Lot 1665
JOHN LINNELL (1792-1882)
PORTRAIT OF THE RT. HON. HENRY STEPHEN FOX-STRANGWAYS PC, 3rd EARL OF ILCHESTER (1787-1858)
Seated half length, wearing a dark suit, a cloak draped across his lap and left arm, signed and dated 1848, oil on panel
52 x 44cm.
* The sitter was educated at Oxford and became a major in the Dorset Yeomanry in 1830, rising eventually to Lieutenant Colonel. He was Lord Lieutenant of Somerset 1837-1839 and was appointed Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard under Lord Melbourne 1835-1841. He married Caroline Leonora Murray in 1812 and she bore him four children. Lord Ilchester died at Melbury House, Dorset in 1830 but his half brother William succeeded to the title as both sons had pre-deceased him.
