John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield
(1802-1879), DiplomatEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 4 portraits
At the young age of sixteen, Bloomfield was appointed as an attaché to Vienna; throughout his life he remained in the diplomatic service. He served as an attaché at Lisbon, Secretary of Legation at Stuttgart, and Secretary of the Embassy at St Petersburg. In 1844, he was promoted to Envoy at St Petersburg and served in the same capacity at Berlin from 1851 before reaching his highest post as Ambassador to Vienna in 1860. In 1846, he had inherited his father's barony in the Irish Peerage; he was again created Baron Bloomfield on his retirement in 1871, this time in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, enabling him to take up a seat in the House of Lords.
John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield
by Sir Thomas Lawrence
oil on canvas, 1819
NPG 1408
John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield
by Frederick Sargent
pencil, 1870s or 1880s?
NPG 5601
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1863
NPG Ax26201
John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax26236
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