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Hugh de Balsham

died 1286
Bishop of Ely
Sitter in 4 portraits

William John Bankes

1786-1855
Traveller, egyptologist, antiquary and politician; MP for Truro, University of Cambridge, Marlborough and Dorset
Sitter in 2 portraits

Catherine Banner

circa 1989-
Writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alexander Bannerman

circa 1730-after 1779
Printmaker
Artist associated with 38 portraits

Charles A. Barber

1860-1933
Lecturer in Tropical Agriculture, Cambridge
Sitter in 3 portraits

Henry Barcroft

1904-1998
Circulatory physiologist; son of Sir Joseph Barcroft
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Barger

1878-1939
Chemist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Ernest Barker

1874-1960
Professor of Political Science at Cambridge
Sitter in 6 portraits

Nicola Barker

1966-
Author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Francis Barnes

1744-1838
Master of Peterhouse College, Cambridge
Sitter in 6 portraits

Roger Keith ('Syd') Barrett

1946-2006
Musician; member of Pink Floyd; artist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Isaac Barrow

1630-1677
Master of Trinity College, Cambridge
Sitter associated with 12 portraits

John Baskerville

1706-1775
Printer and type-designer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Alan Battersby

1925-2018
Chemist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir John Bayley, 1st Bt

1763-1841
Judge
Sitter in 4 portraits

William Beale

1784-1854
Musician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mary Beard

1955-
Classicist
Sitter in 2 portraits

(Victoria Constance) Mary (née Cambridge), Duchess of Beaufort

1897-1987
Daughter of 1st Marquess of Cambridge; wife of 10th Duke of Beaufort
Sitter in 21 portraits

Gillian Beer

1935-
Literary critic and teacher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Clive Bell

1881-1964
Art critic
Sitter in 29 portraits

John Bellingham

1770-1812
Assassin of Prime Minister Spencer Perceval
Sitter in 4 portraits

Richard Fisher Belward

1746-1803
Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Sitter in 1 portrait

Andrew Percy Bennett

1866-1943
Diplomat
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Bennett

1824-1877
Photographer and owner of photographic studios
Artist of 1 portrait

Arthur Christopher Benson

1862-1925
Author and schoolmaster
Sitter in 4 portraits

John Davys Beresford

1873-1947
Author
Sitter in 18 portraits

Lady Rose Edith Idina Berger (née Pepys)

1927-
Nurse; wife of Oliver Charles Berger; daughter of 6th Earl of Cottenham
Sitter in 1 portrait

Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough

1880-1956
Governor-General of Canada
Sitter in 12 portraits

Harry Bessiker

1878-1965
Theologian and Headmaster of Leys School, Cambridge
Sitter in 1 portrait

Michael Guy Molesworth Bevan

1926-1992
Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and company chairman
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Stanley Bezzant

1897-1967
Lecturer in Divinity, Cambridge and reverend
Sitter in 7 portraits

Anna McClean Bidder

1903-2001
Zoologist and university administrator
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alfred Maurice Binnie

1901-1986
Fellow of Trinity College and University Reader Emeritus in Engineering, Cambridge
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Birch-Wolfe

circa 1797-1864
Clergyman
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Bird

1936-2022
Comedian, actor and writer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Lionel Edward Blackburne

1874-1951
Dean of Ely 1936-50
Sitter in 5 portraits

Patrick Blackett

1897-1974
Physicist; government and military advisor; recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics
Sitter in 26 portraits

Claude Martin Blagden

1874-1952
Bishop of Peterborough
Sitter in 14 portraits

Rosalind ('Polly') Blakesley

Reader in Russian and European Art, University of Cambridge
Sitter in 1 portrait

Valentine Blanchard

1831-1901
Photographer
Artist of 4 portraits