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Thomas Hussey

1746-1803
Roman Catholic Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Gilchrist Thesiger Inglis

1906-1972
Vice-Admiral
Sitter in 2 portraits

Edgar Jacob

1844-1920
Bishop of Newcastle and Bishop of St Albans
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sydney Jacobson, Baron Jacobson

1908-1988
Editor and political commentator
Sitter in 3 portraits

King James I of England and VI of Scotland

1566-1625
Reigned Scotland 1567-1625 and England 1603-25
Sitter associated with 199 portraits

Gertrude Jekyll

1843-1932
Horticulturalist and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe

1918-2007
Diplomat and politician; Lord-in-Waiting to HM The Queen
Sitter in 14 portraits

(Margaret) Elizabeth Jenkins

1905-2010
Author; daughter of James Heald Jenkins
Sitter in 4 portraits

Richard Palmer Jenkins

1826-1899
Civil Servant, Bengal
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

William Earl Johns

1893-1968
Army and air force officer, and aviation journalist, editor and children's writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Brian Alexander Johnston

1912-1994
Broadcaster and cricket commentator
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Clement Wakefield Jones

1880-1963
Civil servant
Sitter in 3 portraits

Edward David Brynmor Jones

1939-
Architect
Sitter in 6 portraits

Vinnie Jones

1965-
Footballer and actor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Anthony Joshua

1989-
Super heavyweight boxer; Olympian
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Allen Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt

1885-1957
Lord Chancellor
Sitter in 31 portraits

Thomas Ken

1637-1711
Bishop of Bath and Wells
Sitter in 20 portraits

Annie Kenney

1879-1953
Suffragette
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jessie Kenney

1887-1985
Suffragette
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon

1906-1978
Archaeologist and Principal of St Hugh's College Oxford
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir (John) Graham Kerr

1869-1957
Zoologist and politician; MP for Scottish Universities
Sitter in 14 portraits

Edward Anthony James Bulwer-Lytton, Viscount Knebworth

1903-1933
Pilot and politician; son of 2nd Earl Lytton
Sitter in 3 portraits

George Edwin Lance

1824-1890
Magistrate
Sitter in 1 portrait

Barry Lane

1944-2017
Curator; Director of the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
Sitter in 1 portrait

J.T. Lane

Photographer
Artist of 1 portrait

Cedric Sydney Lane-Roberts

1888-1959
Obstetrician and gynaecologist; rugby player
Sitter in 2 portraits

Frank Launder

1906-1997
Film writer and director
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir John Bennet Lawes, 1st Bt

1814-1900
Agriculturalist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Simon Le Bon

1958-
Musician, singer and songwriter for 'Duran Duran'
Sitter in 7 portraits

E. Guinevere Leggett (née Kitson)

1888-1949
Wife of Frederick William Leggett
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Mike Leigh

1943-
Dramatist; theatre, television and film director
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir Andrew Mackenzie Lewis

1918-1993
Admiral
Sitter in 2 portraits

(John) Furley Lewis

1867-1939
Photographer
Artist of 2 portraits

Matthew R. Lewis

1959-2009
Photographer
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist of 22 portraits

Peter Lilley

1943-
Politician; Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and life peer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Norman Lindop

1921-2014
Principal of the BSO, chairman of Hertfordshire County Council and Director of Hatfield Polytechnic
Sitter in 1 portrait

John David Malet Vaughan, 8th Earl of Lisburne

1918-2014
Barrister
Sitter in 7 portraits

Sir Gilbert James Morley Longden

1902-1997
Conservative politician; MP for Morpeth and South West Hertfordshire
Sitter associated with 10 portraits

James Ephraim Lovelock

1919-2022
Chemist and ecologist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Peter Luke

1919-2005
Editor, writer and television producer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Edwin Lutyens

1869-1944
Architect and President of the Royal Academy
Sitter associated with 28 portraits

John Lydgate

circa 1370-1449 or 1450
Poet and prior of Hatfield Regis
Sitter in 6 portraits

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

1803-1873
Novellist, playwright and Conservative politician; MP for St Ives, Lincoln and Hertfordshire
Sitter associated with 35 portraits

Rosina Anne Doyle Bulwer Lytton (née Wheeler), Lady Lytton

1802-1882
Novelist
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Loudon McAdam

1756-1836
Civil engineer; inventor of 'macadamisation' of roads
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Hamish Duncan MacLaren

1898-1990
Director of Electrical Engineering, Admiralty and President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dame Elizabeth Maconchy (Dame Elizabeth LeFanu)

1907-1994
Composer
Sitter in 12 portraits

Christine Maitland (Emily Christina Maitland Makgill-Crichton, née McColl))

1884-1972
Actress
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir George Henry Makins

1853-1933
Consulting surgeon
Sitter in 3 portraits

Charles Southcote Mansergh Manners

1857-1935
Singer and manager
Sitter in 3 portraits

Richard Marlay

circa 1728-1802
Bishop of Waterford; Dean of Ferns
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sarah Churchill (née Jenyns (Jennings)), Duchess of Marlborough

1660-1744
Courtier
Sitter associated with 34 portraits

William Calder Marshall

1813-1894
Sculptor
Sitter in 8 portraits

Arthur Martin Leake

1874-1953
Surgeon; recipient of the Victoria Cross
Sitter in 3 portraits

Simon Mason

1973-
Hockey player; Olympian
Sitter in 1 portrait

Joan Maude

1908-1998
Actress
Sitter in 8 portraits

Glyn Maxwell

1962-
Poet, playwright, librettist and lecturer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Michael Hugh Meacher

1939-2015
Politician; Minister of State for the Environment
Sitter in 2 portraits

Frederick Vander Meulen

1812-1882
Rector of Thorley, Hertfordshire
Sitter in 1 portrait

Eric Grant Miles

1891-1977
Major-General
Sitter in 17 portraits