Philanthropists

Julia Bradford Gaskell

1846-1908
Philanthropist; daughter of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Sitter in 2 portraits

Gisela Louise Marie, Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria

1856-1932
Philanthropist and patron; daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria; wife of Prince Leopold of Bavaria
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir John Gladstone

1764-1851
Merchant; philanthropist; plantation owner and owner of enslaved people; Conservative politician; MP for Lancaster, Woodstock and Berwick
Sitter in 3 portraits

Mercedes Gleitze

1900-1981
Swimmer; first British woman to swim the English Channel
Sitter in 7 portraits

(Thomas) Loel Evelyn Bulkeley Guinness

1906-1988
Business magnate, philantropist and Conservative politician; MP for Bath
Sitter in 2 portraits

Loel Patrick Guinness

1957-
Philanthrophist, film producer, adventurer, son of Patrick Benjamin Guinness
Sitter in 1 portrait

Nubar Sarkis Gulbenkian

1896-1972
Philanthropist and Bon Vivant
Sitter in 11 portraits

Joseph John Gurney

1788-1847
Banker, Quaker philanthropist and writer
Sitter in 5 portraits

Samuel Gurney

1786-1856
Philanthropist; known as 'The Banker's Banker'
Sitter in 8 portraits

Lady Helen Hamlyn

1934-
Philanthropist; Chairperson of the Helen Hamlyn Trust
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jonas Hanway

1712-1786
Philanthropist
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Harvey

1755-1842
Textile merchant, Lieutenant-Colonel and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Francis Hawksworth (Hawkesworth)

Amateur artist and patron of the arts
Artist associated with 1 portrait

(Mary) Elizabeth (née à Court Repington), Lady Herbert of Lea

1822-1911
Roman Catholic convert and philanthropist; wife of 1st Baron Herbert of Lea
Sitter in 3 portraits

Maurice de Hirsch (né Moritz von Hirsch), Baron de Hirsch

1831-1896
Banker, racehorse owner and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Hoare

1677-1725
Banker and philanthropist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Emily Hobhouse

1860-1926
Social activist and charity worker
Sitter in 2 portraits

Quintin Hogg

1845-1903
Politician, merchant and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Charles Holcroft, 1st Bt

1831-1917
Iron and coal master and benefactor of Birmingham University
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frederick John Horniman

1835-1906
Tea merchant; founder of the Horniman Museum and politician
Sitter in 1 portrait