The Internet enables us to take genealogical research to a new level. One aspect of this is to search for actual images of our ancestors. Portraits come in many forms, from head and shoulder miniatures to full-length portraits, in watercolour, oils or silhouette. It is easy to overlook the fact that all the ladies, gentlemen and children in those pictures actually existed. They lived and breathed just as we do, and many will have descendants now living.

As I keep a digital image of every portrait that passes through my hands, I thought I could perhaps help those searching for an ancestral portrait by making these images available. Needles and haystacks come to mind, but having had the occasional satisfaction of restoring a portrait to a descendant of the sitter, I realise that this can happen.

The following is a list of the people whose portraits are preserved in our archives. I hope they may enable some researchers to see a likeness of an ancestor (and sometimes additional family details may then come to light). I make no charge for supplying digital copies, but in recognition of my time and effort, a small donation to the York Cats Protection Adoption Centre would be greatly appreciated (perhaps £10.00, but any amount will be welcomed). Payment can be made by Paypal and there is a link to facilitate payment on their website. Please note that all images are copyrighted and supplied purely for personal research and information.

* denotes that the original portrait is available for sale ~ please enquire as these are not always listed in our online gallery

Colonel Apperley (1807-1870) 4th Bengal Light Cavalry Lancers; Shropshire/Calcutta
Ann Eliza Arkwright taken in 1806
*Charlotte Goring Atkins

Greville John Massey Bagot-Chester (1868- 1917) Captain in the Scots Guard
Joseph Moss Balchin (b.1777) Guildford; married Harriotte Barrington Logie of Plymouth
Franklin Baldwin coroner; Bandon, Ireland
Deborah Barlow (1783-1850) née Peile
Eliza Barlow (1814-1894) née Nicholson [see also Carr, Jane D.; Lingham, Sarah; Peile, Mary]
John Barlow (1815-1856) m. Eliza Nicholson; Edinburgh
Christina Bartholomew taken ca1840
Jessie Bartholomew taken ca1840
Grace Barton
Francis (Frank) Bennett officer 95th Regiment of Foot (Riflemen)
Anne Beresford m. Thomas Taylor in 1747; died Cheltenham
Captain Bouskell commercial captain drowned at sea
John-Robert Boyd Captain of the Letterkenny Volunteer Cavalry in 1796
Samuel Bradley 17th century
Lansdale Brown naval officer taken 1809
Richard Brown (1796-1880) midshipman - 'the handsome middy'
Eliza Browne
Francis Browne
John Browne
Richard Browne
Isabella Brydges
Charles William Henry 4th Duke of Buccleugh (1772-1819)
Robert James Bull solicitor Great Russell Street, London
*Rev. John Bull

Lieut. Kenneth Donald John Campbell (1831-1856) 29th Bengal Native Infantry; son of Major Kenneth Campbell, 45th Native Infantry
Frances Capper (b.1777)
Jane D. Carr née Nicholson [see also Barlow, Eliza; Lingham, Sarah; Peile, Mary]
Jane D. Carr Jnr. taken 1841
Jonathan D. Carr m. Jane D. Nicholson; Carlisle
*Isaac Casaubon (1559-1614) classical scholar & theologian
Anna Clifton née Vrignon
Anna Frances Clifton (b.1830)
George Abel Clifton (b.1831)
William Ballard Clifton (b.1829)
Mrs Coltsman Flesk Castle, Killarney
Mary Cofferton sister of Sarah Maria Forrest
Anne Courtenay (1784-1818) self-portrait
Joseph Covey (1804-1841)

Aurora Daniell
Blanche Daniell
Cairnes Daniell
Charles Daniell
Clarmont Daniell
Henry Daniell
Jamens Daniell
Jane Daniell
Nugent Daniell
*Elizabeth Dent (b. ca1801) daughter of William Dent
Selina Dering (1756-1836) eldest daughter of Sir Edward Dering, 6th Baronet of Surrenden Dering
Arthur Duff of Orton (1743-1805) son of William Duff, 1st Earl of Fife and his 2nd wife Jean Grant
Errington Dunford ironmonger & colliery contractor, Newcastle
James Dunford (1805-1875) ironmonger & colliery contractor, Newcastle

Mrs Eaton mother of Mrs Charles Gray
Catherine Edwards (b. ca1830)
William Henry Ellis (b.1830) Anstey Grange, Leics
Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736)
Ambrose Everet (b. 1809)
William Everet brother of Ambrose

*Josiah Forster Fairbank taken 1848
*William Fairbank (b.1688)
*Mrs James Ferguson (d.1860) New Zealand
Sophia Charlotte Fielding (b.1773) m. 1792 Lord Robert Stephan FitzGerald
Ann Forbes-Mitchell (d.1836) née Powell
John Forbes-Mitchell (1786-1822) of Thainstone, Aberdeenshire
Eliza Maria Forrest daughter of William and his 2nd wife Sarah Maria; Gainsborough
Henry Cofferton Forrest son of William and Sarah Maria
Mary Forrest (b.1785) daughter of Rev. Richard Forrest; York
Matilda Forrest
Richard William Forrest son of William and Sarah Maria
Sarah Maria Forrest 2nd wife of William Forrest [see also Cofferton, Mary]
Thomas Forrest Gainsborough; York
William Forrest
Mrs William Forrest
R. M. Forsyth Ecclescrieg House, St Cyrus
*Jacqueline Sylvia Fox (b.1917)
*John Robert "Bob" Fox (b.1910)
*Marcus Fox (b.1919)
*Mirabel Esther Mary Fox (b.1905) daughter of Major Sir John St. Vigor Fox and his 1st wife Esther Mary (née Waldo-Sibthorp)
*Nicholas St Vigor "Nick" Fox (b.1912) m. 1939 Iris Helen Hersey Ainsworth
*William Richard "Bill" Fox (b.1911)

Dorothy Garrison (b. ca1823)
Elizabeth Mary Gooch (d.1895) m. Lewis Gooch; buried at Chelmsford
Lewis Gooch
Frances Deane Grady (d.1834) Stillorgan Castle, Co. Dublin; m. Arthur Blennerhassett MP
*Sarah Greenhow (1801-1891) m. George Martineau

A. M. Hall Edwardian period
Clara Ann Hall (b.1801) daughter of Joseph Hall & Mary Mayor, Bristol; m. Staniland, Fareham
*Charles John James Hamilton (1810-1849) son of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton & Henrietta Martha
Lucretia Hamilton (1754-1825) née Prosser m. Admiral Charles Powell Hamilton
Edmund Harden (b.1796)
Thomas Hardwick (?1836-1850) died at school in Roundhay, Leeds; sister of Mrs Fanny Upton
*Hoecker Family early 19th century
Peter John Hogan Irish-born, emigrated to the US
Rev. Geoffrey Hornby rector at Winwick, Lancashire
Lady Lucy Hornby née Stanley
Benjamin Worthy Horne (1804-1870) coach and coaching inn proprietor; son of William & Mary Horne; m. Catherine Larkin
Catherine Clara Horne daughter of Benjamin Worthy Horne

Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson (1784-1851), 3rd Earl of Liverpool m. Julia Evelyn Medley

*Mrs Walter Jones early 19th century

Anne Kemeys-Tynte (d.1835) née Leyson; m. Thomas Lewis; m. Col. Charles Kemeys-Tynte; Halswell Manor
Lord Frederic Kerr
*Joseph Ketley (b.1802) Kidderminster; missionary & slavery abolitionist
Lydia Knight taken 1845
Henry Knowles (b.1812)

Rev. Samuel Langley (d.1839) rector of Checkley, Staffs
Sarah Lingham née Nicholson; Whitehaven [see also Barlow, Eliza; Carr, Jane D.; Peile, Mary]
Thomas Littledale (1773-1847) son of Isaac Littledale; Whitehaven
Caroline Louisa Lutwidge (b.1837)
Charles Robert Fletcher Lutwidge (b.1835)
Acheson Lyle (1795-1870) Lord Lieutenant of Londonderry
Doughty Lynn

*Robert Macalmount
Charles Somerville McAlester of Kennox & Loup (d.1847) Lieut-Col. Commandant 1st Reg. Ayrshire Militia & Deputy Lieutenant of Ayrshire
Alexander Mackenzie cousin of General Mackenzie
Agnes MacVicar m. Arthur Ashley
Sarah Maiden née Wilson
Ebenezer Maitland (1752-1832) Clapham Common
Mary Maitland (1752-1835) née Winter, Clapham Common
Emily Manners (b.1830) Rugeley, Stafford
Frances Jane Manners (b.1836)
Samuel John Manners (b.1833)
*Catherine Marsh m. Samuel Marsh; grandmother of E. A. Tebbutt
Mrs Marsh née Fourdinier taken 1821
W. Massingham taken ca. 1830
Isabella Maudsley m. William P. Nicholson of Hoo, Kent & Rochester St Margarets
Emma Meux (b. ca1822) Theobalds Park
Marianne Meux (b. ca1820) Theobalds Park
Ellen Millward taken 1821
*Guillaime Minter (1801-1836) Ostend
Admiral Mordwinoff
Alexander Mordwinoff
Mrs Mordwinoff
Nadinka Mordwinoff
Natalia Mordwinoff
Rev. David Morgan Ham, Wiltshire
George Morley (1598-1684) Bishop of Winchester
Caroline Moseley daughter of William & Helen Moseley, Leighton Hall, Staffordshire
Thomas Moseley Thomas taken 1854
Alexander Murray of Ayton (Aytoun) m. Mary Ogilvy 1780

*Jeremiah Osborne
Maria Osler née Smith
Timothy Smith Osler (b. ca1824)

Harriet Jane Parker (b. ca1846)
Lewes Burnwell Parker (b. ca1845)
Richard Lowry Parker (b.1844)
Sarah Payne m. Daniel Phillips
Blair Paul Lynedoch Place, Edinburgh
Charlotte Paul Lynedoch Place, Edinburgh
Robert Paul Lynedoch Place, Edinburgh
Mary Peile née Nicholson; Whitehaven [see also Barlow, Eliza; Carr, Jane D.; Lingham, Sarah]
John Perceval (d.1818) eldest son of Lord Arden
*Henry Phillips (1801–1876), professional singer
Elizabeth Philps
Samuel Polsbury Corporal Light Infantry, 3 Battalion of Grenadier Guards; taken 1838
Lucretia Prosser see Hamilton, Lucretia
Thomas Prosser (1831-1871) emigrated to the US in 1851
Philip Pullyn
James Wallis Pycroft (b. 1814)

Charles William Henry 6th Duke of Queensferry (1772-1819)

Don José Mariano Ramos de Castilla (1781-1837)
Rebecca Ramos de Castilla (1790-1861) née Cooke
Elizabeth Read (b.1834)
Martha Matilda Renton (ca1806-1874) née Brinsden; m. Alexander Renton 1830
Mary Renton (b.1832) Peebles
Robert Renton (b.1831) Peebles
Martha (Patty) Repton (1774-1780) daughter of Humphry & Mary Repton
Arthur Rigg (b.1839) Chester
E. Robson (b.1758)
*Charles Ruddell-Todd (1831-1901) son of James ruddell Todd; m. Sophia Mary Campbell
*Mary Ruddell-Todd daughter of James Ruddell Todd; m. Captain George Fiott Day V.C.

William Leicester Samuells
*Eliza Sandland 1836 [with her daughter Maria]
*Sarah Savage (b.1794) daughter of Charles and Sarah Savage, Bedford
Lady Catherine Juliana Scott (d.1848) née Bateman; Bartington Hall & Great Barr
James Siddles valet at Camm's School, Eckington
*Archibald Simson son of Archibald Simson of Commeapore, Bengal & Sarah Maria (née Boyd)
*Henry Simson son of Archibald Simson of Commeapore, Bengal & Sarah Maria (née Boyd)
*Mrs Sydenham Singleton Drogheda [see also Charity Spencer]
Adam Hay Sloane (b.1811) Peebles
Catherine Anne Sloane (ca1814-1904) m. Rev. Lachlan McGillivray
Elizabeth Sloane Peebles
James Sloane Peebles
Mrs James Sloane née Fullarton; husband was rector of Peebles Grammar School
John Sloane Peebles
Jane Sloane Peebles
Mary Sloane Peebles
Sarah Sloane Peebles
Miss Smith South Molton, Devon
Francis Jackson Snell officer under Commander Howe 1794; captain of the Avenger
Jemima Snell m. James Gambier, admiral; HMS Defence
Rev. Thomas Snell Rector of Windlesham 1810-1842
*George Spence vicar of St. Clement's Cambridge
Maria Spence (1785-1862)
*Charity Spencer (1757-1787) daughter of Sydenham Singleton
Charlotte Henrietta Spens (b.1830) daughter of Archibald Spens and Henrietta Ochterlony Malcolm; Fifeshire
Caroline Louisa Stahlschmidt (1819-1876) daughter of Frederick Christopher Louis & Sophia
Conrad Christian Frederick Stahlschmidt (1752-1812) sugar broker, Whitechapel
Frederick Christopher Louis Stahlschmidt (1792-1855)
Sophia Stahlschmidt (1795-1875) daughter of Conrad Slahlschmidt by his 1st wife Ann Miller
Sophia Ann Stahlschmidt (1818-1911) daughter of Frederick Christopher Louis & Sophia
Mary Ann Standish daughter of John Standish; m. Joseph Dove 1828; Pontefract [see also Watson, Sallie]
John Standish designer of stained glass windows; Pontefract
Maria Josepha Stanley (1771-1863) daughter of John, first Earl of Sheffield; letter writer & liberal advocate
Eliza Starke
Emily Starke
James Starke

Eliza Tabor (1835-1914) novelist, m. John Stephenson
John Tabor m. Mary Holdich; school-master in York
Mary Tabor née Holdich
Mary Catharine Tabor (b. 1833)
Catherine Taplin (1808-1871) née Wiltshire; daughter of Benjamin Taplin (hatter of Andover) & Martha Eaton
George Blatch Taplin (b.1806) son of William Gilbert-Taplin & Anne Blatch; Andover
Henrietta Jane Theed
Mary Anne Thornhill (1755-1830) née Hawkins
Arthur Harvey Thursby (b.1832) m. Mary Ann Kershaw; Ormerod House, nr. Burnley
Eleanor Mary Thursby (1803-1883) m. Rev. William Thursby; Ormerod House, nr. Burnley
Mary Ann Thursby (1834-1900) née Kershaw; Ormerod House, nr. Burnley
Alicia Amè Tomkins daughter of Samuel Tomkins & Eliza Alicia Isabella Smith
Anne Lydia Tomkins daughter of Samuel Tomkins & Eliza Alicia Isabella Smith
Mary Jane Tomkins (d.1905) daughter of Samuel Tomkins & Eliza Alicia Isabella Smith; m. Gustav Plarr
Fanny Tremenheere daughter of Lt.-Gen. Charles William & Frances Apperley
Minnie Tremenheere daughter of Lt.-Gen. Charles William & Frances Apperley
Lydia Turner (?1804-1853) Yorkshire Dales

Jane Vasey
Mary Vasey
Miss Vokes daughter of Major T.P. Vokes; Limerick

Martha Walker (1767/8-1788) née Wilson; Chester
*Christopher Warren m. Sarah Brearton
*George Warren Rylandville, Co. Wexford
*Sarah Warren (b.1787) née Brearton
Mr & Mrs Watson Ashley Place, London
Sallie Watson nannie to Mary Ann Standish
Anna Weldon daughter of Sir Anthony and Lady Mary Weldon
Harriet Weldon daughter of Sir Anthony and Lady Mary Weldon
*Mrs Thomas Edmund Weller 'the belle of Cheltenham'
Matilda Ann Welsh (b. Bangalore 1810) m. Lt-Col. Alexander Macdonald Elder of the Bombay Fusiliers
John White (1810-1859) m. Mary Balchin 1836; plumber & painter in Dorking
Adelaide Emma Wigney (b.1827)
John Wiltshire magistrate; mayor of Bath in 1820
Charles John Wingfield
Kenelm Digby Wingfield (b.1830)
Lucy Emily Wingfield (b.1834)
William Wrothesly Wingfield
Sophia Wiseman
Marg. Wood (?1811-1842) daughter of Rev. Thomas Newcomb of Shenley; m. Rev Richard Mountford Wood; died at Latimer Rectory, Bucks