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Sir Arthur Robert Adams

1861-1937
Colonial administrator
Sitter in 3 portraits

Diana Cicely (née Grove), Countess of Albemarle

1909-2013
Second wife of 9th Earl of Albemarle; daughter of John Archibald Grove
Sitter in 11 portraits

Henry Gerard Sturt, 1st Baron Alington

1825-1904
Politician, sportsman and landowner
Sitter in 3 portraits

Humphrey Napier Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington

1859-1919
Landowner and Conservative politician; MP for East Dorset
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arthur Acland Allen

1868-1939
Politician; MP for Christchurch and Dunbartonshire
Sitter in 2 portraits

Mary Anning

1799-1847
Palaeontologist and fossil dealer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke

1898-1962
Lieutenant-Colonel and governor
Sitter in 8 portraits

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley

1900-1947
Army officer
Sitter in 13 portraits

(Anthony) Lionel George Ashley

1838-1914
Deputy Lieutenant for Dorset; son of 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lady Lettice Mildred Mary Ashley-Cooper

1911-1990
Flight Officer W.A.A.F. and author; daughter of 9th Earl of Shaftesbury
Sitter in 1 portrait

Anthony Henry Ashley-Cooper

1807-1858
Politician; MP for Dorchester
Sitter in 1 portrait

Maurice Ashley-Cooper

1675-1726
Classical scholar; younger brother of 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
Sitter in 1 portrait

David Anthony Atkinson

1940-2012
Politician; MP for Bournemouth East
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir William Miles Aykroyd, 3rd Bt

1923-2007
Soldier; Director of Hardy Amies Ltd.
Sitter in 1 portrait

Giovanna Baccelli

circa 1753-1801
Dancer and mistress of 3rd Duke of Dorset
Sitter in 5 portraits

Elizabeth Bagot

active 17th century
Countess of Dorset
Sitter in 1 portrait

Bailey's Studio

Photographers
Artist of 2 portraits

George Bankes

1787-1856
Politician and lawyer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Henry Bankes

1757-1834
Politician and author
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

William John Bankes

1786-1855
Traveller, egyptologist, antiquary and politician; MP for Truro, University of Cambridge, Marlborough and Dorset
Sitter in 2 portraits

Ralph Mitford Marriott Barlow

1904-1977
Teacher; Assistant Master, Sherborne School
Sitter in 5 portraits

William Barnes

1801-1886
Dorsetshire poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Charles Barry

1795-1860
Architect
Sitter in 8 portraits

Thomas Beach

1738-1806
Portrait painter
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist associated with 10 portraits

John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford

1486?-1555
Lord High Admiral
Sitter associated with 9 portraits

Thomas Bell

1792-1880
Dental surgeon and zoologist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Edward Bellamy

1841-1891
Surgeon, lecturer and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Leslie William Bennington

1912-1981
Captain
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lord Henry William Bentinck

1804-1870
Trustee of the British Museum and Conservative politician; MP for Nottinghamshire North; son of 4th Duke of Portland
Sitter in 1 portrait

Matthew Robert Best

1878-1940
Admiral
Sitter in 3 portraits

Edward Latham Bevan

1861-1934
Bishop of Swansea
Sitter in 2 portraits

Kevin Billington

1934-2021
Film, theatre and television director
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Richard Bingham

1528-1599
Soldier and Governor of Connaught
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Richard Bingham

1750-1823
Colonel of the Dorsetshire Militia
Sitter in 1 portrait

Tony Blackburn

1943-
Singer and DJ
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford

1686-1703
Sitter in 5 portraits

Albertha (née Hamilton), Marchioness of Blandford

1847-1932
Wife of 8th Duke of Marlborough (when Marquess of Blandford); daughter of 1st Duke of Abercorn
Sitter in 8 portraits

Robert Stewart Blucke

1897-1988
Air Vice-Marshal
Sitter in 3 portraits

Anthony Blunt

1907-1983
Art historian and Soviet spy
Sitter in 7 portraits

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

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