Liberal politicians

Sir Charles Day Rose, 1st Bt

1847-1903
Racehorse owner, trainer and Liberal politician; MP for Newmarket
Sitter in 1 portrait

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

1847-1929
Prime Minister and author; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 24 portraits

Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford

1870-1949
Liberal politician; MP for Dewsbury and St Ives; son of 1st Baron Runciman
Sitter in 24 portraits

Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman

1847-1937
Shipowner and Liberal MP
Sitter in 4 portraits

Hilda Runciman (née Stevenson), Viscountess Runciman

1869-1956
Liberal politician; MP for St Ives; wife of 1st Viscount Runciman
Sitter in 9 portraits

Lord Arthur John Edward Russell

1825-1892
Liberal politician; MP for Tavistock; brother of 9th Duke of Bedford
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist associated with 1 portrait

Richard John Russell

1872-1943
Dental surgeon and Liberal politician; MP for Eddisbury
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir Thomas Wallace Russell, 1st Bt

1841-1920
Irish temperance supporter and Liberal politician; MP for Tyrone South and North
Sitter in 6 portraits

Peter Rylands

1820-1887
Wire manufacturer and Liberal politician; MP for Warrington and Burnley
Sitter in 2 portraits

Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

1870-1963
Home Secretary, 1st High Commissioner of Palestine and leader of the Liberal Party
Sitter in 45 portraits

Sir Edward Albert Sassoon, 2nd Bt

1856-1912
Major, businessman and Liberal politician; MP for Hythe
Sitter in 3 portraits

Beatrice Nancy Seear, Baroness Seear of Paddington

1913-1997
Politician; president of the Liberal Party
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Seely

1803-1887
Liberal politician and industrialist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Charles Seely, 1st Bt

1833-1915
Industrialist and politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

(Edward) Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron Sheffield

1839-1925
Liberal politician; MP for Oldham
Sitter in 8 portraits

Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke

1811-1892
Liberal politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sitter in 34 portraits

Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair, 3rd Bt

1825-1912
Landowner and Liberal politician; MP for Caithness
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Pirrie Sinclair

1837-1900
Member of Parliament; wholesale provision merchant and ship owner
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Clarence Smith

1849-1941
Stockbroker and Liberal politician; MP for Kingston upon Hull East
Sitter in 1 portrait

Cyril Smith

1928-2010
Politician and businessman
Sitter in 3 portraits

Samuel Smith

1836-1906
Philanthropist and Liberal politician; MP for Liverpool and Flintshire
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Edward Louis Spears, 1st Bt

1886-1974
Major-General, liaison officer and politician; MP for Loughborough and Carlisle
Sitter associated with 12 portraits

David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood

1938-
Politician; Leader of the Liberal Party and first Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
Sitter in 22 portraits

Sir Henry Kenyon Stephenson, 1st Bt

1865-1947
Lieutenant-Colonel, Lord Mayor of Sheffield and Liberal politician; MP for Sheffield Park
Sitter in 2 portraits

Charles Douglas Richard Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley

1840-1922
Liberal politician; MP for Montgomery
Sitter in 3 portraits

Angus Sutherland

1848-1922
Liberal politician; MP for Sutherland
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Thomas Sutherland

1834-1922
Shipowner, banker and Liberal politician; MP for Greenock
Sitter in 4 portraits

Ida Swinburne

Liberal candidate
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Charles Sykes, 1st Bt

1868-1950
Businessman, wool merchant and Liberal politician; MP for Huddersfield
Sitter in 1 portrait

Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

1803-1890
Landowner, industrialist and Liberal politician; MP for Glamorganshire
Sitter in 2 portraits

James Talbot, 4th Baron Talbot de Malahide

1805-1883
President of the Archaeological Society and Liberal politician; MP for Athlone
Sitter in 4 portraits

Henry Labouchere, Baron Taunton

1798-1869
Politician; MP for Taunton, President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for the Colonies
Sitter in 12 portraits

Theodore Cooke Taylor

1850-1952
Managing Director of Woollen Manufacturing Company; Liberal MP for Oldham
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Charles Clow Tennant, 1st Bt

1823-1906
Scottish businessman, industrialist, Liberal politician and patron of art. MP for Glasgow and Peebles and Selkirk; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 5 portraits

Harold John ('Jack') Tennant

1865-1935
Scotting Liberal politician; MP for Berwickshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Vera Florence Annie Woodhouse (née Bousher), Lady Terrington

1889-1973
Liberal politician; MP for Wycombe; former wife of Guy Ivo Sebright and of 2nd Baron Terrington, and later wife of Max V.Lensvelt
Sitter in 5 portraits

William Stanley Russell Thomas

1896-1957
Physician, surgeon, barrister and Liberal politician; MP for Southampton
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir Colin Norman Thornton-Kemsley

1903-1977
Politician; Chairman of the National Liberal Party
Sitter in 14 portraits

Jeremy Thorpe

1929-2014
Leader of the Liberal Party 1967-1976
Sitter in 11 portraits

Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso

1890-1970
Politician; leader of the Liberal Party
Sitter in 23 portraits