Born in Ankara to a British diplomat, Joe Strummer (real name: John Graham Mellor) spent parts of his early childhood in Cairo, Mexico City and Bonn before boarding at a school in Surrey. He attended ...

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born in Skopje, in what is now Macedonia, of Albanian parents. In 1928 she joined the sisters of Loreto and began teaching at a St Mary's School in Calcutta becoming ...

Follow the family tree of the Kings and Queens of England, from 871 to the present day 'The Kings and Queens of England: From the Conquest to Queen Victoria', by ...

Following his marriage to Queen Alexandra in 1863, King Edward VII took residence at Malborough House, Pall Mall, London. Away from his mother Queen Victoria, the future King could assert some ...

Born into a Daimyo family, Kano was an International banker and Head of the Yokohama Specie Bank (YSB). The bank played a significant role in Japanese trade with China. By establishing a bank in ...

Pakistani statesman, president (1971-73), and prime minister (1973-77). Born of noble Rajput descent, like many Rajputs, his family had accepted Islam. Bhutto was educated in Bombay and at the ...

Dr Samuel Johnson by Sir Joshua Reynolds has now returned on display in Room 12 after a substantial period in conservation. This has revealed some fascinating insights into how the portrait was ...

Lieutenant-General. Commander during the early stages of the Peninsular War, 1808, he was cut off from Portugal by the French and obliged to make a forced march to the coast at Corunna to embark his ...

Booking required for school groups only. Please see the School visits page. The Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award makes a welcome return to the National Portrait Gallery for 2024. The prestigious ...

The Reference Collection is held in the Heinz Archive and Library and contains more than 70,000 portraits of important and lesser known figures in British history. The majority of these portraits are ...

Gerrit van Honthorst was a Dutch painter from Utrecht. He travelled to Italy in 1616, where he copied the naturalism and eccentricities of Caravaggio. Honthorst spent four years painting in Rome after ...

Australian-born Barnett opened his first studio in Hobart, Tasmania. He subsequently travelled widely to gain more experience, working in the studios of Taber in San Francisco and Downey in London ...