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National Photographic Record (NPR): List of subjects commissioned - 1969	1917 \| 1918 \| 1919 \| 1920 \| 1921 \| 1922 \| 1923 \| 1924 \| 1925 \| 1926 \| 1927 \| 1928 \| 1929 \| 1930 \| 1931 \| 1932 \| 1933 \| 1934 \| 1935 \| 1936 \| 1937 \| 1938 \| 1939 \| 1940 \| 1941 \| 1942 \| 1943 \| 1944 \| 1945 \| 1946 \| 1947 \| 1948 \| 1949 \| 1950 \| 1951 \| 1952 \| 1953 \| 1954 \| 1955 \| 1956 \| 1957 \| 1958 \| 1959 \| 1960 \| 1961 \| 1962 \| 1963 \| 1964 \| 1965 \| 1966 \| 1967 \| 1968 \| 1969 \| 1970
	1969 258 sitters photographed by Godfrey Argent: Sir Walter Adams (1906-1975), University administrator Michael Edward Adeane, Baron Adeane (1910-1984), Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian (1889-1977), Physiologist and chancellor of Cambridge University Sir Peter Garnett Agnew, 1st Bt (1900-1990), Commander Brian Aldiss (b.1925), Writer and critic Sir Kingsley William Amis (1922-1995), Novelist Daniel Barenboim (b.1942), and Jacqueline du Pre (1945-1987), Musicians Sir Ove Arup (1895-1988), Civil engineer Sir Fenton Atkinson (1906-1980), Lord Justice of Appeal Sir David Attenborough (b.1926), Naturalist and broadcaster Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough (b.1923), Actor, producer and director
Return to top	Dame Janet Abbott Baker (b.1933), Opera Singer Sir Benjamin Ball (1912-1977), Air Vice Marshal Thomas Balogh, Baron Balogh (1905-1985), Economic Advisor to the Cabinet Herbert Ernest (H. E.), Bates (1905-1974), Writer and novelist Alan Bennett (b.1934), Playwright Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (b.1936), Composer Sir Cyril Wilson Black (1902-1991), Politician Sir Alan Hunéer Cachemaille Boxer (1916-1998), Air Vice Marshal Sir Dermot Alexander Boyle (1904-1993), Air Vice Marshal Edward Charles Gurney, Viscount Boyle of Handsworth (1923-1981), Politician Sir John Arthur ('Jack'), Brabham (b.1926), Racing driver John Gerard Braine (1922-1986), Novelist John Bratby (1928-1992), Artist and writer Russell Claude Brock, 1st Baron Brock of Wimbledon (1903-1980), Surgeon Sir Colin Buchanan (1907-2001), Professor of Transport Alan Louis Charles Bullock, Baron Bullock of Leafield (1914-2004), Historian (William), John Hughes Butterfield, Baron Butterfield (1920-2000), Medical researcher and university administrator
Return to top	William Gerald Charles Cadogan, 7th Earl Cadogan (1914-1997), Lieutenant-Colonel and Mayor of Chelsea John ('Jock'), Middleton Campbell, Baron Campbell of Eskan (1912-1994), Businessman Peter Cazalet (1907-1973), The Queen's racing trainer Sir Ernst Chain (1906-1979), Biochemist Sir (Stanley), Paul Chambers (1904-1981), Chairman of ICI Ivan Oswald Chance (1910-1984), Chairman of Christie's International Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman (1928-1982), Automobile designer and inventor, founder of Lotus Cars Anthony Chenevix-Trench (1919-1979), Headmaster of Bradfield, Eton and Fettes (Geoffrey), Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire (1917-1992), Philanthropist and Second World War hero Dame Agatha Christie (1890-1976), Writer Hugh Armstrong Clegg (1920-1995), Professor of industrial relations Sir Christopher Cockerell (1910-1999), Scientist and inventor of the hovercraft Norman Richard Collins (1907-1982), Television administrator and writer Victor John Collins, Baron Stonham (1903-1971), Politician Sir Edmund Gerald Compton (1906-1994), Politician Sir Tom Courtenay (b.1937), Actor Sir John Guise Cowley (1905-1993), Engineer Francis Harry Compton Crick (1917-2004), Molecular biologist Macdonald Critchley (1900-1997), Neurologist Hugh Cudlipp, Baron Cudlipp (1913-1998), Newspaper editor and writer Charles Curran (1903-1972), Politician and journalist Charles Curran (1921-1980), Director-General of the BBC
Return to top	Sir Henry Joseph d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, 2nd Bt (1909-1976), Politician Sir Maurice Joseph Dean (1906-1978), Civil Servant Basil Dean (1887-1978), Film Producer Edmund Dell (1921-1999), Politician Sir Colville Montgomery Deverell (1907-1995), Director of International Planned Parenthood Federation John Diamond, Baron Diamond (1907-2004), Politician James Patrick (J.P.), Donleavy (b.1926), Author Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (b.1926), Motor car collector and historian John Frederick Drabble (1906-1982), Judge Thomas Edward Neil Driberg, Baron Bradwell (1905-1976), Politician and journalist Sir John Norman Valette ('Val'), Duncan (1913-1975), International mining executive (Israel), Maurice Edelman (1911-1975), Politician and novelist John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton (b.1925), Politician Simon Elwes (1902-1975), Portrait painter Walter Emery (1903-1971), Egyptologist John Maxwell Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine of Rerrick (1893-1980), Governor of Northern Ireland Sir Geraint Llewellyn Evans (1922-1992), Opera singer (Benjamin), Ifor Evans, Baron Evans of Hungerstall (1899-1982), Scholar and administrator
Return to top	Sir Roger Salis Falk (1910- 1997), Victor Grayson Hardie Feather, Baron Feather (1908-1976), General Secretary of the Trades Unions Congress Sir Henry Fisher (1918-2005), High Court Judge Michael Flanders (1922-1975), Actor, broadcaster, and writer Richard Evelyn Fleming (1911-1977), Merchant Banker Sir Edward Ford (1902-1986), Professor of Preventative Medicine Sir Leslie Alfred Charles Fry (1908-1976), Major and ambassador to Brazil Sir Vivian Fuchs (1908-1999), British Explorer Roy Broadbent Fuller (1912-1991), Poet Anna Debora ('Dora'), Gaitskell, Baroness Gaitskell (1901-1989), Politician Sir John Gielgud (1904-2000), Actor and Director Dame Annis Gillie (1900-1984), President of the Royal College of General Practitioners Richard Gordon (b.1921), Author Dudley Gladstone Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1883-1972), Engineer Sir John Grandy (1913-1971), Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Grant (b.1925), Politician, solicitor and company director Ronald Harry Graveson (1911-1991), Barrister-at-Law and Professor of Law Joyce Grenfell (1910-1979), Actress and writer Hugh Emrys Griffith (1912-1980), Actor Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster (1910-1979),
Return to top	Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall (b.1930), Director William Edward Harcourt, 2nd Viscount Harcourt (1908-1979), Chairman of Legal and General Assurance Society Heather Mary Harper (b.1930), Opera Singer George St Vincent Harris, 5th Baron Harris (1889-1984), Worshipful Master of a Masonic Lodge Sir Stephen Hastings (1921-2005), Politician John Carmel Heenan (1905-1975), Cardinal and 8th Archbishop of Westminster Norman Hepple (1908-1994), Painter David Nightingale Hicks (1929-1998), Interior decorator, designer and author Graham Hill (1929-1975), Racing driver David Hockney (b.1937), Artist Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910-1994), Chemist and crystallographer Quintin Hogg, Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone (1907-2001), Politician Stanley Holloway (1890-1982), Actor Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith, Baroness Hornsby-Smith (1914-1985), Politician Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby (1898-1996), Politician Elizabeth Jane Howard (b.1923), Novelist Donald Euan Palmer Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (b.1923), Politician Frankie Howerd (1922-1992), Comedian Ernest Urban Trevor Huddleston (1913-1998), Bishop and anti-apartheid campaigner John Hunt, Baron Hunt (1910-1998), Mountaineer and public servant Sir Leonard Hutton (1916-1990), Cricketer Elspeth Josceline Huxley (1907-1997), Author
Return to top	Ralph Hammond Innes (1913-1997), Author and traveller Robert Andrew (Robin), Inskip, 2nd Viscount Caldecote (1917-1999), Engineer and industrialist Sir Alec Issigonis (1906-1988), British Motor Corporation and inventor of the Mini Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay, Baron Jay (1907-1996), Politician Celia Johnson (1908-1982), Actress Sir Henry Cecil Johnson (1906-1988), Chairman of the British Railways Board Pamela Hansford Johnson, Lady Snow (1912-1981), Writer Sir Henry Jones (1906-1987), Chairman of the Gas Council Eileen Joyce (1912-1991), Pianist Nicholas Miklos Kaldor (1908-1986), Economist Sir John Cowdray Kendrew (1917-1997), Molecular biophysicist John Simon Kerans (1915-1985), Politician and Lieutenant Commander Hugh Kenyon Molesworth Kindersley, 2nd Baron Kindersley (1899-1976), Banker and soldier Evelyn Mansfield King (1907-1994), Politician Cecil King (1901-1987), Newspaper magnate and writer Sir Patrick Graham Toler Kingsley (1908-1999), Secretary and Keeper of Records - Duchy of Cornwall Otto Klemperer (1885-1973), Conductor John Ulick Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne (1924-2005), Film producer Sir Hans Krebs (1900-1981), Professor of clinical medicine
Return to top	Osbert Lancaster (1908-1986), Artist and writer Margaret Lane (Lady Huntingdon), (1907-1994), Novelist, biographer and journalist David Langdon (b.1914), Cartoonist George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (b.1923), Connoisseur and administrator Sir Wilfred Le Gros Clark 1895- 1971 Professor of anatomy Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton (1904-1983), Politician Doris May Lessing (b.1919), Novelist Sir Aubrey Julian Lewis (1900-1975), Professor of psychiatry Joseph Losey (1909-1984), Film director David Evan Trant Luard (1926-1991), Diplomat, Labour politician and Foreign Office minister Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury (b.1928), Politician Sir Thomas George Lund (1906-1981), Secretary General of the Law Association Sir Robert Lusty (1909-1991), Journalist and publisher Dame Vera Lynn (b.1917), Singer
Return to top	Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan (1904-1978), Archaeologist Sir (H.), Neil Marten (1916-1985), Politician Sir William Loris Mather (1913-1998), Engineer Christopher Paget Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Wimbledon (1915-1997), Politician Sir Robert Edwin McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of Moffat, 5th Bt (1907-1990), Builder Sir Peter Medawar (1915-1987), Physician Henry Miller (1913-1976), Professor of neurology Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller (b.1934), Neuro-psychologist, film director and opera producer Terence Allan ('Spike'), Milligan (1918-2002), Comedian and writer Sir Helenus Patrick Joseph Milmo (1908-1988), Judge of High Court of Justice Warren Mitchell (b.1926), Actor Sir (Walter), Thomas Monnington (1902-1976), Artist and President of The Royal Academy David Charles Samuel Montagu, 4th Baron Swaythling (1928-1998), Merchant banker Gerald Moore (1899-1987), Pianist Kenneth More (1914-1982), Actor Robert Morley (1908-1992), Actor Sir John Clifford Mortimer (b.1923), Barrister, playwright and writer Frank Muir (1920-1998), Writer and broadcaster Dame (Jean), Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), Novelist and philosopher
Return to top	(John), Beverley Nichols (1898-1983), Author, composer and playwright Sir Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897-1978), Chemist Sir Walter Fraser Oakeshott (1903-1987), Headmaster of Winchester College; Rector, Lincoln College, Oxford (William), David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech (1918-1985), Politician and television executive Alun Davies Owen (1925-1994), Actor, screenwriter and playwright Francis ('Frank'), Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford (1905-2001), Politician and social reformer Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909-1993), Writer, historian and economist Sir Francis Fenwick Pearson, 1st Bt (1911-1991), Politician James Mortimer Peddie, Baron Peddie (1905-1978), Co-operative movement activist and politician Joseph Bulford Pennybacker (1907-1983), Surgeon Sir John Pennycuick (1899-1982), Judge of High Court of Justice Lionel Sharples Penrose (1898-1972), Geneticist John Egerton Christmas Piper (1903-1992), Artist and writer Sir Edward Wilder Playfair (1909-1999), Senior civil servant Donald Pleasance (1919-1995), Actor Sir (Melvin), Kenneth (Drowley), Porter (b.1912), Air Marshal Anthony Powell (1905-2000), Author and National Portrait Gallery Trustee Dilys Powell (1901-1995), Film critic and writer Dame Muriel Powell (1914-1978), Chief Nursing Officer; matron of St George's Hospital Sir Richard George Douglas Powell, 3rd Bt (1909-1980), Director-General, Institute of Directors Sir Derek Pritchard Chairman of Allied Breweries Sir John Michael Pritchard (1921-1989), Conductor
Return to top	Arthur Michael Ramsey, Baron Ramsey of Canterbury (1904-1988), Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Kathleen Raven (1910-1999), Chief Nursing Officer, Ministry of Health Max Rayne, Baron Rayne (1918-2003), Property developer and patron of the Arts Margaret Read (1889-1991), Social anthropologist Dame (Muriel), Diana Reader-Harris (1912-1996), Educationist William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg (b.1928), Journalist and politician Dame Flora Robson (1902-1984), Actress Sir Kenneth Robson (1909-1978), Physician Sir Joseph Rotblat (1908-2005), Physicist Sir (Sydney), Gordon Russell (1892-1980), Designer Sir Robert James Sainsbury (1906-2000), Chairman of Sainsbury and patron of Modern Art Sir Samuel Salmon (1900-1980), Chairman of J. Lyons Anthony Sampson (1926-2004), Writer and journalist Frederick Sanger (b.1918), Biochemist Sir (Sidney), Donald Sargent (1906-1984), Deputy Sec. Ministry of Social Security Sir (Athelstan), Jack Scamp (1913-1977), Company director and industrial conciliator Helmut William Bruno Schroder (1901-1969), Director of Schroder-Wag Sir Peter Markham Scott (1909-1989), Wildlife artist and naturalist Sheila Christine Scott (1927-1988), Aviator Ronnie Scott (Ronald Schatt), (1927-1996), Jazz club owner and saxophonist Sir Nicholas Thomas Sekers (1910-1972), Industrialist and benefactor of the arts Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota (1919-2002), Politician
Return to top	Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton, Baron Shackleton (1911-1994), Politician Peter Shaffer (b.1926), Playwright and critic Sir Wilfrid Percy Henry Sheldon (1901-1983), Paediatrician to the Queen David Stuart Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Liverpool (1929-2005), Bishop and cricketer Renee Short (1916-2003), Politician Dame Antoinette Sibley (b.1939), Ballerina William Philip Sidney, 1st Viscount de l'Isle (1909- 1991), Soldier, politician and businessman Sheila Sim (b.1922), Actress and wife of Richard Attenborough Keith Simpson (1907-1985), Forensic scientist Sir George Sinclair (1912-2005), Politician Cyril James Smith (1909-1974), Professor of Pianoforte Peter Smithson (1923-2003), and Alison Smithson (1928-1993), Architects Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow (1905-1980), Writer Ruskin Spear (1911-1990), Painter Sir John Spencer Wills (1904-1991), Chairman of British Electric Traction Co Ltd Sir Denis Frank Spotswood (b.1916), Air Chief Marshal Mervyn Stockwood (1913-1995), Bishop of Southwark Tom Stoppard (b.1937), Playwright and novelist Noel Streatfeild (1895-1986), Author Sir Roy Strong (b.1935), Art historian and museums director
Return to top	Richard (Dick), Taverne, Baron Taverne (b.1928), Politician Alan John Percivale Taylor (1906-1990), Historian Sir George Taylor (1904-1993), Director of Kew Gardens Sir Charles Stuart Taylor (1910-1989), Politician Sir Luke William Burke Teeling (1903-1975), Politician Sir Wilfred Thesiger (1910-1903), Explorer and writer Sir Andrew Thorne (1885-1970), General (George Edward), Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft (1909-1994), Politician Henry Frederick Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath (1905-1992), Landowner and businessman Ann Todd (1909-1993), Actress Arnold Joseph Toynbee (1889-1975), Historian Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton (1914-2003), Historian Sir Harry Craufurd Tuzo (1917-1998), Army officer Kenneth Peacock Tynan (1927-1980), Writer and theatre critic
Return to top	Derek Colclough Walker-Smith, Baron Broxbourne (1910-1992), Politician Harold Arthur Watkinson, 1st Viscount Watkinson (1910-1995), Politician and businessman Dame C.V. Wedg(e)wood (1910-1997), Historian Arthur George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld (b.1919), Chairman of Weidenfeld Nicholson Dennis Wheatley (1897-1977), Novelist Sir Richard Orme Wilberforce (1907-2003), Judge of the High Court Sir (Robert Francis), Martin Wilkinson (1911-1990), Stockbroker Emlyn Williams (1905-1987), Actor and playwright Sir John Ramsay Willis (1908-1988), High Court Judge Sir (Henry), Gordon Willmer (1899-1983), Lord Justice of Appeal Sir Alan Herries Wilson (1906-1995), Chairman of Glaxo Sir Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson (1913-1991), Novelist and critic Godfrey Herbert Winn (1908-1971), Journalist and author Ian Winterbottom, Baron Winterbottom (1913-1992), Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Norman Wisdom (b.1915), Actor and comedian James Wogan, 3rd Baron Remnant (b.1930), Banker Arthur Dickson Wright (d.1976), Surgeon Patrick Carl Wymark (1926-1970), Actor

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