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Novelist and dramatist
Sitter in 4 portraits 
Novelist and playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait 
Welsh novelist and playwright
Sitter in 15 portraits 
Playwright and novelist; wife of 6th Earl of Longford
Sitter in 2 portraits 
Playwrights and dramatists
337 People in group
1871-1948
Barrister, rower, playwright and politician; MP for East Denbighshire, North West Norfolk and Crewe
Sitter in 8 portraits
Barrister, rower, playwright and politician; MP for East Denbighshire, North West Norfolk and Crewe
Sitter in 8 portraits
1890-1971
Humorist, novelist, playwright and politician; MP for Oxford University
Sitter in 30 portraits
Humorist, novelist, playwright and politician; MP for Oxford University
Sitter in 30 portraits
1755-1834
Painter and dramatist; son of William Hoare
Sitter in 8 portraits | Artist associated with 9 portraits
Painter and dramatist; son of William Hoare
Sitter in 8 portraits | Artist associated with 9 portraits
John Oliver Hobbes (Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie (née Richards))
1867-1906Novelist and dramatist
Sitter in 4 portraits
Florence Antoinette Kilpatrick (née Calvert, later Crowder)
1888-1968Novelist and playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait
1900-1973
Playwright, theatre director and Labour politician; MP for Eton and Slough
Sitter in 6 portraits
Playwright, theatre director and Labour politician; MP for Eton and Slough
Sitter in 6 portraits
Richard Llewellyn (Richard Dafydd Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd)
1907-1983Welsh novelist and playwright
Sitter in 15 portraits
Christine Patti Pakenham (née Trew), Countess of Longford
1900-1980Playwright and novelist; wife of 6th Earl of Longford
Sitter in 2 portraits
Dramatist
Sitter in 5 portraits
Sitter in 5 portraits
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