Thomas Gainsborough was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, he is considered one of the most important British artists of the second half of the 18th century. He painted quickly, and the works of his maturity are characterised by a light palette and easy strokes. Despite being a prolific portrait painter, Gainsborough gained greater satisfaction from his landscapes. He is credited as the originator of the 18th-century British landscape school. Gainsborough was a founding member of the Royal Academy.
A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used for children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer, as well as certain officials such as some judges and members of the Scottish gentry. These styles are used "by courtesy" in the sense that persons referred to by these titles do not in law hold the substantive title. There are several different kinds of courtesy titles in the British peerage system.
Sir Henry Raeburn was a Scottish portrait painter. He served as Portrait Painter to King George IV in Scotland.
David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, KT was a British army officer and peer, who served as Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire from 1803 until his death.
Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch was a Scottish aristocrat, politician and British Army officer. After his education at Oxford, he inherited a substantial estate in Scotland, married and settled down to a quiet career as a landowning gentleman. However, with the death of his wife, when he was aged 42, he immersed himself in a military career, during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
Lawrence Macdonald sometimes Laurence Macdonald was a Scottish sculptor.
Lieutenant-General Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart, KT was a British soldier and diplomat. He was also chief of the Clan Cathcart.
Lady Louisa Stuart was a British writer of the 18th and 19th centuries. Her long life spanned nearly ninety-four years.
Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Baronet DL was a British politician and baronet.
John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway,, styled Viscount Garlies from 1747 until 1773, was a British peer who became the 7th Earl of Galloway in 1773 and served as a Member of Parliament from 1761 to 1773.
Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith was a Scottish noblewoman. She held the title Countess of Menteith in her own right, having inherited the title c. 1360 from her mother, Mary, Countess of Menteith, who was married to Sir John Graham. Graham was styled Earl of Menteith during his marriage with Mary, whom he predeceased. The Menteith region was situated partially in southwest Perthshire and partly in Stirlingshire.
Lord Anne Hamilton was a Scottish nobleman. He is said to have married the richest woman in Great Britain and they had a child.
Richard Milles was an English landowner, horticulturalist and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 to 1780.
James Drummond, 1st Baron Perth, was a Scottish soldier, landowner and peer.
Frances Evelyn "Fanny" Boscawen was an English literary hostess, correspondent and member of the Blue Stockings Society. She was born Frances Evelyn Glanville on 23 July 1719 at St Clere, Kemsing, Kent. In 1742 she married Admiral The Hon. Edward Boscawen (1711–1761). When his navy work took him away from home, his wife would send him passages from her journal, some of which were later published.
David Falconer, 4th Lord of Halkerton was an English aristocrat in Scotland. He held the title from 1724 to 1751
Louisa, 2nd Countess of Mansfield, was a Scottish noblewoman, who was married twice: first to David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield, and then to The Hon. Robert Fulke Greville.
Frederica Murray, Countess of Mansfield, formerly Frederica Markham, was the wife of David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield.
Elizabeth Noel, Viscountess Campden, formerly Lady Elizabeth Bertie, was the fourth wife of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden, and the mother of nine of his children.
Jane Cathcart was the wife of Lord Cathcart the British ambassador to Russia. She was a personal friend of Catherine the Great and a patron to Josiah Wedgewood.
