Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

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Bolingbroke's distinguished early career as Tory Secretary of State came to an end with he accession of George I in 1715. Shortly after, he fled to France to escape trial for his alleged intrigues against the Hanoverian succession. In France, Bolingbroke joined the exiled King James the 'Old Pretender' as his Secretary of State only to be dismissed for his reluctant support for the Jacobite Rising in Scotland. He returned to England on his pardon in 1726, with his essays in the The Craftsman, and Opposition periodical, Bolingbroke began to lead a fierce periodical press campaign against the Whig government and its politics. Painted wearing his peer's robes as a Viscount, perhaps in 1712 when he was in Paris as ambassador.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

Date

1712 (?)

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 143.5 x W 111.8 cm

Accession number

593

Acquisition method

Purchased, 1879

Work type

Painting

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