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Statesman and gentleman of the privy chamber to Edward VI and Philip II of Spain. In Elizabeth's reign, he was an active member of the Council of the North, served as ambassador extraordinary and travelled to France for the investiture of Henry III with the Order of the Garter, which was one of the largest embassies ever sent by the Tudor monarchs. The diary of his time treating for peace with Spain with Alessandro Farnese in 1588 survives in the British Library (BL Sloane MS 262). He is of particular interest as an early patron of poets, actors, and wrestlers, and financed a company of actors called 'Derby's Men', one of the earliest troupes of their kind.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Henry Stanley (1531–1593), 4th Earl of Derby

Date

late 16th C

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 61 x W 49 cm

Accession number

NPG 7000

Acquisition method

given by in honour of Sandy Nairne CBE, Director of the National Portrait Gallery 2002–2015, John Morton Morris, 2015

Work type

Painting

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