70 people matching these criteria:
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Home Secretaries
A senior official for her Majesty's state for the Home Office, the Home Secretary is responsible for the internal affairs and interests of England and Wales. Their remit includes crime policy, national security and immigration and citizenship for the UK. William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne became the first Home Secretary in 1782. Other notable Home Secretaries include Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, who established the Metropolitan Police Force in 1929.
Politician; Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Home Secretary
Sitter in 4 portraits
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
1888-1965Politician; Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister
Sitter associated with 97 portraits
Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby
1797-1863Whig Politician, writer and British Ambassador to France
Sitter in 53 portraits
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
1738-1809Prime Minister
Sitter associated with 32 portraits
Charles Thomson Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee
1838-1906Politician, President of the Board of Trade and businessman
Sitter in 13 portraits
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
1792-1878Prime Minister and writer; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter associated with 249 portraits
Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel
1870-1963Home Secretary, 1st High Commissioner of Palestine and leader of the Liberal Party
Sitter in 45 portraits
Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke
1811-1892Liberal politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sitter in 34 portraits
John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon
1873-1954Statesman and Lord Chancellor
Sitter in 35 portraits
Politician; MP for Redditch and the first female Home Secretary
Sitter in 1 portrait
Donald Bradley Somervell, Baron Somervell of Harrow
1889-1960Lord Justice of Appeal
Sitter in 5 portraits
