James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater
(1855-1949), Speaker of the House of CommonsSitter associated with 29 portraits
Politician, Conservative MP for Rutland and Penrith; as Speaker of the House of Commons (1905-21), presided over a period of intense Party and electoral reform; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery (1923-49).
James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater
after Henry John Stock
collotype, 1906
NPG D20789
James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater ('Men of the Day. No. 1037. "Mr. Speaker."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 24 October 1906.
NPG D45351
William Plender, 1st Baron Plender, and James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater
by Fred Roe
pencil and wash, 6 May 1936
NPG D43224a
'Silver Wedding Presentation to the Speaker and Mrs Lowther'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 3 May 1911
NPG x135697
'"Silver Wedding" Presentation to the Speaker and Mrs Lowther from the House of Commons'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 3 May 1911
NPG x135698
James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater; Mary Francis, 1st Viscountess Ullswater
by Walter Stoneman
negative, July 1936
NPG x162825
James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1939
NPG x91576
James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass copy negative, copied April 1948
NPG x189292
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