Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst (1772-1863), Lord Chancellor and politician; son of the painter John Singleton Copley
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Lord chancellor; son of the painter, John Singleton Copley; born in Boston, USA; barrister in England, 1804; tory MP from 1818; chief justice of Chester, 1819; solicitor-general, 1819; attorney-general, 1824-6; lord chancellor, 1827-30, 1834-5, and 1841-6; one of the most influential lawyers of the period.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.