National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) · London, New York [etc.] Cassell and company, limited · leaf 92
promoted to be ChiefJustice of the Kings Bench. He suggested, and was mainlyinstrumental in carrying, the famous Petition of Right. Presented by the Society of Judges and Serjeants-at-Law, 1877.(461.) THOMAS, BARON COVENTRY. 1578-1640. Painted by Cornelius Jansenvan Ceulen. Lord Keeper of the Great… … 78 THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. FRANCIS BACON (afterwards BARON VERULAM and VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS). 1561-1626, Painted by Paul Van Somer. Lord Chancellor. The illustrious philosopher, essayist, and states-man. Son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Keeper of the Great Seal to QueenElizabeth. His famous essays…
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