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John Clifford

1836-1923
Minister of the New Connexion of General Baptists
Sitter in 5 portraits

Brian Clough

1935-2004
Footballer and football manager
Sitter in 1 portrait

Reginald Charles Coates

1920-2004
Civil engineer; professor; 114th president of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir Aston Cockayne, Bt

1608-1684
Poet and playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edward Sacheverell D'Ewes Coke

1872-1941
Brigadier-General
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hon. Edward Keppel Wentworth Coke

1824-1889
Sheriff of Derbyshire, soldier and politician; MP for West Norfolk
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir John Coke

1563-1644
Secretary of State to Charles I
Sitter in 9 portraits

Charles Robert Colville

1815-1886
Sheriff of Derbyshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Diarmaid Conroy

1913-1978
President of Industrial Tribunals for England and Wales
Sitter in 1 portrait

William George Constable

1887-1976
Art historian; Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art
Sitter in 1 portrait

Douglas Cooper

1911-1984
Art critic
Sitter in 1 portrait

Eileen Cooper

1953-
Painter and printmaker
Sitter in 2 portraits | Artist of 2 portraits

Sam Cowan

1901-1964
Footballer, coach and manager
Sitter in 2 portraits

Graham Coxon

1969-
Guitarist; member of Blur
Sitter in 3 portraits

Robert Crawford

1959-
Poet, scholar and critic; Professor of Modern Scottish Literature and Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Poetry, School of English, University of St Andrews
Sitter in 1 portrait

Philip Charles Thurlow Crick

1882-1937
Bishop of Rockhampton and Bishop of Ballarat; Assistant Bishop of Derby
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edwina Currie

1946-
Politician; MP for South Derbyshire and writer
Sitter in 3 portraits

George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

1859-1925
Politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, traveller and viceroy of India
Sitter associated with 35 portraits

Mary Victoria (née Leiter), Lady Curzon of Kedleston

1870-1906
Vicereine of India; first wife of Lord Curzon of Kedleston (later 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston)
Sitter in 10 portraits

Grace Elvina Curzon (née Hinds), Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston

1877-1958
Former wife of Alfred Duggan, and later second wife of 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir Frank Moss Fraser Darling

1903-1979
Ecologist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Erasmus Darwin

1731-1802
Physician and poet
Sitter in 8 portraits

Joe Davis

1901-1978
Billiards and snooker player
Sitter in 1 portrait

Deborah Bull

1963-
Ballet dancer, writer, broadcaster and former creative director of the Royal Opera House; life peer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby

circa 1433-1504
Magnate
Sitter associated with 5 portraits

Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby

1509-1572
Magnate
Sitter associated with 4 portraits

Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby

1531-1593
Statesman
Sitter in 4 portraits

Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby

1559?-1594
Literary patron
Sitter associated with 4 portraits

Alice Spencer, Countess of Derby

1559-1637
Noblewoman
Sitter in 4 portraits

William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby

baptised 1561-1642
Nobleman
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby

1607-1651
Royalist soldier and politician; MP for Liverpool
Sitter associated with 24 portraits

Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby

1628-1672
Royalist and Mayor of Liverpool
Sitter associated with 14 portraits

William George Richard Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby

1655-1702
Nobleman
Sitter in 3 portraits

Elizabeth Stanley (née Butler), Countess of Derby

1660-1717
Wife of 9th Earl of Derby; daughter of Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby

1664-1736
Army officer and politician
Sitter in 4 portraits

Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby

1689-1776
Politician; MP for Lancashire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Elizabeth Stanley (née Hesketh), Countess of Derby

died 1776
Wife of 11th Earl of Derby; daughter and heiress of Robert Hesketh, Esq
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby

1752-1834
Sportsman and patron of horse-racing
Sitter associated with 65 portraits

Elizabeth Stanley (née Hamilton), Countess of Derby

1753-1797
First wife of 12th Earl of Derby
Sitter in 3 portraits

Elizabeth (née Farren), Countess of Derby

1759?-1829
Actress and second wife of 12th Earl of Derby
Sitter in 24 portraits

Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby

1775-1851
Politician and naturalist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Charlotte Margaret Stanley (née Hornby), Countess of Derby

before 1783-1817
Wife of 13th Earl of Derby
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

1799-1869
Prime Minister
Sitter in 105 portraits

Emma Caroline Stanley (née Bootle-Wilbraham), Countess of Derby

1805-1876
Wife of 14th Earl of Derby; daughter of 1st Baron Skelmersdale
Sitter in 3 portraits

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

1826-1893
Politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and diarist; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 57 portraits

Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby

1841-1908
Politician and colonial governor
Sitter in 6 portraits

Constance (née Villiers), Countess of Derby

1840-1922
Wife of 16th Earl of Derby; daughter of 4th Earl of Clarendon
Sitter in 2 portraits

Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby

1865-1948
Politician, Secretary of State for War and British Ambassador to France, racehorse owner and soldier
Sitter in 45 portraits

Alice Maud Olivia (née Montagu), Countess of Derby

1862-1957
Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra; wife of 17th Earl of Derby; daughter of 7th Duke of Manchester
Sitter in 4 portraits

Edward John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby

1918-1994
Major-General
Sitter in 16 portraits

William Hatfield de Rodes

1824-1883
Landowner
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire

1672-1729
Whig leader
Sitter in 4 portraits

William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire

1748-1811
Lord High Treasurer of Ireland
Sitter in 8 portraits

Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire

1757-1806
Beauty and leader of Whig society; first wife of 5th Duke of Devonshire
Sitter in 32 portraits

Elizabeth Christiana Cavendish (née Hervey), Duchess of Devonshire

1757-1824
Society hostess and patron of the arts
Sitter associated with 5 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait

William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire

1790-1858
Lord Chamberlain
Sitter in 14 portraits

William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire

1808-1891
Promoter of science and industry and land owner
Sitter in 10 portraits

Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

1833-1908
Politician and Captain; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 56 portraits

Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire

1868-1938
Politician, Governor-General of Canada
Sitter in 17 portraits

Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire

1920-2004
Politician and Major
Sitter in 3 portraits