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Simon de Montfort, Lord of Montfort L'Amaury
circa 1170-1218Lord of Montfort l'Amaury in the Île-de-France; father of 8th Earl of Leicester
Sitter in 1 portrait
Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham
1754-1842Politician and agricultural reformer
Sitter in 9 portraits
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
1532 or 1533-1588Courtier and magnate; favourite of Elizabeth I
Sitter associated with 66 portraits
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
1800-1859Historian, poet and politician; MP for Calne, Leeds and Edinburgh; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 26 portraits
Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence
1871-1961Women's suffragist and Labour politician; MP for Leicester West and Edinburgh East and Secretary of State for India and Burma
Sitter in 17 portraits
(Arthur) Oliver Villiers Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill
1869-1935Lieutenant-Colonel, administrator in India; governor of Madras and rower
Sitter in 19 portraits
Herbert William ('Bert') Bowden, Baron Aylestone
1905-1994Politician; MP for Leicester South
Sitter in 11 portraits
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