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Sir Sydney Hedley Waterlow, 1st Bt

Sir Sydney Hedley Waterlow, 1st Bt

1822-1906
Printer; politician, philanthropist and Lord Mayor of London
Sitter in 6 portraits
Sir John Mathewson Watson

Sir John Mathewson Watson

1871-1942
Justice of the Peace, Alderman and Magistrate; Chairman of White Heather Fund and Home for Blind Children at Old Colwyn
Sitter in 1 portrait
Joshua Watson

Joshua Watson

1771-1855
Philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait
Benjamin Waugh

Benjamin Waugh

1839-1908
Philanthropist
Sitter in 4 portraits
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Alexandra (née Cancrin), Lady Weardale (formerly Countess Tolstoy)

died 1934
Vice-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
Richard Davis Webb

Richard Davis Webb

1805-1872
Irish publisher and slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits
Georgina Weldon (née Thomas)

Georgina Weldon (née Thomas)

1837-1914
Campaigner against the lunacy laws and celebrated litigant
Sitter in 1 portrait
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster

Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster

1767-1845
Patron of art and the turf
Sitter associated with 8 portraits
Dame Agnes Elizabeth Weston

Dame Agnes Elizabeth Weston

1840-1918
Organiser of 'Sailors' Rests'
Sitter in 1 portrait
Simon Weston

Simon Weston

1961-
Falkland's War veteran, writer and charity supporter; Co-founder of 'The Weston Spirit' charity
Sitter in 2 portraits
Samuel Wheeler

Samuel Wheeler

1776-1858
Slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits
John Mickle Whitall

John Mickle Whitall

1800-1877
Sea captain, businessman and philanthropist
Sitter in 1 portrait
Hon. Sybil Mary Whitamore (née Borthwick)

Hon. Sybil Mary Whitamore (née Borthwick)

1885-1977
President of the Women's Liberal Federation (1955); wife of Vernon Whitamore; daughter of Sir Thomas Borthwick
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir Thomas White

Sir Thomas White

1495-1567
Lord Mayor of London and founder of St John's College, Oxford
Sitter in 8 portraits
Sir James Whitehead, 1st Bt

Sir James Whitehead, 1st Bt

1834-1917
Merchant, philanthropist, Lord Mayor of London 1889
Sitter in 7 portraits
James Whitehorne

James Whitehorne

1793-1874
Slavery abolitionist
Sitter in 4 portraits
Erik Wickberg

Erik Wickberg

1904-1996
General of the Salvation Army
Sitter associated with 11 portraits
Margarete Dietrich Wickberg

Margarete Dietrich Wickberg

1909-1976
Salvation Army Nurses Fellowship President; wife of Erik Wickberg, Salvation Army General
Sitter in 7 portraits
Beatrix Frances Gertrude (née Herbert), Countess of Wicklow

Beatrix Frances Gertrude (née Herbert), Countess of Wicklow

1878-1957
President 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

Eleanor (née Watts), Lady Wigram

1767-1841
Philanthropist; second wife of Sir Robert Wigram
Sitter in 2 portraits