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Dame Denise Lewis

1972-
Heptathlete; Olympian and London 2012 Ambassador
Sitter in 3 portraits

Violet Loxley

1914-1999
Actress
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Edwin McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of Moffat

1907-1990
Builder
Sitter in 3 portraits

Ishbel MacDonald

1903-1982
Political hostess and local politician; daughter of (James) Ramsay MacDonald
Sitter in 7 portraits

Patience McElwee

1910-1963
Author; wife of William Lloyd McElwee
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sarah Rose (or Rosa) Mackenzie

1839-1923
Daughter of Edward Mackenzie; wife of John Edward Hunter Cooke
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Dalziel Mackenzie

1840-1928
Lieutenant-Colonel; Barrister
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Major

1719-1799
Artist associated with 9 portraits

Lilah Constance (née Cavendish), Lady Manningham-Buller

1884-1944
Wife of Sir Mervyn Edward Manningham-Buller; daughter of 3rd Baron Chesham
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir (Sydney) Frank Markham

1897-1975
Major, writer and politician; MP for Chatham, Buckingham and Nottingham South
Sitter in 5 portraits

Francis Hugh Adam Marshall

1878-1949
Physiologist
Sitter in 8 portraits

Matthew Marshall

1790-1873
Chief Cashier of the Bank of England
Sitter in 1 portrait

Barry Martin

1943-
Painter and sculptor
Artist of 1 portrait

Algernon William John Clotworthy Skeffington, 12th Viscount Massereene and Ferrard

1873-1956
Lieutenant-Colonel
Sitter in 13 portraits

Robert Maxwell

1923-1991
Newspaper proprietor and publisher
Sitter in 9 portraits

Otway Mayne

1855-1939
Soldier and Chief Constable of Buckinghamshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Prince Michael of Kent

1942-
Cousin of Queen Elizabeth II
Sitter in 17 portraits

John Milton

1608-1674
Poet
Sitter associated with 72 portraits

Sir David Bower Mitchell

1928-2014
Politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

David William Mitchell

1813-1859
Zoologist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth

1596-1661
Translator
Sitter in 8 portraits

Kenneth More

1914-1982
Actor
Sitter in 7 portraits

Sir Alfred James Munnings

1878-1959
Painter and President of the Royal Academy
Sitter associated with 11 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait

Belinda Murdoch

1941-
Daughter of Richard Bernard ('Stinker') Murdoch
Sitter in 3 portraits

Jane Murdoch

1942-
Daughter of Richard Bernard ('Stinker') Murdoch
Sitter in 3 portraits

Timothy Murdoch

1945-
Son of Richard Bernard ('Stinker') Murdoch
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lady Hilda Joanna Gwendolin Murray (née Knightley)

1872-1931
Wife of Sir Malcolm Donald Murray; daughter of 7th Earl of Aylesford
Sitter in 5 portraits

Joseph Nash

1809-1878
Architectural painter and lithographer
Sitter in 2 portraits | Artist of 2 portraits

Ben Nicholson

1894-1982
Artist; son of Sir William Nicholson
Sitter in 6 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait

Guy Oliver Nickalls

1899-1974
Rower; Olympian; son of Guy Nickalls
Sitter in 1 portrait

Florence Nightingale

1820-1910
Reformer of hospital nursing and of the Army Medical Services
Sitter associated with 37 portraits

Rose Riversdale Towneley-Bertie (née Glyn), Lady Norreys

1860-1933
Wife of Montagu Charles Francis Towneley-Bertie, Lord Norreys; daughter of Hon. Henry Carr Glyn; sister of 4th Baron Wolverton
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Alfred James Oakley

1880-1959
Sculptor
Sitter in 4 portraits

Kenneth Page Oakley

1911-1981
Anthropologist, palaeontologist and museum curator
Sitter in 1 portrait

Patrick O'Brian

1914-2000
Novelist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir John Pakington

1549-1625
Courtier
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Philip Noel Panton

1877-1950
Clinical pathologist and Director of Laboratories at the London Hospital
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir Philip Digby Pauncefort-Duncombe, 4th Bt

1927-2011
Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edward John Payne

1844-1904
Historian
Sitter in 1 portrait

Humfry Gilbert Garth Payne

1902-1936
Archaeologist; husband of Dilys Powell
Sitter in 3 portraits

Michael Peppiatt

1941-
Art historian, curator and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Maxwell Edmund Massy Perkins

1907-1985
Air Vice-Marshal
Sitter in 4 portraits

William Pitt

1759-1806
Prime Minister
Sitter associated with 174 portraits

Mary Pix

1666-1720?
Dramatist
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland

1768-1854
Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex and Conservative politician; MP for Petersfield and Buckinghamshire
Sitter associated with 4 portraits

Terry Pratchett

1948-2015
Author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Steve Redgrave

1962-
Rower; Olympian and sports consultant; London 2012 Ambassador
Sitter in 6 portraits

Paul Warwick Redway

1918-2001
Served in Queen Victoria's Rifles; manager of Skinningrove Iron Company
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Eric Vincent Reynolds

1904-1992
Headmaster of Stowe
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Joshua Reynolds

1723-1792
Painter and first President of the Royal Academy
Sitter associated with 40 portraits | Artist associated with 1425 portraits

Patrick Reyntiens

1925-2021
Stained glass artist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alexander Whitmore Colquhoun Richardson

1887-1964
Major-General
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir John Richardson

1924-2019
Art historian
Sitter in 9 portraits

Mary Villiers, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox

1622-1685
Daughter of 1st Duke of Buckingham; wife of 1st Duke of Richmond
Sitter in 16 portraits

Liz Rideal

1954-
Artist; Education Officer, National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 4 portraits | Artist of 4 portraits

(Aubrey) Geoffrey Frederick Rippon, Baron Rippon of Hexham

1924-1997
Politician and Chairman of the European-Atlantic Group
Sitter in 1 portrait

Michael Roberts

1947-2023
Fashion journalist, illustrator, editor, photographer and stylist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hannah Primrose (née de Rothschild), Countess of Rosebery

1851-1890
Wife of 5th Earl of Rosebery
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Ferguson Roxburgh

1888-1954
Headmaster of Stowe School
Sitter in 8 portraits

Dame Margaret Rutherford

1892-1972
Actress
Sitter associated with 10 portraits