'The eight women Members of Parliament' (Dorothea ('Dorothy') Jewson; (Arabella) Susan Lawrence; Nancy Witcher Astor (née Langhorne), Viscountess Astor; Margaret Wintringham (née Longbottom); Katharine Marjory Stewart-Murray (née Ramsay), Duchess of ...)
1 of 8 portraits of Katharine Marjory Stewart-Murray (née Ramsay), Duchess of Atholl
© National Portrait Gallery, London
'The eight women Members of Parliament' (Dorothea ('Dorothy') Jewson; (Arabella) Susan Lawrence; Nancy Witcher Astor (née Langhorne), Viscountess Astor; Margaret Wintringham (née Longbottom); Katharine Marjory Stewart-Murray (née Ramsay), Duchess of ...)
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver press print, 1924
7 in. x 9 3/8 in. (177 mm x 237 mm) overall
Given by Terence Pepper, 2014
Photographs Collection
NPG x196075
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6584 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Nancy Witcher Astor (née Langhorne), Viscountess Astor (1879-1964), Conservative politician; MP for Plymouth Sutton; former wife of R.G. Shaw, and later wife of 2nd Viscount Astor; daughter of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne. Sitter in 39 portraits.
- Katharine Marjory Stewart-Murray (née Ramsay), Duchess of Atholl (1874-1960), Public servant and politician; MP for Kinross and West Perthshire; wife of 8th Duke of Atholl; daughter of Sir James Henry Ramsay. Sitter in 8 portraits.
- Margaret Grace Bondfield (1873-1953), Trade unionist, campaigner for women's interests and politician; MP for Wallsend, Northampton and first woman cabinet minister. Sitter in 9 portraits.
- Dorothea ('Dorothy') Jewson (1884-1964), Feminist and politician; MP for Norwich. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- (Arabella) Susan Lawrence (1871-1947), Politician; MP for East Ham North. Sitter in 4 portraits.
- Mabel Russell (Mrs Hilton Philipson) (1887-1951), Actress and politician; MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed; former wife of Stanley Rhode, and later wife of Hilton Philipson. Sitter in 10 portraits.
- Vera Florence Annie Woodhouse (née Bousher), Lady Terrington (1889-1973), Liberal politician; MP for Wycombe; former wife of Guy Ivo Sebright and of 2nd Baron Terrington, and later wife of Max V.Lensvelt. Sitter in 5 portraits.
- Margaret Wintringham (née Longbottom) (1879-1955), Politician; MP for Louth and Justice of the Peace. Sitter in 7 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (on the Terrace of the Houses of Parliament, London)
Events of 1924back to top
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