George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont was an English peer, landowner and art collector. He was interested in the latest scientific advances. He was an agriculturist and a friend of the agricult
Portrait of the Earl of Egremont by Thomas Phillips, 1839
Engraving of a bust by Carew
Chichester Canal circa 1828 by J.M.W. Turner
Sussex cows at Stag Park
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, was a British Whig statesman who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, first in 1834 and again from 1835 to 1841. He also held senior cabinet role
George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
…during the French Revolution, with whom he was frequently seen at the opera. He was later close to Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne whose son William Lamb, later prime minister, was widely regarded as Wyndham's son and was said to look remarkably like him. Lamb often spent time at Petworth House as a child…
Portrait of Lord Melbourne (1844)
Portrait of William Lamb by John Hoppner, 1796
Portrait of Lord Melbourne by Thomas Lawrence, c. 1805
A portrait of Melbourne by George Hayter in. 1838