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Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage

(1832-1901), Soldier; recipient of the Victoria Cross, benefactor and politician

Sitter in 12 portraits
Loyd-Lindsay entered the Scots Fusiliers Guards in December 1850. He served throughout the Crimean Campaign and received the Victoria Cross in 1857 for deeds of valour at Alma and Inkerman in 1854. He was also awarded the Legion of Honour for his Crimean service. In 1870, Loyd-Lindsay became a founder member of the National Society for Aid to the Sick & Wounded (later the British Red Cross Society).

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Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888

by Henry Jamyn Brooks
oil on canvas, 1889
NPG 1833

Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage

by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50277

Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage

after Elliott & Fry
woodburytype on paper mount, 1870s-1880s
NPG x128747

Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage

by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
woodburytype, published 1881
NPG Ax27802

Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage

by Caldesi & Co
albumen carte-de-visite
NPG Ax9858

Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage ('Statesmen. No. 235.')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 4 November 1876
NPG D43769

Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published 1876
NPG D6763

Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage

after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1891
NPG D23373

Key to Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888

after Henry Jamyn Brooks
photograph, 1919 or after
NPG D42236

Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage

by Unknown photographer
albumen print, early 1860s
NPG Ax129080

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Harriet Sarah (née Loyd), Lady Wantage; Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage

by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1860s
NPG Ax129090

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Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage

by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite
NPG Ax38770

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Harriet Sarah (née Loyd), Lady Wantage (wife)

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