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Political hostess and agricultural improver
Sitter in 6 portraits 
Prime Minister
Sitter associated with 32 portraits 
Prime Minister and writer; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter associated with 249 portraits 
Regency Whigs
32 People in group
Elizabeth Lamb (née Milbanke), Viscountess Melbourne
baptised 1751-1818Political hostess and agricultural improver
Sitter in 6 portraits
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
1738-1809Prime Minister
Sitter associated with 32 portraits
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
1792-1878Prime Minister and writer; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter associated with 249 portraits
1761-1830
Politician; MP for Southwark and Knaresborough
Sitter associated with 51 portraits
Politician; MP for Southwark and Knaresborough
Sitter associated with 51 portraits
1764-1815
Politician and brewer; son of brewer Samuel Whitbread
Sitter associated with 21 portraits
Politician and brewer; son of brewer Samuel Whitbread
Sitter associated with 21 portraits
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