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Diane Abbott

1953-
Labour politician; MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Sitter in 5 portraits

James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger

1769-1844
Chief Baron of the Exchequer
Sitter associated with 39 portraits

Edward Hamlyn Adams

1777-1842
Politician; MP for Carmarthenshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Laurel Aitken

1927-2005
Singer, songwriter and record producer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle

1652-1688
Soldier and governor of Jamaica
Sitter in 11 portraits

Dacia (Dacia Allwood)

born 1902
Actress and dancer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Horace Andy

1951-
Reggae songwriter and singer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ari-Up

1962-2010
Singer; member of The Slits
Sitter in 4 portraits

Buju Banton (Mark Myrie)

1973-
Musician, Jamican Reggae
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Henry Barkly

1815-1898
Colonial governor, patron of the sciences and Conservative politician; MP for Leominister
Sitter in 4 portraits

George Dunsford Barne

1879-1954
Bishop of Lahore
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir William Fletcher Barrett

1844-1925
Professor of Physics
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir William Denis Battershill

1896-1959
Colonial administrator
Sitter in 2 portraits

Henry Beckford

active 1840
Formerly enslaved man and slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Peter Beckford

baptised 1643-1710
Owner of enslaved people; politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Beckford

1709-1770
Owner of enslaved people; politician
Sitter in 15 portraits

William Beckford

1744-1799
Owner of enslaved people
Sitter in 3 portraits

Harry Belafonte

1927-2023
Singer, actor and activist
Sitter in 36 portraits

Martine Beswick

1941-
Actress and model
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Sir Kenneth William Blackburne

1907-1980
Governor-General of Jamaica
Sitter in 2 portraits

Margaret Bond-Cabbell (née Dewar)

circa 1817-1911
Wife of John Bond-Cabbell; daughter of Robert Dewar
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Gordon Brown

1814-1903
Merchant; son of Jonathan Brown of Jamaica
Sitter in 1 portrait

Vanley Burke

1951-
Photographer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir (William) Alexander Bustamante

1884-1977
Prime Minister of Jamaica
Sitter in 4 portraits

Gladys Maud (née Longbridge), Lady Bustamente

1912-2009
Activist for workers' and women's rights
Sitter in 1 portrait

John ('Jock') Middleton Campbell, Baron Campbell of Eskan

1912-1994
Businessman; instrumental in founding The Booker Prize
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lady Colin Campbell

1949-
Writer and socialite; former wife of Lord Colin Ivar Campbell; daughter of Michael Ziadie
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Baron Caradon

1907-1990
Colonial administrator and diplomat
Sitter in 6 portraits

John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery

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

Tom Chadwick

1912-1942
Artist
Sitter in 11 portraits

Linford Christie

1960-
Sprinter; Olympian
Sitter in 8 portraits

Reginald Courtenay

1813-1906
Bishop of Jamaica
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Noël Coward

1899-1973
Actor, playwright and composer
Sitter associated with 117 portraits

Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen

1852-1935
Composer and conductor
Sitter in 17 portraits

Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer

1841-1917
Consul-General in Egypt
Sitter in 35 portraits

Violet Cummings

Housekeeper and cook to Ian Fleming
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Davidson

1786-1820
Cabinetmaker; conspirator
Sitter in 2 portraits

Dame Karlene Cecile Davis

1946-
General Secretary, Royal College of Midwives
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Dawkins

1722-1757
Archaeologist and Jacobite
Sitter in 2 portraits

Vivian Leslie de Cordova

1892-1967
Army General
Sitter in 1 portrait