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- place 'Derbyshire'

Robert Adam

Robert Adam

1728-1792
Architect
Sitter in 2 portraits
Sir Richard Arkwright

Sir Richard Arkwright

1732-1792
Engineer and inventor
Sitter in 2 portraits
Dame Margaret Mary Beckett (née Jackson)

Dame Margaret Mary Beckett (née Jackson)

1943-
Labour politician; Foreign Secretary and MP for Derby South and Lincoln
Sitter in 1 portrait
Edward Carpenter

Edward Carpenter

1844-1929
Writer on social subjects
Sitter in 9 portraits
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

1694-1773
Statesman
Sitter associated with 15 portraits
Brian Clough

Brian Clough

1935-2004
Footballer and football manager
Sitter in 1 portrait
Graham Coxon

Graham Coxon

1969-
Guitarist; member of Blur
Sitter in 3 portraits
Edwina Currie

Edwina Currie

1946-
Politician; MP for South Derbyshire and writer
Sitter in 3 portraits
George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

1859-1925
Politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, traveller and viceroy of India
Sitter associated with 34 portraits
Erasmus Darwin

Erasmus Darwin

1731-1802
Physician and poet
Sitter in 8 portraits
Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby

Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby

1509-1572
Magnate
Sitter associated with 4 portraits
Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

1799-1869
Prime Minister
Sitter in 105 portraits
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire

William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire

1672-1729
Whig leader
Sitter in 5 portraits
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire

Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire

1757-1806
Beauty and leader of Whig society; first wife of 5th Duke of Devonshire
Sitter in 29 portraits
Elizabeth Christiana Cavendish (née Hervey), Duchess of Devonshire

Elizabeth Christiana Cavendish (née Hervey), Duchess of Devonshire

1757-1824
Society hostess and patron of the arts
Sitter associated with 5 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait
George Eliot

George Eliot

1819-1880
Novelist
Sitter associated with 12 portraits
Arthur Henderson

Arthur Henderson

1863-1935
Politician, leader of the Labour Party, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and iron moulder
Sitter associated with 15 portraits
Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes

1588-1679
Social philosopher
Sitter associated with 21 portraits
Laura Knight

Laura Knight

1877-1970
Artist
Sitter in 34 portraits | Artist associated with 3 portraits
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

1831-1891
'Owen Meredith'; poet; viceroy of India
Sitter in 19 portraits