Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby (1797-1863)

John Jackson, RA (Lastingham, Yorks 1778 – London 1831). Oil painting on canvas, Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby (1797-1863) by John Jackson RA (Lastingham, Yorks 1778 – London 1831). A half-length portrait, turned slightly to the right, wearing dark coat, black stock and white waistcoat edged with red. He was the eldest son of of Sir Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (1755-1831); educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge,; MA, 1818, entered Parliament in 1818 as MP for Scarborough and supported parliamentary reform; MP, Higham Ferrers, 1822, MP for Malton, 1826; Governor of Jamaica, 1832-4; GCH, 1832, became lord privy seal with a seat in the Cabinet under Lord Melbourne, 1834; sent to Ireland as Lord Lieutenant, 1835; his friendly relations with O'Connell ensured that he was bitterly attacked at Protestant meetings, but his administration (1835-9) was beneficial to Ireland; created Marquis of Normanby on 25 June 1838; secretary war and the colonies, 1839; dtransferred to the Home Office, 1839, where he remained till the fall of the ministry in 1841; ambassador at Paris, 1846-52, and minister at Florence, 1854-8, in which posts he mingled too much in the politics of foreign states. In early life he wrote a number of novels and tales. He died on 28 July 1863. Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire (Accredited Museum)