Images Dated 10th August 2022

The Gateway to Repton School, which was founded in 1557. The original school is on the site of an 11th century priory, some of whose buildings are still in daily use. Date: 1950s

Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, 1690-1764. Wearing a powdered wig and the ceremonial robes of the Lord Chancellor. From the collection at Wimple. Philip, First Earl of Hardwicke

Thomas Townshend, British Whig politician, 1701-1780
Thomas Townshend, British Whig politician and scholar, 1701-1780. Educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. MP for Winchelsea. Father of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney

They sit in a window-seat each playing his/her banjo - the instrument is the fashionable pastime of the day. Date: 1886

Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl Hardwicke, 1720-1790. Classical scholar and historian. In the parliamentary ceremonial robes of an earl. Philip, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke

Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, 1710-1763. British statesman, MP, and later Secretary of State. Charles, Earl of Egremont. From a painting in the collection at Petworth House

Anne Howard, Countess of Carlisle, 1674-1752. Wife of Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle; daughter of Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex. Ann, Countess of Carlisle

Roger Gale, English antiquary and historian, 1672-1744. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, VP of the Society of Antiquaries, Treasurer of the Royal Society

Thomas Catesby, Lord Paget, English writer and politician
Thomas Catesby Paget or Pagett, 1689-1742, English poet, writer and politician, lord of the bedchamber to the Prince of Wales, courtier to King George II. Lord Paget

Charlotte Clayton, Baroness Sundon, c.1679-1742. British lady in waiting, bedchamber woman and influential favourite of queen regent Caroline. Wife of William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon of Ardagh

Jane Temple, Countess Portland, governess to the princesses
Jane Martha Temple Bentinck, Countess Portland, 1672 - 1751. Governess to King George II's daughters. Wife of Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland. Jane Temple, Countess of Portland

James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn, 1701-1734. Scottish aristocrat, commander of a cavalry regiment, privy councillor to James II to George II. In wig, cravat, ceremonial robes of a lord

Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth, 1678-1734
Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth, English Whig politician, Comptroller to the household of King George I. 1678-1734. Hugh, Viscount Falmouth. In wig, cravat and coat

Elizabeth Allington, Lady Seymour, c.1632-1691. Married Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, in 1654. Hair in ringlets with pearls, pearl choker, low-cut gown

Arabella Churchill, mistress of King James II
Arabella Godfrey, sister of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, mistress of King James II of England, 1649-1730. Arabella Churchill. In pearl earrings, low-cut gown and shawl

Rachel Russell, Duchess of Devonshire, 1674-1725. Eldest daughter of William Russell, Lord Russell, and Lady Rachel Wriothesley, cousin of Petworth's owner, Lady Elizabeth Percy

William Shippen, English Jacobite, poet and writer, Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons, 1673-1743. From the collection at Badmenton

Sir John Coventry, English Royalist politician, MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, Knight of the Bath, c.1636-1685. From the collection of Long Leat

Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, died 1709. English politician, brother-in-law to King James II, Lord Privy Seal, Lord Lieutenant to Ireland. From the collection at Badminton

Sir Edward Seymour, English politician, 1633-1708
Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet, politician and Speaker of the House of Commons, 1633-1708. In luxuriant wig, cravat, coat and toga

Margaret Sawyer, Countess of Pembroke, died 1706. Daughter of Robert Sawyer, attorney general, and first wife of Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke

Dr. Robert Brady, English physician and historian, educated at Caius College, Cambridge University, 1627-1700. Physician in ordinary to King James II

Sir William Coventry, English statesman, MP, Doctor of Law at Oxford, Privy Councillor, commissioner of the Treasury, c.1628-1686. In luxuriant wig, lace collar and cloak

Henry Coventry, King Charles II's ambassador to Sweden
Henry Coventry, English politician; Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles II after the Restoration, British ambassador to Sweden, 1617-1686. In luxuriant wig, lace collar and cloak

Sir John Hoskins, founder of the Royal Society
Sir John Hoskins, 2nd Baronet, English lawyer, Master in Chancery and founder and President of the Royal Society, 1634-1705. From a bust by unknown sculptor

Sir William Portman, 6th Baronet, politician, Knight of the Bath, MP for Taunton and Somerset for the Cavalier Parliament, 1643-1690

Richard Stearne, Archbishop of York, c.1596-1683. Born in Mansfield, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, Royalist supporter. Great-grandfather to writer Laurence Sterne

Dudley North, 4th Baron North Dudley, English courtier, 1602-1677. In ruff collar, doublet and sash of the Order of the Bath. Mislabeled Dudley, Second Lord North

Colonel Adrian Scrope, Parliamentarian soldier during the English Civil War and signatory of the death warrant for King Charles I in January 1649. Sir Adrian Scrope

Henry Cromwell, English statesman, 1628-1674
Henry Cromwell, English statesman, 4th son of Oliver Cromwell, important figure in the Parliamentarian regime in Ireland, 1628-1674. In white collar and suit of plate armour

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