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Sir Sidney Solomon Abrahams

1885-1957
Colonial judicial administrator and long jumper; Olympian
Sitter in 12 portraits

Sir Maurice Henry Adams

1908-1992
Surgeon Major and Rear-Admiral
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Thomas Martland Ainscough

1886-1976
Colonial administrator
Sitter in 3 portraits

Archibald Alexander

1812-1883
Army surgeon and Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals for Scotland
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir John Anderson

1858-1918
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon
Sitter in 2 portraits

Alexander Dharma Rama Apotantreygay

born circa 1792
Sri Lankan Buddhist priest, baptised by Adam Clarke
Sitter in 1 portrait

M.I.A (Mathangi ('Maya') Arulpragasam)

1975-
Singer and artist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Baker Pasha (Valentine Baker)

1827-1887
Army officer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Cecil Balmond

1943-
Engineer; Arcelormittal Orbit in the Olympic Park, London 2012
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike

1916-2000
Sri Lankan Politician; first woman to be elected Prime Minister in the world
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Solomon Dias Abeywickrama Jayetilleke Senewiratne Rajakumarun Kadukeralu Bandaranaike

1862-1946
Justice of the Peace for Ceylon
Sitter in 18 portraits

Sir William Denis Battershill

1896-1959
Colonial administrator
Sitter in 2 portraits

George Steward Beatson

1814-1874
Surgeon-General
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Ernest Nathaniel Bennett

1865-1947
Politician and journalist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir Anton Bertram

1869-1937
Chief Justice of Ceylon
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert James Blackham

1868-1951
Army physician and Major-General; Assistant Commissioner of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood

1893-1967
Colonial administrator
Sitter in 11 portraits

Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon

1883-1948
Colonial governor
Sitter in 5 portraits

Eliza Hulman Butler (née Simpson)

1809-1886
Daughter of Thomas Simpson; wife of Samuel Butler
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Andrew Caldecott

1884-1951
Colonial Governor of Ceylon and Hong Kong
Sitter in 12 portraits

Julia Margaret Cameron

1815-1879
Pioneer photographer
Sitter in 9 portraits | Artist associated with 119 portraits

Sir Colin Campbell

1776-1847
Army officer and colonial governor
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sybil Campbell

1889-1977
Metropolitan Police magistrate
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mark Rodolph Carpenter-Garnier

1881-1969
Bishop of Colombo
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sarath Chandrajeewa

1955-
Sculptor
Artist of 1 portrait

James Chapman

1799-1879
Anglican Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir (Peter) Alexander Clutterbuck

1897-1975
Diplomat
Sitter in 3 portraits

Joyce Cooper

1909-2002
Swimmer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir (George) Claude Stanley Corea

1894-1962
Ambassador of Ceylon in the United States
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Kenneth Noel Crawford

1895-1961
Army officer and engineer
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir George Elvey Creasy

1895-1972
Admiral of the Fleet
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir (Leybourne) Stanley Patrick Davidson

1894-1981
Professor of Medicine
Sitter in 1 portrait

(Hiyanirindu) Lakdasa Jacob de Mel

1902-1976
Bishop of Kurunegala and Bishop of Calcutta
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sheila Dodanwela

Wife of Marsh Dodanwela; daughter of Sir Oliver Goonetilleke
Sitter associated with 5 portraits

Frederick George Donnan

1870-1956
Physical chemist
Sitter in 5 portraits

Dame Jane Beverly Drew

1911-1996
Architect
Sitter in 5 portraits

Chris Drury

1948-
Artist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Royston Ellis

1941-2023
Writer
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

1841-1920
Admiral
Sitter in 17 portraits

Sir Charles Morton Forbes

1880-1960
Admiral of the Fleet
Sitter in 4 portraits

Donald Stuart Leslie Friend

1915-1989
Artist and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Maxwell Fry

1899-1987
Architect, painter and writer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir William Duff Gibbon

1837-1919
Senior planter of Ceylon
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir (Thomas Herbert) John Chapman Goodwin

1871-1960
Army surgeon and colonial governor
Sitter in 11 portraits

Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke

1892-1978
Governor-General of Ceylon
Sitter in 14 portraits

Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming

1837-1924
Travel writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Archibald Rollo Graham-Campbell

1903-1978
Bishop of Colombo
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Albert Gray

1850-1928
Barrister and civil servant in Ceylon; brother of Effie Millais
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir William Henry Gregory

1817-1892
Anglo-Irish writer and politician, and Governor of Ceylon; husband of Lady Gregory, the writer and folklorist
Sitter in 5 portraits

Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey

1802-1894
Secretary for the Colonies
Sitter associated with 36 portraits

Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford

1766-1827
Politician and Governor of Ceylon
Sitter associated with 6 portraits

Romesh Gunesekera

1954-
Author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Wimala Dhamma Hewavitarne

born circa 1913
Publisher; son of Charles Alvis Hewavitarne
Sitter in 1 portrait

Cecil Douglas Horsley

1903-1953
Bishop of Colombo and Gibraltar
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir Everard Ferdinand im Thurn

1852-1932
Author, explorer and Governor of Fiji and Ceylon
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir Henry Turner Irving

1833-1923
Colonial governor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Edward St John Jackson

1886-1961
Colonial Attorney-General
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir Don Baron Jayatilaka

1868-1944
Educationalist, statesman, barrister and colonial administrator
Sitter in 4 portraits

Ellis Jeffreys

1872-1943
Actress; wife of Herbert Sleath Skelton
Sitter in 31 portraits

Sir John Jeremie

1795-1841
Colonial judge
Sitter in 4 portraits