Later Stuart Portraits Catalogue
Thomas Winnington (1696-1746), Politician; MP and grandson of Sir Francis Winnington
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Politician, grandson of Sir Francis Winnington; Christ Church, Oxford 1713; Middle Temple 1714; MP 1726-41, 1741-46; lord of the Admiralty 1730-36; a lord of the treasury 1736-41; paymaster-general 1743-46.
‘his style was a little brutal; his courage not at all so; his good-humour inexhaustible; it was impossible to hate or to trust him’ (Horace Walpole).
This extended catalogue entry is from the National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, National Portrait Gallery, 2009, 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.
‘his style was a little brutal; his courage not at all so; his good-humour inexhaustible; it was impossible to hate or to trust him’ (Horace Walpole).
This extended catalogue entry is from the National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, National Portrait Gallery, 2009, 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.