Circa 1685, Thomas Osborne . 1st earl of Danby, marquis of Carmarthen, 1st duke of Leeds. English politician, member of Parliament 1665, treasurer of...
Circa 1600, Sir Thomas Egerton . Member of Parliament, 1584 and 1586, took leading role in trial of Mary, Queen of Scots lord chancellor, 1603-17,...
Circa 1665, Andrew Marvell , English poet and politician, Oliver Cromwell's ward, 1653-57, MP 1660-78, a favorite of Charles II, as a political...
Circa 1730, Arthur Onslow . English politician, member of Parliament, speaker of the House of Commons.
English novelist and politician Edward Bulwer-Lytton , was the editor of 'New Monthly' 1852-32, a member of Parliament 1852-66, colonial secretary...
Sir John Lubbock, English politician, MP 1870-1900, wrote popular science books, especially on archaeology and entomology, including 'Prehistoric...
Scottish-born English soldier and MP, Sir John Moore . He served in the American and French revolutionary wars and was involved in the conquest of...
Sir Robert Peel , English politician,Tory MP from 1809 He opposed Roman Catholic emancipation, led House of Commons, and instituted first uniformed...
English textile manufacturer and Member of Parliament Sir Robert Peel , whose son Robert created the first London Police Force and was Prime Minister...
Artist Unknown, The five members of the House of Commons accused of high treason and demanded by Charles I in person, 1642 . From Ashburton's History...
Circa 1660, British politician Lord Danby offers a bribe of 1,000 guineas to the British poet and member of parliament Andrew Marvell .
British Prime Minister Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington fighting a duel with Lord Winchelsea in Battersea Park, London over the Duke's favourable...
British politician William Ewart , the MP for Dumfries. Original Artwork: Lithograph by J H Lynch, after a drawing by Ben R Green.
English philanthropist William Wilberforce , Member of Parliament for the County of York, reading a book. Original Artwork: Engraving by J Vendramini...
Conservative MP, John Jellibrand Hubbard , 1st Lord Addington. Director and Governor of the Bank of England. Vanity Fair - Statesmen No 452 - Old...
English author and member of parliament, Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay . After the painting by SW Reynolds Jnr.
Irish politician and activist Daniel O'Connell arrives to take his seat in Parliament after the passing of the Catholic Emancipation Act in April...
William Ewart Gladstone leaving West Calder railway station in Midlothian, Scotland during his first campaign in the area as their member of...
Edmund Burke', , 1830. Edmund Burke Anglo-Irish statesman and philosopher, MP from 1766-1794 in the House of Commons with the Whig Party after moving...
Boscawen', , 1830. Edward Boscawen Admiral in the Royal Navy and MP of Truro, Cornwall. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas...
Henry Grattan', circa 1820, . Henry Grattan Irish politician and member of the Irish House of Commons, who campaigned for legislative freedom for the...
'Samuel Whitbread, Esq.', 1816. Samuel Whitbread British politician and reformer, admired Napoleon and his reforms in France and Europe, died by his...
John Elwes. The Remarkable Miser', 1821. Portrait of English MP John Elwes . "Elwes the Miser" was a noted eccentric, and may have been the...
Thomas Denman Esq. MP., The Queen's Solicitor General', circa 1820. Portrait of British lawyer Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman , who defended Queen...
Lushington, D.C.L. M.P.', circa 1820. Portrait of British lawyer Stephen Lushington , who defended Queen Caroline at her trial. From an album...
Henry Brougham Esq., M.P., The Queen's Attorney General', circa 1820. Portrait of British lawyer Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux...
Coll. Corbet. Regicide', . Portrait of English politician Miles Corbet . Corbet was a judge in Yarmouth, and signed King Charles I's death warrant....
Miles Peter Andrews Esq., M.P.', 1797. Portrait of British playwright, gunpowder manufacturer and politician Miles Peter Andrews . From the "Monthly...
'Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford' . Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, English statesman. Although the title was never used to refer to...
The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone, M.P.', 1859. Engraving after a photograph of William Gladstone , British Liberal Party statesman and...
Deficiency. - Surplus.', 1836. Satirical caricature of British politicians Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon , Chancellor of the...18世紀風格
Richard Penn . English administrator, a descendent of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania. He was appointed lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania...
William Howley , English prelate, bishop of London, tutor to Prince of Orange at Oxford, member of Parliament, voted against Catholic Emancipation,...
Peter Franz Reichensberger . Prussian born German politician. A member of Parliament prominent in the negotiations between the German state and the...
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax , English poet and politician, early 18th century . From A Collection of Engraved Portraits Exhibited by the...
Edmund Sheffield , 1st Earl of Mulgrave, English statesman, early 17th century . From A Collection of Engraved Portraits Exhibited by the Late James...
John Pym , English Parliamentarian politician, c1644 . One of the 'Five Members' whose attempted arrest by King Charles I sparked the beginning of...
The Late Lord Russell of Killowen', 1900. Charles Russell QC MP, British lawyer and politician. Born in Newry, County Down, Russell became a QC in...
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish dramatist, poet and politician' , from 'Old and New London Illustrated, Vol IV,' by Edward Walford , 1878. Richard...
The Members' Lobby is a hallway in the Palace of Westminster used by members of the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United...
Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, English statesman, c1710-1715 . Although the title was never used to refer to him at the time, Walpole is regarded as...
George Joachim Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1887. A Liberal, then a Liberal Unionist, Goschen held various ministerial posts during his...
Edmund Burke, Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher, . Burke was one of the greatest Parliamentary speakers...
Robert Walpole, 18th century British statesman, . Although the title was never used to refer to him at the time, Walpole is regarded as Britain's...
Samuel Pepys, English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, . Pepys is famous chiefly for his comprehensive diary. Supplement to The Bookman,...
Thomas Power O'Connor, Irish journalist and MP, 1910. TP O'Connor was a prominent Irish nationalist political figure. Supplement to The Bookman, 1910.
Smith, MP, First Lord of the Treasury, 1887. The son and namesake of the founder of the WH Smith chain of newsagents, William Henry Smith was elected...
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, British politician . Sydney held several important cabinet posts during his political career. The city of...
Sir Stafford Northcote , 1900. Northcote first entered Parliament in 1855 as Conservative MP for Dudley. He held various cabinet posts in his...
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, 19th century British statesman, . The son of a prime minister, Stanley also embarked on a political career. He...
Professor Henry Fawcett, blind English statesman and economist, 1900. Fawcett was blinded in a shooting accident in 1858. He went on to be appointed...
William Edward Forster, 19th century British industrialist and Liberal Party statesman, . Forster was a Quaker and Liberal member of parliament. He...
Sir John Leake, British Admiral, 18th century. Leake saw action in the War of the Grand Alliance and the War of the Spanish Succession. From...
Samuel Pepys, English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, 1690s, . Pepys is famous chiefly for his comprehensive diary. Illustration from...
