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The Great War: Politicians
Politicians from all over the world were drawn together from initial secret talks, to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Great Britain began the war under Herbert Asquith, who led a coalition government from 1915, and was then taken over the following year by David Lloyd George and his formation of the War Cabinet.
Politician; Secretary of State for India and writer
Sitter in 29 portraits
Thomas Gair Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton-of-Hyde
1855-1933Politician and Justice of the Peace
Sitter in 7 portraits
George Ranken Askwith, Baron Askwith
1861-1942Industrial arbitrator and civil servant
Sitter in 17 portraits
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
1848-1930Prime Minister and philosopher
Sitter in 140 portraits
Trade unionist and Labour politician; MP for Glasgow
Sitter in 15 portraits
German politician; Chancellor of the German Empire
Sitter in 1 portrait
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce
1838-1922Jurist, historian and Liberal politician; MP for Tower Hamlets and Aberdeen South
Sitter in 15 portraits
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
1864-1958Statesman; a creator of the League of Nations
Sitter in 31 portraits
Sir (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain
1863-1937Politician; recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize; son of Joseph Chamberlain
Sitter in 55 portraits
Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart
1883-1915Soldier and Conservative politician; MP for Cardiff
Sitter in 1 portrait
George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
1859-1925Politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, traveller and viceroy of India
Sitter associated with 35 portraits
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
1865-1948Politician, Secretary of State for War and British Ambassador to France, racehorse owner and soldier
Sitter in 45 portraits
Hudson Ewbanke Kearley, 1st Viscount Devonport
1856-1934Grocer and Liberal politician; MP for Devonport and Minister of Food Control
Sitter in 11 portraits
William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham
1853-1920Politician; President of the Local Government Board and Minister of Information
Sitter in 13 portraits
Auckland Campbell Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes
1879-1954Lieutenant and politician, ambassador to the United States
Sitter in 15 portraits
Sir William Athelstane Meredith Goode
1875-1944Journalist and government financial adviser
Sitter in 14 portraits
Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt
1863-1922Liberal politician; MP for Rossendale and Secretary of State for the Colonies
Sitter in 15 portraits
Barrister and member of the Canadian Parliament
Sitter in 5 portraits
Politician, leader of the Labour Party, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and iron moulder
Sitter associated with 15 portraits
Sir William Thomas Francis Horwood
1868-1943Brigadier-General; Head of London Metropolitan Police
Sitter in 10 portraits
Albert Holden Illingworth, 1st Baron Illingworth
1865-1942Politician; Postmaster General
Sitter in 9 portraits
Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham
1868-1947Statesman, benefactor and art patron
Sitter in 7 portraits
Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long of Wraxall
1854-1924Politician; Secretary of State for the Colonies and First Lord of the Admiralty
Sitter in 27 portraits
Prime Minister of New Zealand; plenipotentiary at the 1919 Peace Conference
Sitter in 15 portraits