William Henry Waddington 1826 1894 French statesman who was Prime minister in 1879 From a photograph by Messrs Drouet and Lafontaine Paris

Nicolas Fouquet 1615 1680 Chevalier Vicomte de Melun et Vaux French minister of state and superintendent of finances Engraved by R Nanteuil

Statue of Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Parliament Square opposite Big Ben clock clocktower in evening sun sunshine in spring winter London England

William Wyndham Grenville Baron Grenville Lord Grenville 1759 1834 English statesman and politician Son of George Grenville Prime Minister Engraved by T ADean after JJackson From the book National Portrait Gallery Volume I published 1830

John Russell 1st Earl Russell 1792 1878 English Prime Minister Engraved by Emery Walker after the portrait by Sir G Hayter from the book The Letters of Queen Victoria 1844 1853 Vol II published 1907

Death of Roland Jean Marie Roland de la Platire 1734 1793 French Interior minister 1792 3 From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

M Gerard the French Minister introduced to the Continental Congress 1778 Conrad Alexandre Gerard 1729 1790 From a 19th century print engraved by Rogers after Chapin

Spencer Perceval 1762 1812 British Prime Minister from 1809 until his assassination in 1812 Engraved by Picart after Sir W Beechery From the book National Portrait Gallery Volume I published 1830

George Hamilton Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen 1784 1860 English Tory Peelite politician and Prime Minister of England 1852 1855 After Sir T Lawrence From the book The Letters of Queen Victoria 1854 1861 Vol III published 1907

Concino Concini Marquis d Ancre Conte delle Penna 1575 1617 Chief minister to Marie de Medici Photo etching from a painting by Lecocq From the book Lady Jackson s Works X The First of the Bourbons II Published London 1899

William Pitt The Younger 1759 1806 British Prime Minister 1783 1801 1804 1806 Engraved by S Freeman from an original painting by Gainsborough

Robert Banks Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool 1770 1828 Tory statesman and British Prime Minister from 1812 1827 Engraved by WTFry after Sir T Lawrence From the book National Portrait Gallery Volume I published 1830

William Ewart Gladstone 1809 1898 statesman and four time prime minister of Great Britain 1868 From a photograph by Elliott and Fry

Pierre Casimir Perier 1777 1832 French banker political leader and minister Photo etching after the painting by Hersent From the book Lady Jackson s Works XIV The Court of the Tuileries II Published London 1899

William Pitt THE YOUNGER 1759 1806 British Prime Minister 1783 1801 1804 1806 19th century print engraved by P Lightfoot from the original by Hoppner

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1903), British Conservative statesman. Prime Minister 1885, 1886, 1895-1902. 'Men of Mark', London, 1877.

Sir Robert Peel 2nd Baronet 1788 1850 British prime minister 1834 35 1841 46 and founder of the Conservative Party who was responsible for the repeal 1846 of the Corn Laws that had restricted imports From the portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence

William Henry Waddington 1826 1894 French statesman who was Prime minister in 1879 From a photograph by Messrs Drouet and Lafontaine Paris

Garat proclaims the arrest of the king Dominique Joseph Garat 1749 1833 French revolutionary Minister of Justice 1792 3 during the trial of Louis XVI Engraved by Meyer Heine after De La Charlerie From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Tomb of Cardinal Jules Mazarin chief minister of France form 1642 to 1661 Designed by Antoine Coysevox and located in the French Academy Paris France

Armand Jean Duplessis, Duc de Richelieu, 1585-1642, French prelate and statesman: Cardinal 1624: Minister of state to Louis XIII and de facto ruler of France from 1629, Engraving based on Philippe de Champaigne portrait and surrounded by his achievements including crushing of Huguenots at La Rochell

William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne 1779 1848 British statesman and Prime Minister 1834 1835 1841 From the portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence

British Prime Minister Chamberlain meets with German Dictator Hitler at Obersalzberg to talk about Sudeten Crisis, September 15, 1938

Tomb of Cardinal Jules Mazarin chief minister of France 1642 1661 located in the French Academy and designed by Antoine Coysevox Paris France

Isaac Watts (1674-1748) English hymn writer and non-conformist Christian minister 18th century engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815)

Wall painting of bird in hand in the tomb of Nakht, Minister of Agriculture in the reign of Tutmosis IV, Valley of the Nobles, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne 1779 1848 British statesman and Prime Minister 1834 1835 1841 Engraved by Emery Walker from a portrait by Sir Edwin Landseer From the book The Girlhood of Queen Victoria 1832 1840 Vol II published 1912