John Stuart-Wortley, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe
(1801-1855), LawyerSitter in 3 portraits
Stuart-Wortley entered Parliament as an MP in 1823. He served in several government offices, including Secretary to the Board of Control. He was an enlightened agriculturist and a cultivated man and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1829. He was author of A brief inquiry into the true award of an equitable adjustment between the nation and its creditors (1833).
John Stuart-Wortley, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(23)
Lady Georgina Elizabeth Wharncliffe (née Ryder); John Stuart-Wortley, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1846
NPG P6(102)
John Stuart-Wortley, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Joseph Slater
stipple engraving, 1826 or after
NPG D20624
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