Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur
(1863-1928), Indian statesmanSitter in 15 portraits
The first Indian to be elevated to the Peerage, Sinha took his seat in the Upper House in February 1919. Born in Bengal, he studied law in England at Lincoln's Inn. He became the first Indian to be appointed Permanent Advocate-General of Bengal, a member of Judicial Committee of Privy Council and a representative of India in the Imperial War Conference of 1917. He was a parliamentary under-secretary of state for India in 1919, Governor of Bihar and Orissa,1920-1 and a member of the judicial committee of the Privy Council in 1926.
Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1917
NPG x165478
possibly by Lafayette, for Topical Press
vintage print, March-April 1917
NPG x137204
Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 1917
NPG x24057
by Vandyk
10 x 12 inch glass negative, 25 June 1918
NPG x32125
by Vandyk
10 x 12 inch glass negative, 25 June 1918
NPG x32126
by Vandyk
10 x 12 inch glass negative, 25 June 1918
NPG x32127
by Vandyk
10 x 12 inch glass negative, 25 June 1918
NPG x32124
by Vandyk
10 x 12 inch glass negative, 25 June 1918
NPG x130051
Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur
by Carl Vandyk
gelatin silver print, published 1920
NPG x196004
Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 20 May 1920
NPG x84784
Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 May 1920
NPG x120565
Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 May 1920
NPG x120566
Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 20 May 1920
NPG x120567
by James Russell & Sons
bromide print, May 1917
NPG x32129
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