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Cover Baring, Louisa Caroline, Lady Ashburton (1827–1903)

Baring, Louisa Caroline, Lady Ashburton (1827–1903)  

Maker: Carlo, Baron Marochetti

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
Louisa Caroline Baring, Lady Ashburton (1827–1903) by Carlo, Baron Marochetti, 1861 property of the Marquess of Northampton; Beedle & Cooper

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Baring [née Stewart-Mackenzie], Louisa Caroline, Lady Ashburton (1827–1903), art collector and philanthropist  

Virginia Surtees

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Baring [née Stewart-Mackenzie], Louisa Caroline, Lady Ashburton (1827–1903), art collector and philanthropist, was born at Seaforth Lodge, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, on 5 March 1827, the third daughter and sixth child of James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie (d. 1843)...

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Barnard, John (1709–1784), collector of prints and drawings  

Charles Sebag-Montefiore

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Barnard, John (1709–1784), collector of prints and drawings, was born in London and was baptized on 25 August 1709 at St Laurence Pountney, the eldest of the three children and only son of Sir John Barnard of Greenwood (c.1685–1764), MP for the ...

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Beatty, Sir (Alfred) Chester (1875–1968), mining engineer and art collector  

Ronald Lindsay Prain

revised by Anita McConnell

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Beatty, Sir (Alfred) Chester (1875–1968), mining engineer and art collector, was born on 7 February 1875 in New York city, the youngest of the three sons of John Cuming Beatty, banker, of New York city, and his wife, Hetty, daughter of William Gedney Bull...

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Cover Beckford, William Thomas (1760–1844)

Beckford, William Thomas (1760–1844)  

Maker: George Romney

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William Thomas Beckford (1760–1844) by George Romney, 1781–2 National Trust Photographic Library / John Hammond

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Beckford, William Thomas (1760–1844), writer and art collector  

Anita McConnell

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Beckford, William Thomas (1760–1844), writer and art collector, was born on 29 September 1760 at one of his father's houses, in Westminster or Fonthill, Wiltshire, and baptized at Fonthill on 6 January 1761, the only legitimate son of William Beckford (bap. 1709, d. 1770)...

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Beit, Sir Alfred Lane, second baronet (1903–1994), politician, philanthropist, and art collector  

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See Beit, Sir Otto John, first baronet

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Cover Beit, Sir Otto John, first baronet (1865–1930)

Beit, Sir Otto John, first baronet (1865–1930)  

Maker: H. Walter Barnett

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Sir Otto John Beit, first baronet (1865–1930) by H. Walter Barnett © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Beit, Sir Otto John, first baronet (1865–1930), financier, philanthropist, and art connoisseur  

Maryna Fraser

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23 September 2004

Beit, Sir Otto John, first baronet (1865–1930), financier, philanthropist, and art connoisseur, was born on 7 December 1865 in Hamburg, Germany, twelve years after his brother Alfred Beit. He was the third son of Siegfried Beit (1818–1881), silk merchant, and his wife, Laura Caroline Hahn (...

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Benson, Robert Henry [Robin] (1850–1929), merchant banker and art collector  

Jehanne Wake

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Benson, Robert Henry [Robin] (1850–1929), merchant banker and art collector, was born on 24 September 1850 at Fairfield House, Fairfield, near Manchester, the eldest of three children of Robert Benson (1814–1875), merchant banker, and his wife, Eleanor (1824–1883), daughter of Vice-Admiral Constantine Moorsom...

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Bernal, Ralph (1783–1854), politician and art collector  

Helen Davies

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23 September 2004
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Bernal, Ralph (1783–1854), politician and art collector, was born at Colchester, Essex, on 2 October 1783, into a Sephardic Jewish family of Spanish descent, though he was not brought up in the Jewish faith, and was baptized at St Olave's, Hart Street, London...

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Cover Bevan, Natalie Alice (1909–2007)

Bevan, Natalie Alice (1909–2007)  

Maker: Mark Gertler

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07 March 2013
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06 January 2011
Natalie Alice Bevan (1909–2007) by Mark Gertler, 1928 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Bevan [née Ackenhausen], Natalie Alice (1909–2007), artist, muse, and collector  

Alice Strang

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07 March 2013
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06 January 2011

Bevan [née Ackenhausen], Natalie Alice (1909–2007), artist, muse, and collector, was born on 22 May 1909 at 2 Pembroke Cottages, Edwardes Square, London, the elder daughter and eldest of three children of Kurt Bernhard Heinrich Carl Ackenhausen (1878/9–1954) and his wife, Alice Katherine Inchbold, ...

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Bland, Horatio (1802?–1876), merchant and collector  

K. D. Reynolds

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Bland, Horatio (1802?–1876), merchant and collector, was born in Newfoundland, probably in 1802, and baptized on 30 January 1804 at St Paul's Anglican Church, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, the third of the five sons of John Bland, magistrate from 1790 of Bonavista, Newfoundland...

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Blundell, Henry (1724–1810), art collector  

Deborah Graham-Vernon

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Blundell, Henry (1724–1810), art collector, was born at Ince Blundell, Lancashire, the son of Robert Blundell (d. 1773) and his wife, Katharine, daughter of Sir Stanley Rowland, bt, of Hooton, Chester. Like many Catholics he received his education abroad, first at the college of the English Jesuits at ...

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Bowes, John (1811–1885), coal industrialist and art collector  

Stafford M. Linsley

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Bowes, John (1811–1885), coal industrialist and art collector, was born at 13 South Street, Chelsea, London, on 19 June 1811, the illegitimate son of John Bowes, tenth earl of Strathmore (1769–1820), and Mary (1787–1860), the daughter of George and Ann Milner of Stainton, co. Durham...

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Boyd, Christopher Alan Lennox- (1941–2012), collector and print dealer  

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See Boyd, Alan Tindal Lennox-, first Viscount Boyd of Merton

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Cover Boyle, Richard, third earl of Burlington and fourth earl of Cork (1694–1753)

Boyle, Richard, third earl of Burlington and fourth earl of Cork (1694–1753)  

Maker: Jonathan Richardson the elder

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Richard Boyle, third earl of Burlington and fourth earl of Cork (1694–1753) by Jonathan Richardson the elder, c. 1717–19 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Boyle, Richard, third earl of Burlington and fourth earl of Cork (1694–1753), architect, collector, and patron of the arts  

Pamela Denman Kingsbury

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Boyle, Richard, third earl of Burlington and fourth earl of Cork (1694–1753), architect, collector, and patron of the arts, was born on 25 April 1694 at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, the only son of Charles Boyle, second earl of Burlington and third earl of Cork...

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Brett, John Watkins (1805–1863), art collector and telegraph engineer  

Roger Bridgman

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23 September 2004

Brett, John Watkins (1805–1863), art collector and telegraph engineer, was born in Bristol, one of at least seven children of William Brett, cabinet-maker. By the age of twelve his enthusiasm for the fine arts was so great that his parents put him under the tuition of ...