Holland House set
63 People in sitter grouping:
Holland House, a grand Jacobean mansion in Kensington built c.1605, was home to the Holland House set, which centred on its residents, Henry Richard Fox, 3rd Baron Holland and his wife Elizabeth Vassall Fox, Lady Holland. From 1797, until the death of Lady Holland in 1840, which had been closely preceded by the death of the Baron, the Holland's hosted an extraordinary group of politicians, writers, poets, historians and doctors- brought in to combat the Baron's extreme hypochondria. Membership of the set required a certain amount of talent and aristocratic breeding, and it became home to the key British and foreign intellectuals of the day, who gathered to dine and discuss history, literature and politics. With no strict religious agenda, the most common bond and topic of conversation at the evenings was often Whiggist politics and developments in government. The set was celebrated, long after its end, as Britain's closest thing to a continental salon, representing a strong political and social force.

John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
1766-1839Landowner; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland
Sitter associated with 26 portraits

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
1778-1868Lord Chancellor
Sitter associated with 280 portraits

Henry Richard Fox (later Vassall), 3rd Baron Holland
1773-1840Whig statesman and patron of art and letters
Sitter associated with 57 portraits

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
1780-1863Whig politician; Home Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord President of the Council; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter associated with 77 portraits

Louis-Philippe I, King of the French
1773-1850King of France 1830-1848
Sitter associated with 22 portraits

Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
1800-1859Historian, poet and politician; MP for Calne, Leeds and Edinburgh; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 26 portraits

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (née Sheridan, later Lady Stirling-Maxwell)
1808-1877Novelist and poet; Law reform campaigner
Sitter in 10 portraits

Emily Mary ('Amelia') (née Lamb), Viscountess Palmerston
1787-1869Political hostess; wife of 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Sitter in 9 portraits

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
1792-1878Prime Minister and writer; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter associated with 249 portraits

Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope
1805-1875Historian; founding member and first chairman of the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery and Conservative politician; MP for Hertford
Sitter in 23 portraits