Regency Whigs
32 People in group
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford
1765-1802Whig politician and agriculturist
Sitter associated with 38 portraits
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
1778-1868Lord Chancellor
Sitter associated with 280 portraits
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
1748-1825Politician and diplomat
Sitter associated with 26 portraits
Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
1752-1834Sportsman and patron of horse-racing
Sitter associated with 65 portraits
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
1748-1811Lord High Treasurer of Ireland
Sitter in 8 portraits
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
1757-1806Beauty and leader of Whig society; first wife of 5th Duke of Devonshire
Sitter in 29 portraits
William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam
1748-1833Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland
Sitter in 13 portraits
Henry Richard Fox (later Vassall), 3rd Baron Holland
1773-1840Whig statesman and patron of art and letters
Sitter associated with 57 portraits
Scottish judge and critic; editor of the 'Edinburgh Review'
Sitter in 11 portraits
Frances Villiers (née Twysden), Countess of Jersey
1753-1821Mistress of George IV and courtier
Sitter associated with 8 portraits
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
1780-1863Whig politician; Home Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord President of the Council; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter associated with 77 portraits
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