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British peer; Lord of the Admiralty 1782-83
Sitter in 4 portraits 
Lord Chancellor
Sitter associated with 280 portraits 
Commander in the Crimea
Sitter in 15 portraits 
Soldier and Conservative politician; MP for Chichester
Sitter in 29 portraits
The Peninsular Wars and Waterloo portraits
26 People in group
Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough
1758-1844British peer; Lord of the Admiralty 1782-83
Sitter in 4 portraits
1792-1872
Political economist, traveller and the 4th Governor of Hong Kong
Sitter in 18 portraits
Political economist, traveller and the 4th Governor of Hong Kong
Sitter in 18 portraits
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
1778-1868Lord Chancellor
Sitter associated with 280 portraits
1763-1835
Journalist, agriculturalist and politician; MP for Oldham
Sitter associated with 57 portraits
Journalist, agriculturalist and politician; MP for Oldham
Sitter associated with 57 portraits
FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan
1788-1855Commander in the Crimea
Sitter in 15 portraits
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox
1791-1860Soldier and Conservative politician; MP for Chichester
Sitter in 29 portraits
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