Philanthropists

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Bt

1787-1871
Philanthropist
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Bt

1809-1898
Politician and educational reformer
Sitter in 6 portraits

Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan III (née Yvette Labrousse)

1906-2000
Philanthropist, model and sculptor
Sitter in 4 portraits

Ralph Allen

1693-1764
Philanthropist; known as 'The Man of Bath'
Sitter associated with 5 portraits

William Allen

1770-1843
Chemist and philanthropist
Sitter in 9 portraits

(Ava) Alice (Muriel) Astor (later Obolensky, later von Hofmannsthal, later Pleydell-Bouverie)

1902-1956
Socialite and patron of the arts; daughter of John Jacob Astor IV; former wife of Prince Sergei Obolensky and of Raimund von Hofmannsthal, and later wife of David Pleydell-Bouverie
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Audus

1781-1867
Amateur architect and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Bernard Mannes Baruch

1870-1965
Economist and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Richard Benyon de Beauvoir

1770-1854
High Sheriff of Berkshire, benefactor and Conservative politician; MP for Pontefract and Wallingford
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Louis Bischoffsheim

1829-1908
Banker and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Isabella Lucy Bird Bishop

1832-1904
Philanthropist, writer, traveller and photographer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Arthur Blayney

1715-1795
Philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Margaret Redhead

1897-1991
Philanthropist; breeder of Arabian horses and instrumental in founding the All Nations Cup show for the breed
Sitter in 1 portrait

Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon

1827-1891
Artist and women's rights activist; benefactor of Girton College, Cambridge
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Dhunjibhoy Bomanji

1862-1937
Merchant and philanthropist
Sitter in 5 portraits

Ann Dudin Brown

1822-1917
Benefactor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Angela Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Burdett-Coutts

1814-1906
Philanthropist; daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, Bt
Sitter in 20 portraits

Lady Victoria Buxton (née Noel)

1839-1916
Wife of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 3rd Bt; daughter of 1st Earl of Gainsborough
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Bt

1786-1845
Philanthropist
Sitter in 13 portraits

Louis Cauvin

circa 1754-1825
French teacher and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Caroline Chisholm (née Jones)

1808-1877
Philanthropist and founder of the 'Family Colonisation Loan Society'
Sitter in 3 portraits

Thomas Clarkson

1760-1846
Slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 11 portraits

Sarah ('Cissie') (née Fox), Lady Cohen

Philanthropist; wife of Sir John Edward ('Jack') Cohen; daughter of Benjamin Fox
Sitter in 1 portrait

Nathaniel Louis Cohen

1846-1913
Philanthropist and pioneer of the Labour Exchange movement
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edward Colston

1636-1721
Trader of enslaved people; merchant and philanthropist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Daniel Cooper, 1st Bt

1821-1902
Merchant and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Coram

1668?-1751
Philanthropist
Sitter associated with 7 portraits

William Crouch

died after 1725
Philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Julio ('John'), Marquis de Amodio

1909-2003
Fencer, RAF officer and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edward Denison

1840-1870
Philanthropist; son of Edward Denison, Bishop of Salisbury
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dorothy de Rothschild (née Pinto)

1895-1988
Philanthropist and activist for Jewish affairs
Sitter in 5 portraits

Emilia Francis (née Strong), Lady Dilke

1840-1904
Art historian and trade unionist; former wife of Mark Pattison and later second wife of Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Bt
Sitter in 6 portraits

Robert Dingley

1710-1781
Merchant, banker and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Lewis Hughes, 1st Baron Dinorben

1767-1852
Copper mine owner, philanthropist and politician; MP for Wallingford
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir William Dunn, 1st Bt

1833-1912
Alderman, merchant, philanthropist and Liberal politician; MP for Paisley
Sitter in 8 portraits

Edwin Iddo Ellery

1856-1944
Photographer
Artist of 1 portrait

Samuel Favell

1760-1830
Philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Fellowes

1770-1847
Philanthropist
Sitter associated with 3 portraits

Sir Charles Forbes, 1st Bt

1773-1849
Philanthropist and Conservative politician; MP for Beverley and Malmesbury
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Edward Forster

1818-1886
Industrialist, philanthropist and Liberal politician; MP for Bradford; son of William Forster
Sitter in 23 portraits