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Prime Minister and philosopher
Sitter in 138 portraits 
Statesman, lawyer and philosopher
Sitter in 40 portraits 
Political philosopher
Sitter associated with 13 portraits 
Philosopher, writer and academic
Sitter in 2 portraits 
Philosopher and writer on the fine arts
Sitter in 8 portraits 
Philosopher and Lord Chancellor
Sitter associated with 63 portraits

Roman philosopher and politician
Sitter associated with 1 portrait 
Politician; MP for Wootton Bassett and Berkshire; government official and political philosopher
Sitter in 11 portraits
Philosophers
208 People in group

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
1848-1930Prime Minister and philosopher
Sitter in 138 portraits

Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane
1856-1928Statesman, lawyer and philosopher
Sitter in 40 portraits

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
1633-1695Political philosopher
Sitter associated with 13 portraits

Onora Sylvia O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve
1941-Philosopher, writer and academic
Sitter in 2 portraits

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
1671-1713Philosopher and writer on the fine arts
Sitter in 8 portraits

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban
1561-1626Philosopher and Lord Chancellor
Sitter associated with 63 portraits

1832-1904
Writer, philosopher, mountaineer and first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 13 portraits
Writer, philosopher, mountaineer and first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 13 portraits

1929-1995
Mathematical physicist and mathematician; Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Oxford
Sitter in 1 portrait
Mathematical physicist and mathematician; Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Oxford
Sitter in 1 portrait

Anicus Manlius Severinus Boethius
circa 475-524Roman philosopher and politician
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
1678-1751Politician; MP for Wootton Bassett and Berkshire; government official and political philosopher
Sitter in 11 portraits