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1419 people matching these criteria:
- place 'Ireland'
Journalist, financial expert and politician; MP for County Sligo, Belfast West and North Kerr
Sitter in 1 portrait
Emily Henrietta Boyle (née Seymour), Countess of Shannon
died 1887Wife of 4th Earl of Shannon; daughter of Lord George Seymour-Conway
Sitter in 3 portraits
Richard Bentinck Boyle, 9th Earl of Shannon
1924-2013Captain of the Irish Guards and company director
Sitter in 27 portraits
Susan Margaret Rogers Boyle (née Hogg), Countess of Shannon
active 1957-died 2011Second wife of 9th Earl of Shannon
Sitter in 3 portraits
Charlotte Shaw (née Payne-Townshend)
1857-1943Political and women's rights activist and member of the Fabian Society; wife of George Bernard Shaw
Sitter in 4 portraits
Shaw Desmond (Charles Nathaniel Lowe Shaw)
1877-1960Novelist and writer; Founder, International Institute for Psychical Research
Sitter in 1 portrait
Merchant, Accountant-General of the Post Office and politician; MP for Bannow
Sitter in 1 portrait
Portrait painter and President of the Royal Academy
Sitter in 3 portraits | Artist associated with 88 portraits
Daniel Desmond ('D.D.') Sheehan
1874-1948Politician, newspaper editor, author and barrister
Sitter in 1 portrait
Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury
1552-1616Lord High Steward of Ireland and Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire; patron of the arts
Sitter in 3 portraits
Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, 11th Earl of Waterford and 3rd Earl Talbot
1803-1868Naval commander and politician
Sitter in 2 portraits
Charles Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury
1860-1921Lord High Steward of Ireland
Sitter in 4 portraits
Lord Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Archbishop of Armagh
Sitter in 1 portrait
Artist of 2 portraits
Norwegian diplomat; Norwegian Ambassador to the Court of St James’s and to Ireland
Sitter in 2 portraits
Catherine Henrietta (née Dicken), Marchioness of Sligo
circa 1836-1914Wife of 5th Marquess of Sligo; daughter of William Stephens Dicken
Sitter in 1 portrait
Agatha Stewart (née Hodgson), Marchioness of Sligo
died 1965Wife of 6th Marquess of Sligo
Sitter in 3 portraits
Artist and writer; wrote under the collaborative pseudonym 'Somerville and Ross' with Violet Martin
Artist of 1 portrait
Lady Ismay Catherine Southampton (née Nugent)
1838-1918Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria; second wife of 3rd Baron Southampton
Sitter in 1 portrait
Diplomat; secretary of state for Ireland; President of the Royal Society
Sitter in 4 portraits
John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer
1835-1910Politician, Lord President of the Council and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 38 portraits
Lady Alexandra Louise Elizabeth Stanley (née Acheson)
1878-1958Wife of Hon. Frederick William Stanley; daughter of 4th Earl of Gosford
Sitter in 1 portrait
Hon. Mabella Geraldine Stannus (née Vesey-Fitzgerald)
1826-1910Wife of Beauchamp Walter Stannus; daughter of 3rd Baron Fitzgerald and Vesey
Sitter in 1 portrait
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