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William Wilberforce

1759-1833
Philanthropist and reformer
Sitter associated with 33 portraits

Constance Mary Wilde (née Lloyd)

1858-1898
Writer; social reformer; wife of Oscar Wilde
Sitter in 1 portrait

Peter Wildeblood

1923-1999
Journalist and campaigner for homosexual law reform
Sitter in 1 portrait

Betty Wilké

born 1888
Leader of YWCA and pioneer of mixed clubs
Sitter in 2 portraits

Frances Elizabeth Willard

1839-1898
Social activist and suffragist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir (Zwinglius) Frank Willis

1890-1974
General Secretary of National Council of YMCAs
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Bt

1783-1847
Slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir (William James) Erasmus Wilson

1809-1884
Dermatologist and benefactor
Sitter in 3 portraits

Helen Mary Wilson

1864-1951
Physician and social campaigner
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Wilson

active 1840
Slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Winnaretta (née Singer), Princess Edmond de Polignac

1865-1943
Daughter of Isaac Singer; patron of arts and hostess
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ella Winter

1898-1980
Journalist and activist
Sitter in 4 portraits

William Henry Wills, 1st Baron Winterstoke

1830-1911
Tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Nicholas George Winton

1909-2015
Banker and humanitarian, led the Czech Kindertransport mission; centenarian
Sitter in 1 portrait

Maurice Wohl

1917-2007
Businessman and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Isaac Wolfson, 1st Bt

1897-1991
Businessman and philanthropist
Sitter in 12 portraits

William Woodall

1832-1901
Politician; MP and philanthropist
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Woodmark

active 1840
Slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Hon. Marie Immaculée Antoinette Woodruff (née Lyon-Dalberg-Acton)

1905-1994
President of Catholic Women's League; wife of (John) Douglas Woodruff, daughter of 2nd Baron Acton
Sitter in 9 portraits

Raga Woods (née Tessa Fothergill)

1941-
Founder of the charity Gingerbread
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edith Woodworth

active 1871-1899
Actress, producer and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Buchanan, 1st Baron Woolavington

1849-1935
Philanthropist and racehorse owner
Sitter in 9 portraits

Barbara Frances (née Adam), Baroness Wootton of Abinger

1897-1988
Professor of social studies and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Anne Wright

1929-2023
Founder Trustee, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Wright

1789-1875
Prison philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arthur Wrottesley, 3rd Baron Wrottesley

1824-1910
Philanthropist, Lord-Lieutenant, Staffordshire and landowner
Sitter in 4 portraits

Mary Wyan (Mary Ellen Taylor)

1864-1914
Suffragette
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Wykeham

1324-1404
Bishop of Winchester and founder of New College, Oxford
Sitter associated with 9 portraits

Alexander Wylie

1839-1921
Politician, philanthropist, writer and turkey-red dyer and calico printer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ralph Charles Yablon

1906-1984
Solicitor, philanthropist and founder member of Westminster Synagogue
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Arthur Yapp

1869-1936
Deputy President of the YMCA
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir Robert Young

1872-1957
Politician and trade unionist
Sitter in 9 portraits

Malala Yousafzai

1997-
Activist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
Sitter in 3 portraits

Eleanora Anna French (née Selby-Lowndes), Countess of Ypres

died 1941
War-worker and president of the Queen Alexandra’s Field Force Fund; wife of 1st Earl of Ypres
Sitter in 5 portraits

Israel Arnold Ziff

1927-2004
Businessman and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait