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Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1831. Artist: J ThomsonLeopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1831. Leopold (1790-1865) was the first king of Belgium
Edward Jenner, English physician, 1800. Edward Jenner (1749-1823) practiced as a country doctor in his native Gloucestershire. He noted immunity to smallpox was given by cow-pox
Humphry Davy, English chemist, 1860. Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide). In 1801 he was appointed lecturer at the Royal Institution
Thomas Young, English physicist and Egyptologist. Artist: GH AdcockThomas Young, English physicist and Egyptologist. By deciphering the Rosetta Stone, Young (1773-1829) made possible the translation of Egyptian hieroglyphs
Robert Peel, 19th century British statesman. Artist: J CochranRobert Peel, 19th century British statesman. Peel (1788-1850) was Prime Minister from 1834-1835 and 1841-1846. He is probably best remembered for his organisation of a metropolitan police force for
Robert Peel, British industrialist. Peel (1750-1830) made his fortune in the cotton industry. He was the father of the statesman Robert Peel. Engraving after a portrait by Thomas Lawrence
Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, British statesman, 1830. Artist: William Thomas FryRobert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, British statesman. Lord Liverpool (1770-1828) served as Prime Minister for nearly 15 years from 1812
Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch (1748-1843), British soldier, 1831. Artist: Henry MeyerThomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch (1748-1843), British soldier, 1831. Graham fought in the Peninsular War (1808-1814) and was aide-de-camp to General Sir John Moore at the evacuation of Moores army
George Murray (1772-1846), Scottish general and statesman, 1831. Artist: Henry MeyerGeorge Murray (1772-1846), Scottish general and statesman, 1831. After a distinguished military career in the Napoleonic Wars, Murray was appointed Lieutenant-General of Upper Canada in 1815
William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan (1773-1857), British statesman. Pitt was sent as Ambassador to China in 1816, but as he refused to perform the ceremony of kow-tow
Portrait of Marguerite, Countess of Blessington, 1800-1835