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Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney

1843-1920
Photographic scientist and education official
Sitter in 5 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait

Charles Thomas Abraham

1857-1945
Bishop Suffragan of Derby
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Adam

1728-1792
Architect
Sitter in 2 portraits

Prince Alexander Obolensky

1916-1940
Rugby player; Acting Pilot Officer in the Royal Auxiliary Air Forece; son of Prince Serge Obolensky
Sitter in 9 portraits

Geoffrey Francis Allen

1902-1982
Bishop of Derby and Bishop of Egypt
Sitter in 14 portraits

Rick Allen

1963-
Drummer; member of Def Leppard
Sitter in 1 portrait

Helen Allingham

1848-1926
Watercolour painter
Artist associated with 2 portraits

Anne Ker (née Stanley), Countess of Ancram

died 1657
Second wife of Robert Ker, Earl of Ancram; daughter of 6th Earl of Derby
Sitter in 2 portraits

Peter Arkwright

1784-1866
Sheriff of Derbyshire
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Richard Arkwright

1732-1792
Engineer and inventor
Sitter in 2 portraits

Albert Henry Stanley, Baron Ashfield

1874-1948
Chairman of London Passenger Transport Board
Sitter in 15 portraits

Joseph Priestman Atkinson

1841-1923
Punch cartoonist; used pseudonym Dumb Crambo Jr
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Olave St Clair Baden-Powell (née Soames), Lady Baden-Powell

1889-1977
Leader of the world Girl Guide movement; wife of 1st Baron Baden-Powell
Sitter in 17 portraits

John Balguy

circa 1752-1833
of Darwent Hall and Duffield, Recorder of Derby
Sitter in 1 portrait

Anna Maria Heywood (née Denman), Lady Barlow

1873-1965
Liberal politician and welfare reformer; wife of Sir John Emmott Barlow; sister of 3rd Baron Denman
Sitter in 3 portraits

Thomas Bateman

1821-1861
Archaeologist and antiquary
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Alan Bates

1934-2003
Actor
Sitter in 7 portraits

Thomas Bayley

1846-1906
Politician; MP for Chesterfield
Sitter in 2 portraits

Dame Margaret Mary Beckett (née Jackson)

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

Sir Henry Howe Bemrose

1827-1911
Politician and director of various companies
Sitter in 1 portrait