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James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl, 1690 - 1764. Lord Privy Seal (1743)

Allan Ramsay
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, 1838 - 1922. Statesman and ambassador (About 1905)

Sir William Rothenstein
Henry Erskine, 3rd Lord Cardross, c 1649 - 1693. Privy Councillor and General of the Mint (After 1665)

L. Schuneman
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 1836 - 1908. Statesman (About 1908)

Sir James Guthrie
William Carstares, 1649 - 1715. Statesman and divine (After 1670)

Unknown
George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, 1784 - 1860. Statesman (About 1838)

Sir Martin Archer Shee
John Hamilton, 2nd Baron Belhaven, 1656 - 1708. Statesman (After 1700)

Unknown
John Hamilton, 2nd Baron Belhaven, 1656 - 1708. Statesman (After 1740)

John Medina
Alexander Hugh Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh, 1849 - 1921. Statesman (1899)

Charles Martin Hardie
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, 1848 - 1930. Statesman (About 1920)

Sir James Guthrie
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, 1713 - 1792. Prime Minister (After 1745)

Unknown
Edmund Burke, 1729 - 1797. Statesman, orator and author (1774)

Sir Joshua Reynolds
John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane, about 1635 - 1716. Soldier and statesman (After 1690)

Sir John Baptiste de Medina
John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane, 1696 - 1782. Statesman and diplomat (1730)

Jeremiah Davison
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1769 - 1852. Soldier and statesman (About 1837)

Henry Perronet Briggs
George Lincoln Rockwell (center), Head of the American Nazi Party, at Black Muslim Meeting, Washington, D. C. (1960)

Eve Arnold
Tony Blair, b. 1953. Prime Minister; Donald Dewar, 1937 - 2000. Secretary of State and First Minister for Scotland; Alex Salmond, b. 1954. Leader... (1998)

Richard D. Willson
Jo Grimond, 1st Baron Grimond, 1913 - 1993. Liberal statesman and theorist (with his wife, Laura Grimond) (1984)

Gunnie Moberg
Glasgow town councillors (1939)

Humphrey Spender
Jennie Lee, Independent Socialist Candidate, Bristol Central By-election (1943)

Robert Capa
Eight Secretaries of State for Scotland: Lord Younger of Leckie; Sir Malcolm Rifkind; Bruce Millan; Lord Lang of Monkton; Sir Michael Forsyth;... (1999)

Harry More Gordon
Edward Everett, 1794 - 1865. Unitarian clergyman; President of Harvard College; Minister for the United States in Britain, 1841 - 1845 [a] (30 September 1844)

David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson
George Dalrymple of Dalmahoy, 1680 - 1745. Baron of Exchequer (About 1709)

Sir John Baptiste de Medina
Sir Hew Dalrymple, 1652 - 1737. Lord President and politician (About 1685 - 1690)

Sir John Baptiste de Medina
George Dempster of Dunnichen, 1732 - 1818. Agriculturist and Member of Parliament

James T. Nairn
George Dempster of Dunnichen, 1732 - 1818. Agriculturist and Member of Parliament (After 1780)

John Opie
Benjamin Franklin, 1706 - 1790. American statesman, philosopher and author

Unknown
John Forbes of Culloden, 1672 - 1734. Member of Parliament; elder brother of Duncan Forbes (After 1720)

Unknown
Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, 1655 - 1716. Scottish patriot (After 1707)

Unknown
James Keir Hardie, 1856 - 1915. Labour leader (1893)

Henry John Dobson
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, 1658 - 1712. Statesman (After 1690)

Unknown
James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, 1589 - 1625. Statesman (1622)

Unknown
John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane [Iain Caimbeul, treas Iarla Bhraghaid Albann], 1696 - 1782. (as a child in highland costume) (1708)

Charles Jervas
Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington, 1680 - 1735. Supporter of the Union (After 1700)

Sir John Baptiste de Medina
Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, 1773 - 1850. Judge and critic (About 1825)

Colvin Smith
Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull, 1710 - 1787. Statesman (After 1780)

David Martin
Sir Archibald Acheson, d. 1634. Secretary of State (Dated 1631)

George Jamesone
John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar, 1675 - 1732. Leader of the Jacobite Rising of 1715 (About 1714 - 1715)

Sir Godfrey Kneller
Alexander Hume Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont, 1675 - 1740. Statesman (After 1710)

Unknown
Hugh Hume, 3rd Earl of Marchmont, 1708 - 1794. Statesman (1769)

Pierre Falconet
Ludovic Stuart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, 1574 - 1624. Statesman (Dated 1623)

Unknown
Sir Robert Liston, 1742 - 1836. Diplomat (1811)

Sir David Wilkie
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, 1742 - 1811. Statesman (1770)

David Martin
The Right Honourable John Smith Q.C. M.P., 1938 - 1994. Politician; leader of the Labour Party (1992)

Adam Elder
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, 1662 - 1711. Statesman

Unknown
Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, 1733 - 1805. Lord Chancellor (As Lord Loughborough) (About 1791)

Mather Brown
James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield, 1663 - 1730. Lord Chancellor (1695)

Sir John Baptiste de Medina
Thomas Shaw, 1st Baron Craigmyle, 1850 - 1937. Lawyer and politician

George Fiddes Watt
Sir George Hume, Earl of Dunbar, d. 1611. Lord High Treasurer of Scotland (After 1590)

Unknown
William Cunningham, 8th Earl of Glencairn, c 1610 - 1664. Lord Chancellor of Scotland (1661)

John Michael Wright
Robert Cunninghame Graham of Gartmore, 1735 - 1797. Poet and politician (1794)

Sir Henry Raeburn
Henry Vincent, 1813 - 1878. Chartist; parliamentary candidate [d] (1843 - 1847)

David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson
Henry Vincent, 1813 - 1878. Chartist; parliamentary candidate [d] (1843 - 1847)

David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson
Henry Vincent, 1813 - 1878. Chartist; parliamentary candidate [c] (1843 - 1847)

David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson
Henry Vincent, 1813 - 1878. Chartist; parliamentary candidate [e] (1843 - 1847)

David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson
Henry Vincent, 1813 - 1878. Chartist; parliamentary candidate [a] (1843 - 1847)

David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson
Henry Vincent, 1813 - 1878. Chartist; parliamentary candidate [a] (1843 - 1847)

David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson
Henry Vincent, 1813 - 1878. Chartist; parliamentary candidate [b] (1843 - 1847)

David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson
The Irish Whiskey Still (Dated 1840)

Sir David Wilkie
Wellbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, 1713 - 1802. Statesman (After 1750)

Timothy Collopy

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