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William Hutton

1723-1815
Topographer and local historian
Sitter in 1 portrait

Balthazar Walter Foster, 1st Baron Ilkeston

1840-1913
Politician and physician
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 2nd Bt

1786-1855
Conservative politician; MP for Dundalk, Ripon and Oxford University
Sitter in 21 portraits

Eric John Francis James, Baron James of Rusholme

1909-1992
Vice-Chancellor of York University
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Joshua Jebb

1793-1863
Surveyor-General of convict prisons
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Jessop

1745-1814
Civil engineer
Sitter in 4 portraits

William Wynne Jeudwine

1842-1910
Land agent
Sitter in 1 portrait

Tom Johnson (Thomas Jackling)

circa 1750-1797
Prize-fighter
Sitter in 14 portraits

W. Johnson

Master at Repton School
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir George Kenning

1880-1956
Businessman
Sitter in 7 portraits

Laura Knight

1877-1970
Artist
Sitter in 34 portraits | Artist associated with 3 portraits

Louis Laguerre

1663-1721
Painter
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist associated with 6 portraits

Elizabeth Jane Holden ('Libby') Lane

1966-
Bishop Suffragan of Stockport
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry William Edmund Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne

1872-1936
Army officer and politician; MP for West Derbyshire
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir Alfred Joseph Law

1860-1939
Politician; MP for Rochdale and High Peak
Sitter in 4 portraits

Valentine Lawford

1911-1991
Diplomat and partner of Horst P. Horst
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Lawson

1865-1920
Actor-manager and director; music hall entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frank Lee

1867-1942
Labour politician; MP for North East Derbyshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jack Lees

1884-1941
Politician; MP for Belper
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Edward Roberts Lewis

1900-1980
Company chairman, The Decca Record Co
Sitter in 3 portraits

Thomas Linacre

circa 1460-1524
Humanist scholar and physician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Lindsay

1949-
Actor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas ('Tom') Loates

1867-1910
Jockey
Sitter in 2 portraits

Lady Louisa Emily Long (née Stanley)

1805-1825
Wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Long; daughter of 13th Earl of Derby
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Henry Dubs Lorimer

1879-1933
Farmer and Conservative politician; MP for South Derbeyshire
Sitter in 4 portraits

Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

1831-1891
'Owen Meredith'; poet; viceroy of India
Sitter in 19 portraits

Edith Bulwer-Lytton (née Villiers), Countess of Lytton

1841-1936
Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria and Queen Alexandra
Sitter in 4 portraits

Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton

1876-1947
Politician and colonial administrator; Governor of Bengal
Sitter in 14 portraits

Pamela Frances Audrey Bulwer-Lytton (née Chichele-Plowden), Countess of Lytton

1873 or 1874-1971
Society beauty; wife of 2nd Earl of Lytton; daughter of Sir Trevor John Chichele-Plowden
Sitter in 3 portraits

Neville Stephen Lytton, 3rd Earl of Lytton

1879-1951
Painter and journalist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Noel Anthony Scawen Lytton, 4th Earl of Lytton

1900-1985
Lieutenant and author
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Harold Alfred MacMichael

1882-1969
Colonial administrator; High Commissioner for Palestine
Sitter in 5 portraits

Dame Hilary Mantel

1952-2022
Novelist and critic
Sitter in 3 portraits

Mary, Queen of Scots

1542-1587
Reigned 1542-67
Sitter associated with 151 portraits

Thomas Fanshaw Middleton

1769-1822
Bishop of Calcutta
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Edward Nassau Molesworth

1790-1877
Vicar of Rochdale
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ann Moore (née Peg)

1761-1813
Hoaxster 'the fasting woman of Tutbury'
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Moore

1819-1887
Chaplain of Derby County Gaol
Sitter in 1 portrait

Samantha Morton

1977-
Actress
Sitter in 2 portraits

Robert Moseley

circa 1781-1856
Publisher
Artist associated with 5 portraits

Moseley & Nephew

active 1841-1846
Publishers
Artist associated with 3 portraits

Moseley & Tunnicliffe

active circa 1808-1819
Carvers, gilders & publishers
Artist associated with 3 portraits

Lady Cynthia Blanche Mosley (née Curzon)

1898-1933
Society figure and Labour politician; MP for Stoke; first wife of Sir Oswald Mosley; daughter of 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone

1868-1947
Politician, Secretary of State for War and soldier
Sitter in 18 portraits

Edward Miller Mundy

1750-1822
Conservative politician; MP for Derbyshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir George Newnes, 1st Bt

1851-1910
Newspaper proprietor and politician
Sitter in 4 portraits

Arthur Norris

1889-1962
Chaplain; Artist
Artist of 1 portrait

Ronald Stanhope More O'Ferrall

1890-1973
Bishop of Madagascar and Assistant Bishop of Gloucester
Sitter in 2 portraits

Samuel Oldknow

1756-1828
High Sheriff of Derby
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir James Outram, 1st Bt

1803-1863
Lieutenant-General
Sitter in 10 portraits

William Owtram (Outram)

baptised 1626-1679
Church of England clergyman
Sitter in 1 portrait

Wilfred Paling

1883-1971
Labour politician; MP for Doncaster, Wenworth and Dearne Valley
Sitter in 18 portraits

Sir Joseph Paxton

1803-1865
Gardener and architect
Sitter in 6 portraits

Samuel Pegge

1704-1796
Prebendary of Lincoln, antiquary
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas Pendry, Baron Pendry of Stalybridge

1934-2023
Labour politician, MP for Stalybridge and Hyde
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lady Charlotte-Elizabeth Penryhn (née Stanley)

1801-1853
Wife of Edward Penryhn, Esq; daughter of 13th Earl of Derby
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Alexander Perceval

1787-1858
Serjeant-at-Arms
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Platt, Baron Platt of Grindleford

1900-1978
Professor of Medicine
Sitter in 4 portraits

Samuel Plimsoll

1824-1898
Politician; MP for Derby and shipping reformer
Sitter in 14 portraits

David Graham Pole

1877-1952
Major and solicitor; MP for South Derbyshire
Sitter in 7 portraits