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Deborah Vivien Cavendish (née Freeman-Mitford), Duchess of Devonshire

1920-2014
Director of the Chatsworth House Trust; wife of 11th Duke of Devonshire; daughter of 2nd Baron Redesdale and Sydney
Sitter in 12 portraits

Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire

1944-
Her Majesty's Representative, Ascot and Chairman, Chatsworth House Trust; son of 11th Duke of Devonshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Blount, Earl of Devonshire

1563-1606
Soldier
Sitter associated with 10 portraits

William Herbert John Disbrowe

1835-1858
Lieutenant; son of Edward Cromwell Disbrowe
Sitter in 1 portrait

Horace William Baden Donegan

1900-1991
Bishop of New York
Sitter in 1 portrait

Catherine Pierrepont (née Stanley), Marchioness of Dorchester

1631-1679
Wife of Henry Pierrepont, Marquess of Dorchester; daughter of 7th Earl of Derby
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir Drury Curzon Drury-Lowe

1830-1908
Soldier
Sitter in 10 portraits

Harold Ward Dudley

1887-1935
Biochemist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Charles Duncan

1865-1933
Labour politician; MP for Barrow-in-Furness and Clay Cross Division of Derbyshire
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Thomas Dyche

died circa 1733
Schoolmaster and Lexicographer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Wilfred Hawksley Edmunds

1868-1942
Sitter in 2 portraits

George Eliot

1819-1880
Novelist
Sitter associated with 12 portraits

Paul Vychan Emrys-Evans

1894-1967
Politician; MP for South Derbyshire
Sitter in 8 portraits

Sir Henry Flower Every, 10th Bt

1830-1893
Deputy Lieutenant for Derbyshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ernest Harold Farmer

1890-1952
Chemist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sewallis Edward Shirley, 10th Earl Ferrers

1847-1912
Deputy Lieutenant of Derbyshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Henry Fisher

1918-2005
Judge
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edmund Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent

1855-1947
Politician; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Sitter in 10 portraits

Henry Edmund Fitzalan-Howard, 2nd Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent

1883-1962
Captain
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Henry Fitzherbert, 3rd Bt

1783-1858
Lawyer; Sheriff of Derbyshire
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy

1796-1858
Colonial governor
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Flamsteed

1646-1719
The first Royal Astronomer
Sitter in 8 portraits

Thomas Forman

active 1864
Justice of the Peace for the Borough of Derby
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Charles Fox

1810-1874
Civil engineer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Francis Frith

1822-1898
Photographer
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist of 1 portrait

Frances Fyfield

1948-
Novelist; solicitor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Garnett

1555-1606
Jesuit; Gunpowder plot conspirator
Sitter in 9 portraits

Thomas Parry Garnier

1841-1898
Rector and writer
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Lady Isobel Constance Mary Gathorne-Hardy (née Stanley)

1875-1963
Royal courtier; wife of Sir John Francis Gathorne-Hardy; daughter of 16th Earl of Derby
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir John Gell, 1st Bt

baptised 1593-1671
Parliamentarian army officer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir William Gell

1777-1836
Archaeologist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Henry F. Gisborne

active 1864
Surgeon to Derbyshire County Gaol
Sitter in 1 portrait

Anne FitzRoy (née Liddell), Duchess of Grafton

1737 or1738-1804
Correspondent of Horace Walpole; wife of Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton

1867-1947
Brewer and politician
Sitter in 6 portraits

David Gwinnutt

1961-
Photographer
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist of 21 portraits

Hale

active 17th century
Piper of Derbyshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Chris Hallam

1964-2013
Wheelchair athlete and swimmer; Paralympian
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Hampson (John Frederick Norman Hampson Simpson)

1901-1955
Writer on English life
Sitter in 8 portraits

Edward Venables Vernon Harcourt

1757-1847
Archbishop of York
Sitter associated with 12 portraits

Thomas Hardy

1757-1804
Portrait painter and engraver
Artist associated with 20 portraits

Sir Henry Harpur, 6th Bt

1739-1789
Politician; MP for Derbyshire
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington

1683?-1756
Diplomat and statesman
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir Alfred Seale Haslam

1844-1927
Engineer and politician
Sitter in 5 portraits

Arthur Henderson

1863-1935
Politician, leader of the Labour Party, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and iron moulder
Sitter associated with 15 portraits

Samuel Hey

died 1893?
Rector of Sawley, Derby
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Samuel Hill Hill-Wood, 1st Bt

1872-1949
Politician and businessman
Sitter in 9 portraits

Sir Derek Percy Hilton

1908-1986
Solicitor and building society director
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Hobbes

1588-1679
Social philosopher
Sitter associated with 21 portraits

Ernest William Hobson

1856-1933
Mathematician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Holme

1848-1923
Magazine editor
Sitter associated with 7 portraits

Geoffrey William Hoon

1953-
Politician; Minister for Europe, Defence and Transport Secretary
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Stead Hope

1763-1841
Vicar of St Alkmund's, Derby
Sitter in 3 portraits

David Horner

1900-1983
Author and close friend of Sir Osbert Sitwell
Sitter in 2 portraits

Henrietta (née Stanley), Lady Horton

died 1830
Wife of Sir Watts Horton, Bt; sister of 12th Earl of Derby
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby

1898-1996
Politician and soldier
Sitter in 7 portraits

Hyacinthe Fitzalan-Howard (née Scott-Kerr), Baroness Howard of Glossop

1865-1930
Wife of 2nd Baron Howard of Glossop
Sitter in 5 portraits

Henry Robert Huckin

1842-1882
Master at Repton School
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hunters

active early 20th century
Photo-specialists
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon

1650-1701
Politician; Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire and Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir John Hurt

1940-2017
Actor
Sitter in 12 portraits