7 portraits.

Charles Landseer (1799 or 1800-1879), Genre and history painter; Son of John George Landseer. 3 portraits.

Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873), Painter; Son of John George Landseer. 14 portraits.

John George Landseer (1763 or 1769-1852), Engraver and antiquary; father of Sir Edwin Landseer. 2 portraits.

Thomas Landseer (1793 or 1794-1880), Engraver; Son of John George Landseer. 3 portraits.

Michael Landy (1963-), Artist. 2 portraits.

Abigail Lane (1967-), Artist. 1 portrait.

Sir Allen Lane (1902-1970), Founder of Penguin Books. 29 portraits.

Carla Lane (1937-), Television script-writer and animal welfare campaigner. 1 portrait.

Sir David William Stennis Stewart Lane (1922-1998), Politician. 1 portrait.

Edward William Lane (1801-1876), Arabic scholar. 2 portraits.

Dame Elizabeth Kathleen Lane (1905-1988), Judge. 7 portraits.

Grace Lane (Mrs Kenneth Douglas) (1876-1956), Actress. 9 portraits.

Sir Hugh Percy Lane (1875-1915), Art dealer, collector and critic. 2 portraits.

Jeffrey Lane, Showbusiness publicist. 1 portrait.

John Lane. 3 portraits.

Lupino Lane (1892-1959), Actor and theatre manager. 5 portraits.

Margaret Lane (Lady Huntingdon) (1907-1994), Novelist, biographer and journalist. 14 portraits.

Richard James Lane (1800-1872), Sculptor and lithographer. 5 portraits.

Ronald Epey Lane (1897-1995), Professor of Occupational Health. 1 portrait.

Ronnie ('Plonk') Lane (1946-), Pop musician. 1 portrait.

Samuel Armstrong Lane (1802-1892), Surgeon. 3 portraits.

Sarah Lane (née Borrow) (1822 or 1823-1899), Actress, playwright and theatre manager. 1 portrait.

Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, 1st Bt (1856-1943), Surgeon. 7 portraits.

Martha Lane-Fox (1973-), Businesswoman. 1 portrait.

Robin James Lane Fox (1946-), Writer and historian of gardens. 1 portrait.

Sir Richard Hayden Owen Lane-Poole (1883-1971), Vice-Admiral; Author and oriental scholar. 5 portraits.

George John Danvers Butler, 5th Earl of Lanesborough (1794-1866), Representative peer. 1 portrait.

Frederica Emma (née Bishop), Countess of Lanesborough (died 1870), Widow of Sir Richard Hunter and second wife of 5th Earl of Lanesborough; Daughter of Charles Bishop. 1 portrait.

Dorothy Kate Butler (née Brand), Countess of Lanesborough (died 1935), 2nd wife of 7th Earl of Lanesborough; previous wife of Guy St Barbe Watkins; daughter of James Brand. 2 portraits.

Henry Cavendish Butler, 8th Earl of Lanesborough (1868-1950), Landowner. 2 portraits.

Grace Lilian (née Abdy), Countess of Lanesborough (born 1887), Second wife of 8th Earl of Lanesborough; Daughter of Sir Anthony Charles Sykes Abdy, 3rd Bt. 1 portrait.

Denis Anthony Brian Butler, 9th Earl of Lanesborough (1918-1998), Landowner. 10 portraits.

Mrs Lanford. 1 portrait.

Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth (1864-1945), Archbishop of Canterbury. 35 portraits.

Albert Frank Lang (1895-1977), Air Vice-Marshal. 2 portraits.

Andrew Lang (1844-1912), Poet, scholar and writer. 13 portraits.

Hon. (Cecilia Alexandra) Rose Lang (née Alport) (1946-), Elder daughter of Baron Alport. 4 portraits.

Geoffrey W. F. Lang, Reverend; Husband of Hon. Rose Lang (née Alport). 2 portraits.

Godfrey George Lang (1867-1923), Lieutenant-Colonel. 2 portraits.

Gordon Lang (1893-1981), Nonconformist minister and politician. 1 portrait.

Sir John Gerald Lang (1896-1984), Admiralty official. 2 portraits.

Kathryn Dawn ('K.D.') Lang (1961-), Pop musician. 1 portrait.

Leslie Hamilton Lang (1889-1974), Bishop of Woolwich. 5 portraits.

(Alexander) Matheson Lang (1879-1948), Actor-manager and dramatist. 2 portraits.

Sir Peter Redford Scott Lang (1850-1926), Professor and colonel. 3 portraits.

William Lang (floruit 1940s-1970s), Cornet player. 1 portrait.

Peter Langan (1940-1988), Restaurateur. 4 portraits.

Langani or Langoni, Musician. 1 portrait.

Henry Bickersteth, Baron Langdale (1783-1851), Master of the Rolls. 1 portrait.

Marmaduke Langdale, 1st Baron Langdale (baptised 1598 - 1661), Royalist Army Officer. 2 portraits.

David Langdon (1914-), Cartoonist. 2 portraits.

Dorothy Langdon, Actress. 5 portraits.

Stephen Herbert Langdon (1876-1937), Assyrologist and Oxford Professor. 1 portrait.

Sir Walter Langdon-Brown (1870-1946), Regius professor physic. 1 portrait.

Hansjürg Lange, Bassoon maker and player. 1 portrait.

Hercules Edward Rowley, 4th Baron Langford (1848-1919), Lieutenant-Colonel. 3 portraits.

Clotworthy Wellington Thomas Edward Rowley, 7th Baron Langford (1885-1952), Soldier. 9 portraits.

Abraham Langford (1711-1774), Auctioneer. 1 portrait.

E.W. Langford, President of National Farmers' Union. 1 portrait.

Miss Langford, Actress. 1 portrait.

Sir John Anthony Langford-Holt (1916-1993), Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy. 5 portraits.

Frederick George Langham (1863-1946), Colonel. 1 portrait.

Lady Mary Langham (née Alston) (died 1660), Wife of Sir James Langham. 4 portraits.

Richard Langhorne (circa 1624-1679), Barrister and victim of the Popish Plot. 4 portraits.

Ben Langlands (1955-), Artist. 3 portraits.

Cecil Langlands, Horse trainer. 1 portrait.

Batty Langley (1834-1914), Politician; Merchant. 1 portrait.

Noel A. Langley (1911-1980), Author and playwright. 1 portrait.

Grania Sybil Enid (née Wingfield), Lady Langrishe (1934-), Daughter of 9th Viscount Powerscourt; wife of Sir Hercules Ralph Hume Langrishe, 7th Bt. 1 portrait.

Basil Cedric Langton (1912-2003), Actor, director, writer, artist, photographer and teacher. 10 portraits.

Bennet Langton (1737-1801), Scholar and friend of Dr Johnson. 2 portraits.

Doreen Langton, Actress. 5 portraits.

Henry Michael Fanstinus Langton (born 1829), Army officer. 1 portrait.

John Langton (floruit circa 1700), Writing Master and Glass Painter. 2 portraits.

Mary Langton, Daughter of Bennet Langton. 1 portrait.

Sarah Langton (née Crewe), Daughter of John Crewe; wife of Obediah Langton. 1 portrait.

William Gore Langton (1760-1847), MP for Somerset East. 1 portrait.

Emilie Charlotte ('Lillie') Langtry (née Le Breton) (1853-1929), Actress and 'professional beauty'. 19 portraits.

Nicholas Lanier (1588-1666), Master of the King's music and artist. 6 portraits.

(Nathaniel) Lester Lanin (1907-2004), Bandleader. 1 portrait.

Edwin Lankester (1814-1874), Public health reformer and natural historian. 3 portraits.

Sir (Edwin) Ray Lankester (1847-1929), Zoologist; Son of Edwin Lankester. 5 portraits.

Richard Lannoy (1928-), Photographer. 2 portraits.

Angela Brigid Lansbury (1925-), Actress. 1 portrait.

Edgar I.Lansbury, Mayor of Poplar and son of George Lansbury. 2 portraits.

George Lansbury (1859-1940), Labour leader and pacifist. 17 portraits.

William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805), Prime Minister and patron of the arts. 60 portraits.

Louisa (née Fitzpatrick), Marchioness of Lansdowne (1755-1789), Wife of William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, Prime Minister. 1 portrait.

John Henry Petty, 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne (1765-1809), Politician. 2 portraits.

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863), Politician. 51 portraits.

Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne (1816-1866), Politician and railway company chairman. 1 portrait.

Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845-1927), Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary. 21 portraits.

Maud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne (1850-1932), 7th daughter of 1st Duke of Abercorn; wife of 5th Marquess of Lansdowne. 4 portraits.

Mary Granville (née Villiers), Lady Lansdowne (died 1735). 1 portrait.

George Granville (or Grenville), 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666-1735), Poet and dramatist. 2 portraits.

Thomas Lant (1556?-1600), Herald. 1 portrait.

Don Filippo Lante Montefeltro della Rovere (1908-1965), Italian nobleman. 2 portraits.

Edward (Edouard) Lanteri (1848-1917), Sculptor. 1 portrait.

(George) Peter Lanyon (1918-1964), Painter and sculptor. 3 portraits.

Geoffrey Lapage (born 1888), Author. 1 portrait.

Baroness Lapeyrouse, Wife of the Comte G. Lapeyrouse. 5 portraits.

Comte Gabriel Lapeyrouse. 2 portraits.

Alison Lapper (1965-), Artist. 1 portrait.

James Lapslie (died 1824), Clergyman. 1 portrait.

Ethel Larcombe (née Thomson), Former Wimbledon Champion. 2 portraits.

Dionysius Lardner (1793-1859), Scientific writer. 3 portraits.

Nathaniel Lardner (1684-1768), Christian apologist and biblical scholar. 1 portrait.

Freda Large, Actress. 14 portraits.

Lorna Large, Actress. 5 portraits.

Nicolas de Largillière (1656-1746). 3 portraits.

Joy Larkcom, Horticulturalist and writer on gardens. 1 portrait.

Thomas Larkham (1602–1669), Independent minister. 1 portrait.

Philip Arthur Larkin (1922-1985), Poet and novelist. 4 portraits.

Lady Adela Maria Larking (née Hare) (1845-1912), Wife of Curthbert Larking; Daughter of 2nd Earl of Listowel. 1 portrait.

Cuthbert Larking (1842-1910), Sportsman and royal official. 1 portrait.

Sir Joseph Larmor (1857-1942), Physicist. 3 portraits.

James Laroche (floruit 1696-died 1713), Singer. 1 portrait.

François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de Larochefoucauld-Liancourt (1747-1827), Politician and agriculturalist. 1 portrait.

John La Rose (1928-2006), Publisher, poet and essayist. 1 portrait.

Charlotte Rosamund Larpent (née Arnold) (died 1879), Second wife of Francis Seymour Larpent. 1 portrait.

Francis Seymour Larpent (1776-1845), Civil Servant. 1 portrait.

Dominique Jean, baron de Larrey (1766-1842), French surgeon. 1 portrait.

Ann Larson, Fashion model. 1 portrait.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue (1894-1986), French photographer and painter. 2 portraits.

Marga La Rubia, Actress and singer. 1 portrait.

Danny La Rue (Peter Underwood) (1927-), Entertainer and female impersonator. 2 portraits.

Grace La Rue (1882-1956), Actress and singer. 6 portraits.

Harold Larwood (1904-1995), Cricketer. 11 portraits.

Bertram Lasbrey (died 1976), Public Preacher. 5 portraits.

Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles (1887-1981), Royal Secretary. 1 portrait.

Lady Caroline Georgiana Lascelles (née Howard) (1803-1881), Wife of William Saunders Lascelles; daughter of 6th Earl of Carlisle. 1 portrait.

David Henry George Lascelles (1950-), Freelance Film and Television Producer; Heir of 7th Earl of Harewood. 5 portraits.

Francis Lascelles, Soldier, married to Ann Catley. 1 portrait.

Sir Francis William Lascelles (1890-1979), Clerk of the Parliaments. 2 portraits.

Sir Frank Cavendish Lascelles (1841-1920), Diplomat. 3 portraits.

Hon. Gerald David Lascelles (1924-), Brother of 7th Earl of Harewood. 2 portraits.

Henry Lascelles, Stuart loyalist; cousin of Jane Lane. 3 portraits.

Henry Anthony Lascelles (1912-2000), Major-General. 1 portrait.

James Edward Lascelles (1953-), Son of 7th Earl of Harewood. 5 portraits.

Mary Madge Lascelles (1900-1995), Daughter of William Horace Lascelles, 8th son of 4th Earl of Harewood. 2 portraits.

Robert Jeremy Hugh Lascelles (1955-), Son of 7th Earl of Harewood. 5 portraits.

Mrs Lascelles. 1 portrait.

Sir Denys Louis Lasdun (1914-2001), Architect. 4 portraits.

Peter Laskarides, Businessman; cousin of Marie Stillman (née Spartali). 1 portrait.

Harold Laski (1893-1950), Political theorist. 6 portraits.

Marghanita Laski (1915-1988), Novelist, critic and journalist. 2 portraits.

Neville Jonas Laski (1890-1969), Judge. 1 portrait.

William Lassell (1799-1880), Astronomer. 2 portraits.

Norman H. Latchford, Tennis player. 1 portrait.

Martinus Laterna (died 1598), Jesuit Missionary. 1 portrait.

William M. Latey (1885-1976), Queen's Counsel and Newspaper Editor. 2 portraits.

Charles Latham, 1st Baron Latham (1888-1970), Public servant. 16 portraits.

John Latham (1761-1843), Physician. 1 portrait.

John Aubrey Clarendon Latham (1921-2006), Artist. 5 portraits.

Sir Joseph Latham (1905-1988), Director of George Wimpey Plc. 1 portrait.

Robert Clifford Latham (1912-1995), Pepys Librarian and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge. 1 portrait.

Robert Gordon Latham (1812-1888), Ethnologist and philologist. 2 portraits.

Ruby Latham, Actress and singer. 1 portrait.

Sir Gerald William Lathbury (1906-1978), General and Governor of Gibraltar. 3 portraits.

Miss Lathierre, Actress. 4 portraits.

Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom (1837-1898), Courtier and landowner. 5 portraits.

Alice (née Villiers), Countess of Lathom (1841-1897), Wife of 1st Earl of Lathom; Daughter of 4th Earl of Clarendon. 2 portraits.

Hugh Latimer (1485?-1555), Bishop of Worcester. 28 portraits.

Elizabeth Latouche (née Vickers), Philanthopist; wife of Peter Latouche, MP for County Leitrim. 1 portrait.

Marie Charles César de Fay, comte de Latour Maubourg (1756-1831), French soldier. 1 portrait.

Marie Victor Nicolas de Fay Latour Maubourg (1768-1850), French general. 1 portrait.

Benjamin La Trobe (1728-1786), Moravian minister. 4 portraits.

Charles Joseph Latrobe (1801-1875), Australian governor and traveller. 2 portraits.

Christian Ignatius Latrobe (1758-1836), Musical composer. 2 portraits.

Ada May (née Short), Lady Latta, Wife of Sir John Latta, 1st Bt. 2 portraits.

Cecil Latta (1903-1937), Son of Sir John Latta, 1st Bt. 2 portraits.

Sir John Latta, 1st Bt (1867-1946), Shipowner and merchant. 3 portraits.

Arthur Malcolm Latter (1875-1961), Formerly chairman of West Sussex Quarter Sessions. 5 portraits.

Hugh Burdett Money-Coutts, 6th Baron Latymer (1876-1949), Son of 5th Baron Latymer. 1 portrait.

Grace Lau (1939-), Photographer, writer and lecturer. 1 portrait.

William Laud (1573-1645), Archbishop of Canterbury. 53 portraits.

Sir Harry Lauder (1870-1950), Comedian. 10 portraits.

John Lauder (died 1794), Coppersmith. 1 portrait.

Lady Lauderdale. 3 portraits.

John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (1616-1682), Politician; supporter of Charles II. 17 portraits.

Elizabeth Maitland, Countess of Dysart and Duchess of Lauderdale (1626-1698), Beauty; daughter of William Murray, 1st Earl of Dysart; wife of Sir Lionel Tollemache; 2nd wife of John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale. 5 portraits.

Richard Maitland, 4th Earl of Lauderdale (1653–1695), Jacobite nobleman. 1 portrait.

James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale (1759-1839), Statesman; author of 'Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth'. 35 portraits.

Ian Colin Maitland, 15th Earl of Lauderdale (1891-1953), Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1915-1916. 2 portraits.

Patrick Francis Maitland, 17th Earl of Lauderdale (1911-), Author, journalist, editor and politician. 19 portraits.

Rowland Laugharne (floruit 1613-1660), Soldier. 1 portrait.

Charles Laughton (1899-1962), Actor. 10 portraits.

Frank Launder (1907-1997), Film writer and director. 1 portrait.

Stan Laurel (né Arthur Stanley Jefferson) (1890-1965), Comedian. 1 portrait.

Lady Sybil Laurence (née Stopford) (1882-1946), Daughter of 6th Earl Courtown; married Colin Laurence (divorced 1930). 6 portraits.

French Laurence (1757-1809), Civilian. 1 portrait.

John Laurence (1668–1732), Writer on gardening. 1 portrait.

Sir Noel Frank Laurence (died 1970), Admiral. 4 portraits.

Sir Percival Maitland Laurence (1854-1930), Colonial judge. 1 portrait.

Samuel Laurence (1812-1884), Portrait painter. 3 portraits.

Mrs Laurence (floruit 1854). 1 portrait.

Jean Baptiste Laurent (1763-1822), Actor. 1 portrait.

Stella Lauri (Mrs Harry Ulph) (died 1907), Ballet dancer. 1 portrait.

Laurie Pycroft (circa 1990-), Protester. 1 portrait.

Evelyn Laurie, Actress. 7 portraits.

(James) Hugh Calum Laurie (1959-), Actor, comedian and writer. 1 portrait.

Joan Werner Laurie (1920-1964), Magazine editor. 1 portrait.

Sir John Dawson Laurie (1872-1954), Lieutenant-colonel, Lord Mayor of London 1941-2. 4 portraits.

Sir John Emilius Laurie, 6th Bt (1892-1983), Major-General. 6 portraits.

Sir Percy Robert Laurie (1880-1962), Brigadier. 4 portraits.

Sir Peter Laurie (1778 or 1779-1861), Lord Mayor of London. 2 portraits.

Sir Robert Laurie, 5th Bt (circa 1738-1804), General. 1 portrait.

Jay Laurier (1879-1969), Actor. 1 portrait.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841-1919), Canadian statesman. 1 portrait.

Jacques Alexandre Bernard Law de Lauriston (1768-1828), French general and diplomat. 1 portrait.

Marcellus Lauron (1653-1702). 1 portrait.

Sir Hersch Lauterpacht (1897-1960), Judge and Professor of Inéernational Law. 1 portrait.

Joseph Albert Lauwerys (1902-1981), Professor of Comparative Education. 3 portraits.

Armand Louis de Gontaut, duc de Lauzun (1747-1793), Soldier. 1 portrait.

Lili de Alvarez, Comtess de la Valdene (1905-), Tennis player. 2 portraits.

Antoine Marie Chamans, comte de Lavalette (1769-1830), French politician. 1 portrait.

Johann Caspar Lavater (1741-1801), Theologian and physiognomist. 2 portraits.

James Lavelle, DJ and record producer. 1 portrait.

Ethel Lavenu (Eliza Lavenu) (1842-1917), Actress. 1 portrait.

James Laver (1899-1975), Writer. 36 portraits.

Hazel (née Martin), Lady Lavery (1880-1935), Socialite and painter; second wife of Sir John Lavery. 1 portrait.

Sir John Lavery (1856-1941), Painter. 7 portraits.

Augustus Lavie (circa 1843-1912), Army officer. 1 portrait.

Juliet Lavinia, Daughter of Angela Baddeley. 5 portraits.

Madame Lavrova (Baroness Royce Garrett). 1 portrait.

Albert Law (1872-1956), Politician. 1 portrait.

Sir Algernon Law (1856-1943), Diplomat. 3 portraits.

Andrew Bonar Law (1858-1923), Prime Minister. 12 portraits.

Arthur Law (1876-1933), Labour MP. 1 portrait.

Augusta Champagne Law (née Graves) (1812-1844), Wife of Hon. William Towry Law, son of 1st Baron Ellenborough. 1 portrait.

Hon. Cecil Towry Henry Law (1931-), Son of 7th Baron Ellenborough. 1 portrait.

David Law (1831-1901), Etcher and landscape painter. 1 portrait.

Hon. Ethel Beatrice Law (died 1937), Sister of 5th Baron Ellenborough. 1 portrait.

Frank William Law (1898-1987), Consulting ophthalmic surgeon. 1 portrait.

George Henry Law (1761-1845), Bishop of Bath and Wells. 4 portraits.

Hon. Henry Spencer Law (1802-1885), Barrister; Son of 1st Baron Ellenborough. 1 portrait.

John Law (1671-1729), Financier and speculator. 10 portraits.

John Law (1941-), Painter and sculptor. 1 portrait.

Jude Law (1971-), Actor. 2 portraits.

Mary Law (1889-1919), Violinist. 4 portraits.

Robert Theophilus Hewitt Law (1855-1949), Brigadier-General. 3 portraits.

Roger Law (1941-), Cartoonist, illustrator and artist. 1 portrait.

Susan Rosemary Dacre Law (née Clerk) (1905-), Wife of Colonel Francis Law; daughter of Sir George James Robert Clerk, 9th Bt. 2 portraits.

S.E. Law (floruit 1844), MP; Recorder. 1 portrait.

Hon. Mrs Law. 1 portrait.

Henry Lawes (circa 1596-1662), Singer and composer. 3 portraits.

Sir John Bennet Lawes, 1st Bt (1814-1900), Agriculturalist. 1 portrait.

Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford (1865-1953), Lieutenant-General. 6 portraits.

John Lawless (1773-1837), Irish agitator. 1 portrait.

Hon. Kathleen Emily Marie Lawless (born 1888), Daughter of 4th Baron Cloncurry. 2 portraits.

Matthew James Lawless (1837-1864), Painter and illustrator. 1 portrait.

Edgar Ernest Lawley (1889-1977), Chairman. 1 portrait.

James Gunson Lawn (1868-1952), Consulting engineer. 1 portrait.

John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811-1879), Viceroy of India. 16 portraits.

John Anthony Edward Lawrence, 4th Baron Lawrence (1908-1968), Lieutenant. 4 portraits.

Lady Anne Elizabeth Le Poer Lawrence (née Wynne) (died 1950), Wife of Sir Alexander Waldemar Lawrence, 4th Bt. 1 portrait.

Hon. Charles Napier Lawrence (born 1855), Chairman of London and North Western Railway. 8 portraits.

Hon. (Alfred) Clive Lawrence (1876-1926), HM Procurator General and Solicitor to the Treasury. 3 portraits.

David Herbert ('D.H.') Lawrence (1885-1930), Novelist and poet. 17 portraits.

Enid Lawrence, Actress. 4 portraits.

Eweretta Lawrence (floruit 1880s-1890s), Actress. 1 portrait.

Sir Frederick Lawrence (1889-1981), Deputy Leader, Paddington Borough Council. 1 portrait.

Frieda Emma Johanna Maria Lawrence (née von Richthofen) (1879-1956), Writer; wife of D.H. Lawrence. 11 portraits.

Sir (Frederick) Geoffrey Lawrence (1902-1967), Judge of the High Court. 2 portraits.

Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952), Actress. 21 portraits.

Henry Lawrence (1600-1664), Politician. 1 portrait.

Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence (1806-1857), General in the East India Company. 6 portraits.

Sir Herbert Alexander Lawrence (1861-1943), General and banker. 9 portraits.

Sir James Clarke Lawrence, 1st Bt (1820-1897), Lord Mayor of London. 2 portraits.

Sir James John Trevor Lawrence, 2nd Bt (1831-1913), President Royal Horticultural Society. 1 portrait.

John Henry Lawrence (1910-1985), Bishop of Portsmouth. 1 portrait.

Sir John Waldemar Lawrence (1907-1999), Writer and editor of Frontier magazine. 2 portraits.

Sir Joseph Lawrence, 1st Bt (1848-1919), Politician. 3 portraits.

Lucy Lawrence (née Read) (died 1797), Mother of Sir Thomas Lawrence. 1 portrait.

Sir Soulden Lawrence (1751-1814), Judge. 1 portrait.

Stanley Lawrence (1900-1987), Manufacturer of boxwood printing blocks. 2 portraits.

Stephanie Lawrence (1949-2000), Actress and singer. 1 portrait.

Stringer Lawrence (1697-1775), 'Father of the Indian army'. 3 portraits.

(Arabella) Susan Lawrence (1871-1947), MP. 2 portraits.

Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. 13 portraits.

Thomas Lawrence (1725-1797), Father of Sir Thomas Lawrence. 1 portrait.

Thomas Edward ('T.E.') Lawrence (1888-1935), 'Lawrence of Arabia'; soldier and writer. 25 portraits.

T.B. Lawrence, Founder and conductor of the Fleet Street Choir. 2 portraits.

Sir Walter Roper Lawrence, 1st Bt (1857-1940), Indian civil servant. 2 portraits.

William Lawrence (1789-1855), Businessman; Sheriff of London. 1 portrait.

William Frederic Lawrence (1844-1935), Politician; Barrister. 1 portrait.

Thomas Lawrenson (floruit 1760-1777), Irish portrait painter. 1 portrait.

John James ('Jack') Lawson, 1st Baron Lawson (1881-1965), Politician. 7 portraits.

Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson (1932-), Chancellor of the Exchequer. 6 portraits.

Andrew Lawson (1945-), Writer on gardens and photographer. 1 portrait.

Sir Arnold Lawson (1867-1947), Ophthalmic surgeon. 5 portraits.

Cecil Gordon Lawson (1849-1882), Landscape painter. 3 portraits.

Dennis Stamper Lawson (1947-), Actor. 2 portraits.

Hon. Dominic Ralph Campden Lawson (1956-), Editor of The Sunday Telegraph. 2 portraits.

Ethel Lawson, Actress. 13 portraits.

George Anderson Lawson (1832-1904), Sculptor. 2 portraits.

Sir Henry Merrick Lawson (1859-1933), Lieutenant-General. 2 portraits.

James Lawson (died 1788), Minister. 2 portraits.

James Lawson (died circa 1820), Leather merchant. 1 portrait.

Sir John Lawson (circa 1615 – 1665), Naval Officer. 2 portraits.

Sir John Grant Lawson, 1st Bt (1856-1919), Politician. 1 portrait.

Malcolm Leonard Lawson (1847-1918), Composer. 1 portrait.

Nigella Lucy Lawson (1960-), Cookery writer and journalist. 2 portraits.

Robert Lawson (died 1816), Lieutenant-General. 1 portrait.

Sonia Lawson (1934-), Painter. 1 portrait.

Twiggy Lawson (née Lesley Hornby) (1949-), Model and actress. 11 portraits.

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Bt (1829-1906), Politician and temperance campaigner; Landowner. 8 portraits.

Hon. Olive Elizabeth Helen Lawson-Johnston (1904-), Served in World War II; daughter of 1st Baron Luke; married 1934 (m. annulled 1936) Frederick Lothair Lawson-Johnston. 4 portraits.

William Lawther (1889-1976), Labour MP. 2 portraits.

Harold Walter Lawton (1899-2005), Professor of French. 3 portraits.

Sir John Hartley Lawton (1943-), Chairman, Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. 1 portrait.

Mr Layall (Mr Mansell?). 1 portrait.

Ada Alexandria (née Julius), Lady Layard (born 1849), Wife of Sir Charles Peter Layard; daughter of Alfred Alexander Julius. 3 portraits.

Austen Havelock Layard (1895-1956), Deputy commissioner of Delhi. 1 portrait.

Sir Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894), Politician, diplomat and archaeologist. 16 portraits.

Alan Watson Laybourne (1898-1977), Rear-Admiral. 1 portrait.

Sir Joseph Frederick Laycock (1867-1952), Army officer. 1 portrait.

Sir Robert Edward Laycock (1907-1968), Soldier. 11 portraits.

(Elsie) Evelyn Laye (1900-1996), Actress and singer. 25 portraits.

Christopher Layer (1683 - 1723), Lawyer; Jacobite conspirator hanged for treason. 2 portraits.

Walter Thomas Layton, 1st Baron Layton (1884-1966), Economist, editor and newspaper proprietor. 10 portraits.

Sir Geoffrey Layton (1884-1964), Admiral. 3 portraits.

G.S. Layton. 1 portrait.

Frederick Charles Lea (died 1952), Consulting engineer and Professor of Civil Engineering. 1 portrait.

Sir Frederick Measham Lea (1900-1984), Director of Building Research. 5 portraits.

Sir George Harris Lea (1912-1990), Army officer. 8 portraits.

Marion Lea (Mrs Langdon Elwyn Mitchell) (1864-1944), Actress. 1 portrait.

Lady Mary Ophelia Lea (née Woodward) (died 1933), Wife of Sir (Thomas) Sydney Lea, 2nd Bt; daughter of Robert Woodward. 3 portraits.

Sir (Thomas) Sydney Lea, 2nd Bt (1867-1946), Justice of the Peace. 2 portraits.

Mrs Lea. 1 portrait.

Mr Lea. 1 portrait.

Bernard Howell Leach (1887-1979), Potter and writer. 5 portraits.

David Andrew Leach (1911-2005), Potter. 1 portrait.

Sir George Archibald Leach (1820-1913), Secretary to the Board of Agriculture. 1 portrait.

Janet Darnell Leach (1918-1997), Potter; Third wife of Bernard Leach. 1 portrait.

Sir John Leach (1760-1834), Master of the Rolls. 2 portraits.

Sir (Alfred Henry) Lionel Leach (1883-1960), Queen's Counsel and Chairman of Singapore Riots Inquiry Commission. 6 portraits.

Penelope Leach (née Balchin) (1937-), Psychologist and writer on childcare. 2 portraits.

William Leach (1870-1949), MP. 1 portrait.

Mrs Leach. 1 portrait.

Mrs Leach. 1 portrait.

Stephen Butler Leacock (1869-1944), Author and Professor of Economics. 1 portrait.

Benjamin Williams Leader (née Benjamin Williams) (1831-1923), Landscape painter. 1 portrait.

John Temple Leader (1810-1903), MP for Westminster; connoisseur and author. 3 portraits.

L.E. Leader. 2 portraits.

John Leaf (died 1555), Protestant martyr. 2 portraits.

Walter Leaf (1852-1927), Classical scholar and banker. 2 portraits.

Arthur Leahy (1830-1878), Army officer. 1 portrait.

Sir Terence Patrick ('Terry') Leahy (1956-), Chief Executive, Tesco plc. 1 portrait.

Arthur Martin Leake (1874-1953), Medical officer of the Benegal-Nagpur Railway. 1 portrait.

Sir John Leake (1656-1720), Admiral of the Fleet. 1 portrait.

Sidney Henry Leake (1892-1973), Managing Director of Lewis. 1 portrait.

Stephen Martin Leake (1702-1773), Garter king-of-arms. 1 portrait.

William Martin Leake (1777-1860), Classical topographer and numismatist. 1 portrait.

Sir David Lean (1908-1991), Film director. 9 portraits.

(Edward) Tangye Lean (1911-1974), Director of External Broadcasting BBC. 1 portrait.

Kajsa Leander, Businesswoman. 1 portrait.

Mike Leander (1941-1996), Musical arranger. 1 portrait.

Anne Cynthia Veronica Tempest Leapman (née Plumer) (1921-), Wife of J.F.M. Leapman; daughter of 2nd Viscount Plumer. 8 portraits.

Ann Lear (1791-1861), Eldest sister of Edward Lear. 1 portrait.

Catherine Lear (died circa 1837), Youngest sister of Edward Lear. 1 portrait.

Edward Lear (1812-1888), Artist and author of the 'Book of Nonsense'. 5 portraits.

Olive Leared (née Hockin) (1881-1936), Suffragette; Artist. 1 portrait.

Alexander Learmonth (1829-1887), Politician and army officer. 1 portrait.

Sir Frederick Charles Learmonth (1866-1941), Admiral. 2 portraits.

Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd (1913-1996), Air-force officer. 2 portraits.

Nicholas Leate (1565/6–1631), Merchant. 1 portrait.

Sir Ralph Leatham (1886-1954), Admiral. 2 portraits.

William Leatham (1783-1842), Slavery abolitionist. 4 portraits.

William Henry Leatham (1815-1889), Poet and politician. 1 portrait.

Julian Rudolph Leathart (1891-1967), Architect. 1 portrait.

Sir Edwin Hartley Cameron Leather (1919-2005), Broadcaster and author; Politician. 3 portraits.

Frederick James Leathers, 1st Viscount Leathers (1883-1965), Shipping expert and government minister. 6 portraits.

Frederick Alan Leathers, 2nd Viscount Leathers (1908-1996), Businessman. 3 portraits.

John Beresford Leathes (1864-1956), Physiologist. 2 portraits.

Stanley Leathes (1830-1900), Hebrew scholar. 1 portrait.

John Anthony Leavey (1915-1999), MP. 1 portrait.

Frank Raymond Leavis (1895-1978), Teacher, editor and literary critic. 2 portraits.

Edward Le Bas (1904-1966), Artist. 2 portraits.

Lebeck (floruit 1710), Tavern keeper. 2 portraits.

Richard Le Beloman, Teacher of shorthand writing. 2 portraits.

Michael le Blon, Collector of works by Holbein. 1 portrait.

Simon Le Bon (1958-), Pop Musician. 6 portraits.

Flora Le Breton (1898-), Actress. 5 portraits.

Joachim Lebreton (1760-1819). 1 portrait.

Charles François Lebrun (1739-1824), Third Consul of the Republic. 2 portraits.

Christopher Mark Le Brun (1951-), Painter. 1 portrait.

(William) Gilmour Leburn (1913-1963), Politician. 1 portrait.

John Le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell) (1931-), Writer of espionage novels. 4 portraits.

L.C. Lecesne, Slavery abolitionist. 4 portraits.

Sir Edmund Lechmere, 3rd Bt (1826-1894), Pioneer of Red Cross Society. 1 portrait.

Sir Nicholas Lechmere (1613-1701), Judge. 2 portraits.

Robert Leckie (1890-1975), Group Captain, Air Marshal in RAF. 1 portrait.

(William) Edward Hartpole Lecky (1838-1903), Historian and essayist; Politician. 13 portraits.

Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc (1772-1802), French general. 1 portrait.

Carlotta Leclercq (1838-1893), Actress; wife of John Nelson. 1 portrait.

Louise Leclercq (died 1898), Actress and dancer. 1 portrait.

Rose Leclercq (1843-1899), Actress. 4 portraits.

Tanaquil Leclercq (1929-2000), Ballerina. 1 portrait.

Henry Wyndham, 2nd Baron Leconfield (1830-1901), Politician and landowner. 2 portraits.

Constance Evelyn Wyndham (née Primrose), Lady Leconfield (1864-1939), Wife of Henry Wyndham, 2nd Baron Leconfield. 3 portraits.

Charles Henry Wyndham, 3rd Baron Leconfield (1872-1952), Lord Lieutenant of Sussex. 4 portraits.

Edward Scawen Wyndham, 5th Baron Leconfield (1883-1967), Colonel. 4 portraits.

Charles Le Corbusier (1887-1965), Architect and painter. 1 portrait.

Pierre François Le Courayer (1681-1776), French divine. 1 portrait.

Helen Lederer (1954-), Comedian and actress. 1 portrait.

Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron Le Despencer (1708-1781), Chancellor of the Exchequer; founder of the Hell-fire Club. 6 portraits.

Sir Henry Ledgard (1853-1946), President of Upper India Chamber of Commerce. 2 portraits.

Thomas Lediard (1685-1743), Author. 3 portraits.

Sir John Charles Grat Ledingham (1875-1944), Bacteriologist. 3 portraits.

Miss S.C. Ledingham. 1 portrait.

Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham (1868-1947), Statesman, benefactor and art patron. 3 portraits.

Janet ('Jennie') Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge (1904-1988), Politician; wife of Aneurin Bevan. 24 portraits.

Frederick Lee, Baron Lee of Newton (1906-1984), MP. 3 portraits.

Arthur Stanley Gould Lee (1895-1975), Air Vice-Marshal, diplomat and author. 1 portrait.

Auriol Lee (1880-1941), Actress and producer. 3 portraits.

Belinda Lee (1935-1961), Actress. 4 portraits.

Charles Lee (1731-1782), American major-general. 2 portraits.

Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (1922-), Actor. 4 portraits.

C.H. Lee, Captain and bank manager. 1 portrait.

Lady Elizabeth Lee (died 1811), Wife of Sir William Lee, 4th Bt. 1 portrait.

Elizabeth Annette Lee (née Solomon) (1914-), Photographer's assistant to Madame Yevonde. 4 portraits.

Frank Lee (1867-1942), Labour MP. 1 portrait.

Sir Frank Godbould Lee (1903-1971), Civil servant and Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. 1 portrait.

Frederick Richard Lee (1798-1879), Landscape painter. 3 portraits.

Garnet Morley Lee (1887-1976), Cricket player. 1 portrait.

Sir George Lee (1700-1758), Lawyer and politician. 2 portraits.

Sir Henry Lee (1533-1611), Master of the Ordnance. 4 portraits.

Hermione Lee (1948-), Goldsmith's Professor of English Literature, New College, Oxford. 1 portrait.

James Prince Lee (1804-1869), Bishop of Manchester and headmaster. 4 portraits.

Jennie Lee (circa 1849-1930), Actress. 2 portraits.

John Lee (1795-1881), Actor; secretary and stage manager for Edmund Kean. 1 portrait.

John Lee (1733-1793), Attorney-General. 3 portraits.

Laurence Edward Alan ('Laurie') Lee (1914-1997), Poet and writer. 7 portraits.

Madge Lee (née Pemberton) (circa 1890-1970), Wife of Rupert Lee. 1 portrait.

Nathaniel Lee (1653?-1692), Poet. 3 portraits.

Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794), United States Senator; signer of the Declaration of Independence. 1 portrait.

Sir Richard Phillips Lee (1865-1953), Major-General. 4 portraits.

Robert Lee (1804-1868), Church of Scotland minister. 1 portrait.

Rupert Lee (1887-1959), Artist. 1 portrait.

Sir Sidney Lee (1859-1926), Shakespearian scholar; editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. 2 portraits.

Sophia Lee (1750-1824), Writer. 2 portraits.

Sydney Lee (1866-1949), Painter, etcher and wood engraver. 1 portrait.

Vanessa Lee (née Winifred Ruby Moule) (1920-), Actress and singer. 2 portraits.

Sir William Lee (1688-1754), Judge. 2 portraits.

William Lee (1815-1883), Church of Ireland clergyman. 2 portraits.

Dr Lee. 1 portrait.

Miss Lee, Actress. 7 portraits.

John Leech (1817-1864), Illustrator and caricaturist. 11 portraits.

Samuel Leech (1828-1879), Solicitor. 1 portrait.

Sir Stephen Leech (1864-1925), Diplomat. 3 portraits.

Hon. Etheldred Florence ('Ethel') Lee-Dillon (died 1910), Daughter of 14th Viscount Dillon. 1 portrait.

Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds (1631-1712), Statesman. 12 portraits.

Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds (1658-1729), Admiral. 2 portraits.

Bridget, Duchess of Leeds (1662-1734), Daughter of Sir Thomas and Lady Hyde, later Lady Vyner; wife of 2nd Duke of Leeds. 1 portrait.

Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds (1751-1799), Foreign Secretary. 7 portraits.

Francis Godolphin D'Arcy Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds (1798-1859), Soldier and huntsman. 1 portrait.

Louisa Catherine, Duchess of Leeds (died 1874), Wife of Francis D'Arcy Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds. 1 portrait.

George Godolphin Osborne, 9th Duke of Leeds (1828-1895), Soldier. 2 portraits.

Margaret ('Peggy') Leeds. 2 portraits.

Sir Reginald Arthur St John Leeds (1899-1970), Commander. 1 portrait.

William Lee-Hankey (1869-1952), Artist. 1 portrait.

Robert Leeke (died 1762), Divine. 1 portrait.

Clement Leeper, Canon of Southwell. 3 portraits.

Sir Reginald Wildig Allen Leeper (1888-1968), Vice-President of British Council. 1 portrait.

Sir Alan Lees (1895-1973), Air Marshal. 1 portrait.

Derwent Lees (1885-1931). 1 portrait.

George Martin Lees (1898-1955), Consulting geologist. 2 portraits.

Sir Harcourt Lees, 2nd Bt (1776-1862), Political pamphleteer. 1 portrait.

Mary Lees, Wife of Captain Bernard Lees; only daughter of Colonel P. Radcliffe. 1 portrait.

Sir Joseph Francis Leese, 1st Bt (1845-1914), Politician; Barrister. 1 portrait.

Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, 3rd Bt (1894-1978), Lieutenant-General. 2 portraits.

B.H. Leeson, Colonel. 2 portraits.

Joseph Leeson the Elder (1711-1783). 1 portrait.

Spencer Stottesbery Gwatkin Leeson (1892-1956), Headmaster of Winchester and Bishop of Peterborough. 4 portraits.

Ian Jaffery Lees-Spalding (1920-2001), Rear-Admiral. 4 portraits.

Lady Dorothea Augusta Lee-Warner (1876-1942), Wife of Major Chandos Brydges Lee-Warner; daughter of 2nd Earl of Munster. 4 portraits.

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873), Novelist and journalist. 1 portrait.

Nicola Frances LeFanu (1947-), Composer. 1 portrait.

Claude le Fevre (1633-1675), Portrait Painter. 2 portraits.

Dominique Lefevre (1737-1769), French artist. 1 portrait.

Lefevre. 1 portrait.

Le Fevre (Phaire) (floruit 1678), Jesuit. 1 portrait.

Adam Leffler (floruit 1839), Actor. 1 portrait.

Sir Ernest Kaye Le Fleming (1872-1946), Vice-President of British Medical Association. 1 portrait.

Anne Lefroy (née Brydges) (died 1804), Wife of Reverend Isaac Lefroy. 1 portrait.

Anthony Lefroy (1800-1890), MP for County Longford. 1 portrait.

George Alfred Lefroy (1854-1919), Bishop of Calcutta. 1 portrait.

Isaac Lefroy (1745-1806), Priest. 1 portrait.

Thomas Langlois Lefroy (1776-1869), Irish judge. 1 portrait.

Sir James Digby Legard (1846-1935), Colonel. 2 portraits.

Katharine Legat (née Edis) (1880-1963). 2 portraits.

Fernand Leger (1881-1955), Artist. 1 portrait.

Pamela Leger, Photographer; daughter of Thomas 'Rufus' Leighton Pearce. 1 portrait.

Karen Legg, Swimmer. 1 portrait.

Alison Joy Leggatt (1904-1990), Actress. 1 portrait.

Hugh Frank John Leggatt (1925-), Senior Partner in Leggatt Brothers Fine Art dealers. 1 portrait.

Hon. Heneage Legge (1845-1911), Army officer; Politician; Son of 4th Earl of Dartmouth. 1 portrait.

Hon. Heneage Legge (1877-1844), Son of 3rd Earl of Dartmouth. 1 portrait.

Henry Bilson Legge (1708-1764), Chancellor of the Exchequer. 4 portraits.

James Legge (1815-1897), Professor of Chinese at Oxford University. 1 portrait.

Marian Legge (née Rogers) (1814-1890), Wife of Hon. Henry Legge; Daughter of Sir Frederick Leman Rogers, 7th Bt. 1 portrait.

Sir Thomas Legge (circa 1535–1607), Playwright and college head. 1 portrait.

Walter Legge (1906-), Record producer. 1 portrait.

William Legge (1609-1672), Soldier and Royalist. 1 portrait.

Hon. Elizabeth Shân Josephine Legge-Bourke (née Bailey) (1943-), Lord-Lieutenant of Powys. 20 portraits.

Heneage Legge-Bourke (1948-), Younger son of Major Sir Edward Alexander Henry Legge-Bourke; Page of Honour to HM Queen Elizabeth II. 13 portraits.

William Nigel Henry Legge-Bourke (1939-), Son of Major Sir Edward Alexander Henry Legge-Bourke; Captain; DL Powys. 10 portraits.

Sir (Edward Alexander) Henry Legge-Bourke (1914-1973), Major and politician. 3 portraits.

Victoria Legge-Bourke, Daughter of Sir Edward Alexander Henry Legge-Bourke. 1 portrait.

Sir Frederick William Leggett (1884-1983), Civil servant and Ministry of Labour. 1 portrait.

George Cornwall Legh (1804-1877), Politician. 1 portrait.

Louisa Charlotte Legh (née Taylor) (1806-1873), Wife of George Cornwall Legh; Daughter of Edward Taylor. 1 portrait.

Freddie Legon (1925-), Guitar player. 1 portrait.

(Gabriel Jean Baptiste) Ernest Wilfrid Legouvé (1807-1903), Dramatist. 1 portrait.

Antoine Le Grand (1627 or 1628-1699), Franciscan friar and philosopher. 1 portrait.

Phyllis Le Grand, Actress. 21 portraits.

Alphonse Legros (1837-1911), Painter, sculptor and etcher. 28 portraits.

Frances Rosetta Legros (née Hodgson) (born circa 1849), Wife of Alphonse Legros; Daughter of Samuel Hodgson. 1 portrait.

John Le Hay (John Healey) (1854-1926), Actor. 1 portrait.

(Rudolph) John Frederick Lehmann (1907-1987), Writer, critic and literary editor. 12 portraits.

Liza Lehmann (Mrs H. Bedford) (1862-1918), Singer and composer. 1 portrait.

Rosamond Nina Lehmann (1901-1990), Novelist. 17 portraits.

Rudolph Lehmann (1819-1905), Genre and portrait painter. 1 portrait.

Karl Mack von Leiberich (1752-1828), Austrian soldier. 2 portraits.

Annie Leibovitz (1949-), Photographer. 2 portraits.

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532?-1588), Favourite of Elizabeth I. 54 portraits.

Simon of Montford, Earl of Leicester (1208?-1265), Statesman and soldier. 1 portrait.

Thomas William Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester of Holkham (1822-1909), Agriculturist and landowner. 1 portrait.

Thomas William Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester (1848-1941), Colonel and landowner. 4 portraits.

Thomas William Coke, 4th Earl of Leicester (1880-1949), Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk. 1 portrait.

Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester (1563-1626), Soldier; second son of Sir Henry Sidney. 3 portraits.

Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester (1649-1702), Soldier; second son of Sir Henry Sidney. 4 portraits.

Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (1752-1842), Agriculturalist. 7 portraits.

Gordon Leicester, Editor of 'The Planet'. 1 portrait.

William Henry Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh (1824-1905). 2 portraits.

Caroline Amelia (née Grosvenor), Lady Leigh (1828-1906), Wife of 2nd Baron Leigh; Daughter of 2nd Marquess of Westminster. 1 portrait.

Francis Dudley Leigh, 3rd Baron Leigh (1855-1938), Army officer and colonial administrator. 5 portraits.

Adele Leigh (1928-), Singer. 1 portrait.

Hon. Agnes Eleanor Leigh (1853-1942), Daughter of 2nd Baron Leigh. 1 portrait.

Anthony Leigh (died 1692), Comedian. 4 portraits.

Charles Leigh (1662-1701?), Physician and naturalist. 1 portrait.

Dorian Leigh (1920-), Fashion model. 1 portrait.

Dorma Leigh (née Dorothy Mabel Woodley) (born 1890), Actress and dancer. 14 portraits.

Edward Leigh (1602-1671), Writer and scholar. 5 portraits.

Sir Egerton Leigh (died 1818), Attorney-General. 3 portraits.

Evan Leigh (1810-1876), Inventor and writer. 1 portrait.

Hon. Gilbert Henry Chandos Leigh (1851-1884), Politician; Son of 2nd Baron Leigh. 1 portrait.

Margaret M. Leigh, Author. 1 portrait.

Mary Leigh (1904-), American actress. 7 portraits.

Mike Leigh (1943-), Dramatist; theatre, television and film director. 3 portraits.

Hon. Rowland Charles Frederick Leigh (1859-1943), Barrister; Son of 2nd Baron Leigh. 1 portrait.

Rowley Leigh (1950-), Chef and restaurateur. 1 portrait.

Hon. Rupert Leigh (1856-1919), Army officer; Son of 2nd Baron Leigh. 1 portrait.

Samuel Leigh (1645 or 1646-1686 or after), Translator and poet. 3 portraits.

Sir Thomas Leigh, Lord Mayor of London 1558. 1 portrait.

Vivien Leigh (1913-1967), Actress. 37 portraits.

William Leigh (1550–1639), Church of England clergyman. 1 portrait.

Mrs Leigh. 1 portrait.

Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor (1915-), Author. 1 portrait.

Sir Trafford Leigh Leigh-Mallory (1892-1944), Air Chief Marshal. 3 portraits.

Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton (1830-1896), Painter and President of the Royal Academy. 43 portraits.

George Leighton Seager, 1st Baron Leighton (1896-1963), Shipowner. 1 portrait.

Alexander Leighton (circa 1570-1649), Physician and divine. 4 portraits.

Augusta Leighton (née Nash) (1804-1865), Mother of Lord Leighton. 1 portrait.

Frederic Septimus Leighton (1800-1892), Physician; father of Lord Leighton. 1 portrait.

John Leighton (1822-1912), Artist and co-founder of 'The Graphic'. 1 portrait.

Judy Johanna Kathleen Leighton (1937-), Daughter of Sir Richard Leighton, 10th Bt. 4 portraits.

Kathleen Irene Linda (née Lees), Lady Leighton (1893-1957), Wife of Sir Richard Leighton, 10th Bt; daughter of Albert Ernest Lees. 5 portraits.

Margaret Leighton (Mrs Margaret Alcott) (1852-1908), Actress. 2 portraits.

Margaret Leighton (1922-1976), Actress. 8 portraits.

Sir Michael (John Bryan) Leighton, 11th Bt (1935-), Son of Sir Richard Leighton, 10th Bt. 3 portraits.

Sir Richard Tihel Leighton, 10th Bt (1893-1957), Colonel. 1 portrait.

Robert Leighton (1611-1684), Archbishop of Glasgow. 4 portraits.

Trevor Leighton (1957-), Photographer. 3 portraits.

Sir James Leigh-Wood (1870-1949), Lieutenant-Colonel. 8 portraits.

James Fitzgerald, 1st Duke of Leinster (1722-1773), Politician. 4 portraits.

Amelia Mary (Lennox), Duchess of Leinster (1731-1814), Wife of James Fitzgerald, 1st Duke of Leinster. 5 portraits.

William Robert Fitzgerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster (1749-1804), Politician. 3 portraits.

Augustus Frederick Fitzgerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster (1791-1874), Representative peer. 2 portraits.

Charles William Fitzgerald, 4th Duke of Leinster (1819-1887). 1 portrait.

Hermione Wilhelmina (née Duncombe), Duchess of Leinster (1864-1895), Society beauty; Wife of 5th Duke of Leinster; Daughter of 1st Earl of Feversham. 6 portraits.

Maurice FitzGerald, 6th Duke of Leinster (1887-1922), Landowner. 1 portrait.

May Fitzgerald (née Etheridge), Duchess of Leinster (died 1935), Wife of 7th Duke of Leinster; daughter of Jesse Etheridge. 4 portraits.

Sir William Boog Leishman (1865-1926), Bacteriologist and medical director-general, Army Medical Services. 4 portraits.

Oriole Leitch (1972-), Daughter of Donovan Leitch and wife of Shaun Ryder. 1 portrait.

Sir William Leitch (1880-1965), Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Works. 1 portrait.

William Leighton Leitch (1804-1883), Landscape painter and draughtsman. 5 portraits.

John Farley Leith (1808-1887), Lawyer and politician. 1 portrait.

John MacDonald Leith (1839-1888), Army officer. 1 portrait.

Prudence Margaret ('Prue') Leith (1940-), Chef and restaurateur. 3 portraits.

Sir George Hector MacDonald Leith-Buchanan, 6th Bt (1889-1973), Son of 5th Baronet Leith-Buchanan. 1 portrait.

Sir Frederick William Leith-Ross (1887-1968), Civil servant; Financier. 7 portraits.

Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim (1732-1804), Irish nobleman and politician. 1 portrait.

Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim (1768-1854), Irish nobleman and politician. 1 portrait.

Mary Clements (née Bermingham), Countess of Leitrim (before 1785-1840), Wife of Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim. 1 portrait.

Anne Mary Chaloner (née Vanneck), Countess of Leitrim (1893-1984), 2nd wife of 5th Earl of Leitrim; previous wife of Percy Borrett; daughter of 3rd Baron Huntingfield. 3 portraits.

Caroline Lejeune (1897-1973), Film critic. 1 portrait.

Caroline Alice Le Jeune (Mrs Edward Roffe Thompson) (1877-1973), Film critic. 1 portrait.

Henry Le Jeune (1819-1904), History and genre painter. 4 portraits.

Le Jeune, Senator. 3 portraits.

Prince Leka Zogu (1939-), Son of Zog I, King of Albania. 1 portrait.

John Henry Le Keux (1812-1896), Engraver and illustrator. 1 portrait.

John Leland (1506?-1552), Antiquary. 3 portraits.

Mrs L. Leland. 2 portraits.

Thomas Leland (1722-1785), Irish historian. 2 portraits.

Percy Samuel Lelean (1871-1956), Surgeon. 3 portraits.

Armand Hubert Simon Leleux (1818-1885), Painter. 1 portrait.

Durward Lely (James Durward Lyall) (1852-1944), Opera singer. 1 portrait.

Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), Portrait painter. 18 portraits.

David Le Marchand (1674-1726), Sculptor. 1 portrait.

Sir Denis Le Marchant, 1st Bt (1795-1874), Politician. 2 portraits.

Sir Edward Thomas Le Marchant (1871-1953), Brigadier-General and county councillor. 5 portraits.

Evelyn Robert Le Marchant (1858-1949), Admiral. 1 portrait.

Thomas Le Marchant (circa 1811-1873), Army officer. 1 portrait.

F. Le Mesurier, Author. 1 portrait.

Lady Rosalie Glynn Le Mesurier (née Grylls) (1905-1988), Biographer, lecturer, wife of Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier. 1 portrait.

Tutte Lemkow (Isak Samuel Lemkow) (1918-1991), Actor and dancer. 3 portraits.

Helen Lemmens-Sherrington (1834-1906), Singer. 4 portraits.

Sir Charles Lemon, 2nd Bt (1784-1868), MP. 1 portrait.

Sir Ernest John Hutchings Lemon (1884-1954), Mechanical engineer. 1 portrait.

Margaret Lemon (born circa 1614), Artist's Model; Mistress of Sir Anthony Van Dyck. 2 portraits.

Mark Lemon (1809-1870), Editor of 'Punch' and playwright. 11 portraits.

C. Lempriere (died 1746), Draughtsman to the Office of Ordnance. 1 portrait.

Lily Lena (Alice Mary Ann Mathilda Archer) (born 1877), Comedian, singer and actress; Wife of William Newhouse, and later, wife of Mr Turpin; Daughter of Alexander E. Archer. 12 portraits.

Carola Mary Anima Oman, Lady Lenanton (1897-1978), Writer. 3 portraits.

Anne 'Ninon' de l'Enclos (1620-1705), French courtesan. 2 portraits.

Lene, Model. 1 portrait.

Alfred Charles Leney (born 1860), High Sheriff of Kent. 1 portrait.

Sir John Leng (1828-1906), Newspaper proprietor and politician. 3 portraits.

Kyrle Leng (1900-1958), Photographer and printer. 23 portraits.

Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (1899-1938), Tennis player. 1 portrait.

Samson Lennard (died 1633), Genealogist and translator. 2 portraits.

William Lennard, Prospective Parliamentary candidate. 1 portrait.

Sir John Edward Lennard-Jones (1894-1954), Scientist and administrator. 3 portraits.

Cynthia Lennon (1939-), First wife of John Lennon. 2 portraits.

John Lennon (1940-1980), Pop musician; member of the Beatles. 43 portraits.

Julian Lennon (1963-), Musician; son of John Lennon. 1 portrait.

Katy Lennon, Gymnast. 1 portrait.

Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516-1571), Regent of Scotland. 3 portraits.

Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (1515-1578), Mother of Lord Darnley. 6 portraits.

Charles Stewart, 5th Earl of Lennox (circa 1556-1576). 2 portraits.

Lord Arthur Lennox (1806-1864), Army officer and politician. 1 portrait.

Lady Louisa Lennox (née Ker) (1739-1830), Wife of Lord George Lennox. 8 portraits.

Lord Sussex Lennox (1802-1874), Son of 4th Duke of Richmond. 1 portrait.

Ada Fanny Susan Lennox (died 1881), Daughter of Lord Arthur Lennox. 1 portrait.

Annie Lennox (1954-), Pop singer; member of the 'Eurythmics'. 4 portraits.

Charlotte Lennox (née Ramsay) (1720-1804), Writer. 3 portraits.

John Maitland Lennox (1833-1913), Army officer and Inspector of Prisons. 1 portrait.

Sir Wilbraham Oates Lennox (1830-1897), Army officer. 1 portrait.

Arabella, Lady Lennox-Boyd, Garden designer; wife of Sir Mark Alexander Lennox-Boyd. 1 portrait.

Sir Mark Alexander Lennox-Boyd (1943-), Politician. 1 portrait.

Lenny. 1 portrait.

Alexandre Lenoir (1761-1839), Artist and antiquary. 1 portrait.

André Le Nôtre (Le Nostre) (1613-1700), Garden designer. 2 portraits.

Sir Gerald Ponsonby Lenox-Conyngham (1866-1956), Geodesist. 3 portraits.

Bernard Lens (II) (1659-1725), Artist; mezzotinter. 1 portrait.

Bernard Lens (III) (1682-1740), Artist; miniature painter; topographical draughtsman; etcher; limner; drawing master. 1 portrait.

John Lens (1756-1825), Serjeant-at-law. 1 portrait.

Sir John Lenthall (1625-1681), Governor of Windsor Castle. 2 portraits.

William Lenthall (1591-1662), Speaker of the House of Commons. 8 portraits.

Sergeant Leny. 1 portrait.

Pope Leo X (Giovanni de' Medici) (1475-1521), Pope 1513-21. 3 portraits.

Graham Douglas Leonard (1921-), Bishop of London and of Truro. 9 portraits.

Lewis Leonard (1938-), Hair stylist. 1 portrait.

Mark Leonard (1974-), Director, The Foreign Policy Centre; writer and broadcaster. 1 portrait.

William Leonard (1887-1969), Politician. 3 portraits.

Mdlle Leonard, Model for Maison Lewis. 1 portrait.

Mina Leonesi, Actress. 5 portraits.

Leonora, Actress and singer. 5 portraits.

Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640-1705), Holy Roman Emperor, 1658-1705. 1 portrait.

Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747-1792), King of Bohemia and Hungary. 1 portrait.

Leopold I (1790-1865), King of the Belgians; uncle of Queen Victoria. 13 portraits.

Leopold II (1835-1909), King of the Belgians. 4 portraits.

Herbert Wallace Le Patourel (1916-1979), Brigadier. 2 portraits.

Raymond John Leppard (1927-), Conductor and harpsichordist. 3 portraits.

Sir (Charles) Martin Le Quesne (1917-2004), Soldier; Diplomat. 9 portraits.

Charles Thomas Le Quesne (1885-1954), Lawyer and President of the Baptist Union. 2 portraits.

Le Roux Smith Le Roux (1915-), Artist. 2 portraits.

Ms Le Roux. 1 portrait.

Lady Elizabeth Lord Le Sage (née Martin), Wife of Sir John Merry Le Sage. 3 portraits.

Sir John Merry Le Sage (1837-1926), Editor of 'Daily Telegraph'; war correspondent. 2 portraits.

Perez Leschen, First Secretary, Israel Embassy. 1 portrait.

Charles Lesley (floruit 1860s). 1 portrait.

George Lesley (Leslie) (died 1637), Capuchin friar. 1 portrait.

John Lesley (Leslie) (1527–1596), Bishop of Ross, historian, and conspirator. 2 portraits.

Alastair Pinckard Leslie (1932-), Son of Hon. John Wayland Leslie. 3 portraits.

Anita Leslie (1914-1985), Biographer. 1 portrait.

Charles Leslie (1650-1722), Nonjuror and controversialist. 3 portraits.

Charles Robert Leslie (1794-1859), Painter and writer. 7 portraits.

Coral Angela Leslie (née Pinckard) (1911-2002), Wife of Hon. John Wayland Leslie; daughter of George Henry Pinckard. 6 portraits.

Eileen Leslie, Actress. 3 portraits.

Fanny Leslie (1856-1935), Actress and singer. 5 portraits.

Fred Leslie (Frederick George Hobson) (1855-1892), Actor and singer. 2 portraits.

Fred Hobson Leslie (1881-1945), Actor. 8 portraits.

George Arthur James Leslie (1867-1936), Major-General. 4 portraits.

George Dunlop Leslie (1835-1921), Landscape and genre painter; Writer; Son of Charles Robert Leslie. 4 portraits.

Henrietta Leslie (née Raphael) (died 1946), Author; daughter of Arthur Raphael. 2 portraits.

Henry David Leslie (1822-1896), Conductor and composer. 2 portraits.

Hubert Leslie (1890-1976), Silhouettist. 1 portrait.

Sir John Leslie (1766-1832), Scientist and mathematician. 5 portraits.

John Leslie (1888-1965), Lieutenant-Colonel. 3 portraits.

Hon. John Wayland Leslie (1909-1991), Son of 19th Earl of Rothes. 2 portraits.

Lorna Leslie, Actress. 3 portraits.

Sir (John Randolph) Shane Leslie, 3rd Bt (1885-1971), Author. 2 portraits.

Sylvia Leslie (1900-), Actress; daughter of Leslie Ward. 5 portraits.

Walter Leslie, Count Leslie (1606-1667), Army officer and diplomat. 2 portraits.

Lady Susan Lucy Leslie-Melville (1828-1910), Royal courtier; Daughter of 8th Earl of Leven and 7th Earl of Melville. 1 portrait.

Hon. David William Leslie-Melville (1892-1938), Army captain and son of 11th Earl of Leven and Melville. 1 portrait.

Hon. Harriet Leslie-Melville (died 1832), First wife of John Thornton Leslie-Melville, later 9th Earl of Leven and Melville. 1 portrait.

Susanna E.J. Leslie-Melville, Wife of Hon. David William Leslie-Melville; daughter of Fraser Sleigh. 1 portrait.

Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps, Vicomte de Lesseps (1805-1894), Diplomat and maker of the Suez Canal. 4 portraits.

Norman Alfred Lesser (1902-1985), Archbishop of New Zealand. 1 portrait.

Carl Friedrich Lessing (1808-1880), Landscape and history painter. 1 portrait.

Doris May Lessing (1919-), Novelist. 12 portraits.

Madge Lessing (1866-1932), Actress and singer. 16 portraits.

Rudolf Lessing (1878-1964), Consulting Chemist and Chemical Engineer. 7 portraits.

Helen Lessore (1907-1994), Artist; founder of Beaux Arts Gallery. 2 portraits.

John Lessore (1939-), Painter. 1 portrait.

Thérèse Lessore (1884-1945), Painter; third wife of Walter Sickert. 2 portraits.

Beatrice Lester (died 1973), Camera operator and receptionist for Dorothy Wilding. 1 portrait.

Benjamin Lester Lester (circa 1780-1838), MP for Poole. 1 portrait.

C. Edwards Lester, American slavery abolitionist. 4 portraits.

C.J. Lester, Actor. 1 portrait.

Richard Lester (1932-), Film director. 6 portraits.

Joan Lestor, Baroness Lestor of Eccles (1931-1998), Politician. 1 portrait.

Sir Roger L'Estrange (1616-1704), Royalist and journalist. 7 portraits.

Eustache Le Sueur (1616-1655), French artist. 1 portrait.

Hubert Le Sueur (1580-1670), Sculptor. 2 portraits.

Sir Edward Letchworth (1833-1917), Solicitor and promoter of the Volunteer movement. 1 portrait.

Alice Lethbridge (floruit late 1880s-early 1900s), Actress and dancer. 1 portrait.

John Sydney Lethbridge (1897-1961), Major-General. 5 portraits.

Sir Wroth Acland Lethbridge, 4th Bt (1831-1902), Landowner. 1 portrait.

Henry Letheby (1816-1876), Analytical chemist and public health official. 2 portraits.

Sir Gordon James Lethem (1886-1962), Colonial administrator. 1 portrait.

Roma Guillon Le Thiere (died 1903), Italian actress. 4 portraits.

Catharine Le Thieullier (circa 1587 - 1664). 1 portrait.

Kathy Lette, Writer. 1 portrait.

Arthur Lett-Haines (1894-1978), Artist and teacher. 1 portrait.

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (1816-1868), History painter. 1 portrait.

Montagu V. Leveaux. 1 portrait.

Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (1580?-1661), General. 8 portraits.

David Leslie, 8th Earl of Leven and 5th Earl of Melville (1722-1802). 1 portrait.

David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven and 7th Earl of Melville (1785-1860), Representative peer and naval officer. 1 portrait.

John Thornton Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven and 8th Earl of Melville (1786-1876), Representative peer. 1 portrait.

Alexander Leslie-Melville, 10th Earl of Leven and 9th Earl of Melville (1817-1889), Banker and Representative Peer. 2 portraits.

Peter Keith Levene, Baron Levene of Portsoken (1941-), Chairman, Lloyd's. 1 portrait.

Peter Levens (floruit 1552–1587), Lexicographer; medical practitioner. 1 portrait.

Sir Thomas Leventhorpe, landowner. 2 portraits.

(Norman) Harold Lever, Baron Lever (1914-1995), Politician and newspaper proprietor. 4 portraits.

Sir Anthony Levy Lever, 1st Bt (1860-1924), MP. 1 portrait.

Sir Ashton Lever (1729-1824), Collector. 3 portraits.

Charles James Lever (1806-1872), Novelist. 1 portrait.

Frances Yowart (née Goodwin), Lady Lever (died 1959), Daughter of Lindsay H. Goodwin; 1st wife of Sir Tresham (Joseph Philip) Lever, 2nd Bt. 4 portraits.

John Orrell Lever (1824-1897), Businessman, shipping magnate, politician and author. 1 portrait.

William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851-1925), Soap manufacturer; Philanthropist; Politician. 11 portraits.

William Hulme Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme (1888-1949), Governor of Lever Brothers and Unilever Ltd. 10 portraits.

Philip William Bryce Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme (1915-2000), Son of 2nd Viscount Leverhulme. 1 portrait.

Richard Leveridge (1670?-1758), Singer and composer. 3 portraits.

Leversham. 1 portrait.

Ada Esther Leverson (née Beddington) (1862-1933), Novelist. 1 portrait.

George Riland Francis Leverson (1886-1936), Lieutenant-Colonel. 3 portraits.

Sir Arthur Cavenagh Leveson (1868-1929), Admiral. 1 portrait.

Enid Mary (née Hammond-Chambers), Lady Leveson-Gower (1881-1975), Daughter of Robert Sharp Borgnis Hammond-Chambers; wife of Sir Henry Dudley Gresham Leveson-Gower. 1 portrait.

(Edward) Frederick Leveson-Gower (1819-1907), Politician and autobiographer. 2 portraits.

Sir George Leveson Gower (1858-1951), Politician. 1 portrait.

Sir Henry Dudley Gresham Leveson-Gower (1873-1954), Cricketer. 4 portraits.

Amanda Levete, Architect; Principal of Future Systems. 1 portrait.

Lady Margaret Emily Levett (née Ashley-Cooper) (1858-1931), Wife of Theophilus Basil Percy Levett; Daughter of 8th Earl of Shaftesbury. 1 portrait.

Ada Elizabeth Levett (died 1932), Historian, writer and lecturer, St. Hilda's College, Oxford. 1 portrait.

Francis Levett (died 1764), Merchant. 1 portrait.

Adèle Levey (floruit 1888-1913), Actress and singer; Member of the 'Sisters Levey'. 1 portrait.

Carlotta Levey (floruit 1888-1907), Actress and singer; Member of the 'Sisters Levey'. 1 portrait.

Ethel Levey (1881-1955), Actress and singer. 16 portraits.

May Levey (floruit 1888-1906), Actress and singer; Member of the 'Sisters Levey'. 1 portrait.

Mick Levey, Site foreman. 1 portrait.

Ijahman Levi (Trevor Sutherland) (1946-), Singer and songwriter. 1 portrait.

Leone Levi (1821-1888), Jurist, political economist and statistician. 3 portraits.

Charles Leviez (died 1778?), Dancing master. 1 portrait.

Bernard Levin (1928-2004), Journalist and writer. 5 portraits.

Sir Edward Vere Levinge (1867-1954), Indian civil servant. 2 portraits.

Sir Creswell Levinz (1627-1701), Judge. 7 portraits.

Robert Levinz (1614/15–1650), Royalist agent. 1 portrait.

Andrea Levy (1956-), Novelist. 1 portrait.

Sir Daniel Levy (1873-1937), Politician. 3 portraits.

Emmanuel Levy (1900-1986), Artist. 1 portrait.

Joseph Moses Levy (1812-1888), Founder of the 'Daily Telegraph'. 1 portrait.

Judith Levy (née Hart) (1707-1803), Jewess; 'the Queen of Richmond Green'. 1 portrait.

Sir Maurice Levy (1859-1933), Politician. 1 portrait.

Thomas Levy (1874-1953), Politician. 3 portraits.

Lady Victoria Lew. 1 portrait.

Oscar Lewenstein (1917-1997), Theatre impresario and film producer. 1 portrait.

Agnes Lewes (née Jervis) (died 1902), Wife of George Henry Lewes. 1 portrait.

Charles Lee Lewes (1740-1803), Author and actor. 1 portrait.

Charles Lee Lewes (1843-1891), Post office clerk, county councillor and writer. 2 portraits.

George Henry Lewes (1817-1878), Writer. 7 portraits.

Miriam Lewes, Actress. 4 portraits.

Sir Watkin Lewes (1740?-1821), Politician; Lord Mayor of London. 1 portrait.

Arthur Corrie Lewin (1874-1952), Brigadier-General. 9 portraits.

Carrique Edgar Lewin Lewin-Harris (1899-), Colonel. 1 portrait.

Jorge ('J.S.') Lewinski (1921-2008), Photographer. 1 portrait.

Sir Alfred (Edward) Lewis (1868-1940), Banker. 3 portraits.

Alun Lewis (1915-1944), Poet. 1 portrait.

Hon. Anne Lucy Lewis (died 1951), Daughter of 1st Baron Merthyr. 1 portrait.

Arthur Lewis (1846-1930), Actor-manager. 1 portrait.

Arthur William John Lewis (1917-), MP. 3 portraits.

Sir Aubrey Julian Lewis (1900-1975), Professor of Psychiatry. 2 portraits.

Bernard Lewis, Alderman and Labour Candidate. 1 portrait.

Bernard Lewis (1916-), Professor of Near Eastern Studies. 1 portrait.

Bertha Lewis (1887-1931), Actress and singer. 5 portraits.

Charles George Lewis (1808-1880), Engraver. 2 portraits.

Charlotte Lewis (1967-), Actress. 1 portrait.

Clive Staples ('C.S.') Lewis (1898-1963), Author. 5 portraits.

David Lewis (Charles Baker) (1617-1679), Jesuit and martyr. 1 portrait.

David Roger Poyer Lewis, Major; Son of Sir Wilfrid Hubert Poyer Lewis. 2 portraits.

Denise Lewis (1972-), Athlete. 1 portrait.

Diana Lewis. 1 portrait.

Dominic Bevan Wyndham Lewis (1891-1969), Essayist, humourist and biographer. 15 portraits.

Eiluned Lewis (died 1979), Writer, novelist and contributer to 'Country Life'. 1 portrait.

Elizabeth Barty (née King), Lady Lewis (died 1977), 2nd wife of Sir Wilfrid Hubert Poyer Lewis. 2 portraits.

Francis Lewis (1713-1802), Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 1 portrait.

Frank Oswald Lewis (born 1873), Captain. 3 portraits.

Frederick Christian Lewis (1779-1856), Engraver and landscape painter. 1 portrait.

Geoff Lewis (1935-), Jockey. 1 portrait.

Lieutenant-Colonel George Lewis. 1 portrait.

George Lewis (1803-1879), Free Church Minister. 1 portrait.

Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt (1806-1863), Chancellor of the Exchequer; editor of the 'Edinburgh Review'. 6 portraits.

Sir George Henry Lewis, 1st Bt (1833-1911), Solicitor. 8 portraits.

Gwyneth Lewis (1959-), Poet. 1 portrait.

Harry Lewis, Husband of Vera Lynn. 1 portrait.

Sir (John) Herbert Lewis (1858-1933), Politician. 3 portraits.

Hopkin Windsor Lewis (1906-1982), Rugby player. 2 portraits.

James Lewis (1751?-1820), Architect. 2 portraits.

James Lewis (1837?-1896), Actor. 1 portrait.

Jessie Lewis (1890-1971), Actress. 2 portraits.

John Lewis (1675-1747), Vicar of Minster, Kent; historian and antiquarian. 2 portraits.

John Lewis (1713-1792), Brewer. 1 portrait.

John Frederick Lewis (1804-1876), Painter. 5 portraits.

John Spedan Lewis (1885-1963), Founder of John Lewis Partnership. 2 portraits.

Mrs J. Hamilton Lewis, Foreign visitor (American) presented at Court. 1 portrait.

Kenneth Frank Mackay Lewis (1897-1993), Major-General. 2 portraits.

Lennox Claudius Lewis (1965-), Boxer. 1 portrait.

Linda Lewis (1950-), Singer. 1 portrait.

Maison Lewis (floruit 1905-1928), Fashion designer. 44 portraits.

Lady Maria Theresa Lewis (née Villiers) (1803-1865), Writer. 3 portraits.

Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818), Writer. 3 portraits.

Miss Lewis (floruit 1854). 2 portraits.

Norman Lewis (1908-2003), Novelist and travel writer. 2 portraits.

Lady Ruth Lewis, Wife of Sir (John) Herbert Lewis; daughter of William Sproston Caine. 2 portraits.

R.P.C. Lewis, Captain. 1 portrait.

Sarah Winston Lewis (née Scales) (Hon. Mrs Trevor Lewis) (died 1961), Wife of Hon. Trevor Gwyn Eliot Lewis. 2 portraits.

Shaznay Lewis (1975-), Singer. 1 portrait.

Stephen Lewis (1947-), Author. 3 portraits.

Sydney Kersland Lewis, Public relations officer. 1 portrait.

Sylvia Lewis. 1 portrait.

Teddy Lewis (1894-1970), Boxing promoter; agent of Jimmy Wilde. 1 portrait.

Terence Lewis (1935-), Politician. 1 portrait.

Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, 1st Bt (1780-1855), Politician. 1 portrait.

Virginia Penelope Ann Lewis, Daughter of Vera Lynn. 1 portrait.

Sir William Lewis, 1st Bt (1598-1677), Royalist. 1 portrait.

Sir (William) Hawthorne Lewis (1888-1970), Colonial administrator. 1 portrait.

William James Lewis (1847-1926), Professor of Mineralogy. 3 portraits.

William Thomas Lewis (circa 1746-1812), Actor. 5 portraits.

(Percy) Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957), Painter and novelist. 14 portraits.

Mark Lewis-Francis (1982-), Athlete. 1 portrait.

Oscar Lewisohn (died 1917), Actor; husband of Edna May. 1 portrait.

Lady Lewson (Jane Lewson (née Vaughan)) (1699 or 1700-1816), Eccentric and centenarian. 1 portrait.

Raymond Lewthwaite (1894-1972), Captain and Medical Research, Colonial Office. 1 portrait.

Henry Ley (1813-1895), Second Clerk Assistant of the House of Commons. 1 portrait.

Jacob Ley (1803-1881), Censor of Christ Church, Oxford. 1 portrait.

John Ley (died 1814), Clerk Assistant and Deputy Clerk of the House of Commons. 3 portraits.

John Henry Ley (died 1850), First Clerk of the House of Commons. 1 portrait.

Lady Mabel Annie Ley (née Brocklehurst) (born 1886), Wife of Sir Henry Ley, 2nd Bt; previous wife of Baron Van Haeften; daughter of Sir Philip Brocklehurst, 1st Bt. 3 portraits.

William Ley (circa 1817-1847), Assistant Clerk of the House of Commons. 1 portrait.

William Leybourn (1626-1716), Mathematician and land surveyor. 12 portraits.

Hugh Leycester (1748?-1836), Recorder of Chester. 1 portrait.

Maurice Leyland (1900-1967), Cricketer. 1 portrait.

Karl Joseph Leyser (1920-1992), Historian. 1 portrait.

Eleanor Leyshon (floruit 1887-1891), Actress. 1 portrait.

John Leyton (1939-), Actor and singer. 3 portraits.

José Lezama Lima (1910-1976), Cuban poet. 1 portrait.

J.J. Lezard, South African tennis player. 1 portrait.

Hung Chang Li (1823-1901), Chinese diplomat. 1 portrait.

Sir Claude Francis Liardet (1881-1966), Major-General. 4 portraits.

Bernard Stuart, titular Earl of Lichfield (1623?-1645), Royalist. 9 portraits.

Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield (1795-1854), MP for Yarmouth; Postmaster General. 1 portrait.

Charlotte (Fitzroy), Countess of Lichfield (1664-1718), Wife of Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield; daughter of Charles II by the Duchess of Cleveland. 5 portraits.

Thomas Edward Anson, 4th Earl of Lichfield (1883-1960), Landowner. 5 portraits.

Patrick Lichfield (Thomas Patrick John Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield) (1939-2005), Photographer. 6 portraits.

Mark Lickley, Musician. 1 portrait.

Sir Walter Sydney Liddall (1884-1963), Businessman. 3 portraits.

Sir Adolphus Frederick Octavius Liddell (1818-1885), Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office; Son of 1st Baron Ravensworth; Father of Adolphus G. C. Liddell. 1 portrait.

Alice Pleasance Liddell (1852-1934), Daughter of Henry George Liddell; inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 11 portraits.

Sir Clive Gerard Liddell (1883-1956), General. 3 portraits.

Edith Mary Liddell (1854-1876), Sister of Alice Pleasance Liddell. 6 portraits.

Edward George Tandy Liddell (1895-1981), Professor of Physiology. 1 portrait.

Edward Henry ('Harry') Liddell (1847-1911), Brother of Alice Pleasance Liddell. 1 portrait.

Sir Frederick Francis Liddell (1865-1950), Governor of Ceylon. 2 portraits.

Henry George Liddell (1811-1898), Lexicographer and dean of Christ Church, Oxford; father of Alice Hargreaves (née Liddell). 3 portraits.

(William) Ian Liddell (1938-), Structural Engineer. 1 portrait.

Kathleen Mary Liddell (née Lane-Fox) (circa 1849-1930), Wife of Francis Charles Liddell; Daughter of George Lane-Fox. 2 portraits.

Lorina Charlotte ('Ina') Liddell (1849-1930), Sister of Alice Pleasance Liddell. 7 portraits.

Jean Liddiard, Press and Public Relations Officer, National Portrait Gallery. 2 portraits.

David Liddle (1960-), Organist. 1 portrait.

Henry Parry Liddon (1829-1890), Church of England clergyman and theologian. 3 portraits.

(Tord) Alvar Quan Lidell (1908-1981), BBC announcer. 1 portrait.

John Scott Lidgett (1854-1953), Methodist minister, theologian and educationist. 1 portrait.

Daniel Liebeskind (1946-), Architect. 1 portrait.

Baron Justus von Liebig (1803-1873), Chemist. 1 portrait.

Jonas Lied (born 1881). 4 portraits.

Sir Percivale Liesching (1895-1973), High Commissioner for the UK in South Africa. 8 portraits.

Princess Lieven, Wife of Prince Anatoly Pavlovich Lieven. 1 portrait.

Prince Anatoly Pavlovich Lieven (1872-1937), Foreign dignitary; brother of Studd. 6 portraits.

Dorothea, Princess Lieven (1785-1857), Wife of Russian ambassador to England. 1 portrait.

Jan Lievens (1607-1674), Painter. 1 portrait.

Alice Louise Lièvre, Model for Maison Lewis. 3 portraits.

Serge Lifar (1905-1986), Dancer and choreographer. 1 portrait.

James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford (1709-1789), Lord Chancellor of Ireland. 1 portrait.

James Hewitt, 3rd Viscount Lifford (1783-1855). 1 portrait.

James Hewitt, 4th Viscount Lifford (1811-1887), Representative peer. 2 portraits.

William Light (1786-1839), Surveyor-General of South Australia. 1 portrait.

John Lightfoot (1602-1675), Hebraist and rabbinical scholar. 3 portraits.

Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1828-1889), Biblical scholar and bishop of Durham. 3 portraits.

Sir (Michael) James Lighthill (1924-1998), Scientist. 2 portraits.

Herbert Lightstone (1878-1942), Director-General, General Medical Services. 1 portrait.

John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier (1680-1770), Field Marshal. 8 portraits.

Penelope, Viscountess Ligonier (1749-1827), 1st wife of Edward Ligonier, 2nd Viscount (later 1st Earl) Ligonier. 1 portrait.

Olga Likhovskaya (1958-), Ballet dancer. 1 portrait.

John Lilburne (1614?-1657), Political agitator. 18 portraits.

Robert Lilburne (1613-1665), Regicide. 4 portraits.

Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford (1743-1800). 8 portraits.

Stephen Powys, 6th Baron Lilford (1869-1949), Son of 4th Baron Lilford. 1 portrait.

Lilian Craig (née Davis), Princess Lilian of Sweden (1915-), Wife of Prince Bertil of Sweden. 1 portrait.

Albert Lilley. 1 portrait.

Mary Lilley (née O'Sullivan), Wife of Thomas Lilley. 6 portraits.

Thomas Lilley (1902-1959), Chairman of Saxone, Lilley and Skinner (Holdings) Ltd. 9 portraits.

Vera Cottingham Lilley (née Sklarevskai), Wife of Thomas Lilley. 7 portraits.

Sir Charles Swift Lillicrap (1887-1966), Naval architect. 1 portrait.

Beatrice Gladys Lillie (Lady Peel) (1894-1989), Actress. 10 portraits.

Denis Gascoigne Lillie (1884-1963), Caricaturist and marine biologist. 2 portraits.

Arthur Chudleigh Lillies. 1 portrait.

Luke Theodore Lillingston (1907-1944), Foxhunter and army officer. 2 portraits.

William Lilly (1602-1681), Astrologer. 5 portraits.

William Lily (1468?-1522/3), Grammarian and schoolmaster. 2 portraits.

Count van Limburg-Stirum. 6 portraits.

Edmund Henry Pery, 1st Earl of Limerick (1758-1844), Irish politician. 1 portrait.

William Hale John Charles Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick (1840-1896), Politician. 1 portrait.

Edmund Colquhoun Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick (1888-1967), Lieutenant of City of London; Chairman of the Medical Research Council. 5 portraits.

Angela Olivia (née Trotter), Countess of Limerick (1897-1981), Chairman of the Standing Commission of International Red Cross; President of the Multiple Sclerosis Society; Wife of 5th Earl of Limerick; Daughter of Sir Henry Trotter. 2 portraits.

Sir Arthur Henry Limpus (1863-1931), Admiral. 3 portraits.

Thomas Linacre (circa 1460 - 1524), Humanist scholar and physician. 1 portrait.

Edward Fiennes de Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1512-1585), Lord High Admiral. 4 portraits.

Elizabeth Fiennes de Clinton, Countess of Lincoln (née Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald) (1528?-1589), 1st wife of Edward Fiennes de Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln; Courtier. 1 portrait.

Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of Lincoln (1684-1728), Magnate. 3 portraits.

Katherine, Countess of Lincoln (died 1760), Wife of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln and 2nd Duke of Newcastle. 2 portraits.

Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810), Revolutionary army officer and politician in America. 1 portrait.

Fredman Ashe Lincoln, Master of the Bench, Inner Temple. 1 portrait.

Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, Marquess of Lincolnshire (1843-1928), Governor of New South Wales. 13 portraits.

Johanna Maria ('Jenny') Lind (1820-1887), Singer, 'the Swedish nightingale'; Wife of Otto Moritz David Goldschmidt. 9 portraits.

Letty Lind (Letitia Elizabeth Rudge) (1861-1923), Actress, dancer and acrobat. 1 portrait.

Marion Lind, Actress; granddaughter of Sir John Davis, Bart., K.C. B.. 9 portraits.

Eddie Linden, Poet. 1 portrait.

Laura Linden (died 1906), Actress and singer. 1 portrait.

Marie Linden (born 1862), Actress. 1 portrait.

Maude Linden, Actress. 7 portraits.

George Samuel Lindgren, Baron Lindgren of Welwyn Garden City (1900-1971), MP. 1 portrait.

Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley (1828-1921), Judge. 3 portraits.

Betty Lindley, Actress. 6 portraits.

Sir Francis Oswald Lindley (1872-1950), Diplomatist. 1 portrait.

Henrietta Lindley (floruit 1880s-1890s), Actress. 1 portrait.

Jimmy Lindley (1935-), Jockey. 1 portrait.

John Lindley (1799-1865), Botanist and horticulturist. 1 portrait.

Kilby Lindley, Actress. 3 portraits.

Kitty Lindley, Actress. 4 portraits.

Robert Lindley (1776-1855), Violoncellist. 2 portraits.

Simon Geoffrey Lindley (1948-), Organist, accompanist, conductor and composer. 1 portrait.

Miss Lindley, Actress. 2 portraits.

Sir Norman Lindop (1921-), Chairman of Hertfordshire County Council; Former Director of Hatfield Polytechnic. 1 portrait.

Horace Lindrum, Writer on billiards. 6 portraits.

Alexander Dunlop Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker (1879-1952), Educationalist. 15 portraits.

Hon. Bronwen Mary Lindsay (née Scott-Ellis) (born 1912), Daughter of 8th Baron Howard de Walden; married Hon. James Louis Lindsay. 4 portraits.

Caroline Blanche Elizabeth (née FitzRoy), Lady Lindsay (1844-1912), Writer; Patron of the arts; Wife of Sir Coutts Lindsay, 2nd Bt; Daughter of Hon. Henry FitzRoy. 4 portraits.

Catherine Hepburne Lindsay (born 1822), Daughter of the Hon. Charles Lindsay. 1 portrait.

Hon. Charles Hugh Lindsay (1816-1889), Army officer and politician; Son of 24th Earl of Crawford. 3 portraits.

Sir Coutts Lindsay, 2nd Bt (1824-1913), Artist. 4 portraits.

Donald Dunrod Lindsay (1910-), Headmaster of Malvern School. 1 portrait.

Lady Elizabeth Patricia Lindsay (1908-1937), Daughter of 27th Earl of Crawford. 4 portraits.

Sir Harry Alexander Fanshawe Lindsay (1881-1963), Civil servant in India. 3 portraits.

Henry Edzell Morgan Lindsay (1857-1935), Colonel. 2 portraits.

James Lindsay (1783-1857), London merchant; Lloyds member. 5 portraits.

James Lindsay (1871-1928), Stage actor and silent film villain. 1 portrait.

James Alexander Lindsay (1856-1931), Professor of medicine. 1 portrait.

Hon. James Louis Lindsay (1906-1997), Politician; Son of 27th Earl of Crawford. 9 portraits.

J.M. Lindsay, Captain. 7 portraits.

Lady Kate Harriet Lindsay, Wife of Sir Coutts Lindsay, 2nd Bt; daughter of William Burfield. 4 portraits.

Kenneth Martin Lindsay (1897-1991), MP and author. 4 portraits.

Leonard Cecil Colin Lindsay (1857-1941), Private Chamberlain to the Pope Pius XI. 1 portrait.

Noel Ker Lindsay (1904-), MP. 2 portraits.

Norah Mary Madeleine Lindsay (née Bourke) (1873-1948), Gardener. 5 portraits.

Philip Lindsay (1906-1958), Historical novelist and film story writer. 8 portraits.

Sir Ronald Charles Lindsay (1877-1945), Diplomatist. 5 portraits.

Robert Lindsay (1949-), Actor. 1 portrait.

Wallace Martin Lindsay (1858-1937), Classical scholar. 2 portraits.

Sir Walter Fullerton Lodovic Lindsay (1855-1930), Major-General. 2 portraits.

William Alexander Lindsay (1846-1926), Justice of the Peace and barrister. 4 portraits.

William Schaw Lindsay (1816-1877), Shipowner and politician. 1 portrait.

Mrs Lindsay. 1 portrait.

Miss Lindsay, Daughter of Hon. Charles Hugh Lindsay. 1 portrait.

Hon. Enriqueta Mary Jeanne Lindsay-Bethune (née Koch de Gooreynd), Wife of Hon. John Martin Lindsay-Bethune. 4 portraits.

Hon. Sally Alexandra Jane Lindsay-Bethune (1954-), Daughter of Hon. John Martin Lindsay-Bethune. 9 portraits.

Sir Martin Alexander Lindsay of Dowhill, 1st Bt (1905-1981), Explorer, author, leader of British Trans-Greenland Expedition 1934. 4 portraits.

Wilfred Gordon Lindsell (1884-1973), Lieutenant-general. 5 portraits.

Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (1582-1642), Admiral. 18 portraits.

Montague Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey (1608-1666), Royalist soldier. 8 portraits.

Elizabeth (née Wharton), Countess of Lindsey (circa 1636-1669), Wife of Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey. 2 portraits.

Theophilus Lindsey (1723-1808), Theologian. 3 portraits.

Gary Lineker (1960-), Footballer. 2 portraits.

Arthur George Ling (1913-1995), Architect and town planner. 7 portraits.

Joseph Ling (1767-1850), Founder of Sunday schools. 1 portrait.

Alice Lingard (1847-1897), Actress; Wife of William Horace Lingard. 2 portraits.

John Lingard (1771-1851), Roman Catholic historian. 1 portrait.

Simon Nicholas Henri Linguet (1736-1794), Journalist and advocate. 1 portrait.

Marie Link, Actress. 2 portraits.

Eric Linklater (1899-1974), Novelist and man of letters. 4 portraits.

David Albert Charles Armstong-Jones, Viscount Linley (1961-), Son of Princess Margaret Rose and 1st Earl of Snowdon. 6 portraits.

Serena Alleyne Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley (1970-), Daughter of Viscount Petersham. 1 portrait.

Maria Linley (1763-1784), Singer. 1 portrait.

Thomas Linley the Elder (1732-1795), Composer. 1 portrait.

Thomas Linley the Younger (1756-1778), Violinist and composer. 1 portrait.

William Linley (1771-1835), Writer and composer. 3 portraits.

Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887-1952), Viceroy and Governor-General of India 1936-43. 4 portraits.

Doreen Maud Linlithgow (née Milner), Lady Linlithgow, Wife of 2nd Marquess Linlithgow. 1 portrait.

Charles William Frederick Hope, 3rd Marquess of Linlithgow (1912-1987), Son of 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow. 2 portraits.

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), Botanist and taxonomist. 2 portraits.

Richard Linnecar (1722-1800), Dramatist; miscellaneous writer. 1 portrait.

Daisy Linnell, Actress. 2 portraits.

Sir Francis John Linnell (1892-1944), Air Marshal. 5 portraits.

James Thomas Linnell (1826-1905), Painter. 1 portrait.

John Linnell (1792-1882), Painter. 8 portraits.

Wilfred Herbert Linnell (1894-1983), Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. 1 portrait.

William Linnell (1826-1906), Painter. 4 portraits.

Linnell, One of the sons of John Linnell. 1 portrait.

Linnell, One of the sons of John Linnell. 1 portrait.

M. L'Instant, Slavery abolitionist from Haiti. 4 portraits.

Sir Hugh Nicholas Linstead (1901-1987), MP and President of International Pharmaceutical Federation. 16 portraits.

Sir Reginald Patrick Linstead (1902-1966), Professor of Chemistry. 3 portraits.

Annie Linton, Fisherwoman. 1 portrait.

Elizabeth Lynn ('Eliza') Linton (1822-1898), Writer. 4 portraits.

James ('Sandy') Linton, Fisherman. 1 portrait.

Sir James Dromgole Linton (1840-1916), Painter. 3 portraits.

James Henry Linton (1879-1958), Assistant Bishop of Birmingham. 2 portraits.

(John) Martin Linton (1944-), Politician. 1 portrait.

William Linton (1791-1876), Landscape Painter. 1 portrait.

Sir William Linton (1801-1880), Army physician. 3 portraits.

Rotha Lintorn-Orman (died 1937), Founder of British Fascist Movement. 2 portraits.

Sir Henry John Bevis Lintott (1908-1995), Foreign Office. 8 portraits.

Leon M. Lion (1879-1947), Actor-manager, producer and playwright. 3 portraits.

Jean Etienne Liotard (1702-1789). 1 portrait.

Maureen Lipman (1946-), Actress and writer. 1 portrait.

Louis James Lipsett (1874-1918), Major-General. 3 portraits.

Daniel Leopold Lipson (1886-1963), MP. 4 portraits.

Marcus Lipton (1900-1978), Politician and barrister. 8 portraits.

Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, 1st Bt (1850-1931), Grocer and yachtsman. 16 portraits.

Ernest Edmund Henry Malet Vaughan, 7th Earl of Lisburne (1892-1965), Major; University administrator. 5 portraits.

John David Malet Vaughan, 8th Earl of Lisburne (1918-), Barrister. 7 portraits.

Lucy Loftus (née Brydges), Viscountess Lisburne (died 1689), Wife of Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Lisburne. 6 portraits.

John Young, Baron Lisgar (1807-1876), Governor-General of Canada. 2 portraits.

Lyuba Liskoff, Actress. 1 portrait.

Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle (born before 1472, died 1542), Soldier, diplomat, and administrator, was the illegitimate son of Edward IV (1442–1483).. 1 portrait.

Sir George Lisle (died 1648), Royalist. 13 portraits.

John Lisle (1610-1664), Regicide. 2 portraits.

Joseph Lister, Baron Lister (1827-1912), Surgeon and founder of a system of antiseptic surgery. 7 portraits.

Susanna Lister (née Temple), Lady Lister, Maid of honour to Anne of Denmark. 3 portraits.

Francis Lister (1899-1951), Actor. 6 portraits.

George Lister, Cock-feeder. 1 portrait.

Laurier Lister (1907-1986), Theatrical director and manager. 1 portrait.

Sir Martin Lister (1603-1670), Soldier; son of Sir Matthew Lister physician to King James I and King Charles I. 3 portraits.

Sir Matthew Lister (1571?-1656), Physician. 2 portraits.

Moira Lister (1923-), Actress. 1 portrait.

Sir John Pepys Lister-Kaye, 3rd Bt (1853-1924), Lieutenant Royal Horse Guards, Groom-in-Waiting to King Edward VII. 2 portraits.

T.H. Lister Salisbury. 2 portraits.

John Liston, Fisherman. 1 portrait.

John Liston (1776?-1846), Comedian. 8 portraits.

Robert Liston (1794-1847), Surgeon. 3 portraits.

Willie Liston, Fisherman. 1 portrait.

Maria Augusta Hare (née Windham), Countess of Listowel (1805-1871), 2nd daughter of Vice Admiral William Windham 2nd; Wife of 2nd Earl of Listowel. 1 portrait.

William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel (1833-1924), Soldier and courtier. 2 portraits.

William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel (1906-1997), Deputy Leader in the House of Lords. 6 portraits.

Judith Hare (née de Marffy-Mantuano), Countess of Listowel (1903-2003), Journalist and author; 1st wife of William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel. 7 portraits.

Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Pianist and composer. 5 portraits.

Serge Litavkin, Dancer. 9 portraits.

David Litchfield, Founder of Ritz Newspaper. 1 portrait.

(Frederick) Shirley Litchfield-Speer (1874-1922), Rear-Admiral. 2 portraits.

Sir James Lithgow, 1st Bt (1883-1952), Shipbuilder and industrialist. 2 portraits.

William Lithgow (1582-1645?), Traveller. 5 portraits.

Mademoiselle Litini (floruit 1892-1897), Actress and singer. 1 portrait.

Alastair Little (1950-), Chef and restaurateur. 1 portrait.

Alicia Ellen Neve Little (née Bewicke) (Mrs Archibald Little) (1845-1926), Author and campaigner against foot-binding. 3 portraits.

Andrew George Little (1863-1945), Historian. 1 portrait.

Sir Archibald Little (1810-1891), Army officer. 1 portrait.

Archibald John Little (1838-1908), Traveller and businessman. 1 portrait.

Sir Charles James Colebrooke Little (1882-1973), Admiral. 1 portrait.

Elizabeth, Lady Little (born circa 1826), Wife of Sir Archibald Little. 1 portrait.

Colonel Little. 1 portrait.

Mr Little of Libberton (floruit 1786). 2 portraits.

Stephen Charles Littlechild (1943-), Academic and Consultant on privatisation, competition and regulation. 1 portrait.

Thomas Littledale, of Rotterdam. 1 portrait.

Miss Littledeane, Nurse. 1 portrait.

Isobella Littlejohn, Telegraphist. 1 portrait.

Richard Littlejohn (1954-), Newspaper columnist; radio and television presenter.. 1 portrait.

Astle Scott Littlejohns (1875-1939), Captain. 2 portraits.

Sir Emile Littler (1903-1985), Theatrical impresario, producer, author and company director. 1 portrait.

Edward Littleton, Baron Littleton (1589-1645), Judge and politician. 13 portraits.

Muriel Littleton (died 1630), Daughter of Lord Chancellor Bromley. 1 portrait.

Hon. Richard Charles Arthur Littleton (1888-1945), Navy commander and 3rd son of 2nd Baron Hatherton. 3 portraits.

Thomas Littleton (Lyttleton) (before 1417-1481), Justice and legal writer. 3 portraits.

William Francis Littleton (1847-1889), Barrister. 1 portrait.

Lady Barbara Littlewood (née Langdon-Down) (1909-1995), Solicitor and magistrate. 6 portraits.

Joan (Maud) Littlewood (1914-2002), Theatre director and manager. 7 portraits.

Sir Sydney Charles Thomas Littlewood (1895-1967), Lawyer. 6 portraits.

Mark Littman (1920-), Company director. 2 portraits.

Marie Litton (Maria Lowe) (1847-1884), Actress and theatre manager. 2 portraits.

Émile Maximilien Paul Littré (1801-1881), Lexicographer and philosopher. 1 portrait.

Maxim Litvinov (Meer Wallach) (1876-1951), Russian Foreign Minister. 5 portraits.

Edward George Downing Liveing (1895-1963), Author and historian. 7 portraits.

Penelope Margaret Lively (1933-), Writer. 1 portrait.

Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1727-1808), Statesman. 4 portraits.

Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770-1828), Prime Minister. 39 portraits.

Arthur William de Brito Savile Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1870-1941), Governor of New Zealand. 7 portraits.

Theodosia Louisa, Countess of Liverpool (died 1821), First wife of 2nd Earl of Liverpool. 1 portrait.

Henry Liverseege (1803-1832), Painter. 3 portraits.

Archibald Liversidge (1846-1927), Professor of Chemistry. 2 portraits.

Peggy Livesay, Actress; daughter of, of Sam Livesay. 1 portrait.

Sir George Thomas Livesey (1834-1908), Promoter of labour co-partnership. 1 portrait.

Roger Livesey (1906-1976), Actor. 1 portrait.

J. Livings, Chief Superinéendent of the Fingerprint Department, Scotland Yard. 1 portrait.

Ian Paul Livingston (1964-), Businessman. 1 portrait.

Margaret Livingston (born 1855), Sister of Mrs Albert Broom. 4 portraits.

Philip Livingston (1716-1778), Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 1 portrait.

Sir Philip Clement Livingston (1893-1982), Air Marshal. 7 portraits.

Robert Livingston (born 1852), Brother of Mrs Albert Broom. 1 portrait.

Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Lawyer; politician. 1 portrait.

David Livingstone (1813-1873), Missionary and explorer. 32 portraits.

Kenneth Robert ('Ken') Livingstone (1945-), Mayor of London. 4 portraits.

Mary Livingstone (née Moffat) (1821-1862), Wife of David Livingstone. 1 portrait.

Neil Livingstone (1788-1856), Father of David Livingstone. 1 portrait.

Sir Richard Winn Livingstone (1880-1960), Educationist. 2 portraits.

Henry Matthews, Viscount Llandaff (1826-1913), Lawyer and politician. 2 portraits.

Georgiana Marcia (née McLean), Lady Llangattock (died 1920), Wife of John Alan Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock. 2 portraits.

Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (1802-1867), Politician and eponymist of Big Ben. 3 portraits.

John Jestyn Llewellin, Baron Llewellin (1893-1957), Politician and Governor-general of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. 11 portraits.

Evan Henry Llewellyn (1847-1914), Politician; Army officer. 2 portraits.

Sir Richard Llewellyn (1783-1867), Colonel. 1 portrait.

Richard Llewellyn (Richard Dafydd Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd) (1907-1983), Welsh novelist and playwright. 15 portraits.

Sir (Samuel Henry) William Llewellyn (1858-1941), Artist and President of the Royal Academy. 17 portraits.

Richard Llewellyn-Davies, Baron Llewellyn-Davies (1912-1981), Professor of Urban Planning. 1 portrait.

Annie Patricia Llewellyn-Davies, Baroness Llewellyn-Davies of Hastoe (1915-1997), Privy Counsellor. 12 portraits.

Frederick Llewellyn-Jones (1866-1941), Politician. 2 portraits.

Llewelyn ap Gruffudd ('the Last') (circa 1223-1282), Reigned as Prince of Wales 1246-82. 1 portrait.

Sir John Talbot Dillwyn-Llewelyn, 1st Bt (1836-1927), Politician; Businessman; Landowner. 1 portrait.

Sir Robert Baxter Llewelyn (1845-1919), Colonial administrator. 2 portraits.

Jack Llewelyn Davies (1894-1959), Second son of Sylvia and Arthur Llewelyn Davies. 1 portrait.

Michael Llewelyn Davies (1900-1921), Fourth son of Sylvia and Arthur Llewelyn Davies. 8 portraits.

Peter Llewelyn Davies (1897-1960), Third son of Sylvia and Arthur Llewelyn Davies. 2 portraits.

Sylvia Jocelyn Llewelyn Davies (née Du Maurier) (1866-1910), Daughter of George Du Maurier; wife of Arthur Llewelyn Davies. 3 portraits.

Miss M.G. Lloyd Thomas, Lecturer and Director of English Studies. 1 portrait.

George Ambrose Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd (1879-1941), Statesman. 5 portraits.

Lady (Victoria) Jean Marjorie Mabell Ogilvie, Baroness Lloyd (1918-), Wife of 2nd Baron Lloyd. 1 portrait.

Anthony Joseph Lloyd (1950-), Politician. 1 portrait.

Charles Lloyd (1784-1829), Bishop of Oxford. 2 portraits.

Charles Wilson Lloyd (1915-), Justice of the Peace and Master, Dulwich College. 1 portrait.

Christopher Lloyd (1921-2006), Horticulturalist, gardener and writer. 1 portrait.

Clifford Lloyd. 1 portrait.

Doris Lloyd (circa 1900-1968), Actress. 2 portraits.

Duncan Lloyd, Musician; member of Maxïmo Park. 1 portrait.

Edward Lloyd (1660-1709), Author and Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum. 2 portraits.

Emily Lloyd (1970-), Actress. 1 portrait.

Sir (Ernest) Guy Richard Lloyd, 1st Bt (1890-1987), Major and politician. 12 portraits.

Errol Lloyd (1943-), Artist and playwright. 1 portrait.

E. Aubrey Lloyd (died 1950), Chairman and Managing Director of Ellerman Lines Ltd. 5 portraits.

Sir Francis Lloyd (1858-1926), Lieutenant-General. 10 portraits.

George Walter Selwyn Lloyd (1913-1998), Composer and conductor. 1 portrait.

Harold Lloyd (1893-1971), Film actor. 1 portrait.

Sir Hugh Pughe Lloyd (1894-1981), Air Chief Marshal. 2 portraits.

Ifor Bowen Lloyd (1902-1990), County court judge. 3 portraits.

James Lloyd (1971-). No portraits.

Johanna Lloyd (née Leigh) (died 1814), Wife of R.B. Lloyd of Maryland, and later of Francis Love Beckford. 1 portrait.

John Lloyd, Actor. 1 portrait.

Sir John Conway Lloyd (1878-1954), Lieutenant-Colonel. 2 portraits.

Sir John Edward Lloyd (1861-1947), Professor of History. 1 portrait.

Jones Lloyd. 1 portrait.

Marie Lloyd (Matilda Alice Victoria Wood) (1870-1922), Performer. 1 portrait.

Dame Mary Kathleen Lloyd (1908-), Director of Women's Royal Naval Service. 4 portraits.

Molly Lloyd, Actress. 3 portraits.

Robert Lumley Lloyd (died 1729), Judge. 1 portrait.

Sian Lloyd (1958-), Television weather presenter. 1 portrait.

Thomas Lloyd (1857-1935), Suffragen Bishop of Maenan. 3 portraits.

Major Vaughan Lloyd. 1 portrait.

William Lloyd (1627-1717), Bishop of Worcester. 16 portraits.

Sir William Frederick Lloyd (1864-1937), Prime Minister of Newfoundland. 2 portraits.

William Watkiss Lloyd (1813-1893), Classical and literary scholar. 2 portraits.

Hon. Georgiana Christiana Lloyd-Anstruther (née Barrington) (1810-1881), Second wife of James Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther; Daughter of 5th Viscount Barrington. 1 portrait.

Mary Lloyd-Baker (née Sharp) (1778-1812), Daughter of William Sharp. 1 portrait.

Patricia Lloyd-Dolbey (née Stock), Daughter of Captain Arthur Boy Stock. 2 portraits.

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George (1863-1945), Prime Minister. 57 portraits.

Dame Margaret Lloyd George (née Owen) (1866-1941), Wife of David Lloyd George. 8 portraits.

Lady Megan Arfon Lloyd George (1902-1966), Politician and daughter of David Lloyd George. 17 portraits.

Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones (1922-), Classical scholar. 1 portrait.

Sue Lloyd Roberts, Television journalist. 1 portrait.

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd Webber (1948-), Composer. 6 portraits.

Julian Lloyd Webber (1951-), Cellist; brother of Baron Lloyd Webber. 1 portrait.

Dorothy Sylvia Lloyd-Williams (1901-1977), Headmistress. 1 portrait.

Ramon Llull (1232-1315), Writer and philosopher. 2 portraits.

Humphrey Llwyd (1527-1568), Welsh antiquary. 3 portraits.

Ken Loach (1936-), Film director. 1 portrait.

Kenneth Charles ('Ken') Loach (1936-), Television and film director. 3 portraits.

Shelagh Loader, Student of Peter King, Central St Martin's School of Art. 1 portrait.

Georges Mouton, comte de Lobau (1770-1838), French general. 1 portrait.

John Lobb, Bootmaker; Businessman. 1 portrait.

Sir William George Lobjoit (1859-1939), Former controller of Horticulture and author. 2 portraits.

Madame Lobkowicz, Wife of H. E. Maximillian Lobkowicz. 1 portrait.

Giorgio Locatelli (1964-), Chef and restaurateur. 1 portrait.

Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch (1827-1900), Colonial administrator. 2 portraits.

Edward Douglas Loch, 2nd Baron Loch (1873-1942), Major-General. 5 portraits.

Davinia Julia Loch (née Wright), Lady Loch (1931-), Granddaughter of 8th Viscount of Powerscourt; married firstly Sir Richard Boughey, 10th Bt; secondly Spencer Loch, 4th Baron Loch. 4 portraits.

Catharine Grace Loch (circa 1855-1904), Nurse. 1 portrait.

James Loch (1780-1855), Economist. 1 portrait.

John Carysfort Loch (1877-1974), Colonel; Member of the Royal Company of Archers, the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland. 6 portraits.

Sir Kenneth Morley Loch (1890-1961), Lieutenant-General. 2 portraits.

Daniel Lock (1681-1754), Governor of the Foundling Hospital. 3 portraits.

George Lock (1771-1864), Rector. 1 portrait.

Stephen Penford Lock (1929-), Physician and writer on medicine. 1 portrait.

Walter Lock (1846-1933), Warden of Keble College, Oxford and Professor of Divinity. 2 portraits.

Arthur Locke (1872-1932), Assistant Secretary in the Home Office. 8 portraits.

Arthur D'Arcy ('Bobby') Locke (1917-1987), Golfer. 2 portraits.

Cecilia Locke (1775-1824), Wife of Mr Charles Locke. 1 portrait.

Frederica Augusta Locke (1750-1832), Wife of William Locke of Norbury. 1 portrait.

John Locke (1632-1704), Philosopher. 34 portraits.

Joseph Locke (1805-1860), Civil engineer. 1 portrait.

Matthew Locke (circa 1622–1677), Organist and composer. 1 portrait.

Wadham Locke (1779-1835), MP for Devizes. 2 portraits.

William John Locke (1863-1930), Novelist. 3 portraits.

William Locker (1731-1800), Captain in the Navy. 1 portrait.

Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821-1895), Poet and writer. 2 portraits.

Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson (1875-1946), Politician and writer. 4 portraits.

Oliver Stillingfleet Locker-Lampson (1880-1954), Commander and politician. 1 portrait.

John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854), Biographer and novelist. 5 portraits.

Leslie Keith Lockhart (1897-1966), Major-General. 2 portraits.

Margaret (née McLean), Lady Lockhart (died 1895), Wife of Sir Norman Macdonald Lockhart, 3rd Bt; Daughter of John McLean. 1 portrait.

Sir Norman MacDonald Lockhart, 4th Bt (1844-1870), Army officer. 1 portrait.

Philadelphia (née Wharton), Lady Lockhart (born circa 1635), Wife of Sir George Lockhart. 2 portraits.

Philip Lockhart (1690? - 1716), Jacobite; Execute for Treason 1716. 1 portrait.

Sir Robert Cook Lockhart (1861-1943), Linen manufacturer. 3 portraits.

Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart (1887-1970), Diplomat and writer. 16 portraits.

Sir Rob McGregor MacDonald Lockhart (1893-1981), General and Deputy Chief Scout, Boy Scouts Association. 14 portraits.

Violet Lockhart (died 1849), Sister of John Gibson Lockhart. 2 portraits.

Sir William Lockhart (1621-1676), Soldier and diplomat. 2 portraits.

Sir William Stephen Alexander Lockhart (1841-1900), General. 1 portrait.

Ronald Mathias Lockley (1903-2000), Author; Naturalist. 2 portraits.

Sir Ben Lockspeiser (1891-1990), Aeronautical engineer. 1 portrait.

K.L. Lockstone, Chairman of Esher Conservative Association. 2 portraits.

Francis William Lockwood (1908-1955), Headmaster of Plymouth College. 2 portraits.

Sir Frank Lockwood (1846-1897), Lawyer and politician. 9 portraits.

Helen M. Lockwood. 1 portrait.

John Cutts Lockwood (1890-1983), Lieutenant-Colonel and MP. 6 portraits.

Sir Joseph Flawith Lockwood (1904-1991), Businessman; Chairman of the Royal Ballet. 2 portraits.

Julia Lockwood (1941-), Actress. 2 portraits.

Margaret Lockwood (1916-1990), Film actress. 5 portraits.

Amy Lockyer, Daughter of James Morant Lockyer. 2 portraits.

Bernard Lockyer, Son of James Morant Lockyer. 2 portraits.

Florence Lockyer, Daughter of James Morant Lockyer. 2 portraits.

James Morant Lockyer. 2 portraits.

Mrs James Morant Lockyer, Wife of James Morant Lockyer. 2 portraits.

Lionel Lockyer (1601 - 1672), Physician; inventor of 'Lockyer's Pill'. 5 portraits.

Nicholas Lockyer (1611-1685), Puritan divine. 5 portraits.

William James Stuart Lockyer (1868-1936), Explorer and astronomer. 4 portraits.

Sir Guy Harold Locock (1883-1958), Director of Federation of British Industries. 1 portrait.

Lady Margaret Ernestine Hare Loder (1869-1951), Wife of Reginald Bernhard Loder; daughter of 3rd Earl of Listowel. 2 portraits.

Lady Marion Loder (née Hubbard) (died 1922), Wife of Sir Edmund Giles Loder, 2nd Bt; daughter of W.E. Hubbard. 3 portraits.

Hon. Robert Beauclerk Loder (1934-), Son of Dame Margaret Wakehurst and 2nd Baron Wakehurst. 3 portraits.

Frederick Cleave Parland Loder-Symonds (1846-1923), Captain. 3 portraits.

David John Lodge (1935-), Novelist and critic. 1 portrait.

Edmund Lodge (1756-1839), Historian. 1 portrait.

Eleanor Constance Lodge (1869-1936), Historian. 1 portrait.

George Edward Lodge (1860-1954), Artist; Naturalist. 1 portrait.

Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge (1851-1940), Physicist. 32 portraits.

Sir Richard Lodge (1855-1936), Professor of History at Edinburgh. 2 portraits.

Sir Clive Loehnis (1902-1992), Naval officer and civil servant. 3 portraits.

Sir Charles Falkland Loewen (1900-1986), General. 5 portraits.

Raymond Loewy (1893-1986), American industrial designer. 1 portrait.

Capell Lofft (1751-1824), Writer and Whig politician. 1 portrait.

Keith T. Lofts, Pilot Officer in Royal Air Force. 1 portrait.

Norah Lofts (1904-1983), Novelist. 1 portrait.

Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus (1817-1904), Diplomat. 1 portrait.

Lord Henry Yorke Astley Loftus (1822-1880), Son of 2nd Marquess of Ely. 1 portrait.

Cecilia Loftus (1876-1940), Actress and singer. 9 portraits.

Cissie Loftus (1876-1943), Actress. 2 portraits.

Sir Donald Arthur Logan (1917-), Ambassador to Guinea and Bulgaria. 1 portrait.

Elizabeth Logan (1811-1862), Daughter of Alexander Stuart Logan. 3 portraits.

Stanley Logan (1885-1953), Actor and producer. 1 portrait.

Sir William Edmond Logan (1798-1875), Geologist in Canada. 2 portraits.

Mrs Logan. 2 portraits.

Johann Bernhard Logier (1777-1846), Musician. 1 portrait.

(Christopher) Nicholas Roald Logsdail (1945-), Art dealer and gallery owner (Lisson Gallery). 1 portrait.

William Logsdail (1859-1944), Painter. 1 portrait.

Christopher Logue (1926-), Poet, playwright, jounalist and actor. 2 portraits.

Lionel Logue (1880-1953), Speech therapist (cured George VI's stammer). 1 portrait.

Michael Logue (1840-1924), Cardinal. 1 portrait.

Marie Kaye Wouldes Lohr (1890-1975), Actress-producer; manageress of the Globe Theatre. 6 portraits.

Gina Lollobrigida (1927-), Actress. 2 portraits.

Herbert Lom (Herbert Schluderpacheru) (1917-), Actor. 3 portraits.

Louise Lombard (1970-), Actress. 1 portrait.

Samuel Richard Le Hunte Lombard-Hobson (1913-), Captain, Royal Navy. 8 portraits.

Pierre Lombart (1612 or 1613-1682). 4 portraits.

Amelia Mary Cecilia (née Sandeman), Marchesa Lomellini-Tabarca (circa 1856-1931), Wife of Marchese Lomellini-Tabarca; Daughter of Albert George Sandeman. 1 portrait.

William Michael Lomer (1926-), Physicist. 5 portraits.

Edith Frances Wilhelmina (née Somerset), Countess of Londesborough (1838-1915), Wife of 1st Earl of Londesborough; Daughter of 7th Duke of Beaufort. 1 portrait.

Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough (1805-1860), Politician and archaeologist. 1 portrait.

Heinz London (1907-1970), Physicist. 1 portrait.

Hugh Stanford London (1884-1959), Consul-General, Marseilles, Quito, New Orleans and Paris. 2 portraits.

Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (Lord Castlereagh) (1769-1822), Statesman. 36 portraits.

Charles William Vane-Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854), Soldier and diplomat. 4 portraits.

Frances Anne Emily (née Vane-Tempest), Marchioness of Londonderry (1800-1865), Second wife of 3rd Marquess of Londonderry; Daughter of Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, 2nd Bt. 5 portraits.

Frederick William Robert Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry (1805-1872), MP for County Down. 1 portrait.

George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry (1821-1884), Landowner and politician. 2 portraits.

Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry (1852-1915), Viceroy of Ireland. 4 portraits.

Theresa Susey Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry (1856-1919), Conservative hostess and first president of the Ulster women's unionist council; Wife of 6th Marquess of Londonderry. 2 portraits.

Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry (1878-1949), Politician. 25 portraits.

Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry (1879-1959), Political hostess; wife of 7th Marquess of Londonderry; daughter of 1st Viscount Chaplin. 2 portraits.

Edward Charles Stewart Robert, 8th Marquess of Londonderry (1902-1955), Politician. 1 portrait.

Romaine (Combe), Marchioness of Londonderry (died 1951), Wife of 8th Marquis of Londonderry. 1 portrait.

Nicolette Elaine Katherine (née Harrison), Marchioness of Londonderry (died 1993), Wife of 9th Marquess of Londonderry and Georgie Fame. 1 portrait.

Doreen Patricia Wells, Marchioness of Londonderry, Ballerina and actress. 1 portrait.

Amelia Anne (Hobart), Marchioness of Londonderry (Lady Castlereagh) (1769-1822), Wife of Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (Lord Castlereagh). 1 portrait.

Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long of Wraxall (1854-1924), Politician. 9 portraits.

Richard Eric Onslow Long, 3rd Viscount Long (1892-1967), Justice of the Peace and politician. 4 portraits.

Edwin Longsden Long (1829-1891), Painter. 2 portraits.

Ernest Long (1898-1982), Member of Central Electricity Generating Board and Electricity Council. 1 portrait.

Henry Charles Dudley Long (1839-1870), Son of Henry Lawes Long and Lady Catherine Long (née Walpole). 2 portraits.

Sir James Long, 2nd Bt (1617-1692), Royalist, soldier and antiquary; nephew of Sir Robert Long. 1 portrait.

Jane Long. 4 portraits.

John St. John Long (1798-1834), Empiric. 2 portraits.

Lily Long, Actress. 7 portraits.

Lady Louisa Emily Long (née Stanley) (1805-1825), Wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Long; daughter of Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby. 1 portrait.

Mary Ballard Long (1735-1797), Wife of Chief Justice Edward Long. 1 portrait.

Norman Long. 1 portrait.

Richard Long (1945-), Sculptor and Conceptual artist. 3 portraits.

Sir Robert Long (died 1673), Auditor of the Exchequer. 1 portrait.

Roger Long (1680-1770), Divine and astronomer. 2 portraits.

Sarah Jane Long (née Rawlinson) (1939-), Wife of William Hanslip Bulwer Long; Daughter of Sir (Alfred) Frederick Rawlinson, 4th Bt. 6 portraits.

Sidney Selden Long (1868-1940), Major-General. 1 portrait.

William Long (floruit 1821-1855), Painter. 1 portrait.

William (?) Long (floruit 1794), Surgeon. 1 portrait.

Malcolm Sim Longair (1941-), Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy and Head of Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. 1 portrait.

Fred Longden (1886-1952), MP, author, lecturer and conscientious objector. 1 portrait.

Sir Gilbert James Morley Longden (1902-1997), MP. 8 portraits.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet. 12 portraits.

Malvina Longfellow, Actress. 2 portraits.

Christine Patti Pakenham (née Trew), Countess of Longford (1900-1980), Playwright and novelist; wife of 6th Earl of Longford. 2 portraits.

Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford (1905-2001), Statesman, businessman and writer. 13 portraits.

Elizabeth (née Harman), Countess of Longford (1906-2002), Historian and writer; wife of 7th Earl of Longford. 11 portraits.

Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford (1743-1792), Naval captain. 1 portrait.

Charles Thomas Longley (1794-1868), Archbishop of Canterbury. 7 portraits.

Edna Mary Longley (née Broderick), Critic; Wife of Michael George Longley. 1 portrait.

George Longley (floruit 1850s-1860s), Captain, Royal Engineers. 1 portrait.

Sir John Raynford Longley (1867-1953), Major-General. 3 portraits.

Michael George Longley (1939-), Poet and writer. 4 portraits.

Sir Norman Longley (1900-1994), Building and civil engineering contractor. 3 portraits.

Sir Arthur Murray Longmore (1885-1970), Air Chief Marshal. 4 portraits.

Philip Elton Longmore (1884-1954), Solicitor. 1 portrait.

Sir John Longstaff (1862-1941), Painter. 1 portrait.

John Edward Longstaff (1919-2000), Committee member of the International Brigade Association. 1 portrait.

Maria Theresa Longworth (1833-1881), Plaintiff claiming to be W.C. Yelverton's legal wife. 1 portrait.

James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale. 2 portraits.

Grace Cecile (née Gordon), Countess of Lonsdale (1854-1941), Wife of 5th Earl of Lonsdale; Daughter of 10th Marquess of Huntly. 1 portrait.

John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale (1655–1700), Landowner and politician. 2 portraits.

William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1757-1844), Patron of Wordsworth. 2 portraits.

Augusta (Fane), Countess of Lonsdale (died 1838), Wife of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale. 1 portrait.

Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944), Sportsman. 15 portraits.

Lady Grace Cecilie Lowther, Countess of Lonsdale (died 1941), Wife of 5th Earl of Lonsdale; 3rd daughter of 10th Marquess of Huntly. 1 portrait.

James Hugh William Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale (1922-), Son of 6th Earl of Lonsdale. 8 portraits.

Jennifer (née Lowther), Countess of Lonsdale (later Hon. Mrs Sullivan) (1932-), Second wife of 7th Earl of Lonsdale. 8 portraits.

Frederick Lonsdale (1881-1954), Playwright. 1 portrait.

James Lonsdale (1777-1839), Portrait painter. 4 portraits.

John Lonsdale (1788-1867), Bishop of Lichfield. 1 portrait.

Dame Kathleen Lonsdale (1903-1971), Crystallographer. 1 portrait.

Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper, Translator. 1 portrait.

Geoffrey Charles Leicester Lont (1885-1948), Bishop of Ripon. 1 portrait.

Sir Frederick Oscar Warren Loomis (1870-1937), Major-General. 4 portraits.

Anita Loos (1893-1981), American novelist. 4 portraits.

Sir Ralph Lopes, 2nd Bt (1788-1854), MP for Westbury. 1 portrait.

Francisco Lopez (died 1568), Jesuit Missionary. 1 portrait.

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

Lydia Lopokova (Lady Keynes) (1892-1981), Dancer; wife of Baron Keynes. 13 portraits.

Lorn Loraine. 2 portraits.

Robert Loraine (1876-1935), Actor-manager; aviator. 6 portraits.

Violet Loraine (circa 1886-1956), Actress and singer. 13 portraits.

Winifred Lydia Loraine (née Strangman), Wife of Robert Loraine. 1 portrait.

Moira Veronica Loram (1901-), Wife of Douglas Samuel Loram; daughter of Sir Walter Geoffrey Shakerley, 3rd Bt. 3 portraits.

Stefan Lorant (1901-1997), Editor of the 'Picture Post' and film maker. 24 portraits.

Cyril Lord (1911-1984), Textile and carpet manufacturer. 11 portraits.

Sir Frank Lord (1894-1974), Mayor of Oldham. 2 portraits.

John Keast Lord (1818-1872). 1 portrait.

Percival Barton Lord (1808-1840), Diplomatic agent. 1 portrait.

Peter Lord, Film-maker; Co-founder of Aardman Animations. 1 portrait.

Shirley Lord (née Stringer), Wife of Cyril Lord. 1 portrait.

Tony Lord (1949-), Horticultural consultant, photographer and writer. 1 portrait.

Wilfrid Austin Lord (1902-1982), Major-General. 1 portrait.

Robert Threshie Reid, Earl Loreburn (1846-1923), Lord Chancellor. 2 portraits.

Victoria Marian Lorie (1915-1997). 1 portrait.

Henry Dubs Lorimer (1879-1933), Conservative MP for South Derbyshire 1922-1924. 4 portraits.

Hew Martin Lorimer (1907-1993), Sculptor. 2 portraits.

Ernest Kindersley Loring (1869-1945), Vice-Admiral. 3 portraits.

Phyllis Loring, Actress. 1 portrait.

Michael Lort (1725-1790), Antiquary. 1 portrait.

André Lortie (died after 1700), French Protestant minister in England. 2 portraits.

Sir Rolleston Lort-Williams (1881-1966), Judge. 3 portraits.

Ottilie Ethel ('Tilly') Losch (1907-1975), Dancer and actress. 5 portraits.

Charles Edgar Loseby (1881-1970), MP, captain and lawyer. 3 portraits.

Joseph Losey (1909-1984), Film director. 7 portraits.

Joe Loss (Joshua Alexander Loss) (1909-1990), Musician and founder of The Joe Loss Orchestra. 1 portrait.

Harold Ivens Loten (1887-1980), Justice of the Peace and bank manager. 1 portrait.

William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian (1737-1815), Colonel. 2 portraits.

Elizabeth (Fortescue), Marchioness of Lothian (1745-1780), Wife of William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian. 1 portrait.

William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian (1763-1824). 2 portraits.

John William Robert Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian (1794-1841). 2 portraits.

William Schomberg Robert Kerr, 8th Marquess of Lothian (1832-1870). 1 portrait.

Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian (1882-1940), Journalist and statesman. 15 portraits.

William Kerr, 3rd Earl of Lothian (circa 1605 – 1675), Politician. 2 portraits.

John Lothian (died 1790), Bailie and cloth-merchant. 1 portrait.

Dame Felicity Ann Emwhyla Lott (1947-), Opera singer. 1 portrait.

Thomas Lott (floruit 1844), FSA. 1 portrait.

Lottie, Disc Jockey. 1 portrait.

Mr Louden. 2 portraits.

Lady Prudence Katharine Patton Loudon (née Jellicoe) (1913-2001), Chairman of the National Council for One-Parent Families; daughter of 1st Earl Jellicoe; wife of William Loudon. 6 portraits.

Ernst Gideon von Loudon (1717-1790), Austrian solider. 2 portraits.

Irvine Loudon (1924-), Physician and medical writer. 1 portrait.

John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843), Landscape gardener. 2 portraits.

John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun (1598-1663). 3 portraits.

Thomas Lough (1850-1922), Politician and Founder of the Home Rule Union; Tea merchant. 4 portraits.

Sir Lewis Lougher (1871-1955), MP, shipping owner. 4 portraits.

Dame Anne Loughlin (1894-1979), Trade unionist. 1 portrait.

Prince Louis (circa 1624-circa 1625), Son of Frederick V and Elizabeth of Bohemia. 4 portraits.

Louis VII ('the Younger'), King of France (1120-1180), Reigned 1137-1180. 3 portraits.

Louis XI ('the Prudent'), King of France (1423-1483), Reigned 1461-1483. 1 portrait.

Louis XII ('the Father of the People'), King of France (1462-1515), Reigned 1498-1515. 1 portrait.

Louis XIII, King of France (1601-1643), Reigned 1610-1643. 5 portraits.

Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715), Reigned 1643-1715. 2 portraits.

Louis XV, King of France (1710-1774), Reigned 1715-1774. 2 portraits.

Louis XVI, King of France (1754-1793), Reigned 1774-1792. 16 portraits.

Louis XVIII, King of France (1755-1824), Reigned 1795-1824. 5 portraits.

Louis XVII, King of France (1785-1795?), Reigned 1793-1795; Son of Louis XVI. 3 portraits.

Prince Louis (1837-1892), Louis IV of Hesse-Darmstadt and by Rhine; husband of Princess Alice. 4 portraits.

Princess Louis of Prussia (née Grand Duchess Kir Kirillovna of Prussia) (1909-1967), Daughter of Grand Duke Cyril, wife of Prince Louis of Prussia. 2 portraits.

Prince Louis Napoléon (1914-1997), Son of Prince Victor Napoléon. 8 portraits.

Joseph Dominique, Baron Louis (1755-1837), French statesman and financier. 1 portrait.

Sir Thomas Louis, 1st Bt (1759-1807), Rear-Admiral. 2 portraits.

Princess Louisa Maria Theresa Stuart (1692-1712), Daughter of James II. 7 portraits.

Louisa, Queen of Denmark (1724-1751), Daughter of George II; wife of Frederick, King of Denmark. 5 portraits.

Princess Louisa Anne (1749-1768), Daughter of Frederick Prince of Wales, sister of George III. 2 portraits.

Princess Louisa of Saxe-Weimar (1817-1832). 5 portraits.

Princess Louisa Hollandina (1622-1709), Daughter of Frederick V and Elizabeth of Bohemia. 6 portraits.

Louise of Savoy (1476-1531), Mother of Francis I of France. 2 portraits.

Louise, Queen of Denmark (1817-1898), Wife of Christian IX, King of Denmark; Mother of Queen Alexandra. 15 portraits.

Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939), Daughter of Queen Victoria. 52 portraits.

Marie Louise (1791-1847), Empress of France, second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. 2 portraits.

Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau (1627-1667), Wife of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg. 1 portrait.

Princess Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar, Duchess of Fife (1867-1931), Princess Royal; Wife of 6th Earl of Fife, later Duke of Fife; Third child of King Edward VII. 42 portraits.

Louis Philippe (1773-1850), King of France 1830-1848. 14 portraits.

Mother Louse (floruit 17th century), Keeper of an ale-house called Louse Hall, near Oxford. 5 portraits.

Anna Maria (née Roche), Lady Louth (died 1878), Wife of 12th Baron Louth; Daughter of Philip Roche. 1 portrait.

Eric Hendrik Louw (1890-1968), South African politicain. 5 portraits.

Simon Fraser, 11th Baron Lovat (1667?-1747), Jacobite. 7 portraits.

Simon Joseph Fraser, 14th Baron Lovat (1871-1933). 1 portrait.

Nancie Lovat (1900-1946), Actress and singer. 8 portraits.

Bessie Love (née Horton) (1898-1986), American actress. 1 portrait.

Christopher Love (1618-1651), Puritan divine executed for treason. 16 portraits.

Emma Sarah Love (Mrs Calcraft) (born 1801), Actress and singer. 1 portrait.

Geoff Love (1917-1991), Musical director. 1 portrait.

Sir James Frederick Love (1789-1866), Army officer. 1 portrait.

Mabel Love (1874-1953), Actress and dancer. 29 portraits.

Richard Love (1596–1661), College Head. 1 portrait.

Eric Stephen Loveday (1904-1947), Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Chaplain in Ordinary to the King. 1 portrait.

Mark Antony Loveday (1943-), Senior Partner, Cazenove & Co.. 1 portrait.

Robert Loveday (1620 or 1621-1656), Translator. 4 portraits.

Ross Lovegrove (1958-), Designer. 2 portraits.

Derek Lovejoy (1925-2000), Landscape architect. 1 portrait.

William King Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace (1805-1893), Lord-Lieutenant of County Surrey. 1 portrait.

Augusta Ada, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852), 1st wife of William King, 1st Earl of Lovelace; daughter of Lord Byron. 4 portraits.

Ralph Gordon Noel King Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace (1839-1906), Mountaineer. 1 portrait.

Mary Caroline, Countess Lovelace (died 1941), 2nd wife of Ralph Gordon, 2nd Earl of Lovelace; daughter of 1st Baron Wharncliffe. 4 portraits.

Edith (Anson), Countess of Lovelace (1865-1932), Wife of Lionel King, 3rd Earl of Lovelace. 1 portrait.

Richard Lovelace (1618-1658), Cavalier and poet. 5 portraits.

Dave Lovelady (1942-), Pop musician. 2 portraits.

Sir (Alfred Charles) Bernard Lovell (1913-), Radioastronomer. 10 portraits.

C.H. Lovell, Director of Sylhet Tea Company. 1 portrait.

Gregory Lovell (circa 1522-1597), Cofferer to Her Majesty's household. 1 portrait.

Sir Thomas Lovell (died 1524), Chancellor of the Exchequer. 1 portrait.

W.T. Lovell (floruit 1885-1908), Actor. 1 portrait.

James Ephraim Lovelock (1919-), Chemist and ecologist. 2 portraits.

Samuel Lover (1797-1868), Songwriter, novelist and painter. 4 portraits.

John Frederick Loverseed (1881-1928), MP. 1 portrait.

Father Lovet, Priest of the Church of Rome. 2 portraits.

John Percival Willoughby Lovett (1880-1968), Canon of Salisbury Cathedral. 1 portrait.

Martin Lovett (1927-), Cellist. 1 portrait.

Lene Lovich (Lili-Marlene Premilovich) (1949-), Singer. 1 portrait.

Emmanuel Lovus (died 1568), Jesuit Missionary. 1 portrait.

A.M. Low (1888-1956), Consulting engineer, research physicist and Professor of Physics. 1 portrait.

Sir David Low (1891-1963), Cartoonist. 22 portraits.

Donald Philip Low, Chaplain to the Queen. 1 portrait.

William Alexander Low (died 1970), Consulting anaesthetist. 1 portrait.

Chris Lowe (1959-), Musician. 9 portraits.

Christine Lowe, Actress. 9 portraits.

Edmund Lowe (1890-1971), Actor. 2 portraits.

Eveline M. Lowe (died 1956), Councillor to LCC. 3 portraits.

Lady Francis Lowe (née Holden) (died 1945), Wife of Sir Francis William Lowe. 1 portrait.

Francis Hugh Lowe, General manager (1930) of the Lamport and Holt line. 1 portrait.

Sir Francis William ('Frank') Lowe, 1st Bt (1852-1929), Politician. 2 portraits.

Sir Hudson Lowe (1769-1844), General. 1 portrait.

John Lowe (1899-1960), Professor of New Testament Language and Literature. 4 portraits.

Thomas Lowe (died 1783), Actor and singer. 1 portrait.

Mr Lowe (floruit 1823). 3 portraits.

James Russell Lowell (1819-1891), Statesman and author. 2 portraits.

Otto Egon Lowenstein (1906-1999), Professor of Zoology and Comparative Physiology. 1 portrait.

Johann Jakob Lowenthal (1810-1876), Chess player. 1 portrait.

Richard Lower (1631–1691), Physician and physiologist. 1 portrait.

Sir William Lower (circa 1610–1662), Playwright and translator. 5 portraits.

Walter Ernest Loweth (1892-1968), Politician. 5 portraits.

Robert Lowick (1655–1696), Army officer and Jacobite conspirator. 1 portrait.

Thomas Esmond Lowinsky (1892-1947), Artist. 1 portrait.

Thomas Lowndes. 3 portraits.

Victor Aubrey Lownes (1928-), Businessman. 1 portrait.

Henry Dawson Lowry (1869-1906), Journalist and writer. 1 portrait.

Laurence Stephen ('L.S.') Lowry (1887-1976), Painter. 21 portraits.

Sir Robert Swinburne Lowry (1854-1920), Admiral. 1 portrait.

Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), Engraver. 2 portraits.

Hon. Mary Constance Lowry-Corry (née Biddulph), Daughter of 2nd Baron Biddulph; 1st wife of Montagu William Lowry-Corry. 1 portrait.

S. Lowry-Corry (floruit 1856). 1 portrait.

Sir Denys Colquhoun Flowerdew Lowson, 1st Bt (1906-1975), Financier. 1 portrait.

Newby Lowson (1773-1853). 2 portraits.

Thomas Lowten (1747-1814), Solicitor. 1 portrait.

Robert Lowth (1710-1787), Bishop of London. 1 portrait.

Lady Alice Lowther (née Blight) (died 1939), Wife of Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther, 1st Bt; daughter of Atherton Blight. 4 portraits.

Amanda Ursula Georgina Lowther (née Vivian) (1958-), Daughter of Sir John Hamilton Hussey Vivian, 4th Baron Swansea. 6 portraits.

Sir (Henry) Cecil Lowther (1869-1940), Major-general. 1 portrait.

Claude William Henry Lowther (1870-1929), Politician and art connoisseur. 5 portraits.

Hon. Dorothy Lowther (née Bromley-Davenport), Wife of Hugh Cullen; previous wife of Guy Loveridge and Hon. Christopher Lowther; daughter of Arthur Bromley-Davenport. 4 portraits.

Sir Gerald Augustus Lowther (1858-1916), Diplomat. 1 portrait.

Henry Cecil Lowther (1790-1867), MP for Westmorland. 1 portrait.

Sir Henry Crofton Lowther (1858-1939), Diplomat. 4 portraits.

James Lowther (1840-1904), Politician. 1 portrait.

Sir John Lowther, 2nd Bt (1643-1706), Baronet of Whitehaven; MP for Cumberland; Commissioner of the Admiralty. 6 portraits.

Hon. Lilah Charlotte Sarah Lowther (née White) (1889-1976), Wife of John George Lowther; eldest daughter of Luke White, 3rd Baron Annaly. 1 portrait.

Sir William Lowther, 3rd Bt (1727-1756). 1 portrait.

William Lowther, MP. 3 portraits.

Violet Loxley (1914-), Actress. 1 portrait.

Archie Kirkman Loyd (1847-1922), Politician. 2 portraits.

Arthur Thomas Loyd (1882-1944), MP. 1 portrait.

Sir (Henry) Charles Loyd (1891-1973), General. 5 portraits.

Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556), Founder of the Jesuits. 5 portraits.

David Evan Trant Luard (1926-1991), Diplomat, Labour politician and Foreign Office minister. 1 portrait.

John Scott Luard (1865-1936), Admiral. 1 portrait.

Nicholas Luard (1937-), Author. 1 portrait.

Nick Luard, Comedian. 2 portraits.

William Blaine Luard (1897-1979), Naval officer, author and inventor. 11 portraits.

'Luba', Exotic night-club dancer. 1 portrait.

Edward Lubbock (1805-1848), Physician. 2 portraits.

Lady Sybil Marjorie Lubbock (née Cuffe) (1879-1943), Wife of Percy Lubbock; previous wife of Geoffrey Scott; daughter of 5th Earl of Desart. 3 portraits.

Alexi Lubomirski (1975-), Photographer. 1 portrait.

Jean André de Luc (1763-1847), Swiss geologist and meteorologist. 1 portrait.

Patrick Sarsfield, Jacobite 1st Earl of Lucan (died 1693), Army officer. 1 portrait.

Margaret (Smith), Countess of Lucan (died 1814), Wife of Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan. 1 portrait.

Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan (1764-1839). 1 portrait.

George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800-1888), Field Marshal. 4 portraits.

George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan (1830-1914), Politician and landowner. 2 portraits.

Cecilia Catherine (née Gordon-Lennox), Countess of Lucan (1838-1910), Wife of 4th Earl of Lucan; Daughter of 5th Duke of Richmond. 2 portraits.

George Charles Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan (1860-1949), Colonel, politician and Chairman of City of London TF Association. 2 portraits.

George Charles Patrick Bingham, 6th Earl of Lucan (1898-1964), Chief Opposition Whip, House of Lords. 4 portraits.

(Richard) John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (1934-1974?), Suspected murderer. 10 portraits.

Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (1934-), Son of 6th Earl of Lucan. 8 portraits.

Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan (1735-1799). 4 portraits.

George William Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Chilworth (1896-1967), Motorist and BBC General Advisory Council. 7 portraits.

Archibald Lucas. 2 portraits.

Caroline Lucas (1960-), Politician. 1 portrait.

Sir Charles Lucas (1613-1648), Royalist. 13 portraits.

Charles Lucas (1713-1771), Irish patriot and physician. 2 portraits.

Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas (1853-1931), Civil servant and historian. 3 portraits.

Sir Colin Renshaw Lucas (1940-), Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford. 1 portrait.

Cornel Lucas (1920-), Photographer. 3 portraits.

Cuthbert Henry Tindall Lucas (1879-1958), Major-General. 3 portraits.

David Lucas (1802-1881), Engraver. 2 portraits.

Sir Edward Lucas (1857-1950), Agent-General for South Australia. 7 portraits.

Edward Verrall Lucas (1868-1938), Essayist and literary scholar. 15 portraits.

Francis Alfred Lucas (1850-1918), Politician; Army officer; Businessman. 2 portraits.

James Lucas. 1 portrait.

Sir Jocelyn Morton Lucas, 4th Bt (1889-1980), Major. 1 portrait.

John Lucas (1807-1874), Portrait painter. 1 portrait.

John Seymour Lucas (1849-1923), Historical and portrait painter. 5 portraits.

Oliver Lucas, Adviser to the Minister of Development and Design. 1 portrait.

Percy Belgrave Lucas (1915-1998), Wing-Commander and MP. 3 portraits.

Richard Cockle Lucas (1800-1883), Sculptor. 44 portraits.

Samuel Lucas, Slavery abolitionist. 4 portraits.

Sarah Lucas (1962-), Artist. 15 portraits.

William Lucas-Shadwell (1852-1915), Politician. 2 portraits.

Sir (Hugh) John Lucas-Tooth, 2nd Bt (1932-), Son of Sir Hugh Munro-Lucas-Tooth, 1st Bt. 7 portraits.

Pauline Lucca (1841-1908), Singer. 4 portraits.

Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987), American editor, playwright, journalist, social activist, politician and diplomat; 2nd wife of Henry Luce. 2 portraits.

John Luce (1870-1832), Admiral. 1 portrait.

John Luce (1870-1932), Admiral. 1 portrait.

Sir Richard Harman Luce (1867-1952), Consulting Surgeon; Politician; Major-General. 2 portraits.

Lucian of Samosata (circa 120-after 180), Rhetorician and satirist. 2 portraits.

Doug Lucie (1953-), Playwright. 1 portrait.

Lucie. 1 portrait.

(John) Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith (1933-), Art critic and writer. 1 portrait.

Saint Lucius. 1 portrait.

Russell Mortimer Luckock (1877-1950), Major-General. 5 portraits.

Philip Luckombe (circa 1730-1803), Printer and writer. 4 portraits.

Charles Lucy (1814-1873), History painter. 1 portrait.

Sir Henry William Lucy (1843-1924), Journalist. 5 portraits.

Emily Anne ('Nancy') (née White), Lady Lucy (circa 1847-1937), Wife of Sir Henry William Lucy; Daughter of John White. 1 portrait.

(Henry) Spencer Lucy (1830-1890), Landowner. 1 portrait.

(Harold) Owen Luder (1928-), Architect and construction industry consultant; Chairman of the Architects Registration Board. 1 portrait.

Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow (1730-1803), Politician. 1 portrait.

George James Ludlow, 3rd Earl Ludlow (1758-1842), General. 3 portraits.

Henry Charles Lopes, 1st Baron Ludlow (1828-1899), Judge. 6 portraits.

Edmund Ludlow (1617?-1692), Parliamentary commander and regicide. 11 portraits.

Edmund Ludlow (floruit 1790-1800). 1 portrait.

Sir Edgar Rainey Ludlow-Hewitt (1886-1973), Air force officer. 2 portraits.

Hiob Ludolf (Job Leutholf) (1624 - 1704), German Orientalist. 1 portrait.

Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (1858-1945), Soldier, administrator, colonial governor and writer. 13 portraits.

Lady Flora Lugard (née Shaw) (1852-1929), Author and journalist. 1 portrait.

George Lawson Johnston, 1st Baron Luke (1873-1943), Businessman and philanthropist. 4 portraits.

Edith Laura Lawson-Johnston (née St. John), Lady Luke (1879-1941), County Commissioner for the Girl Guides, Bedfordshire; wife of 1st Baron Luke; daughter of 16th Baron St. John of Bletso. 10 portraits.

Ian St John Lawson Johnston, 2nd Baron Luke (1905-1996), Chairman of Bovril. 1 portrait.

Barbara Lawson-Johnston (née Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe ), Lady Luke (1911-), Daughter of Sir Fitzroy Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Bt; married 2nd Baron Luke. 2 portraits.

Claude F. Luke (1905-), Journalist. 3 portraits.

George Rankine Luke (1836-1862), Scholar. 1 portrait.

Sir Harry Charles Luke (1884-1969), Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for West Pacific. 4 portraits.

Saint Luke, New Testament evangelist. 1 portrait.

Sir Henry Timson Lukin (1860-1925), Major-General. 3 portraits.

Lulu (Marie MacDonald McLaughlin Lawrie) (1948-), Singer. 2 portraits.

Frederick George Edward Lumb (1877-1958), Colonel. 2 portraits.

Margot Lumb, Squash champion. 1 portrait.

Joseph Rawson Lumby (1831-1895), Author and Church of England clergyman. 1 portrait.

Andrew Lumisden (1720-1801), Jacobite. 2 portraits.

John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley (circa 1533-1609), Politician and collector. 2 portraits.

John Lumley, 5th (or 6th) Baron Lumley (1493-1544), A leader in the Pilgrimage of Grace. 1 portrait.

Benjamin Lumley (1811 or 1812-1875), Opera manager and author. 2 portraits.

Joanna Lumley (1946-), Actress. 3 portraits.

Ralph Lumley (born 1529). 1 portrait.

Sylvia Clementina Lumley-Ellis (Mrs Mayne) (born 1901), Tennis player; Wife of Michael Ashton Otway Mayne; Daughter of Clement George Lumley-Ellis. 2 portraits.

Tony Lumpkins. 1 portrait.

Sir Harry Burnett Lumsden (1821-1896), Brigadier-General. 2 portraits.

Herbert Lumsden (1897-1945), Major-General. 3 portraits.

Sir John Lumsden (1869-1944), Consulting physician. 1 portrait.

Sir Peter Stark Lumsden (1829-1918), General. 1 portrait.

Vincenzo Lunardi (1759-1806), Aeronaut. 4 portraits.

Engel Catherine Lund (1900-), Icelandic singer. 17 portraits.

Sir Otto Marling Lund (1891-1956), Lieutenant-General. 8 portraits.

Sir Thomas George Lund (1906-1981), Secretary General of the Law Association. 1 portrait.

Dolph Lundgren (1957-), Film actor, director and producer. 1 portrait.

Egron Sellif Lundgren (1815-1875), Watercolourist. 2 portraits.

Thomas Lundon (1883-1951), Politician. 1 portrait.

William Lundon (1839-1909), Politician. 3 portraits.

Lady Mabel Stafford Lunn (née Northcote) (1889-1959), 1st wife of Sir Arnold Henry Moore Lunn; sister of 3rd Earl of Iddesleigh. 11 portraits.

Sir Arnold Lunn (1888-1974), Writer and President of Skiing Club of Great Britain. 2 portraits.

Sir Arnold Henry Moore Lunn (1888-1974), Skier and religious controversialist. 1 portrait.

David Ramsay Lunn (1930-), Assistant Bishop, Diocese of York. 1 portrait.

Hon. Eileen Antionette Mary Lunn (née Preston) (1912-), Daughter of 15th Viscount Gormanston; wife of Peter Northcote Lunn. 3 portraits.

Sir Henry Simpson Lunn (1859-1939), Worker for ecclesiastical reunion and travel agent. 1 portrait.

John Lunn, Son of Sir Arnold Henry Moore Lunn. 4 portraits.

Louise Kirkby Lunn (1873-1930), Opera singer. 2 portraits.

Peter Northcote Lunn, Skier; Son of Sir Arnold Henry Moore Lunn. 4 portraits.

William Lunn (1872-1942), Politician. 2 portraits.

Sir Thomas Lunsford (circa 1610 - circa 1656), Royalist army officer. 3 portraits.

Alfred Lunt (1892-1977), Actor. 3 portraits.

Geoffrey Charles Lester Lunt (died 1948), Bishop of Salisbury. 3 portraits.

Ronald Geoffrey Lunt (1913-1994), Rector of Martley. 2 portraits.

Stanley Lupino (1895-1942), Actor. 1 portrait.

Thomas Goff Lupton (1791-1873), Engraver. 1 portrait.

Lupton, Grandfather of Thomas Lupton. 1 portrait.

Radu Lupu (1945-), Pianist. 1 portrait.

William Brownlow, 3rd Baron Lurgan (1858-1937), Chairman of the Carlton and Ritz Hotels. 9 portraits.

William George Edward Brownlow, 4th Baron Lurgan (1902-1984), Politician. 9 portraits.

Father Lurtice, Jesuit. 2 portraits.

Sir John Henry Luscombe (1848-1937), Chairman of Lloyds. 2 portraits.

Ernest Henry Lush (1908-1988), Pianist. 20 portraits.

Sir Robert Lush (1807-1881), Judge. 6 portraits.

Charles Lushington (1785-1866), Indian official; brother of Stephen Lushington. 1 portrait.

Stephen Lushington (1782-1873), Judge. 12 portraits.

Sir Herbert William Lush-Wilson (1850-1941), Judge. 4 portraits.

Sir Andrew Lusk, 1st Bt (1810-1909), Banker and politician. 2 portraits.

Edgar Marcus Lustgarten (1907-1978), Broadcaster, narrator of criminal trials and WW2 propagandist. 1 portrait.

Sir Robert Lusty (1909-1991), Journalist and publisher. 7 portraits.

Martin Luther (1483-1546), German religious reformer. 5 portraits.

Constance Luttrell, Actress. 2 portraits.

Sir Edward Lutwyche (1634–1709), Judge and politician. 1 portrait.

Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944), Architect and President of the Royal Academy. 23 portraits.

(Agnes) Elisabeth Lutyens (Clark) (1906-1983), Composer and musician; daughter of Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens. 10 portraits.

Robert Lutyens (1901-1972). 1 portrait.

Annabella Lu Win (Myant Myant Aye) (1966-), Pop Musician. 1 portrait.

Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough (died 1756), Friend of the poet Shenstone. 2 portraits.

Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896-1985), Wife of Prince Felix of Luxembourg, Prince of Bourbon-Parma; Daughter of Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. 4 portraits.

Cunigunde of Luxembourg (circa 975-1039), Daughter of King Canute and Married to Saint Henry II Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. 1 portrait.

John Luxmoore (1756-1830), Bishop of St Asaph. 1 portrait.

Elie Luzac (1721-1796), Lawyer. 1 portrait.

Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835-1911), Administrator in India and writer. 7 portraits.

Dame Beatrix Margaret Lyall (died 1948), Social reformer. 2 portraits.

Margaret Lyall (née Dryburgh). 3 portraits.

Robert Lyall (1789-1831), Botanist. 1 portrait.

Cyril Vernon Lechemere Lycett (1894-1978), Brigadier. 1 portrait.

Joan Lycett (née Austin) (later Mrs Donald Baker), Tennis player; Second wife of Randolph Lycett and later, wife of Donald Baker. 1 portrait.

Randolph Lycett (1886-1935), Tennis player. 2 portraits.

Candida Lycett-Green (1942-), Writer, film-maker and gardener; Wife of Rupert Lycett-Green; Daughter of Sir John Betjeman. 1 portrait.

Sir Horace Collier Lyddon (1912-1968), Vice-Admiral; Admiral President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich. 8 portraits.

Sir Harold Thomas Lydford (1898-1979), Air Marshal. 5 portraits.

John Lydgate (circa 1370–1449 or 1950), Poet and prior of Hatfield Regis. 3 portraits.

Betty Lou Lydon (née Nedell), Costume designer; daughter of Olive Blakeney and Bernard Nedell; wife of Jimmy Lydon. 5 portraits.

Edward Lye (1694-1767), Nonconformist divine. 1 portrait.

Thomas Lye (Lee, Leigh) (1621-1684), Nonconformist minister. 3 portraits.

Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Bt (1797-1875), Geologist. 14 portraits.

Diana Ethel Muriel Donald Lyell (née Cory) (1918-), Wife of Andrew Lyell; daughter of Sir (Herbert George) Donald Cory, 2nd Bt. 4 portraits.

Mary Elizabeth (née Horner), Lady Lyell (1808-1873), Geologist and conchologist; Wife of Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Bt; Daughter of Leonard Horner. 3 portraits.

Edward Pyndar Lygon (circa 1786-1860), Major-General. 1 portrait.

Hugh Patrick Lygon (1904-1936), Son of William Lygon, 7th Earl of Beauchamp. 1 portrait.

Hon. Robert Lygon (1879-1952), Soldier. 4 portraits.

Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle, 1st Baron Lyle of Westbourne (1882-1954), Industrialist and politician. 2 portraits.

Charles John Leonard Lyle, 2nd Baron Lyle of Westbourne (1905-1976), Director, Tate and Lyle, Ltd, sugar refiners. 2 portraits.

Alexander Walter Barr ('Sandy') Lyle (1958-), Golfer. 1 portrait.

Thomas Keith Lyle (1903-1987), Consulting ophthalmic surgeon. 4 portraits.

Dame Moura Lympany (née Mary Johnstone) (1916-2005), Pianist. 3 portraits.

Donald MacLeod Lynch (1911-2001), Priest and Chief Secretary for the Chruch Army; Author. 5 portraits.

Michael Richard ('Mike') Lynch (1965-), Businessman. 1 portrait.

Thomas Lynch (1749-1779), Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 1 portrait.

Sir William Lynch (circa 1730-1785), Privy-Counsellor. 1 portrait.

William Lynch (1726-1797), of Ipswich. 3 portraits.

Robert Lynd (1879-1949), Journalist. 14 portraits.

Rosa Lynd (1884-1922), American actress. 1 portrait.

Sheila Lynd, Daughter of Robert and Sylvia Lynd. 1 portrait.

Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), Poet and novelist. 7 portraits.

Percy Lyndal (floruit 1885-1902), Actor. 1 portrait.

Netta Lynde, Actress. 5 portraits.

Sir Arthur Lynden Lynden-Bell (1867-1943), Major-General. 5 portraits.

John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst (1772-1863), Lord Chancellor and politician; son of the painter John Singleton Copley. 23 portraits.

Sarah (Brunsden), Lady Lyndhurst (1795-1834), First wife of John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst. 3 portraits.

Edward Lyndoe, Astrologer; journalist for 'The People'. 4 portraits.

Sir David Lyndsay (1486 - circa 1555), Scottish Officer of Arms and Poet. 1 portrait.

William Lyndwood (circa 1375–1446), Administrator, ecclesiastical lawyer, and bishop of St David's. 1 portrait.

Lewis Owen Lyne (1899-1974), Army officer and chairman. 3 portraits.

Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch (1748-1843), General. 5 portraits.

Olga Lynn (1882-1961), Fashion model. 1 portrait.

Ralph Lynn (1882-1962), Actor. 1 portrait.

Sir Robert Lynn (1873-1945), Politician; Journalist and Editor. 2 portraits.

Dame Vera Lynn (Vera Margaret Lewis (née Welch)) (1917-), Singer. 10 portraits.

Sir John Lynn-Thomas (1861-1939), Consultant surgeon. 5 portraits.

Lady Mary Rosina Lynn-Thomas (née Jenkins), Wife of Sir John Lynn-Thomas; daughter of Edward Jenkins. 2 portraits.

Norbert Casper Lynton (1927-2007), Art historian; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. 2 portraits.

George Francis Lyon (1795-1832), Captain in the Royal Navy; Arctic explorer. 2 portraits.

Harry Limnell Lyon (born 1879), Justice of the Peace. 3 portraits.

James Lyon, Rector of Prestwich. 2 portraits.

Sir Patrick Lyon of Carse (1637-1694), Judge. 3 portraits.

Percy Hugh Beverley Lyon (1893-1986), Headmaster of Rugby School. 1 portrait.

Polly Lyon de Symons (née Goldsmid) (1753-1841), Wife of 'Baron' Lyon de Symons. 1 portrait.

Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, Earl Lyons (1817-1887), Diplomat. 1 portrait.

Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons (1790-1858), Admiral. 1 portrait.

Abraham Montagu Lyons (1894-1961), Politician. 4 portraits.

Sir Henry George Lyons (1864-1944), Geographer and scientist. 1 portrait.

Joseph Aloysius Lyons (1879-1939), Prime Minister of Australia. 5 portraits.

Francis John Lys (1863-1947), Lecturer, Provost and Vice-Chancellor Oxford University. 2 portraits.

Lalage Lysaght, Cousin of Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell). 8 portraits.

Sir Daniel Lysons (1816-1898), Soldier. 2 portraits.

Daniel Lysons (1762-1834), Topographer. 2 portraits.

Samuel Lysons (1763-1819), Antiquary. 7 portraits.

Samuel Lysons (1730-1804), Rector of Rodmaston and Cherrington; father of Samuel Lysons, antiquary. 1 portrait.

Sarah Lysons (née Carteret-Hardy) (1780-1808), Wife of Daniel Lysons; daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Carteret-Hardy. 1 portrait.

Lady Charlotte Barbara Lyster (1799-1889), Wife of Henry Lyster of Rowton Castle; daughter of 6th Earl of Shaftesbury. 1 portrait.

John Lyster (died 1840), Soldier. 1 portrait.

Sir (Arthur) Lumley St George Lyster (1888-1957), Admiral. 6 portraits.

Sir Martin Lyster (floruit 1640), Politician. 1 portrait.

Frances Fownes (née Somerville), Lady Maxwell-Lyte (1847-1925), Wife of Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell-Lyte; Daughter of James Curtis Somerville. 1 portrait.

Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell Lyte (1848-1940), Historian. 1 portrait.

Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847), Cleric and hymn-writer. 1 portrait.

Sir James Lythgoe (1891-1972), Treasurer of City of Manchester. 1 portrait.

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709-1773), Chancellor of the Exchequer and scholar. 7 portraits.

George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton (1817-1876), Educationist. 3 portraits.

Sarah (Spencer), Lady Lyttelton (1787-1870), Governess to Edward VII; wife of William Lyttelton, 5th Baron Lyttelton. 2 portraits.

William Henry Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1724-1808), Barrister and politician. 1 portrait.

Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton (1744-1779), Politician and profligate. 3 portraits.

Apphia (Witts), Lady Lyttelton (1742-1840), Wife of Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton. 1 portrait.

William Henry Lyttelton, 3rd Baron Lyttelton (1782-1837), Politician. 1 portrait.

Alfred Lyttelton (1857-1913), Politician. 3 portraits.

Charles Lyttelton (1714-1768), Antiquary and Bishop of Carlisle. 3 portraits.

Sir Charles Lyttelton (Littelton) (1629–1716), Colonial governor and politician. 2 portraits.

Edward Lyttelton (1855-1942), Schoolmaster, divine and cricketer. 2 portraits.

George Fulke Lyttelton, 2nd Bt (1763-1828), Politician. 1 portrait.

Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (1921-2008), Jazz musician, bandleader, cartoonist and broadcaster. 3 portraits.

Kathleen Mary Lyttelton (née Clive) (1865-1907), Daughter of George Clive; wife of Arthur Temple Lyttelton. 1 portrait.

Hon. Meriel Catharine Lyttelton (1911-1930), Daughter of 9th Viscount Cobham. 4 portraits.

Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton (1845-1931), Army Officer. 1 portrait.

Ann (née Temple), Lady Lyttleton (floruit 17th century), Wife of Sir Charles Lyttleton, of Hagley. 1 portrait.

Raymond Arthur Lyttleton (1911-1995), Professor of Theoretical Astronomy. 1 portrait.

George Lyttleton Rogers, Tennis player. 3 portraits.

Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831-1891), 'Owen Meredith'; Poet; Viceroy of India. 11 portraits.

Edith Bulwer-Lytton (née Villiers), Countess of Lytton (1841-1936), Wife of Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton; Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria and Queen Alexandra. 2 portraits.

Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton (1876-1947), Governor of Bengal 1922-27. 9 portraits.

Neville Stephen Lytton, 3rd Earl of Lytton (1879-1951), Painter and journalist. 2 portraits.

Noel Anthony Scawen Lytton, 4th Earl of Lytton (1900-1985), Lieutenant and author. 2 portraits.

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803-1873), Novelist and politician. 22 portraits.

Rosina Bulwer-Lytton, Lady Lytton (1802-1882), Wife of Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton. 1 portrait.

Doris Lytton (1893-1953), Actress. 14 portraits.

Sir Henry Alfred Lytton (1865-1936), Actor and singer. 19 portraits.

Hon. Anne Lytton Lytton-Milbanke (1901-), Squash champion; daughter of Hon. Neville Stephen Lytton. 3 portraits.

Robert Vernon Smith, 1st Baron Lyveden (1800-1873), MP for Northampton. 1 portrait.

Courtenay Robert Percy Vernon, 3rd Baron Lyveden (1857-1926), Actor; Army officer; Landowner. 3 portraits.

Oswyn George William Gifford Lywood (1895-1957), Air Vice-Marshal. 1 portrait.