Conservative politicians

Adam Afriyie

1965-
Conservative politician; MP for Windsor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Peter Garnett Agnew, 1st Bt

1900-1990
Naval officer and Conservative politician; MP for Camborne and South Worcestershire
Sitter in 3 portraits

Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury

1811-1886
Courtier and politician: MP for Marlborough
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir James Irving Albery

1879-1967
Conservative politician; MP for Gravesend
Sitter in 1 portrait

Humphrey Napier Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington

1859-1919
Landowner and Conservative politician; MP for East Dorset
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Harry Allason

1912-2011
Lieutenant-Colonel, sportsman and Conservative politician; MP for Hemel Hempstead
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir John Sandeman Allen

1865-1935
Conservative politician; MP for Liverpool West Derby
Sitter in 3 portraits

Gibbs Crawfurd Antrobus

1793-1861
Diplomat and Conservative politician: MP for Aldborough and Plympton Erle
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles George Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden

1756-1840
Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey and Conservative politician; MP for Launceston and Totnes
Sitter associated with 5 portraits

Augustus Peter Arkwright

1821-1887
Naval officer and Conservative politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arthur Gore, 8th Earl of Arran

1910-1983
Conservative politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Lloyd Ashbury

1834-1895
Yachtsman and Conservative politician; MP for Brighton
Sitter in 2 portraits

Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor

1879-1964
Conservative politician; MP for Plymouth Sutton; former wife of R.G. Shaw, and later wife of 2nd Viscount Astor; daughter of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne
Sitter in 39 portraits

Matthias Attwood

1779-1851
Banker and Conservative politician; MP for Whitehaven
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir John Aubrey, 6th Bt

1740-1826
Conservative politician; MP for Wallingford, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Clitheroe, Steyning, Horsham and Aldeborough
Sitter in 2 portraits

Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon

1897-1977
Prime Minister
Sitter in 44 portraits

Kenneth Wilfred Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking

1934-
Conservative politician; Home Secretary
Sitter in 3 portraits

Stanley Baldwin

1867-1947
Prime Minister
Sitter in 76 portraits

Harriett Baldwin

1960-
Conservative politician; MP for West Worcestershire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour

1848-1930
Prime Minister and philosopher
Sitter in 140 portraits

Henry Bingham Baring

1804-1869
Conservative politician; MP for Callington and Marlborough
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Henry Barkly

1815-1898
Colonial governor, patron of the sciences and Conservative politician; MP for Leominister
Sitter in 4 portraits

Edmund Robert Bartley-Denniss

1854-1931
Barrister, freemason and Conservative politician; MP for Oldham
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edmund Pollexfen Bastard

1784-1838
Conservative politician; MP for Devonshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Pollexfen Bastard

1756-1816
Conservative politician, landowner and colonel of the East Devonshire Militia
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

William Bateman Bateman-Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman

1826-1901
Conservative politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hon. Charles Spencer Bateman-Hanbury-Kincaid-Lennox (né Kincaid-Lennox)

1827-1912
Conservative politician; MP for Herefordshire and Leominster
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Bt

1782-1863
Conservative politician; MP for County Londonderry
Sitter in 4 portraits

Robert Bateson

1816-1843
Conservative politician; MP for County Londonderry
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Robert Bateson-Harvey, 1st Bt

1825-1887
Landowner and Conservative politician; MP for Buckinghamshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath

1765-1837
Politician; Conservative MP for Weobley; son of 1st Marquess of Bath
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath

1862-1946
Landowner and Conservative politician; MP for Frome
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Henry Bathurst, 4th Earl Bathurst

1790-1866
Conservative politician; MP for Cirencester
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Wither Bramston Beach

1826-1901
Conservative politician; MP for Hampshire and Andover
Sitter in 1 portrait

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

1804-1881
Prime Minister and novelist; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter associated with 112 portraits

Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort

1766-1835
Conservative politician; MP for Bristol, Monmouth Boroughs and Gloucestershire
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir John Beckett, 2nd Bt

1775-1847
Lawyer and Conservative politician; MP for Cockermouth, Haslemere and Leeds
Sitter in 1 portrait

Matthew Bell

1793-1871
Conservative politician; MP for Northumberland and South Northumberland
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lord Henry William Bentinck

1804-1870
Trustee of the British Museum and Conservative politician; MP for Nottinghamshire North; son of 4th Duke of Portland
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

Charles William de la Poer Beresford, Baron Beresford

1846-1919
Admiral and Conservative politician; MP for County Waterford, Marylebone East and Portsmouth
Sitter in 56 portraits

Sir John Poo Beresford, 1st Bt

1766-1844
Admiral and Conservative politician: MP for Coleraine, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northallerton and Chatham
Sitter in 3 portraits

Richard Bethell

1772-1864
Conservative politician; MP for East Riding of Yorkshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Nicholas Vansittart, Baron Bexley

1766-1851
Conservative politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sitter in 26 portraits

Sir Mancherjee Merwanjee Bhownaggree

1851-1933
Lawyer and Conservative politician; MP for Bethnal Green North East
Sitter in 7 portraits

(William) John Biffen, Baron Biffen

1930-2007
Conservative politician; Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir John Alec Biggs-Davison

1918-1988
Conservative politician; MP for Chigwell and Epping Forest and Chairman of the Monday Club
Sitter in 6 portraits

William Seymour Blackstone

1809-1881
Conservative politician: MP for Wallingford
Sitter in 1 portrait

Nicholas Boles

1965-
Politician; Minister of State for Skills and Entreprise
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Bolling

1785-1848
Conservative politician; MP for Bolton
Sitter in 2 portraits

Hon. Richard Bootle-Wilbraham

1801-1844
Conservative politician; MP for South Lancashire
Sitter in 2 portraits

Alfred Charles Bossom, Baron Bossom

1881-1965
Architect and Conservative politician: MP for Maidstone
Sitter in 15 portraits

Sir Clive Bossom, 2nd Bt

1918-2017
Major and conservative politician
Sitter in 3 portraits

Virginia Bottomley

1948-
Politician; MP for South West Surrey
Sitter in 2 portraits

Robert Croft Bourne

1888-1938
Conservative politician; MP for Oxford, lawyer, captain and rower; Olympian
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir Rhodes Boyson

1925-2012
Methodist preacher, head teacher and Conservative politician; MP for Brent North
Sitter in 1 portrait

Valentine George Crittall, Baron Braintree

1884-1961
Justice of the Peace and politician; MP for Maldon
Sitter in 10 portraits

Sir Joseph Gurney Braithwaite

1895-1958
Conservative politician; MP for Sheffield-Hillsborough, Holderness and Bristol North West
Sitter in 8 portraits

Gyles Brandreth

1948-
Writer, politician and actor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frederick William Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol

1800-1864
Conservative politician; MP for Bury St Edmunds
Sitter in 3 portraits