63 people matching these criteria:
- group '186'
Holland House set
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
Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough
1758-1844British peer; Lord of the Admiralty 1782-83
Sitter in 4 portraits
John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough
1781-1847Politician; MP for several constituencies
Sitter associated with 37 portraits
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
1778-1868Lord Chancellor
Sitter associated with 280 portraits
George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle
1773-1848Politician; Lord Privy Seal
Sitter associated with 5 portraits
George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle
1802-1864Viceroy of Ireland
Sitter associated with 79 portraits
George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon
1800-1870Diplomat and politician; Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Sitter in 16 portraits
General, poet and politician; MP for Tavistock and Bedfordshire
Sitter associated with 7 portraits
Charles William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam
1786-1857Politician; MP for several constituencies
Sitter in 4 portraits
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey
1802-1894Secretary for the Colonies
Sitter associated with 36 portraits
Henry Richard Fox (later Vassall), 3rd Baron Holland
1773-1840Whig statesman and patron of art and letters
Sitter associated with 57 portraits
Elizabeth Vassall Fox (née Vassall), Lady Holland (formerly Webster)
1770-1845Political and literary hostess; former wife of Sir Godfrey Webster, and later wife of 3rd Baron Holland
Sitter in 4 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
James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale
1759-1839Scottish politician and author of 'Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth'
Sitter associated with 37 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
Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon
1790-1866Whig politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sitter in 85 portraits
Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk
1746-1815Politician; MP for Carlise and Arundel
Sitter associated with 55 portraits
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (née Sheridan, later Lady Stirling-Maxwell)
1808-1877Novelist and poet; Law reform campaigner
Sitter in 11 portraits
Emily Mary ('Amelia') (née Lamb), Viscountess Palmerston
1787-1869Political hostess; wife of 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Sitter in 9 portraits
William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket
1764-1854Lord Chancellor of Ireland
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