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Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Bt

1818-1892
Politician; MP to Wigtownshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir James Anderson

1824-1893
Telegraphic engineer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Edward Balliol

circa 1282-1364
Pretender to the Scottish throne in the reign of King David II
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir (John) Carruthers Beattie

1866-1946
Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Capetown
Sitter in 1 portrait

Isabella Borthwick (née Bell)

1832-1914
Wife of John James Malcolm Borthwick
Sitter in 1 portrait

John James Malcolm Borthwick

1823-1896
Farmer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton

1904-1983
Politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies
Sitter in 28 portraits

Thomas Brown

1778-1820
Philosopher and poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Brown

1888-1975
Plant pathologist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir James Caird

1816-1892
Agricultural writer and politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alexander Carlyle

1722-1805
Divine
Sitter in 3 portraits

Thomas Carlyle

1795-1881
Historian and essayist; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter associated with 94 portraits

Robert Carruthers

1799-1878
Literary critic and biographer
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Carruthers

1830-1922
Botanist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Francis Charteris

1675-1732
Styled 'Colonel'; gambler and criminal
Sitter in 3 portraits

Hugh Clapperton

1788-1827
African explorer
Sitter in 1 portrait

David George Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere

1939-
Politician; MP for Colne Valley and South Shields
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Alexander Kennedy Clark-Kennedy

1782-1864
Army officer
Sitter in 3 portraits

David Coulthard

1971-
Formula 1 racing driver and broadcaster
Sitter in 2 portraits

James Crichton

1560-1582
Rhetorician and soldier
Sitter in 2 portraits

Samuel Rutherford Crockett (formerly Samuel Crocket)

1859-1914
Free Church of Scotland minister and novelist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Allan Cunningham

1784-1842
Writer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir John Charles Dalrymple-Hay, 3rd Bt

1821-1912
Admiral and politician
Sitter in 6 portraits

(James) Henry Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy

1868-1935
Politician and newspaper proprietor
Sitter in 2 portraits

David Harrington Angus Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry

1929-
Artist and professor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Devorguila de Baliol

died 1290
Co-founder of Balliol College, Oxford; wife of John de Baliol; mother of John I of Scotland
Sitter in 2 portraits

Lady Florence Caroline Dixie (née Douglas)

1855-1905
Wife of John McLean Griffin; daughter of 8th Marquess of Queensberry
Sitter in 2 portraits

Georgina Leonora Barnard Douglas (née Mosselmans)

died 1969
Second wife of Lord Sholto George Douglas; daughter of Richard Frederick Hendrick Mosselmans
Sitter in 4 portraits

Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding

1882-1970
Pilot
Sitter in 2 portraits

Niall Malcolm Stewart Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn

1908-1987
Politician; MP for Dumfriesshire
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Arthur Bryce Duncan

1909-1984
Convener, Dumfriesshire County Council
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Duncan

1774-1846
Founder of savings banks
Sitter in 1 portrait

Peter Ewart

1767-1842
Engineer
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Faed the Elder

1821-1911
Engraver and painter
Artist associated with 27 portraits

Thomas Faed

1826-1900
Genre painter
Sitter in 19 portraits

Charles Forte, Baron Forte

1908-2007
Businessman; President of Forte PLC
Sitter in 6 portraits

John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway

1736-1806
Sitter in 2 portraits

Anne Stewart (née Dashwood), Countess of Galloway

1743-1830
Second wife of 7th Earl of Galloway
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway

1768-1834
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alan Plantagenet Stewart, 10th Earl of Galloway

1835-1901
Conservative politician; MP for Wigtownshire
Sitter in 2 portraits