Liberal politicians

Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury

1811-1886
Courtier and politician: MP for Marlborough
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir John Stirling Ainsworth, 1st Bt

1844-1923
Industrialist, banker and Liberal politician; MP for Argyllshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Munro, 1st Baron Alness

1868-1955
Judge and Liberal politician; Secretary for Scotland
Sitter in 20 portraits

David Patrick Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool

1951-
Politician; Liberal Chief Whip
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir William Amcotts-Ingilby, 2nd Bt

1784-1854
Liberal politician; MP for Lincolnshire
Sitter in 4 portraits

Hon. Augustus Henry Archibald Anson

1835-1877
Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross; Liberal MP for Lichfield and Bewdley
Sitter in 2 portraits

George Armitstead, 1st Baron Armitstead

1824-1915
Businessman and Liberal politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

(Helen) Violet Bonham Carter (née Asquith), Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury

1887-1969
President of the Liberal Party Organisation; wife of Sir Maurice Bonham Carter; daughter of Herbert Asquith
Sitter associated with 31 portraits

Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury

1928-2016
Human rights campaigner and Liberal politician; MP for Orpington
Sitter in 2 portraits

Acton Smee Ayrton

1816-1886
Barrister and Liberal politician; MP for Tower Hamlets
Sitter in 7 portraits

Jabez Spencer Balfour

1843-1916
Liberal politician; MP for Tamworth and Burnley
Sitter in 2 portraits

Robert Noton Barclay

1872-1957
Lord Mayor of Manchester, shipping merchant, banker and Liberal politician; MP for Manchester
Sitter in 2 portraits

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

Hamar Alfred Bass

1842-1898
Brewer, racehorse owner and Liberal politician; MP for Tamworth and Staffordshire West
Sitter in 1 portrait

Cyril Flower, 1st Baron Battersea

1843-1907
Liberal politician and patron of art
Sitter in 9 portraits | Artist associated with 117 portraits

Sir Thomas Bazley, 1st Bt

1797-1885
Cotton manufacturer and Liberal politician; MP for Manchester
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Charles Richard Blunt, 4th Bt

1775-1840
Liberal politician; MP for Lewes and served with the East India Company and Bengal Civil Service
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Thomas Henry Bolton

1841-1916
Solicitor, amateur actor and Liberal politician; MP for St Pancras North
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edgar Alfred Bowring

1826-1911
Translator, civil servant and Liberal politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne

1829-1893
Children's story writer and Liberal politician; MP for Sandwich
Sitter in 4 portraits

Henry Arthur Brassey

1840-1891
Liberal politician; MP for Sandwich
Sitter in 1 portrait

Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane

1851-1922
Lord Lieutenant; Liberal Politician
Sitter in 5 portraits

Joseph Brotherton

1783-1857
Bible Christian minister, parliamentary reformer and Liberal politician; MP for Salford
Sitter in 3 portraits

Lord Charles William Brudenell-Bruce

1834-1897
Soldier, courtier and Liberal politician; MP for North Wiltshire and Marlborough
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce

1838-1922
Jurist, historian and Liberal politician; MP for Tower Hamlets and Aberdeen South
Sitter in 15 portraits

Edward Brydges-Willyams

1834-1916
High Sheriff of Cornwall and Liberal politician; MP for Truro and East Cornwall
Sitter in 1 portrait

Herbert Colstoun Gardner, 1st Baron Burghclere

1846-1921
President of the Board of Agriculture, amateur actor and Liberal politician; MP for Saffron Walden
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Elliott Burns

1858-1943
Trade unionist and Liberal politician; MP for Battersea
Sitter in 30 portraits

Michael Arthur Bass, 1st Baron Burton

1837-1909
Brewer, philanthropist, art collector and politician; Liberal MP for Stafford
Sitter in 3 portraits

Francis William Buxton

1847-1911
Barrister and Liberal politician; MP for Andover
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Frank Byers, Baron Byers

1915-1984
Politician; Leader of the Liberal party in the House of Lords
Sitter in 8 portraits

Vince Cable

1943-
Politician; Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Charles Cameron, 1st Bt

1841-1924
Newspaper editor and Liberal politician; MP for Glasgow
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

1836-1908
Prime Minister
Sitter in 29 portraits

Robert Adam Philips Haldane Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown

1841-1918
Landowner and Liberal politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles James Stanley Howard, 10th Earl of Carlisle

1867-1912
Captain in the Second Boer War and politician; MP for Birmingham South
Sitter associated with 6 portraits

William Cornwallis Cartwright

1825-1915
Art collector, author and Liberal politician; MP for Oxfordshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frederick Edward Gould Lambart, 9th Earl of Cavan

1839-1900
Liberal politician; MP for South Somerset
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edward Stillingfleet Cayley

1802-1862
Liberal politician; MP for North Riding of Yorkshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Montagu Chambers

1800-1885
Queen's Counsel, lawyer and Liberal politician; MP for Greenwich
Sitter in 1 portrait