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- profession 'Social Welfare and Reform'
Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
1870-1948Founder of YWCA Women's Auxiliary Force and philanthropist; daughter of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein; granddaughter of Queen Victoria
Sitter associated with 36 portraits
Art collector and philanthropist; founder of Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
Sitter in 1 portrait
Dame Gillian (née Graham), Lady Wagner
1927-Chairman, Barnados, Thomas Coram Foundation for Children and Carnegie UK Trust; daughter of Henry Graham
Sitter in 1 portrait
Charity worker; daughter of Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Bt; wife of Sir John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst
Sitter in 8 portraits
Art collector, connoisseur and philanthropist; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 10 portraits
Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage
1832-1901Soldier; recipient of the Victoria Cross, benefactor and politician
Sitter in 12 portraits
Harriet Sarah (née Loyd), Lady Wantage
1837-1920Benefactor; wife of Baron Wantage; daughter of Baron Overstone
Sitter associated with 8 portraits
Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold)
1851-1920Novelist, philanthropist and political lobbyist; wife of (Thomas) Humphry Ward
Sitter in 32 portraits
Frances Evelyn ('Daisy') Greville (née Maynard), Countess of Warwick
1861-1938Society beauty and socialist writer; wife of 5th Earl of Warwick
Sitter associated with 42 portraits
Watercolour painter and philanthropist
Sitter in 5 portraits | Artist associated with 74 portraits
Sir Sydney Hedley Waterlow, 1st Bt
1822-1906Printer; politician, philanthropist and Lord Mayor of London
Sitter in 6 portraits
Justice of the Peace, Alderman and Magistrate; Chairman of White Heather Fund and Home for Blind Children at Old Colwyn
Sitter in 1 portrait
Alexandra (née Cancrin), Lady Weardale (formerly Countess Tolstoy)
died 1934Vice-President of Save the Children Fund; former wife of Count Mathieu Ivanovitch Tolstoy, and later wife of 1st Baron Weardale; daughter of Count von Cancrine
Sitter associated with 4 portraits
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster
1767-1845Patron of art and the turf
Sitter associated with 8 portraits
Falkland's War veteran, writer and charity supporter; Co-founder of 'The Weston Spirit' charity
Sitter in 2 portraits
Hon. Sybil Mary Whitamore (née Borthwick)
1885-1977President of the Women's Liberal Federation (1955); wife of Vernon Whitamore; daughter of Sir Thomas Borthwick
Sitter in 1 portrait
Salvation Army Nurses Fellowship President; wife of Erik Wickberg, Salvation Army General
Sitter in 7 portraits
Beatrix Frances Gertrude (née Herbert), Countess of Wicklow
1878-1957President of The Children's Union; former wife of Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, and later wife of 7th Earl of Wicklow; daughter of 14th Earl of Pembroke
Sitter in 9 portraits
Eleanor (née Watts), Lady Wigram
1767-1841Philanthropist; second wife of Sir Robert Wigram
Sitter in 2 portraits
Constance Mary Wilde (née Lloyd)
1858-1898Writer; social reformer; wife of Oscar Wilde
Sitter in 1 portrait
Winnaretta (née Singer), Princess Edmond de Polignac
1865-1943Daughter of Isaac Singer; patron of arts and hostess
Sitter in 1 portrait
William Henry Wills, 1st Baron Winterstoke
1830-1911Tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait
Banker and humanitarian, led the Czech Kindertransport mission; centenarian
Sitter in 1 portrait
Hon. Marie Immaculée Antoinette Woodruff (née Lyon-Dalberg-Acton)
1905-1994President of Catholic Women's League; wife of (John) Douglas Woodruff, daughter of 2nd Baron Acton
Sitter in 9 portraits