Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.1635

    Portrait of Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet

    Date
    1798
    Sitter
    Thomas Hanmer (1677 - 1746, British) , Politician
    Creator
    William Bond (1772 - 1827, British ) , Engraver
    After
    Joseph Allen (1770 - 1839, British) , Artist
    Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Painter
    Object type
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    Material
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 150mm
    width (print): 125mm
    Description
    Half-length portrait showing Sir Thomas Hanmer in ceremonial robes with the royal mace of parliament seen behind him. He is shown wearing a full-bottomed wig, as is traditionally worn by the speaker of the House of Commons.

    Inscribed below: ‘J. Allen delint/W. Bond sculpt/SIR THOMAS HANMER/Speaker of the House of Commons,/From a Picture at Bettisfield./Published Augt 1st 1798 by Philip Yorke Esqr Wrexham.’

    Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet (1677-1746) British politician, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. He had no heir so the baronetcy became extinct and was created again in 1774 for Sir Walden Hanmer, 1st Baronet (1717–1783). Walden’s son Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet (1747-1828), British politician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1804.
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