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Richard Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

(1797-1861), Writer

Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter associated with 10 portraits
An only child, Grenville was educated at Eton and then briefly at Oxford where he fathered an illegitimate child. To keep him out of further trouble his father sent him on a grand tour. Under his father’s influence he became a politician and celebrated as a moderate reformer. In the 1830s, Grenville received compensation when slavery was abolished in the British Empire for a plantation he owned in Jamaica. Nevertheless, by the 1840s he was in severe financial trouble resulting in bankruptcy and the selling of the contents of his family estate at Stowe and large amounts of land.

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The House of Commons, 1833, by Sir George Hayter - NPG 54

The House of Commons, 1833

by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1833-1843
On display in Room 12 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 54

Richard Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, by Robert Cooper, after  Anne Mee (née Foldsone) - NPG D32300

Richard Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

by Robert Cooper, after Anne Mee (née Foldsone)
stipple engraving, 1821
NPG D32300

Auction Extraordinary, that is to say, an Extraordinary Auction, by John ('HB') Doyle, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D40993

Auction Extraordinary, that is to say, an Extraordinary Auction

by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 23 March 1830
NPG D40993

Allsham versus Evesham (Richard Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos; Sir Charles Wetherell), by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41045

Allsham versus Evesham (Richard Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos; Sir Charles Wetherell)

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 26 February 1831
NPG D41045

The Last of the Boroughbridges, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41047

The Last of the Boroughbridges

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 7 March 1831
NPG D41047

Demolishing a Prude, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41240

Demolishing a Prude

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 5 March 1834
NPG D41240

Richard Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, by Samuel Freeman, after  Anne Mee (née Foldsone) - NPG D1133

Richard Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

by Samuel Freeman, after Anne Mee (née Foldsone)
stipple engraving, 1836
NPG D1133

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