Courtiers

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

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

Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury

1655-1747
Jacobite and courtier
Sitter in 1 portrait

Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey

circa 1593-1630
Courtier and 3rd son of Sir George Villiers
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir George Compton Archibald Arthur, 3rd Bt

1860-1946
Soldier and courtier
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel

1511?-1580
Soldier and courtier
Sitter associated with 6 portraits

John Ashburnham

1603-1671
Courtier, diplomat, royalist and politician; MP for Hastings and Sussex
Sitter associated with 3 portraits

John Ashton

died 1691
Courtier and Jacobite conspirator
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Robert Ayton

1570-1638
Poet and courtier
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lucy Russell (née Harington), Countess of Bedford

circa 1581-1627
Courtier and patron of the arts
Sitter associated with 9 portraits

Frants Ernst de Bille

circa 1833-after 1906
Danish diplomat and courtier
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Palmer Brabazon

1843-1922
Soldier and courtier, Major-General of the Grenadier Guards
Sitter in 2 portraits

Henry Brouncker, 3rd Viscount Brouncker

1624 or 1625-1688
Courtier
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Anthony Browne

circa 1500-1548
Courtier and Master of the Horse
Sitter in 4 portraits

Lord Charles William Brudenell-Bruce

1834-1897
Soldier, courtier and Liberal politician; MP for North Wiltshire and Marlborough
Sitter in 1 portrait

Walter John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch and 10th Duke of Queensberry

1894-1973
Army officer, politician, royal courtier, landowner and businessman
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Erskine, 6th Earl of Buchan

died 1640
Courtier; son of 7th Earl of Mar
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham

1592-1628
Courtier; favourite of James I
Sitter associated with 49 portraits

John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery

1639-1713
Governor of Jamaica and courtier
Sitter in 7 portraits

James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle

circa 1580-1636
Courtier; favourite of James I and Charles I
Sitter in 5 portraits

Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon

1610?-1643
Courtier and royalist
Sitter in 18 portraits

Sir Thomas Chaloner the Younger

1563 or 1564-1615
Chemist and courtier
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox

1672-1723
Courtier; son of King Charles II
Sitter in 10 portraits

Sir Charles Cotterell

1612?-1702
Courtier
Sitter in 4 portraits

Rowland Thomas Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer

1877-1953
Courtier; Aide-de-Camp to the viceroy of India 1915 to 1916
Sitter in 9 portraits

William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh

circa 1587-1643
Naval officer and courtier
Sitter in 5 portraits

Bertram Stanley Mitford Bowyer, 2nd Baron Denham

1927-2021
Politician and courtier
Sitter in 2 portraits

Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon

1526?-1556
Courtier
Sitter associated with 8 portraits

Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset

1688-1765
Courtier
Sitter in 10 portraits

Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset

1643-1706
Poet and courtier
Sitter in 15 portraits

Sir Charles Taylor du Plat

1823-1900
Courtier
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury

1801-1893
Courtier and Whig politician, Treasurer of the Household
Sitter in 10 portraits

Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland

1610-1643
Courtier
Sitter associated with 23 portraits

Lord Otho Augustus Fitzgerald

1827-1882
Politician and courtier; son of 3rd Duke of Leinster
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Balthazar Gerbier

1592-1667
Painter, architect and courtier
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sidney Godolphin

baptised 1610-1643
Poet and courtier
Sitter in 10 portraits

Lord Walter Charles Gordon-Lennox

1865-1922
Courtier and Conservative politician; MP for Chichester
Sitter in 1 portrait

Louisa Augusta Beatrice (née Montagu), Countess of Gosford

1856-1944
Courtier; wife of 4th Earl of Gosford; second daughter of 7th Duke of Manchester
Sitter in 1 portrait

Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess de Gramont

1641-1708
Courtier; known as 'La Belle Hamilton'
Sitter associated with 11 portraits

Lady Flora Elizabeth Hastings

1806-1839
Poet and courtier; Lady-in-waiting to the Duchess of Kent
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Isabella Anne Seymour-Conway (née Ingram), Marchioness of Hertford

1760-1834
Courtier and mistress of King George IV; second wife of 2nd Marquess of Hertford
Sitter in 6 portraits