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A leading Tory MP, Dashwood served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1762 to 1763. He is better known for creating the 'Monks of Medmenham Abbey': a sinister club that mocked Catholic religious practices with feasting and fornication. Many senior public figures were members including John Wilkes and the Earl of Sandwich. Dashwood fell out with Wilkes after he condemned Wilkes's obscene Essay on Woman (1763). His moral hypocrisy was attacked in poems by Charles Churchill and in popular satirical prints. Dashwood was also a leading light in the Society of Dilettanti and commissioned the construction of West Wycombe Park and Church.
Title
Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron Le Despencer
Date
1776
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 73.7 x W 61 cm
Accession number
1345
Acquisition method
Purchased, 1903
Work type
Painting
National Portrait Gallery, London
St Martin’s Place, London, Greater London WC2H 0HE England
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