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Kingsley Amis

1922-1995
Novelist
Sitter in 32 portraits

Sally Myfanwy Amis

1954-2000
Daughter of Sir Kingsley Amis
Sitter in 1 portrait

Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea

1939-
Barrister; politician
Sitter in 6 portraits

Stanley Stephen Awbery

1888-1969
Politician and Justice of the Peace
Sitter associated with 6 portraits

Frederick Jessel Benson (né Jessel Bebro)

1875-1930
Financier and Director of Swansea Harbour
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edward Latham Bevan

1861-1934
Bishop of Swansea
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir (John) William Bowen

1876-1965
Politician, chairmen of the London County Council
Sitter in 5 portraits

Gwendolen Jane (née Griffith), Lady Brade

died circa 1952
Wife of Sir Reginald Brade; daughter of Joshua Griffith
Sitter in 3 portraits

Rob Brydon

1965-
Actor and comedian
Sitter in 2 portraits

Hon. Violet Averil Margaret Campbell

1871-1943
Wife of Colonel Douglas Campbell; daughter of 1st Baron Swansea
Sitter in 8 portraits

Brian Curvis

1937-2012
Boxer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ifor Davies

1910-1982
Politician; MP for Gower
Sitter in 7 portraits

Russell T. Davies

1963-
Television producer and scriptwriter
Sitter in 3 portraits

Spencer Davis

1939-2020
Musician; member of The Spencer Davis Group
Sitter in 3 portraits

Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn

1814-1892
Politician and industrialist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Edgar Evans

1876-1912
Polar explorer; member of British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913
Sitter in 2 portraits

Brian Hilton Flowers, Baron Flowers

1924-2010
Physicist
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Deffett Francis

1815-1901
Artist and collector
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist associated with 9 portraits

Mike Gibbins

1949-2005
Drummer and songwriter; Member of 'Badfinger'
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Jones Jenkins, 1st Baron Glantawe

1835-1915
Welsh politician and tin-plate manufacturer
Sitter in 6 portraits

James Henry Govier

1910-1974
Artist
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist of 1 portrait

Francis Wallace Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell

1841-1925
Field Marshal
Sitter in 12 portraits

Charles Seymour Grenfell

1839-1924
Copper merchant, banker and Justice of the Peace
Sitter in 1 portrait

David Rhys Grenfell

1881-1968
Miner and politician
Sitter in 17 portraits

Sir William Robert Grove

1811-1896
Natural philosopher and judge
Sitter in 11 portraits

Howell Arthur Gwynne

1865-1950
Journalist and editor
Sitter in 3 portraits

Pete Ham

1947-1975
Singer, songwriter and guitarist; member of Badfinger
Sitter in 1 portrait

William George Hardie

1878-1950
Bishop of Jamaica and Archbishop of West Indies
Sitter in 5 portraits

Julian Tudor Hart

1927-2018
Physician and epidemiologist
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Hewson

active before 1846
Chancellor of St David's and vicar of St Mary, Swansea
Sitter in 1 portrait

Donald Holroyde Hey

1904-1987
Professor of Chemistry
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mary Hopkin

1950-
Singer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Averil Houston (née Vivian)

1930-
Youngest daughter of 3rd Baron Swansea; wife of Alexander William Houston
Sitter in 3 portraits

Alfred Janes

1911-1999
Artist
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Gwyn Jeffreys

1809-1885
Conchologist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir William Albert Jenkins

1878-1968
Politician, shipbroker and coal merchant
Sitter in 6 portraits

Peter Johns

1930-2017
Photographer
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Alfred Ernest Jones

1879-1958
Psychoanalyst
Sitter in 1 portrait

Allan Jones

1947-
Saxophonist for Amen Corner
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Lewis Jones

1884-1968
Liberal politician; MP for Swansea West
Sitter in 10 portraits

Adeline Balfe Klombies (Dorothy Winifred Davies)

born circa 1891
Actress; wife of Lieutenant G. Klombies
Sitter in 6 portraits

Mervyn Levy

1915-1996
Artist and critic
Artist of 3 portraits

Princess Lilian of Sweden, Duchess of Halland (née Lillian May Davies)

1915-2013
Fashion model; former wife of Walter Ivan Craig, and later wife of Prince Bertil of Sweden
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir John Talbot Dillwyn-Llewelyn, 1st Bt

1836-1927
Politician; Businessman; Landowner
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Lloyd

1847-1915
Bishop of Swansea
Sitter in 2 portraits

Amanda Ursula Georgina Lowther (née Vivian)

1958-
Daughter of Sir John Hamilton Hussey Vivian, 4th Baron Swansea
Sitter in 6 portraits

William Henry Mainwaring

1884-1971
Politician, coal miner, lecturer and trade unionist
Sitter in 2 portraits

George Manning

1887-1976
Mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand
Sitter in 3 portraits

William John Molloy, Baron Molloy

1918-2001
Politician; MP for Ealing
Sitter in 2 portraits

Cedric Morris

1889-1982
Painter and horticulturist
Sitter in 3 portraits | Artist of 2 portraits

Percy Morris

1893-1967
Railway clerk, trade unionist, Mayor of Swansea and Labour politician; MP for Swansea West
Sitter in 5 portraits

Richard ('Beau') Nash

1674-1762
Man of fashion
Sitter in 4 portraits

Alun Bennett Oldfield-Davies

1905-1988
Controller, Welsh BBC
Sitter in 2 portraits

John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford

1490?-1540
Courtier
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Thomas Rowland Powell

1815-1878
Lieutenant-Colonel and politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ceri Richards

1903-1971
Painter
Sitter in 12 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait

Robert Richardson-Gardner

1827-1898
Barrister, militia officer and politician; MP for Windsor
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir (Edward) Marlay Samson

1869-1949
Stipendiary magistrate of Swansea
Sitter in 5 portraits

Philip Sayer

1947-
Photographer
Artist of 23 portraits

Sir Harry Donald Secombe

1921-2001
Comedian, actor, writer, singer and television presenter
Sitter in 8 portraits | Artist of 4 portraits