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George Thomas John Nugent, Marquess of Westmeath

1785-1871
Soldier; politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland

1759-1841
Politician; Lord Privy Seal
Sitter associated with 32 portraits

Edward Wetenhall

1636-1713
Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth

1640-1714
Statesman
Sitter in 1 portrait

Richard Whately

1787-1863
Archbishop of Dublin and philosopher
Sitter in 5 portraits

Thomas Sherlock Wheeler

1899-1962
Research chemist with Imperial Chemical Industries and Professor of Chemistry, University College, Dublin
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Geoffrey Granville Whiskard

1886-1957
Politician and Diplomat; British High Commissioner to Australia
Sitter in 6 portraits

Rex Whistler

1905-1944
Painter and designer
Sitter in 24 portraits | Artist of 6 portraits

Luke White

died 1854
Politician; MP for County Longford
Sitter in 1 portrait

Samuel White

circa 1784-1854
Politician; MP for County Leitrim
Sitter in 1 portrait

Terence Hanbury White

1906-1964
Novelist
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, Viscount Whitelaw

1918-1999
Politician; Home Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister
Sitter in 18 portraits

Hon. Frances Sarah Whittuck (née Butler)

1845-1916
Wife of Edward Arthur Whittuck; daughter of 13th Viscount Mountgarret
Sitter in 3 portraits

William Howard, 4th Earl of Wicklow

1788-1869
Sitter in 3 portraits

Cecil Frances Howard (née Hamilton), Countess of Wicklow

1795-1860
Wife of 4th Earl of Wicklow
Sitter in 2 portraits

Oscar Wilde

1854-1900
Wit and dramatist
Sitter associated with 16 portraits

Benjamin Wilson

1721-1788
Portrait painter and scientist
Sitter in 5 portraits | Artist associated with 44 portraits

Sir Charles William Wilson

1836-1905
Army officer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Isabella Wilson

Sister of Edward Wilson and Walter Wilson
Sitter in 2 portraits

Roderic Augustine Wilson

Irish Guards Captain
Sitter in 7 portraits

Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson

1873-1950
Colonial governor and civil servant
Sitter in 9 portraits

Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne

1873-1939
Politician and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Sitter in 13 portraits

Hon. Lewis Strange Wingfield

1842-1891
Irish traveller, actor, writer and painter; son of 6th Viscount Powerscourt
Sitter in 2 portraits

Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton

1883-1962
Statesman
Sitter in 17 portraits

Peg Woffington

1720?-1760
Actress
Sitter associated with 21 portraits

Sir Michael Terence ('Terry') Wogan

1938-2016
Radio and television broadcaster
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Woodburn

died 1803
Portrait painter
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Elizabeth Montagu Woodhouse (née Burgoyne)

circa 1833-1918
Wife of Edward Sebastian Woodhouse; daughter of John Fox Burgoyne
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir (John) Evelyn Leslie Wrench

1882-1966
Diplomat and promoter of the British empire; author and editor of 'The Spectator'
Sitter in 11 portraits

Frederick Stringer Wrench

1849-1926
Irish land commissioner
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Aldis Wright

1831-1914
Literary and biblical scholar
Sitter in 3 portraits

Emily Catherine (née Hare), Lady Wrixon-Becher

1834-1916
Wife of Sir John Wrixon-Becher, 3rd Bt; daughter of 2nd Earl of Listowel
Sitter in 1 portrait

Elizabeth ('Eliza') (née O'Neil), Lady Wrixon-Becher

1791-1872
Actress; daughter of John O'Neill
Sitter associated with 10 portraits

Thomas Henry Wyatt

1807-1880
Architect
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frederick Richards Wynne

1827-1896
Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Thomas Wyse

1791-1862
Irish politician and diplomat
Sitter associated with 8 portraits

Victoria Alexandrina (née Hare), Countess of Yarborough (later Mrs Richardson)

1840-1927
Wife of 3rd Earl of Yarborough; later wife of John Maunsell Richardson
Sitter in 2 portraits

Jack Yeats

1871-1957
Artist
Sitter in 17 portraits

John Butler Yeats

1839-1922
Painter
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist of 2 portraits

W.B. Yeats

1865-1939
Poet and dramatist; son of John Butler Yeats
Sitter in 59 portraits