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Sir Carl Douglas Aarvold

1907-1991
Judge and Recorder of London
Sitter in 3 portraits

Cyril Argentine Alington

1872-1955
Headmaster and dean of Durham
Sitter in 3 portraits

George Frederick Allison

1883-1957
Football manager, journalist and broadcaster
Sitter in 8 portraits

Alun Armstrong

1946-
Actor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Aaron Arrowsmith

1750-1823
Geographer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Rowan Atkinson

1955-
Actor and writer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon

1897-1977
Prime Minister
Sitter in 44 portraits

Jonathan Backhouse

1779-1842
Banker and slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Peter Baelz

1923-2000
Theologian
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Logie Baird

1888-1946
Television pioneer
Sitter in 25 portraits

Thomas Baker

1656-1740
Scholar and antiquary
Sitter in 2 portraits

Betty Balfour

1903-1977
Actress
Sitter in 3 portraits

Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard

1854-1918
Peer and freemason
Sitter in 1 portrait

Shute Barrington

1734-1826
Bishop of Durham
Sitter in 15 portraits

Joseph Batey

1867-1949
Politician; MP for Spennymoor
Sitter in 2 portraits

Basil Beattie

1935-
Painter
Sitter in 2 portraits

Gertrude Bell

1868-1926
Traveller, spy and archaeologist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Quentin Bell

1910-1996
Artist and writer; son of Clive and Vanessa Bell
Sitter in 6 portraits

Marcus Bentley

1967-
Actor, broadcaster and voice-over artist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Stuart Holman Biddlecombe

1879-1944
Vicar of Kew
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Bird

1709-1776
Astronomical instrument maker
Sitter in 2 portraits

Tony Blair

1953-
Prime Minister
Sitter in 15 portraits

William Reid Blyton, Baron Blyton

1899-1987
Politician; MP for Houghton-le-Spring
Sitter in 8 portraits

George Body

1840-1911
Canon of Durham Cathedral
Sitter in 3 portraits

Gladys Boot

1890-1964
Actress
Sitter in 5 portraits

(Harold) James Boyden

1910-1993
Politician; MP for Bishop Auckland
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Alfred Brett

Headmaster, Durham School
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Charles James Briggs

1865-1941
Lieutenant-General
Sitter in 3 portraits

Henry Perronet Briggs

1791-1844
Antiquary and subject painter
Artist associated with 54 portraits

John Brookes

1933-2018
Landscape architect and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Stephen Poyntz Brooksbank

1856-1931
Civil engineer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Mervyn Brown

1923-2023
Diplomat
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Brown

1705-1746
Soldier who distinguished himself at the battle of Dettingen, 1743
Sitter in 1 portrait

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

1806-1861
Poet; wife of Robert Browning
Sitter in 7 portraits

Anne Isabella, Lady Byron

1792-1860
Wife of Lord Byron
Sitter in 7 portraits

Joshua Harold Burn

1892-1981
Pharmacologist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Joseph Butler

1692-1752
Bishop of Durham
Sitter in 3 portraits

George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan

1840-1915
Politician; MP for Bath
Sitter in 17 portraits

John Caldwell (John Fenwick)

1628-1679
Jesuit
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir Anthony Carlisle

1768-1840
Surgeon
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Carr

1786-1833
Professor of mathematics at Durham
Sitter in 1 portrait

Eleanor (née Lambton), Viscountess Cecil of Chelwood

1868-1959
Wife of 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood; daughter of 2nd Earl of Durham
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edward Chandler

1668-1750
Bishop of Durham
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir John Alexander Charles

died 1971
Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Tulson Clarke

Photographer
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Ivy Close

1890-1968
Actress
Sitter in 1 portrait

Brian Clough

1935-2004
Footballer and football manager
Sitter in 1 portrait

Maurice Cockrill

1935-2013
Artist
Sitter in 3 portraits

(Frederick) Seymour Cocks

1882-1953
Politician; MP for Broxtowe
Sitter associated with 6 portraits

Charles Colling

1751-1836
Stockbreeder
Sitter in 1 portrait

Catherine Cookson

1906-1998
Author
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Cosin

1594-1672
Bishop of Durham
Sitter in 4 portraits

Joseph Cowen

1829-1900
Politician and journalist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew

1633-1721
Bishop of Durham
Sitter in 14 portraits

(Edward) Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton

1887-1962
Labour politician and economist
Sitter in 25 portraits

Giles Deacon

1969-
Fashion designer
Sitter in 1 portrait

F. W. ('Freddie') Dixon

1892-1956
Racing driver and motorcyclist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir John Dolben

1684-1756
Prebendary of Durham
Sitter in 4 portraits

William Edward Downey

1855-1908
Photographer; son of William Downey
Artist associated with 11 portraits

Henry Clare Duncan

1876-1961
Army officer
Sitter in 1 portrait