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Sir Muda Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan of Brunei

1914-1986
Sultan of Brunei
Sitter associated with 9 portraits

Sherard Osborn

1822-1875
Rear-Admiral and writer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Joy Lorraine Paxton-Harding Hunter (née Ferguson)

1915-1966
In World War II worked under the Official Secrets Act in Sri Lanka and Malaysia
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Sir William Peel

1875-1945
Diplomat
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir David Piper

1918-1990
Art historian; Director of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 3 portraits

Carmichael Charles Peter ('Mike') Pocock

1920-1979
Chairman of Shell Transport and Trading Co
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frederic Hugh Pollard

1903-1955
Civil servant
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles

1781-1826
Colonial governor and zoologist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Tunku Abdul Rahman

1903-1990
Prime Minister of Malaysia
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir William Henry Rycroft

1861-1925
Major-General; Colonial Governor of British North Borneo
Sitter in 5 portraits

Alan Sillitoe

1928-2010
Novelist, screenwriter, poet and playwright
Sitter in 8 portraits

Joe Simpson

1960-
Mountaineer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Han Suyin (née Elizabeth Kuanghu Chow, later Comber)

1917-2012
Author and physician
Sitter in 11 portraits

Sir Frank (Athelstane) Swettenham

1850-1946
Colonial administrator
Sitter in 7 portraits

Sir (Thomas) Shenton Whitelegge Thomas

1879-1962
Colonial administrator
Sitter associated with 24 portraits

Peter Trevenen Thwaites

1926-1991
Brigadier
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Geofroy William Tory

1912-2012
Diplomat
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir William Hood Treacher

1849-1919
Resident General of Federated Malay States
Sitter in 2 portraits

Robert Elliott ('Roy') Urquhart

1901-1988
Major General; General Officer Malaya
Sitter in 2 portraits

Alfred Russel Wallace

1823-1913
Naturalist, evolutionary theorist and social critic
Sitter in 20 portraits

Alexander Tucker Wardrop

1866-1934
Superintendent of Native Police, British North Borneo
Sitter in 2 portraits

Selby Whittingham

Photographer
Artist of 1 portrait

Sir Richard Olof Winstedt

1878-1966
Civil servant and Malay scholar
Sitter in 7 portraits

Diana Beatrice Wong

1917-2012
Actress; wife of Roy (Francis) Plomley
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Arthur Henderson Young

1854-1938
Colonial administrator
Sitter in 4 portraits