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John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk KG 1425-1485

English nobleman, soldier, politician, and the first Howard Duke of Norfolk. He was a close friend and loyal supporter of King Richard III, with whom he was slain at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485
Artist: Vertue
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Size 9 x 12 cms
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Mary I, Queen of England 1516-1558

Mary I, also known as Mary Tudor, was the queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. She is best known for her vigorous attempt to reverse the English Reformation, which had begun during the reign of her father, Henry VIII.
Artist: Benoist
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1284

David Garrick 1717-1779

English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson
Artist: Reynolds
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1283

Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland 1564-1632

English nobleman. He was a grandee and one of the wealthiest peers of the court of Elizabeth I. Under James I, Northumberland was a long-term prisoner in the Tower of London, due to the suspicion that he was complicit in the Gunpowder Plot
Artist: VanDyke
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1282

Robert Southey 1774-1843

English poet of the Romantic school, one of the Lake Poets along with William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and England’s Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 until his death in 1843.
Artist: Lawrence
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Size 11 x 15 cms
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1280

Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel KG 1586-1646

Prominent English courtier during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I, but he made his name as a Grand Tourist and art collector rather than as a politician.
Artist: Rubens
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Sir Christopher Hatton 1540-1591

English politician, Lord Chancellor of England and a favourite of Elizabeth I of England. He was one of those who found Mary, Queen of Scots, guilty of treason.
Artist: W.H.Mote
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1277

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough 1650-1722

General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, KG, PC, was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs.
Artist: L.Buchhorn
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Size 8 x 10 cms
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1276

Oliver Cromwell 1599-1658

English military and political leader. He served as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland “and of the dominions thereto belonging” from 1653 until his death, acting simultaneously as head of state and head of government of the new republic.
Artist: Ridley
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